all up in the blogs

Indefensible delay, but here’s three for august, september and october:

Metronomy – Not Made For Love

After totally ruining any chance of balance in my favourite songs of last year list (heartbreaker/a thing for me/my heart rate rapid) metronomy came out from some sort of retirement break up scandal with a total 2009 classic. This song is every reason why i love the XX album – but no matter how good that album might be, no individual song reaches these depths of r&B indie (without the fake folk) synthetic depression optimism amazing. When we were on the beach that night...

Not Made For Love.mp3

Mariah Carey & Gucci Mane – Obsessed

SO DAMN MASSIVE. With some kind of liquid swords synth stabs meets trunk rattlin’ ciara at her most thrilling. Who would have thought a Mariah Carey diss song on Eminem would be anything other than unbearable rubbish rather than the most exciting thing you will hear in a club this year. And it definitely helps that Gucci mane gets all jah rule nonsensical barking over the chorus. Lyin’ that you sexin’ me...mariah you on fire.

Obsessed _Feat Gucci Mane_.mp3

Vybz Kartel - Yuh Love

I don’t know if this is quite the pick from what has been a documentary worthy return to form for vybz kartel in 2009 – but this typically weird love song is definitely on serious repeat. Of course vybz hides his least misogynistic rubbish lyric (not saying much) on a production by the relatively unknown brooklyn producer dre skull rather than waiting approximately 2 days for the next big jamaican production from stephen “di genius” mcgregor or russian. You and me baby, it ain’t no lie...

Yuh Love.mp3