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We begin our annual end of the year music review with our favourite albums. In the coming days we will be also checking the Top 100 singles, making a brief analysis of what’s been going on during the last twelve month and will finish with the announcement of our 2018 Rober Awards nominees. Stay tuned!
The Rober Awards Best albums of 2018 are…
Two of our favourite female artists, Grimes and Janelle Monáe, join forces in ‘Venus Fly’ and reach the top of the last loop of the year, before we begin our annual best of recap. The track is taken from the young Canadian star’s acclaimed second album ‘Art Angels.’
Post-hardcore Brooklyn quartet Big Ups is the highest entry on an edition that features both a glimpse into some of the next years’ most anticipating releases: Antony’s courting with electronica through his new monkiker, Anohni; Animal Collective; Erykah Badu feat. Andre 3000; Chupa Cabra; dvsn; Chairlift; Aesop Rock with Homeboy Sandman; Lucas DiPasquale with Popcaan; Suede and M. Ward among them.
And also features last minute tracks released by some of the biggest artist of the year, as a reminder to take them in consideration for best of lists, such as Kendrick Lamar; Bjórk; Fetty Wap; Oneohtrix Point Never; plus the return of Phoenix, teaming up with Bill Murray on a version of a Beach Boys track for the Hollywood star’s Netflix Xmas special.
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With the suites IV & V of her musical cybersaga having just seen the light of day Janelle Monáe is riding high again. ‘Electric Lady’ has proven to be another winner with legends such as Prince, Erykah Badu & Big Boi on board. ‘Prime Time’, the Princey-esque ballad she performs with Miguel is the week’s top track at the loop.
The mighty return of Arcade Fire with James Murphy on production duties is predictably the highest entry, followed by new songs by the likes of Helen; Machinedrum or Donna Summer remixed by Chromeo for a forthcoming mixes compilation. The biggest surprise among the debuts, though, goes comes from our favourite mormon trio Low who’s just released a superb cover of Rihanna’s recent smash ‘Stay’.
Check this week’s edition here.
Aclamada como heredera femenina de Prince por su eclecticismo estilístico, el primer album de la artista de Kansas City deslumbraba a propios y extraños. Continuación temática de su EP de debut narrando la historia de su alter ego Cindy Mayweather, una androide de un futuro en el que el amor esta prohibido y se gesta … Read more
Acclaimed as the female heir of Prince for her stylistic eclecticism, the first album of the Kansas City vocalist amazed everyone. A thematic follow-up to her debut EP telling the story of her alter ego Cindy Mayweather, an android living in a future where love is forbidden and revolution looming; Monáe revealed herself as a … Read more
Los preestrenos online siguieron por sus fueros durante las últimas semanas con otro considerable número de novedades ofrecidas para su escucha a través de varios canales. La más interesante fue seguramente el regreso de la leyenda del lo-fi Ariel Pink con su mas reciente formación Haunted Grafitti. Pink acaba de incorporarse al plantel de 4AD … Read more
Online streaming action continued in top shape during the past weeks, with another huge number of new releases being offered to listen in full through different sources. The most interesting among them all was probably the return of lo-fi legend Ariel Pink, with his recent formation Haunted Grafitti. Pink has joined the 4AD stable and … Read more
Esta fue una semana sin noticias, sin muchos discos destacados ni actividad en directo, pero con multitud de videos para compensar. Muchos de ellos pertenecían a canciones que ya han pasado por nuestro loop, pero que hasta ahora no se habían publicado –Janelle Monae; Titus Andronicus; MGMT o Dum Dum Girls entre otras.
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This has been a week with no headlines, not that many records or remarkable live activity either, but with plenty of new videos instead. Most of them of tracks that have already been hits in our loop, but didn’t get a release until now –Janelle Monae; Titus Andronicus; MGMT or Dum Dum Girls … Read more