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01 Florence + The Machine – Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) 186


02 Little Boots – Stuck On Repeat 158


03 Little Boots – New In Town 139


04 Madonna – Celebration 136


05 Florence + The Machine – You've Got The Love 131


06 Paloma Faith – New York 130


07 Little Boots – Remedy 123


08 Lady GaGa – Poker Face 121


09 Shakira – She Wolf 120


10 Florence + The Machine – Dog Days Are Over 117


11 VV Brown – Shark in the Water 113


12 Little Boots – Earthquake 109


13 Florence + The Machine – Drumming Song 105


14 Lady GaGa – Bad Romance 104


15 Lily Allen – The Fear 97


16 Lily Allen – Not Fair 96


17 Paloma Faith – Stone Cold Sober 95


18 VV Brown – Leave! 93


19 La Roux – Bulletproof 93


20 Lady GaGa – Paparazzi 90


21 Little Boots – Meddle 88
22 Paolo Nutini – Candy 87
23 Florence + The Machine – Hurricane Drunk 87
24 La Roux – In For The Kill 86
25 Florence + The Machine – Howl 86
26 Florence + The Machine – Cosmic Love 85
27 Florence + The Machine – My Boy Builds Coffins 84
28 Sugababes – About A Girl 83
29 Florence + The Machine – Kiss With A Fist 80
30 Noisettes – Never Forget You 79
31 Sugababes – Get Sexy 76
32 Leona Lewis – Happy 74
33 Little Boots – Symmetry 74
34 Florence + The Machine – Between Two Lungs 74
35 VV Brown – Crying Blood 72
36 Florence + The Machine – Blinding 72
37 Little Boots – Love Kills 69
38 Cheryl Cole – Fight For This Love 69
39 Lady GaGa – LoveGame 68
40 Alicia Keys – Doesn't Mean Anything 68
41 Florence + The Machine – I'm Not Calling You A Liar 67
42 Little Boots – Mathematics 67
43 Paloma Faith – Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful? 66
44 Marina & the Diamonds – Mowgli's Road 66
45 Lady GaGa – Just Dance 66
46 Florence + The Machine – Girl With One Eye 66
47 Lady GaGa – Alejandro 65
48 Lily Allen – 22 63
49 A Camp – Stronger Than Jesus 62
50 Alexandra Burke – Bad Boys 59
51 La Roux – Quicksand 58
52 Little Boots – Hearts Collide 57
53 Natalie Imbruglia – Want 56
54 La Roux – I'm Not Your Toy 56
55 Little Boots – Click 55
56 Shakira – Loba 55
57 Lady GaGa – Telephone 54
58 Marina & the Diamonds – Obsessions 54
59 Girls Aloud – Untouchable 54
60 Shakira – Did it Again 53
61 Lady GaGa – Speechless 53
62 Paloma Faith – Upside Down 52
63 Beyoncé – Halo 51
64 Lily Allen – Who'd Have Known 51
65 VV Brown – Quick Fix 51
66 Paloma Faith – Smoke & Mirrors 49
67 Shakira – Men In This Town 49
68 Nelly Furtado – Manos Al Aire 49
69 Joss Stone – Free Me 49
70 Noisettes – Don't Upset The Rhythm (Go Baby Go) 49
71 VV Brown – Bottles 49
72 Florence + The Machine – Are You Hurting The One You Love? 49
73 Little Boots – Not Now 48
74 Florence + The Machine – Bird Song 48
75 Little Boots – No Brakes 48
76 Lily Allen – Everyone's At It 47
77 Empire of the Sun – We Are The People 47
78 Paolo Nutini – Coming Up Easy 46
79 Empire of the Sun – Walking On A Dream 45
80 Lady GaGa – Dance In The Dark 44
81 Coldplay – Life In Technicolor ii 43
82 Duffy – Mercy 43
83 Little Boots – Ghost 43
84 Paloma Faith – Stargazer 43
85 Paloma Faith – Broken Doll 42
86 Florence + The Machine – Falling 42
87 Duffy – Fool For You 42
88 Duffy – Live And Let Die 42
89 Duffy – Warwick Avenue 42
90 Lady GaGa – Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say) 42
91 Shakira – Mon Amour 42
92 Beyoncé – Sweet Dreams 41
93 Madonna – Miles Away 41
94 Lily Allen – Fuck You 41
95 Florence + The Machine – Swimming 41
96 A Camp – Love Has Left the Room 41
97 Cheryl Cole – 3 Words 41
98 Paloma Faith – Play On 40
99 Daniel Merriweather – Red 40
100 Florence + The Machine – Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) (Jamie T's Lionheart Mix) 40
101 VV Brown – Game Over 40
102 Little Boots – Beat Again 40
