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The best Albums of 2011 according to Pitchfork.
Bon Iver – Bon Iver- Destroyer – Kaputt
- M83 – Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming.
- PJ Harvey – Let England Shake
- Girls – Father, Son, Holy Ghost
- Oneohtrix Point Never – Replica
- Tune-Yards – W H O K I L L
- Drake – Take Care
- Real Estate – Days
- The Weekend – House of Balloons
- St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
- James Blake – James Blake
- EMA – Past Life Martyred Saints
- Shabazz Palaces – Black Up
- Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
- Kurt Vile – Smoke Ring For My Halo
- Clams Casino – Instrumentals
- Atlas Sound – Parallax
- Danny Brown
- Nicolas Jaar – Space Is Only Noise
- Jay Z – Watch The Throne
- The Caretaker
- Bill Callahan
- Julianna Barwick – The Magic Place
- Gang Gang Dance – Eye Contact
- The Field – Looping State Of Mind
- Beyoncé – 4
- Cut Copy – Zonoscope
- DJ Quick – Book of David
- Tim Hecker – Ravedeath, 1972
- Ty Segal – Goodbye Bread
- Panda Bear – Tomboy
- Fucked Up – David Comes To Life
- Katy B – On A Mission
- Frank Ocean – Nostalgia
- Kate Bush – 50 Words for Snow
- iceage – New Brigade
- Sandro Perri – Impossible Spaces
- The War On Drugs – Slave Ambient
- araabMUZIK – Electronic Dream (Deluxe Edition)
- liturgy – Aesthethica
- Sbtrkt – SBTRKT
- Lykke Li – Wounded Rhymes
- Colin Stetson – New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges
- Kendrick Lamar – Section.80
- Cults – Cults
- Sepalcure
- Toro Y Moi – Underneath The Pine
- WILD FLAG – Wild Flag
- Youth Lagoon – The Year of Hibernation
Via WhatHiFi
Coldplay and the band’s management seem to have come round to the idea of streaming music services, with the band’s latest Mylo Xyloto album appearing on Spotify.
The band made headlines last year by keeping the album off streaming sites. Three months later, the album has crept online. [...]
Will other refuseniks such as Adele and the Black Keys now follow suit?
Van Halen – A Different Kind Of Truth (Rock)
John Talabot – Fin (Dance)
Air – Le voyage dans la lune (Score)
Die Antwoord – TEN$ION (Hip Hop)
Goldfrapp – The Singles (Pop / Electronic)
Sei2ure – Urban Hunting (Dance)
Pet Shop Boys – Format (2012 – Remaster) (Pop / Dance)
Inspired by this weeks “praatje plaatje” 3FM DJ Coen Swijnenberg, we discovered this great album by Boy & Bear: Moonfire.
Do you like Mumford & Sons? We bet you like this album too!
About Boy & Bear
Boy & Bear are an indie rock band from Sydney, Australia. The band describes its style as “a combination of drivey indie folk and choral harmonies”. Boy & Bear received 7 nominations in the 2011 the Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (ARIA). They won five ARIAs – Group of the Year, Breakthrough Artist – Single (for their leading single ‘Feeding Line’) and Breakthrough Artist – Album, Best Adult Alternative Album and the coveted Album of the Year award for their debut album ‘Moonfire’).
Funny!
The new album by Moss (Ornaments) is on Spotify as the new album by Ornaments (Moss)
(post in Dutch)
Het nieuwe album van Moss staat op Spotify.
Aanrader!
Review van Oor
“Gevalletje buitencategorie. Geen plaat overigens die je, zoals Never Be Scared/Don’t Be A Hero (2009), meteen bij eerste beluistering van je stoel doet kletteren. Ornaments heeft iets meer tijd nodig, maar vrees niet: dat ligt zeker niet aan de omvang. Want wat als eerste opvalt is dat Dorleijn en zijn mannen zich niet gek hebben laten maken. Op Ornaments geen overweldigende ideeënlawine of andere doorgeschoten krachtpatserij om toch maar in hemelsnaam aan die torenhoge verwachtingen te voldoen. Nee, de plaat klinkt aangenaam basic en in control. Veel overbrengen met weinig (nog zo’n signaal dat duidt op Groot Songschrijverschap) en de muzikale subtiliteiten geduldig hun scheikundige reactie laten aangaan, zoals Radiohead dat ook kan op geïnspireerde momenten. Luister naar het Shins-achtige Give Love To The Ones You Love of het daaropvolgende Everything Died In Your Heart en het procédé wordt duidelijk: meer dan wat percussie, een eenvoudig (staccato) gitaarthema en een hartverwarmende zanglijn komt er niet bij kijken. Voor de rest profileert Moss zich op Ornaments overigens amper nog als gitaarband.Maar zeg nu zelf, experimenteren met ritmes,keyboards en elektronica is natuurlijk ook stukken spannender, zeker zolang je zorgt dat je je niet vergaloppeert. En bij Moss zit dat wel goed. Zoals eigenlijk alles – de kwaliteit van de songs voorop – bij Moss wel goed zit. Over jaarlijstjes lullen we nog niet, maar neem van mij aan: we gaan de naam Moss dit jaar weer met gezonde regelmaat horen.”
