Thursday, July 31, 2014
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Monday, July 28, 2014
Back from Cairns Y'all Countdown - Sun 27 July 2014
20 - Klingande - Jubel
19 - Pharrell Williams - Come Get it Bae
18 - Lily Allen - As Long as I Got You
17 - Hilltop Hoods - Pyramid Building
16 - Daughter - Youth
15 - Ed Sheeran - Sing
14 - Pharrell Williams - Happy
13 - Hilltop Hoods - Won't Let You Down {Feat. Maverick Sabre}
12 - Vance Joy - Mess Is Mine
11 - 360 - Price of Fame {Feat. Gossling}
10 - ZHU - Faded
9 - Sigma - Nobody to Love
8 - Coldplay - A Sky Full of Stars
7 - Illy - Tightrope {Feat. Scarlett Stevens}
6 - Sia - Chandelier
5 - Mr. Probz - Waves
4 - Milky Chance - Stolen Dance
3 - Ed Sheeran - Don't
2 - Tove Lo - Stay High {Feat. Hippie Sabotage} {Habits Remix}
1 - Charli XCX - Boom Clap
Friday, July 25, 2014
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Kelis at Sydney's Hi-Fi
Back in 1999 I remember discovering Kelis with that killer jam "Caught Out There", with that massive chorus, I Hate You So Much Right now. This track was left of the set list however from her debut Kaleidoscope Kelis did throw together a mash up of some of her old faithful "Get Along with You" & "Good Stuff". For good measure she also threw in "Glow" from the 2003 Tasty.
The set featured a number of tunes from her latest release Food and even a few of the more dance orientated Flesh Tone.
Kelis has travelled a long musical road and showed us she can mix it with the Neptunes, David Guetta and TV on the Radio man Dave Sitek. She has featured on hits from Calvin Harris to Diddy & Timo Maas.
Kelis however live was spectacular. I saw her at the final Good Vibrations festival around the release of Flesh Tone. So last time in the Summer rain in February was a very different experience to this Splendour side show.
From the hits like Millionaire, Bounce, Milkshake, Jerk Ribs and Rumble Kelis did a really amazing best of set and showcased her range of tunes from over the years.
All her songs were mixed with the great band including horns and a divine back up singer. Kelis is at the top of her game and her latest album Food is truly one of the best releases of 2014. Rumble is one of the best songs of 2014 and I truly believe Kelis has real staying power. Looking back at 1999 to 15 years later and the new direction this fantastic vocalist has taken, everything feels right for Kelis, her fans love her, critics are in love with her new music and I think she sits well between Triple J and Double J playlists.
Australia seems to have fallen back in love with Kelis and this concert is truly one of the best gigs I have been to in a while. Her stage presence alone was enough to keep even the biggest Facebook, Twitter, Instagram fan offline for a while and experience the true wonders of Kelis.
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Monday, July 21, 2014
Sunday, July 20, 2014
It's the Middle of Winter - BRRRRR Countdown - Sun 20 July 2014
20 - Milky Chance - Flashed Junk Mind
19 - Peking Duk - High
18 - Coldplay - Magic
17 - Calvin Harris - Summer
16 - Vance Joy - Mess Is Mine
15 - Hilltop Hoods - Won't Let You Down {Feat. Maverick Sabre}
14 - Hilltop Hoods - Pyramid Building
13 - Ed Sheeran - Sing
12 - Pharrell Williams - Happy
11 - 360 - Price of Fame {Feat. Gossling}
10 - Sigma - Nobody to Love
9 - ZHU - Faded
8 - Illy - Tightrope {Feat. Scarlett Stevens}
7 - Coldplay - A Sky Full of Stars
6 - Milky Chance - Stolen Dance
5 - Mr. Probz - Waves
4 - Ed Sheeran - Don't
3 - Sia - Chandelier
2 - Tove Lo - Stay High {Feat. Hippie Sabotage} {Habits Remix}
1 - Charli XCX - Boom Clap
Saturday, July 19, 2014
A Flashin' Mid Year Wrap Up
So a few mid year reports and lists have been posted already so here is a one stop Saturday stop for all your 2014 mid year music news:
MTV Awards, here are the nominees:
VIDEO OF THE YEAR:
Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX – “Fancy”
Beyoncé ft. JAY Z – “Drunk In Love”