103 Paloma Faith – Romance Is Dead 40
104 Florence + The Machine – Hardest Of Hearts 40
105 Marina & the Diamonds – Seventeen 39
106 Lady GaGa – Monster 39
107 Little Boots – Magical 39
108 U2 – I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight 38
109 Freemasons – Heartbreak (Make Me A Dancer) 38
110 David Guetta – When Love Takes Over 38
111 Kings of Leon – Sex On Fire 38
112 Little Boots – Tune Into My Heart 38
113 Paloma Faith – I Just Wait 38
114 Paloma Faith – My Legs Are Weak 38
115 Lily Allen – I Could Say 38
116 Little Boots – Meddle (Tenorion Piano Version) 37
117 Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow 36
118 Lily Allen – Chinese 36
119 Pixie Lott – Mama Do (uh oh, uh oh) 36
120 VV Brown – This Charming Man 36
121 Duffy – Breaking My Own Heart 36
122 Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling 35
123 Lily Allen – Back To The Start 35
124 White Lies – To Lose My Life 35
125 Alicia Keys – Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart 35
126 Florence + The Machine – Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) (Acoustic) 35
127 U2 – Magnificent 34
128 La Roux – Tigerlily 34
129 Frankmusik – Confusion Girl (Shame Shame Shame) 34
130 Duffy – Rain On Your Parade 34
131 Noisettes – Wild Young Hearts 34
132 VV Brown – Leave! (Little Boots mix) 33
133 VV Brown – Crazy Amazing 33
134 Lily Allen – Him 33
135 Florence + The Machine – Hospital Beds 33
136 Shakira – Good Stuff 33
137 Lily Allen – He Wasn't There 33
138 Joss Stone – Could Have Been You 32
139 Joss Stone – You Got The Love 32
140 MSTRKRFT – Heartbreaker 32
141 La Roux – Colourless Colour 32
142 Frankmusik – Better Off As Two 32
143 Lady GaGa – Disco Heaven 32
144 Lily Allen – Never Gonna Happen 32
145 Kings of Leon – Use Somebody 31
146 Empire of the Sun – Standing On The Shore 31
147 A Camp – I Can Buy You 30
148 Duffy – I'm Scared 30
149 Marina & the Diamonds – I Am Not a Robot 30
150 Lady GaGa – Summerboy 30
151 Florence + The Machine – Girl With One Eye (Bayou Percussion Version) 30
152 VV Brown – Video Killed The Radio Star 30
153 Lady GaGa – I Like It Rough 30
154 Lady GaGa – The Fame 30
155 Noisettes – So Complicated 30
156 Beyoncé – If I Were A Boy 30
157 Ladyhawke – Paris Is Burning 30
158 Duffy – Delayed Devotion 29
159 Leona Lewis – Run 29
160 Joss Stone – Parallel Lines 29
161 Duffy – Please Stay 29
162 Shakira – Gypsy 29
163 La Roux – Cover My Eyes 29
164 Florence + The Machine – Dog Days Are Over (Demo) 28
165 Black Eyed Peas – Meet Me Halfway 28
166 Daniel Merriweather – Water And A Flame 28
167 Duffy – Stay With Me Baby 28
168 Leona Lewis – Stop Crying Your Heart Out 28
169 Coldplay – Glass Of Water 28
170 Duffy – Rockferry 28
171 VV Brown – Everybody 28
172 La Roux – Fascination 27
173 Reni Jusis – A mogło być tak pięknie 27
174 Alexandra Burke – Broken Heels 27
175 Duffy – Stop 27
176 U2 – No Line On The Horizon 27
177 Duffy – Stepping Stone 27
178 Lady GaGa – Beautiful, Dirty, Rich 27
179 Shakira – Spy 27
180 A Camp – My America 27
181 Duffy – Enough Love 27
182 VV Brown – Back In Time 27
183 Lily Allen – Why 27
184 Shakira – Long Time 27
185 Little Boots – Rich Boys 27
186 Duffy – Hanging On Too Long 27
187 Little Boots – New In Town (The Death Set Remix) 27
188 Florence + The Machine – Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up) (Leo Zero Remix) 27
189 Beyoncé – Smash Into You 26
190 Paloma Faith – Luv Ya 26
191 VV Brown – L.O.V.E. 26
192 Noisettes – Beat Of My Heart 26
193 Florence + The Machine – Drumming Song (Acoustic) 26
194 Paolo Nutini – Pencil Full of Lead 26
195 Joss Stone – Lady 26
196 Noisettes – Every Now And Then 26
197 Lady GaGa – So Happy I Could Die 26
198 VV Brown – Travelling Like The Light 26
199 U2 – Get On Your Boots 26
200 A Camp – Golden Teeth and Silver Medals 26

