The MM presents the best hits from 2007 that you can dance with!!!!













1. Rihanna - Umbrella (Feat. Jay-Z)
One of my reader commented like 'Why you support cheap r&b girls?', you'll be disappointed my reader, because this little cheap girl delivers my number one dance hit.















2.Nelly Furtado - Maneater
I love Nelly Furtado, yes i really love her! I don't have to give up listening some pop stars even if i'm in deep love with dozens of underground rock bands.













3. David Vendetta feat. Akram - Unidos Para La Musica
Meeting electronic with beautiful ethnic latin vocals, tasty!













4. Justice - Phantom Pt. II
If you ask me the best electronic record in 2007, i can say Justice's Cross is one of them.












5. Seal - The Right Life
The record ain't amazing like he says in his first single, "Amazing", you can find some good tunes in it, though.













6. Burial - Untrue
Maybe, you'll think it's not a dance song like you think, but it rocks.













7. Juvelen - Summer Spring










8. Love Is All - Felt Tip (Hot Chip Remix)













9. Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor














10. Chromatics - In The City

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Jukebox is the eighth album by American singer/songwriter Chan Marshall (a.k.a. Cat Power). Except for "Song To Bobby", the album is comprised entirely of cover songs. Chan Marshall stops time. She sits at a piano or lays her guitar across her lap, and whether it’s a noisy club overflowing with drunks or a coffee house full of laptoppers, Chan Marshall draws all the attention in the room and makes the world stop spinning. As Cat Power, Marshall’s music seems to rise from nowhere, envelop the room, then vanish; listeners know they’ve been hit by something but they’re not sure what.

According to Matador Records, there will be a limited-edition silver foil deluxe package containing a bonus disc with five extra songs. You can download and listen my track picks from Jukebox. Song To Bobby sounds perfect, a very new mellow tune like we used to listen from her. Other new song which is called "Metal Heart" a very passionate rock ballad, you know Cat Power doesn't disappoint. If you ask me to say which cover is the best, it's originally by Joni Mitchell, yes the song is Blue. One of the best song of all time.

Guest appearances: Spooner Oldham (Neil Young, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan), Larry McDonald (Toots & The Maytals, Taj Mahal), Teenie Hodges (Al Green, Memphis Rhythm Band), and Matt Sweeney (Chavez, Will Oldham).

Jukebox tracklist:
1. New York (Frank Sinatra)
2. Ramblin’ (Wo)man (Hank Williams)
3. Metal Heart (Cat Power *)
4. Silver Stallion (The Highwaymen)
5. Aretha, Sing One For Me (George Jackson)
6. Lost Someone (James Brown)
7. Lord, Help The Poor And Needy (Jessie Mae Hemphill)
8. I Believe In You (Bob Dylan)
9. Song To Bobby (new song of Cat Power **) removed by label request
10. Don’t Explain (Billie Holiday)
11. Woman Left Lonely (Janis Joplin)
12. Blue ( soulfull Joni Mitchell cover)

I can copy-paste another Amg Song Review, shouldn't i? Because this song cheers me up. Brilliant, shining, perfect with what it has got. Review says most of all, and i can only ad some mp3 and video in plus. Enjoy with best music on The MM blog.

One of the most brilliant synth-dance singles of all time, "Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)" is a pinnacle of the form. The arrangement, by singer/songwriter Green Gartside and his co-conspirators David Gamson and Fred Maher, combines with Arif Mardin's seamless production into a textbook example of how to make a dance track that's so kinetic that it's impossible not to move to, but so clever and rich-sounding that it's equally fun to listen to alone on headphones with the lights off. Gartside's lyrics are among his most allusive and playful, mixing soul homage and his usual hyperactive wordplay, and his helium-pitched vocal style (imagine Boy George channeling the prepubescent Michael Jackson) is one of the most bizarre and wonderful musical personas of its era. Not a US chart hit, but a dancefloor classic, "Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)" is a frothy, almost silly masterpiece.

Scritti Politti - Wood Beez

For this unique film, director AJ Schnack assembled selections from the Azerrad interviews and merged them with newly filmed, evocative imagery of the three cities in Washington state that played a major role in Cobain's life: Aberdeen, Olympia and Seattle. Shot entirely on 35mm film, Schnack brings the Northwest to life in vivid detail: the logging industry where CobainÕs father worked, the small bars where local bands played their first shows, the endlessly overcast sky.