Pharrell Williams – “Happy”
Sia – “Chandelier”
Miley Cyrus – “Wrecking Ball”
BEST HIP HOP:
Eminem – “Bezerk”
Drake ft. Majid Jordan – “Hold On (We’re Going Home)”
Childish Gambino – “3005″
Kanye West – “Black Skinhead”
Wiz Khalifa – “We Dem Boyz”
BEST MALE:
Pharrell Williams – “Happy”
John Legend – “All Of Me”
Ed Sheeran ft. Pharrell – “Sing”
Sam Smith – “Stay With Me”
Eminem ft. Rihanna – “Monster”
BEST FEMALE:
Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX – “Fancy”
Beyoncé – “Partition”
Lorde – “Royals”
Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea – “Problem”
Katy Perry ft. Juicy J – “Dark Horse”
BEST POP:
Pharrell Williams – “Happy”
Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX – “Fancy”
Jason Derulo ft. 2 Chainz – “Talk Dirty”
Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea – “Problem”
Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc – “Wake Me Up”
BEST ROCK:
Imagine Dragons – “Demons”
Arctic Monkeys – “Do I Wanna Know”
The Black Keys – “Fever”
Lorde – “Royals”
Linkin Park – “Until It’s Gone”
MTV ARTIST TO WATCH:
Sam Smith – “Stay With Me”
5 Seconds of Summer -”She Looks So Perfect”
Charli XCX – “Boom Clap”
Schoolboy Q – “Man Of The Year”
Fifth Harmony – “Miss Movin On”
BEST COLLABORATION:
Beyoncé ft. JAY Z – “Drunk In Love”
Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea – “Problem”
Pitbull ft. Ke$ha – “Timber”
Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne and Tyga – “Loyal”
Eminem ft. Rihanna – “Monster”
Katy Perry ft. Juicy J – “Dark Horse”
MTV CLUBLAND AWARD:
DJ Snake & Lil Jon – “Turn Down For What”
Zedd ft. Hayley Williams – “Stay the Night”
Calvin Harris – “Summer”
Martin Garrix – “Animal”
Disclosure – “Grab Her!”
BEST VIDEO WITH A SOCIAL MESSAGE:
Angel Haze ft. SIA – “Battle Cry“
Avicii – “Hey Brother”
Beyoncé – “Pretty Hurts”
J. Cole ft. TLC – “Crooked Smile”
Kelly Rowland – “Dirty Laundry”
David Guetta f/ Mikky Ekko – “One Voice”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
30 Seconds to Mars – “City of Angels”
Beyoncé – “Pretty Hurts”
Arcade Fire – “Afterlife”
Gesaffelstein – “Hate or Glory”
Lana Del Rey – “West Coast”
BEST EDITING:
Eminem – “Rap God”
MGMT – “Your Life is a Lie”
Zedd ft. Hayley Williams -”Stay the Night”
Beyoncé – “Pretty Hurts”
Fitz and The Tantrums – “The Walker”
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY:
Sia – “Chandelier”
Beyoncé – “Partition”
Usher – “Good Kisser”
Michael Jackson f/Justin Timberlake – “Love Never Felt So Good”
Jason Derulo f/2Chainz – “Talk Dirty”
KIESZA – “Hideaway”
BEST DIRECTION:
DJ Snake & Lil Jon – “Turn Down For What”
OK Go – “The Writing’s On the Wall”
Miley Cyrus – “Wrecking Ball”
Beyoncé – “Pretty Hurts”
Eminemft. Rihanna – “The Monster”
BEST ART DIRECTION:
DJ Snake & Lil Jon – “Turn Down For What”
Iggy Azaleaft. Charli XCX – “Fancy”
Eminem – “Rap God”
Arcade Fire – “Reflektor”
Tyler, The Creator – “Tamale”
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
DJ Snake & Lil Jon – “Turn Down For What”
OK Go – “The Writing’s On the Wall”
Disclosure – “Grab Her!”
Eminem – “Rap God”
Jack White – “Lazaretto”
Bold and red are my choices and hopes and dreams of who I believe above is the deserving winning of their respective MTV Awards.
Also dropping this week is the mid year ARIA report on what singles and albums are selling across this fine brown land. In regards to the singles:
Pharrell's tops the mid year list with his monster anthem from on of three of my album of the year nominated albums G I R L it's "Happy". Clean Bandit & Jess Glynne, John Legend, Sia & Rudimental all help round out a fairly amazing top 10. For sales that is.
Peking Duk from Canberra make a great impact in the top 20, whilst Coldplay, Avicii & London Grammar also make up the top 20.
The remaining top 50 we see newcomers Milky Chance. Mr Probz & ZHU in the top 30, whilst Calvin Harris, Aloe Blacc, Ed Sheeran, Eminem &Vance Joy all continue to prove popular throughout the years.