Woo! The last Bzangy of '09 and a chance to play loads of fave tracks from this year! :-)

Tonight's best new track was 'Carve A Pattern' by Butcher Boy. A right, romping, stomping pop song that reminds me sometimes of Al Stewart, sometimes of Nick Drake and loads of being a kid and watching Peanuts specials on telly. :-)



The best old track was 'Six Months In A Leaky Boat' by Split Enz. I've been addicted to this song lately. Basically, it's perfect.

This is what you heard:


Flying Lotus - Parisian Goldfish (Take Remix)
Canadian Invasion - The Carcass Of John Mayer
Ben Folds Five - Army
Butcher Boy - Carve A Pattern
J. Scrilla & Royalty - Wut Up
Bury Tomorrow - You & I
Benny Page & Zero G - pan pipes
The Elephants - Take it!
System of a Down - Suite-Pee
I Hate This Place - Morse Ft. Supa
My Little Pony - the sun turns
August Burns Red - Rationalist
Lean Tales - Money Smile
Wale - Mirrors Ft. Bun B (Produced By Mark Ronson)
Fucked Up - Magic Word
Jeans Team - Baby 3=1+2
Your Twenties - Caught Wheel
We Came As Romans - Intentions
Factor Feat Ceschi - Pray
MSTRKRFT - Vuvuvu
Leaving Mornington Crescent - seventeen
William Cooper - Bring It Back Feat. 9th Prince & Nature
Four Tet - She Moves She
It Dies Today - This Ghost
Scorcher - We Don't Care (Ft. Terminator) (Prod. By Rapid)
Akira Kiteshi - pinball
Mascot Fight - Trawler
Split Enz - Six month in a leaky boat
Vitalic - Flashmob
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - 103
Oc & Ag - Think About It
Metric - Satellite Mind
Tes La Rok - Darkness Falls Upon Us
Glass Candy - Etheric Device
Dananananaykroyd - Watch This!
Endwell - Living Through Losses: 02/30/01
Ghettosocks - Role Models
Suburban Kids With Biblical Na - 1999
Manchester Orchestra - Tony The Tiger
Cut Copy - Future
Souls of Mischief - You Got It
Say Hi to Your Mom - Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh O
Maybeshewill - How to Have Sex With a Ghost
Moss - The comfort
Mistabishi - Printer Jam
U-God - Stomp Da Roach
Pelican - An Inch Above Sand
Tender Trap - Oh Katrina
[ingenting] - Tack.
Neil Landstrumm - Dead Neighbours (Neil Landstrumm Vs Ebola)
Loney, Dear - Airport Surroundings
Wienzeile - deine party
The Decemberists - The Rake's Song
Bryan Scary & the Shredding Tears - Imitation of the Sky
Burning Hearts - I Walked Among The Trees
Shyheim - The Bottom
Luke Envoy - M.U.G.E.N
Kill Your Idols - Still Pist (Pist Cover)
The Hidden Cameras - Kingdom Come
Cats on Fire - The Borders of This Land
Girl Talk - No Pause
MF DOOM - Paper Planes (Freestyle)
Felix Darcy - pictures from the pavement
Coehn&Foehrb - Ende vom Anfang
xx - Islands
The Dorktones - Three's A Crowd
The Clientele - Share The Night
The Bloody Beetroots - Awesome
Robert Mellin & Gian Pieri Reverberi - Main Theme
Magnetic Fields - I Don't Want to Get Over You