These impressionistic images, many of which were filmed in locations that were key to Cobain's life -- his home, apartment, school, record label, etc. -- are set to an evocative original score by noted Northwest musician and producer Steve Fisk, who produced Nirvana's Blew EP, and Death Cab for Cutie frontman Benjamin Gibbard, as well as the music of more than 20 artists who influenced or touched Cobain during his life, from childhood favorites Arlo Guthrie and Queen, to the influential punk bands Bad Brains and Big Black, to his Sub Pop contemporaries Mudhoney and Mark Lanegan to legendary music figures Iggy Pop, David Bowie and R.E.M.

Benjamin Gibbard - Indian Summer
Iggy Pop - The Passenger
Half Japanese - Put Some Sugar On It

2008 mini album featuring a selection of remixes of songs from their debut album Nine Times That Same Song, reinterpreted by their contemporaries. This remixes can be my winter dance favorites. Because they sound so good. Felt Tip (Hot Chip Remix) combines beauty of female voice and space beats, the song is really a masterpiece with the saxophone final. The Bees deliver a tough and straight up Funk version of 'Make Out Fall Out Make Up'. Othercontributions include Metronomy's killer mix of 'Spinning And Scratching' and Tapedeck's DIY Rave take on 'Busy Doing Nothing' plus other stunning remixes by Chicken Lips, Optimo, Maps, Fryars and Studio. Parlophone. Without doubt, Love Is All Mixed Up can be highly recommended to every independent electronic music listener as best new music. Every song in this record sound professionally good.

Love is All - Felt Tip (Hot Chip Remix) MM pick!
Love is All - Make Out Fall Out Make Up (Bees version)

In the late 1990s, the Albuquerque indie-rock band Flake Music morphed into the Shins, led by vocalist-guitarist James Mercer. Upon the release of 2001's Oh, Inverted World, the Shins garnered a landslide of critical acclaim with their amiable, 1960s-influenced power-pop. Subsequent touring further raised the group's profile, and their eagerly awaited sophomore album, Chutes Too Narrow, revealed another set of clever and quirky pop-rock ditties. James Mercer's voice has also grown in strength. James Mercer really knows now just where to bring a certain tone to the song to hit you right in the heart. The Shins had never before hit higher than number 86 on the Billboard charts, but i love them and they're surely one of the best 2000s indie rock bands.

The Shins - Australia (Wincing the Night Away 2007)
The Shins - Young Pilgrams (Chutes Too Narrow 2003)
The Shins - Caring is Creepy (Oh, Inverted World 2001)

Previous Artists:
Frank Black
The Fiery Furnaces

1. Andy Williams - Most Wonderful Time Of The Year
2. Pogues & Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale Of New York
3. Pretenders - 2000 Miles
4. Shakin’ Stevens - Merry Christmas Everyone
5. Chris Rea- Driving Home For Christmas
6. Jona Lewie - Stop The Cavalry
7. Robson & Jerome - I Believe
8. Cyndi Lauper - Early Christmas Morning
9. Gloria Estefan - Love On Layaway
10. Charlotte Church - Dream A Dream
11. Steps - Merry Xmas Everybody
12. Bo Selecta - Proper Crimbo
13. Darkness - Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End)
14. Eva Cassidy - Over The Rainbow
15. Sarah McLachlan - Wintersong
16. Johnny Cash - Little Drummer Boy
17. Frank Sinatra - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
18. T-Rex - Christmas Bop
19. Boney M - Mary’s Boy Child/Oh My Lord

I thought it'd a great gift sharing this cd for the christmas. You can download the whole cd from link i gave below. Songs of T-Rex, Sarah McLachlan, Darkness and Chris Rea are my favorite.
http://rapidshare.com/files/76661396/CH-CD1-dovez0.rar

"Conquest" was released as the third single from the White Stripes' album Icky Thump in December 2007. It was released as a series of 7-inch colored vinyl singles, each containing the track "Conquest". The tracks "It's My Fault for Being Famous," "Honey, We Can't Afford to Look This Cheap" and "Cash Grab Complications on the Matter" appear on the black, white and red version of the records, respectively, with the latter featuring an acoustic Mariachi version of "Conquest". The various B-sides were co-produced by musician Beck, who also contributed vocals and piano to "Being Famous" and slide guitar to "Honey."