Albums wise the TV mini series thing for INXS did well for them their Very Best being the best selling album thus far of 2014. Coldplay, Pharrell, Lorde, Avicii, London Grammar and Arctic Monkeys also help round out the top ten.
Chet Faker (my second album of the year nod) joins Eminem, The Amity Affliction, The John Butler Trio, Rudimental and Ed Sheean in the top 20.
The remainder of the top 50 is made up of all your favourite (and my favourite artists) Rufus, Lana Del Rey, Flume, Skrillex, The Black Keys, Bliss N Eso, Sam Smith, Violent Soho, Daft Punk, my 2013 album of the year Haim's "Days are Gone", with 360 and Dan Sultan rounding up the top 50 albums in this nation for the first 6 months of 2014.
Looking at online lists on BLOG's, music sites etc Chet Faker seems a favourite for 2014, Beck also gets a return to form mention and Alt-J, Broods, Angus & Julia Stone, Hilltop Hoods, Nero, Kimbra and Vance Joy are all hotly anticipated.
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Sunday, July 13, 2014
I'm 32 in 2 Days! Countdown - Sun 13 July 2014
20 - Broods - Mother & Father
19 - Peking Duk - High
18 - Milky Chance - Flashed Junk Mind
17 - Calvin Harris - Summer
16 - Coldplay - Magic
15 - Pharrell Williams - Happy
14 - Vance Joy - Mess Is Mine
13 - Hilltop Hoods - Won't Let You Down {Feat. Maverick Sabre}
12 - Ed Sheeran - Sing
11 - 360 - Price of Fame {Feat. Gossling}
10 - ZHU - Faded
9 - Sigma - Nobody to Love
8 - Illy - Tightrope {Feat. Scarlett Stevens}
7 - Coldplay - A Sky Full of Stars
6 - Mr. Probz - Waves
5 - Charli XCX - Boom Clap
4 - Milky Chance - Stolen Dance
3 - Sia - Chandelier
2 - Ed Sheeran - Don't
1 - Tove Lo - Stay High {Feat. Hippie Sabotage} {Habits Remix}
Saturday, July 12, 2014
NAIDOC WEEK 2014: 6-13 JULY
Here are some of the nation's BEST artists giving us some damn fine, smooth music for our ears this Winter.
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Album of the Year Nomination #3 - Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear
All the way back on May 3rd I announced Chet Faker's record Built on Glass was announced as my second album of the year nomination and earlier in March Pharrell's monster album G I R L was the first album of the year nomination. So it's high time for the next nomination, yes it's Adelaide born SIA.
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53,000,000 YouTube views later for the below lead single's official music video Sia really is taking 2014 by the horns.
This song will definitely feature very highly on my end of year Top 200 list. Sia has not only brought the game with this track but featured on the Hunger Games - Catching Fire soundtrack with Elastic Heart. This extra exposure and feature with the Weeknd and Diplo gave Sia a whole new reach.
The album however is terrific, on Saturday morning whilst cleaning my entire bomb site of a unit I listened to this start to finish and there was some old sounding Sia and some sexy new sounding Sia on this record.
She is one of the most respected song writers of our time and this album will really launch her career. I can only imagine how many ARIA awards are coming her way and potentially Global music awards too.
Her no face policy is also drawing a lot of publicity and we all know any publicity is good publicity.
Sia is a superstar and she joins two other musical stars Pharrell Williams and Chet Faker for this years Album of the Year. Come back Boxing Day and all will be revealed. It's a tight race so far but with the mid year hump just hit there will be plenty more nominations to come.
A full mid year report is also on the way.....
Sunday, July 6, 2014
A Smashing Sunday Countdown - Sun 6 July 2014
20 - Alison Wonderland - I Want U
19 - Lorde - Everybody Wants to Rule the World
18 - Peking Duk - High
17 - Calvin Harris - Summer
16 - Chet Faker - Gold {Flume Re-Work}
15 - Pharrell Williams - Happy
14 - Coldplay - Magic
13 - Hilltop Hoods - Won't Let You Down {Feat. Maverick Sabre}
12 - 360 - Price of Fame {Feat. Gossling}
11 - Illy - Tightrope {Feat. Scarlett Stevens}
10 - Ed Sheeran - Sing
9 - Sigma - Nobody to Love
8 - ZHU - Faded
7 - Coldplay - A Sky Full of Stars
6 - Mr. Probz - Waves
5 - Charli Xcx - Boom Clap
4 - Milky Chance - Stolen Dance
3 - Ed Sheeran - Don't
2 - Tove Lo - Stay High {Feat. Hippie Sabotage} {Habits Remix}
1 - Sia - Chandelier
Saturday, July 5, 2014
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