2009 was a good year for me musically. Listening, at least. I've still yet to form a band. :(
Either way, time for me to point out what music you should be listening to. Alphabetically by artist:

Anamanaguchi: Dawn Metropolis
Amazingly epic chip tune music. Standard post rock lineup plus a GameBoy and NES leads to epic, amazing nostalgia trips. "Mermaid" is fuckwin.

And So I Watch You From Afar: And So I Watch You From Afar
Took me forever to get into these guys, sadly. They're pretty fucking rocking. Think Russian Circles.

...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead: The Century of Self
A cool album. I only got into this (not new) band this year, and this happens to not be my favourite album, but it's still good, with solid and even awesome tracks such as "Isis Unveiled" and "Insatiable (two)."

Balmorhea: All Is Wild All Is Silent
Oh holy shit is this band epic. Another band I only discovered this year (thank you share threads). "Truth" is my favourite track on this gorgeous post-rocky album. A lot of false climaxes which is cool. Haydn would be proud.

The Dear Hunter: Act III: Life and Death
Took me forever to get into this band despite my love of TREOS because I confused Deerhunter for them and was not pleased. This is the third of a series of amazing concept albums, Crescenzo truly is an amazing composer.

fun.: Aim and Ignite
Formed of the ashes of The Format (a band I still haven't listened to) I found these guys thanks to a friend, and was quickly hooked. Amazing instrumentation, catchy lyrics, and phrasing seemingly written for the ADD-afflicted, I love it.

Lady GaGa: The Fame Monster
YEAH I FUCKING LIKE GAGA WHAT'S IT TO YOU?! My friend got me into her music one night. It was a weird night. But I like her stuff now. However, it was about two weeks ago, so, while I like it, I can't say much about it yet.

Andy Grammer: Andy Grammer Live
This guy's fucking amazing. If you ever get a chance to see him live, take it. He beatboxes in between singing while playing guitar and throwing in the occasional vocal trumpet solo. This is his only recording so far, unfortunately. Check YouTube for his awesome cover of "Apologize."

I Fight Dragons: Cool Is Just A Number EP
Just an EP, but just great. More chiptune music, but the game consoles take on a more ornamental role, adding to the music rather than turning it into an electronic album. "With You" is a definite favourite.

JJ: JJ N°2
I know nothing about this band. I think I might be seeing them in April, but I'm not sure. They are so mysterious! Neat, chill electronic music. "Ecstasy"

Maybeshewill: Sing The Word Hope In Four Part Harmony
A disappointment. Amazing music, but it doesn't really stand up to last year's indescribably awesome Not For Want of Trying. If you haven't started listening to Maybeshewill... Well, I'm not sure if I should tell you to go for this one first or the other. Just get both and play all twenty-something songs at the same time as the band intended.