Each single includes a trading card featuring famous matadors El Sloth, El Bianca Rosa or El Perdador.

Tracklist:
1. Conquest
2. Its My Fault For Being Famous
3. Cash Grab Complications On The Matter
4. Honey, We Cant Afford To Look This Cheap
5. Conquest (Acoustic Mariachi Version)

New Songs
1. Sufjan Stevens - We Wish You a Merry Christmas

2. Dave Gahan - Deeper and Deeper

3. M.I.A. -Paper Planes


4. Mechanical Bride: "Umbrella" (Rihanna cover)
You can hear this cover at Mechanical Bride myspace page.

5. Kermit the Frog - Once in a Lifetime [Youtube Video]

Flashback Video!
Suede - Animal Nitrate

The MM blog presents its the unique end of the year list.


1. John Vanderslice - Emerald City
2. Fiery Furnaces - Widow City
3. Panda Bear - Person Pitch
4. Band of Horses - Cease To Begin
5. Enon - Grass Geysers Carbon Clouds
6. Aloha - Light Works
7. Blonde Redhead - 23
8. LCD Soundsystem - Sound Of Silver
9. Battles - Mirrored
10. Justice - †
11. The National - Boxer
12. Nick Lowe - At My Age
13. The Field - From Here We Go Sublime
14. Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
15. Ray Davies - Working Man's Cafe
16. M.I.A. - Kala
17. Of Montreal - Hissing Fauna, Are you the Destroyer?
18. Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
19. Jens Lekman - Night Falls Over Kortedala
20. Low - Drums And Guns
21. Patrick Wolf - The Magic Position
22. Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
23. Robert Wyatt - Comicopera
24. Menomena - Friend And Foe
25.Yeasayer - All Hour Cymbals
26. Múm - Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy
27. Radiohead - In Rainbows
28. Bill Callahan - Woke On A Whaleheart
29. Elliott Smith - New Moon
30. The Loose Salute - Tuned to Love
31. Britney Spears - Blackout
32. Beach House - Devotion
33. Cass McCombs - Dropping The Writ
34. Apparat - Walls
35. Sunset Rubdown - Random Spirit Lover
36. The White Stripes - Icky Thump
37. Thurston Moore - Trees Outside The Academy
38. Amy Winehouse - Back to Black
39. High Llamas - Can Cladders
40. Black Francis - Bluefinger
41. Feist - The Reminder
42. Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam
43. Idlewild - Make Another World
44. Joni Mitchell - Shine
45. She Wants Revenge - This is Forever
46. Richard Thompson - Sweet Warrior
47. Postmarks - The Postmarks
48. Pelican - City Of Echoes
49. Amerie - Because I Love It
50. Okkervil River - The Stage Names

Don't give up listening music which makes you smile or cry!

Today i saw Pitchfork's Top 100 Tracks of 2007 list, and the similarity made me happy more than i am. There are 11 same names in between Pitchfork and The Modern Music lists, thank you guys for reading my blog. Just joking:) It's easy to see that they chose the songs from their high rated records in 2007. Hey guys on Pitchfork, why don't you listen to some John Vanderslice!



Top 100 Tracks of 2007 (by Pitchfork)
Monday, December 17, 2007
1. LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends
2. Battles - Atlas
3. Panda Bear - Bros
4. M.I.A. [ft. Bun B and Rich Boy] - Paper Planes (Remix)
5. Rihanna [ft. Jay-Z] - Umbrella
6. UGK [ft. Outkast] - Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
7. LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
8. Justice - D.A.N.C.E.
9. Animal Collective - Fireworks
10. Jay-Z [ft. Beanie Sigel] - Ignorant Shit
11. Grinderman - No Pussy Blues
12. Spoon - You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb
13. Of Montreal - The Past Is a Grotesque Animal
14. Caribou - Melody Day
15. Jens Lekman - A Postcard to Nina
16. Feist - 1 2 3 4
17. Burial - Archangel
18. Chromatics - In the City
19. The Field - A Paw in My Face
20. Radiohead - All I Need

