i’ve been away for a couple of weeks, and returned to my rss reader to find 480 posts – most of which consisted of ‘best of’s.¨Ü on reading through them all, i got a little lost in the belief that such lists have spiralled out of control.¨Ü having opted to thus drop my own list, instead i’ll direct you to pitchfork.
their top singles and top albums are two of the most anticipated end of year lists. anticipated by some who feel that pitchfork accurately captures the zeitgeist year in year out, and anticipated by others who can’t wait to criticise them once again for failing to include blah, blah and blah.¨Ü this year they’ve upped the ante by providing mp3 downloads for much of the list, and i’ve filtered some interesting international inclusions below:
EL PERRO DEL MAR god knows [SWEDEN] *
MEW the zookeepers boy [DENMARK]
TURBULENCE notorious [JAMAICA]
THE FIELD over the ice [SWEDEN]
BOOKA SHADE in white rooms [GERMANY]
LUOMO really don’t mind [FINLAND]
* an interview with sarah assbring aka EL PERRO DEL MAR will be featured on this sunday’s FAT PLANET radio show, 7th jan 3pm (AEST).¨Ü the following sunday, 14th, you can catch an interview with former CIBO MATTO member, japan’s MIHO HATORI.