Mew: No more stories / Are told today / I'm sorry / They washed away / No more stories / The world is grey / I'm tired / Let's wash away
Share threads! Got into this AMAZING band via a share thread, via this album, via the gorgeous song "Cartoons and Macramé Wounds." Check this shit out. Solid album from start to finish.

Mono: Hymn To The Immortal Wind
I can't say much about this one, because I still haven't listened to it much. It's significantly better than past Mono albums, at least. "Everlasting Light" = everlasting orgasm.

The Mountain Goats: the Life of the World to Come
Knowing Darnielle, The Mountain Goats have probably put out four or five albums this year, but this is the one I know about. Each song is based on a biblical verse. It's much more relaxed than their previous few albums, but, in a way, that's a really nice thing. No real stand-out tracks, but I haven't listened to it much.

Porcupine Tree: The Incident
Epic disappointment is epic. I haven't listened to it much, I suppose, but it's... Boring. Very little experimentation it seems compared to everything before Fear of a Blank Planet, but I guess that release should have been a warning. Maybe I'll start to like it someday.

Russian Circles: Geneva
I really can't say much about this album. I only found out about it two weeks ago when I played it on the radio. I had no idea they had come out with a new album. I will point out that "Hexed All" is a great song, however.

Regina Spektor: Far
Perhaps to many people's surprise, I didn't listen to Regina Spektor prior to about three months ago. This album got me hooked, however, when I played "Blue Lips" on the radio. Probably still my favourite song on the album.

Star Fucking Hipsters: Never Rest in Peace
EPIC DISAPPOINTMENT. This one was more crushing than The Incident since I had no shitty previous album to lower my expectations. It's all standard, under-produced garbage. It verges more on death metal than punk, kind of like Fuck World Trade, but it's not good death metal, so who cares. Not up to what I expect from Stza. But maybe that only makes this a success in his eyes. Dunno.

Tip the Van: Passion, Love & Pride
Great ska band. Mostly female vocals, which is interesting for ska. Just a three-song EP, but it's good stuff.

Sara Watkins: Sara Watkins
So Nickel Creek (still haven't listened to them) broke up so they could all pursue solo careers. Sara, the violinist, is off to a good start. At least musically; don't know if this was a financial success. A lot of the tracks are covers, but they're good.

The xx: xx
While I had been playing these guys on the radio for a while, I never really got into them until I saw, to my surprise, that they were in the Top 40 most scrobbled of 2009 on last.fm. So I paid more attention the next time I played them and realized, holy shit they're good. Kind of like jj, but darker. Love "Heart Skipped a Beat" most.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs: It's Blitz!
Heard "Heads Will Roll" playing on my roommate's stereo one day, and I was hooked. Good stuff. I don't really need to describe it since I was last to the party. Karen O's Where The Wild Things Are soundtrack was quite amazing, as well if you haven't heard that one.


Now that that's out of the way, here are some honorable mentions; things I might like but I got to them too late or haven't had enough time to listen to them enough to judge, perhaps because they're just too different:
The Appleseed Cast: Sagarmatha
black mold: Snow Blindness Is Crystal Antz
Burnt by the Sun: Heart of Darkness
Dusty Rhodes & the River Band: Palace & Stage
The King Khan & BBQ Show: Invisible Girl
Мельница: Дикие Травы
Mouse On The Keys: an anxious object
MSTRKRFT: Fist Of God
Portugal. The Man: The Satanic Satanist
Rodrigo y Gabriela: 11:11
Röyksopp: Junior
Starsailor: All The Plans


I would also like to direct your attention to the Glee soundtracks. Great covers of great music.
And I guess since people will ask, my favourite album of the year is: Aim and Ignite by fun. See above. Hopefully 2010 brings Anathema's new album, considering they released demos for it four years ago.