What’s hot in the US?Check the best albums of the Billboard Album Chart on Spotify!
- Adele – 21
- Kidz Bop Kids – KIDZ BOP 21
- The Black Keys – El Camino
- Drake – Take Care
- Rihanna – Talk That Talk
- Young Jeezy – TM:103 Hustlerz Ambition
- James Fortune & FIYA – Identify
- Toby Keith – Clancy’s Tavern
- Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto
- Nickelback – Here And Now
- Attack Attack! (US) – This Means War
- Joyful Noise/ Soundtrack
- LMFAO – Sorry For Party Rocking
- Kelly Clarkson – Stronger (Deluxe Version)
- Adele – 19
- NOW 40
- Lady Antebellum – Own The Night
- Luke Bryan – Tailgates & Tanlines
- Florence + The Machine – Ceremonials
- David Crowder*Band – Give Us Rest or (A Requiem Mass in C [The Happiest of All Keys])
- Jay Z – Watch The Throne
- The Band Perry – The Band Perry
- Mary J. Blige – My Life II…The Journey Continues (Act 1)
- Jason Aldean
- Skrillex – Bangarang EP
- Ani Difranco – Which Side Are You On?
- Anthony Green – Beautiful Things
- Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
- Scotty McCreery
- Lil Wayne – Tha Carter IV
- Foster The People – Torches
- Amy Winehouse – Lioness: Hidden Treasures
- Snow Patrol – Fallen Empires
- Taylor Swift – Speak Now
- Florence + The Machine – Lungs
- Maroon 5 – Hands All Over
- Tim McGraw – Number One Hits
- Brantley Gilbert
- Kathleen Edwards – Voyageur
- Anthony Hamilton – Back To Love (Deluxe Version)
Winter is coming (in the Netherlands).
Share your favourite wintersongs in this collaborative spotify playlist:
Via Financial Times
No wonder the record labels are sounding much more positive about music subscription services. Spotify is starting to reap the benefits of its oft-doubted “freemium” business model.
After hitting 2.5m subscribers in November, the Anglo-Swedish digital music service has now reached 3m, with more than 20 per cent of its active user base paying every month to banish advertisements or listen on smartphones.
That ratio is up from 15 per cent in March last year, when Spotify crossed 1m subscribers. The latest figures mean it’s added another million since September’s 2m milestone, suggesting its growth rate is accelereating.
“We have achieved some pretty great results in terms of the ratio of paid users,” Ken Parks, Spotify’s chief content officer and US managing director, told the FT. “We have an enormous internal effort to drive conversion and engagement with the service. We are very focused on growing in our existing 12 markets as well as expanding in other markets.”
Ensuring that enough free users start subscribing is crucial to making the economics of Spotify’s business work, due to the costs of paying out royalties to labels and publishers every time a song is played, regardless of whether the user is paying.
[...]
“This is a healthy model. As it scales it gets better for everybody,” said Mr Parks, adding that half of Spotify’s paying customers are under 30. “That is a remarkable number of people who are generally hard to monetise.”
Earlier this week, record label executives said that subscription services such as Spotify, Deezer and Rhapsody were finally helping to offset declining CD sales and put the music industry back onto a growth footing by next year.
Lana Del Rey – Born To Die (Pop)
Sylvan – Sceneries (Rock / Metal)
Leonard Cohen – Old Ideas (Pop / Rock)
Ringo Starr – Ringo 2012 (Rock)
Lange Frans – Levenslied (Hip Hop)
Sean Paul – Tomahawk Technique (Reggae)
Crippled Black Phoenix – [Mankind] The Crafty Ape (Rock)