Best Songs of the Year 2007(by Modern Music)
Saturday, November 24, 2007
1. John Vanderslice - White Dove
2. Of Montreal - Gronlandic Edit
3. Band Of Horses - No One's Gonna Love You
4. Patrict Wolf - Augustine/ Magpie
5. Fiery Furnaces - Cabaret Of The Seven Devils/ My Egyptian Grammar
6. Jens Lekman - Sipping On The Sweet Nectar
7. Blonde Redhead - Top Ranking
8. Chris Conelly - Son of Empty Sam
9. The National - Brainy
10. Panda Bear - Bros
11. Rihanna feat Jay-Z – Umbrella
12. Battles - Leyendecker
13. Animal Collective - Peacebone
14. Feist - My Moon My Man
15. M.I.A. – Jimmy
16. Arcade Fire – Ocean of Noise
17. LCD Soundsystem – Get Innocuous!
18. Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
19. The Shins - Sea Legs
20. Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place

You can think like "so what?". But, don't think like that because Pitchfork is my only favorite music zine. They're honest and desired to write about music. From know on, we can say their favorite record of the year will be LCD Soundsystem's Sound of Silver.

Blonde Redhead - Top Ranking


LCD Soundsystem - All My Friends


M.I.A. - Bird Flu


Björk - Declare Independence


Menomena - Evil Bee


Bat for Lashes - What's a Girl to Do?

Rating: 8.5/10

Really? Legendary Britney Spears impressed me as a young female singer, but this time not with her scandals in magazine industry. This time she releases a good record which is comprised of modern pop, disco and electronic music. I don't think like she's a falling star, she has learned a lot from making mistakes. For a pop star like Britney, the first single Gimme More maybe can't be a good reborn. You're right if you think this record is good because of those important names in writing and mixing the record. Anyway, she sings with her soul, she improved her taste in music, she's again a big teen idol, this time much stronger. Radar which song recalls glourous 80s back and it becomes one of the keytracks. It sounds like Soft Cell's Tainted Love cover. Maybe, her overdosed private life on everywhere hides the beauty of this record, i'll recommend this album to anyone loves modern pop music. Listening pop music doesn't make you an idiot, and "rock" isn't cool much as you think. It's the music which helps to put some extra happiness to your life, not the genre. Why Should I Be Sad closes the whole record with its dark, sexy sound, and depressed lyrics. Blackout is great for dancing, the best album of her career.

Britney Spears - Heaven On Earth
Britney Spears - Why Should I Be Sad

MM picks: Radar, Heaven On Earth, Why Should I Be Sad

I've been listening this song since three months because of its quality, Bat For Lashes got my heart with this song. The video charted in P4K's Top 50 Music Videos of 2007 list (i think it should be the number one!). They're right on this one, a great video! The pitchfork review:

Bat for Lashes' Natasha Khan is upfront about her influences on "What's a Girl to Do", from the ever-ubiquitous "Be My Baby" opening to the melodramatic Shangri-Las spoken-word verses. But there's a gothic ominousness, too, in the recently released single's minor chord harmonies and sparse keyboards. This Dougal Wilson-directed video follows the Brighton, UK-based Khan across one long continuous shot. You never forget how to ride a bicycle, maybe, but you certainly never forget the sight of animal-masked cyclists pulling off synchronized jumps.

Bat For Lashes - What's A Girl To Do

My choice of christmas songs sound interesting, you'll love these strange songs from great names.


Over The Rhine - All I Ever Get For Christmas Is Blue
Over the Rhine's new effort Snow Angels is quite melancholic record that i highly recommend, and this down tune comes from the same record.

Cardinal - If You Believe In Christmas Trees
Cardinal was a one-off project from singers/songwriters Richard Davies and Eric Matthews. The song is included in their self-titled and only studio record.

Yello - Jingle Bells
Do not give up reading my blog after listening this song, it's quite funny!

The White Stripes - Candy Cane Children
Released in 2002, the Merry Christmas from… The White Stripes 7¨ features the fan club favourite “Candy Cane Children” as well as the bizarre “The Reading of the Story of the Magi” and “The Singing of Silent Night”, which are exactly just that.

Bright Eyes - God Red Ye Merry Gentlemen
This is a lovely song from Bright Eyes' Christmas album (2002).

Sun Ra - It's Christmas Time
The best things about playlist are opening the list with a down tempo and ending up the list with bizarre song. I love this!

check out:
A beautiful day...Christmas Vol 2.
A beautiful day...Christmas Vol 1.