Questions, comments, recommendations and complaints are all welcome.

Unit 4
Gang Gang Dance 2x
Josephine Foster
Animal Collective
Pantha du Prince
School of Seven Bells
Spectrum
Great Dynamo
Soap&Skin 2x
The Legendary Pink Dots
Melanchoholics
Röyksopp
Fever Ray 3x
2 Many DJ's
A Place to Bury Strangers 2x
HEALTH 3x
A Certain Ratio
Nina Kinert
Tiny Masters of Today
Wildbirds & Peacedrums 2x
The Bony King of Nowhere
Mono
The Drift
Telepathe 3x
Der Räuber und der Prinz 2x
Pamelia Kurstin
The Juan Maclean
Little Boots 3x
The Dø
Julia Marcell
Bat for Lashes
Marybell Katastrophy
Phoenix
The Gossip
Simian Mobile Disco 2x
Junior Boys
Filthy Dukes
AETHR MYTH'D
Lucky Dragons
Valgeir Sigurðsson
The Trio
Nisennenmondai
Extra Life
Mostly Other People Do The Killing
Tim Isfort Tentett
sOo's cOllage
Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog feat. Eszter Balint
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
Dear Lament
Carla Bozulich 2x
Gregory and the Hawk
Cryptacize
Glass Candy 2x
Desire 2x
Pocahaunted
Sun Araw
High Wolf
The Puddle Parade
Diane Cluck
Ken's Last Ever Radio Extravaganza
Theo Angell
ROT
PALMS
Stellar Om Source
Gavin Russom
Benga
Daedelus
Gui Boratto
Michael Mayer
Andrea Parker
La Roux
Jackie-O Motherfucker2x
Dragging an Ox Through Water
Gong
Lady GaGa
Master Musicians of Bukkake
Entertainment For The Braindead
Prefuse 73
Stefan Schneider & Lena Willikens
Musiccargo
Stabil Elite
CocoRosie
Deichkind
Alter Ego
Die Goldenen Zitronen
Bonaparte
Marissa Nadler
Grizzly Bear2x
Bon Iver 2x
Final Fantasy
Anna Ternheim
Fettes Brot
Noah and the Whale
The Temper Trap 2x
The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Patrick Watson
HEALTH 3x
Port O'Brien 2x
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros 2x
Hjaltalín
BLK JKS
The Irrepressibles
Marianne Faithfull
Marc Ribot 2x
Placebo
Arctic Monkeys
50 Cent
Deftones
The Ting Tings
Maxïmo Park
Wilco
Klaxons
Faith No More
Vampire Weekend
N*E*R*D
Kraftwerk
Paolo Nutini
My Bloody Valentine
Grizzly Bear
Peaches
Anti-Flag
Patrick Wolf
Dinosaur Jr.
Squarepusher
MSTRKRFT
Eagles of Death Metal
Ladyhawke
The Whitest Boy Alive
Vitalic
Booka Shade
Deerhunter
Tortoise
Blood Red Shoes
dEUS 2x
Glasvegas
Ellen Allien
Florence and The Machine
Busy P
Black Lips
Fennesz
Them Crooked Vultures
The Jesus Lizard
Life of Agony
The Black Angels
The Big Pink
Moderat
Fake Blood
Crystal Antlers
Hudson Mohawke
Puppetmastaz
Le Corps Mince de Françoise
Micachu & The Shapes
Ebony Bones
Nid&Sancy
Dent May
Iggy Pop
Tine Kindermann
Blues Control
tropa macaca
Nite Jewel 2x
Sunset Rubdown
Dirty Projectors
Tune-Yards
Geneva Jacuzzi
Hope Sandoval
Tickley Feather
John Maus
Elfenbeinturm
Temple of the Beeheads
Kreidler
Ekin Fil
Biblo
Lorenz Rhode
Lucas Croon
Samara Lubelski
Kuupuu
Amen Dunes
Prince Rama of Ayodhya
Fyoelk
Vicky & Ron
Vomit Heat
Wavves
Rio en Medio
Brightblack Morning Light
Lydia Lunch
Secret Tree
Cluster
S.C.U.M
The Horrors
Matteah Baim
The Rakes
Skunk Anansie
Chairlift 3x
The Leisure Society
Castanets
PHANTOGRAM
Hecuba
Alec Empire
Evangelista
Fleetwood Mac
Aqua Nebula Oscillator
The Cult
Amolvacy
Volcano the Bear
Dear Euphoria
Lisa Gerrard
Alela Diane
No More
Secret Shine

i hope this list has doubled in size by the end of 2010

2009
The Growlers (December)
Rooney (November)
The Growlers (November)
Julian Casablancas (November)
No Age (November)
Pixies (November)
Brazilian Girls (Treasure Island 09)
Girl Talk (Treasure Island 09)
The Streets (Treasure Island 09)
MSTRKRFT (Treasure Island 09)
MGMT (Treasure Island 09)
Phoenix (September)
Arctic Monkeys (September)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs (September)
Arctic Monkeys (Øya 09)
Glasvegas (Øya 09)
Jonas Brothers (June)
BIG BANG (May)
Turbonegro (May)
Bob Dylan (March)
Oasis (March)

2008
god knows what i was doing this year

2007
Muse (October)
The Dandy Warhols (August)
Rolling Stones (August)
BIG BANG (Roskilde 07)
Red Hot Chili Peppers (Roskilde 07)
The Sounds (Roskilde 07)
My Chemical Romance (Roskilde 07)
queens of the stoneage (Roskilde 07)
Klaxons (Roskilde 07)
Muse (Roskilde 07)
Arctic Monkeys (Roskilde 07)
Björk (Roskilde 07)
The Killers (Roskilde 07)
Arcade Fire (Roskilde 07)

2006
Klovner i Kamp (May)

20. Ghinzu - Mirror Mirror

Released 30/4/2009


19. Bondage Fairies - Cheap Italian Wine

Released 8/9/2009


18. Moderat - Moderat

Released 8/5/2009


17. White Lies - To Lose My Life

Released 12/1/2009


16. Depeche Mode - Sounds Of The Universe

Released 21/4/2009


15. Video Nasties - On All Fours

Released 1/1/2009


14. MSTRKRFT - Fist Of God

Released 17/3/2009


13. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!

Released 8/3/2009


12. Telefon Tel Aviv - Immolate Yourself

Released 23/1/2009


11. HEALTH - Get Color

Released 8/9/2009


10. Junius - The Martrydom of a Catastrophist

Released 1/1/2009


9. The Twilight Sad - Forget The Night Ahead

Released 5/10/2009


8. The xx - xx

Released 1/1/2009


7. Sonic Youth - The Eternal

Released 3/6/2009


6. A Place to Bury Strangers - Exploding Head

Released 5/10/2009
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5. The Longcut - Open Hearts

Released 5/10/2009


4. Fever Ray - Fever Ray

Released 1/1/2009


3. Faunts - Feel.Love.Thinking.Of.

Released 17/2/2009


2. The Boxer Rebellion - Union

Released 14/9/2009


1. The Horrors - Primary Colours

Released 4/5/2009


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BITCH TO MIX VOLUME 1



BITCH TO MIX VOLUME 1
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Mix features:
From Monument to Masses
Felix Cartal
Teki Latex
Para One
Les Gilettes
MSTRKRFT
Acid Girls
Guns 'n Bombs
Disco Dawn Boys
Invert
The Count & Sinden
Harvard Bass
Strip Steve
Frankmusik
Dolby Anol
Louis La Roche
David Rubato
Gucci Vump
Bobmo
D.I.M.
Joe & Will Ask?
Pony Pony Run Run
Mondkopf