Rating: 8/10

I want the world to hear them, because they deserve success. For a band there is nothing more miserable than an exhausted desire. You create music, but your talent is not recognized. We should be grateful for amazing under rated bands for creating such great music. That's why I love the art of music so much! Baltimore dream pop duo, Beach House, produce another great record. It is plain dream pop music but fulfilled with emotion. The openers ‘Wedding Bell’ and ‘Gila’ are the standout songs.

As you know, the self-titled Beach House was one of the most blogged album of last year. Organs, percussion, and guitar echo around you. Actually, their songs are pretty relaxing, and you just let it play. Victoria Legrand keeps her tone of voice exactly the same on every song, which can be dull at times. I think she's a big fan of Nico, and has a similar voice. Nico, in my opinion is one of the most important female names in rock music history. The album is original and it makes you dreamy on those winter nights.

MM picks: Wedding Bell, Gila, All The Years, D.A.R.L.I.N.G.

The MM presents the new music of love! Enjoy, have a drink!

New Singles
1. Destroyer - Foam Hands
Destroyer's Rubies was one of the best record of last year. It was very beautiful listenning Rubies in hot summer nights. Lush guitar harmonies, Dan Bejar's bitter voice, and a little artist dust are the main reason why i believed in this name. Foam Hands is another perfect piece which blow my mind. I hope it makes the same impact on you.

2. Eric Matthews - Little 18
Oh Eric Matthews, it's the single name that i'll recognize everytime i hear that words 'charming pop music'. Yes he did great job with new song Little 18, one of the greatest melancholic tune of this year, of course along with Chris Conelly's Every Ghost Has An Orchestra.

3. Les Savy Fav - Brace Yourself


4. Hot Chip - Ready For The Floor [Youtube Video]

5. British Sea Power - Waving Flags [Youtube Video]
It's very nice song, i loved it so much. The previous songs of the list are better, though. I try to filled up lists with best new singles around. In my opinion, this week rocks!

Flashback Video!Blur - Parklife

This video used to make me smile so much and I'm happy posting it. Blancmange is one of the most underrated bands in the pop history. This video was briefly featured in the movie "Flight of the Navigator", in the scene when David is at NASA, in a secured room. Sarah Jessica Parker's character told David, what have you never seen a music video before?

Blancmange - Love Your Love

Townsend Records proudly present their latest limited edition exclusive release, Ian McNabb 'How We Live'. Recorded over two sell out nights at Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall, the album contains a host of McNabb favourites rarely performed live, alongside 2 brand new songs & a John Lennon cover.

Track Listing:
1. They Settled For Less Than They Wanted
2. The Absentee
3. Believer Of Me
4. Picture Of The Moon
5. Hope Street Rag
6. The Lonely Ones
7. Steel And Glass
8. A Secret Everybody Knows
9. Little Princess
10. Hurricane Elaine
11. You Stone My Soul
12. May You Always

New Singles
1. The Thermals - Returning to the Fold
This video by The Thermals is for the song Returning to the Fold from their most recent album The Body, The Blood, The Machine. Their aggressive and cool sound has gotten my attention since last year. I think The Thermals are great rock band, a modern rock treasure.



2. Interpol - No I In Threesome
Here comes one of the best Interpol tracks. The voice and the melody captures you from start to end, and you can not say this is bad, it's quite great.



3. Baby Dee [ft. Bonnie "Prince" Billy and others] - The Only Bones That Show

4. Xiu Xiu - Yo Yo Bye Bye (Why? cover)

5. His Name Is Alive - Bismillahi 'Rrahmani 'Rrahim

6. Ian Brown – Sister Rose [Youtube Video]
This time his tunes are a bit disappointment, because he's not a regular man, he's the frontman of The Stone Roses.

7. Tom Baxter – Better [Youtube Video]
'Better'is the official video for Tom Baxter's first single from the album 'Skybound'. This song was featured in them Simon Pegg summer film,'Run Fat Boy'Run. Nice video for couples,or, it's good for people who love watching couples. Totally emotional or slobby:)

8. Robyn - Be Mine [Youtube Video]
Be Mine! will be the next single release. The radio edit will be available to download from 30th December, with the CD single, limited edition 7" and 12" formats will be available from 14th January. There will also be a great set of remixes from Roger Sanchez, Jori Hulkkonen, Dusty Kid, Redroche, Ocelot and Meatboys along with Klas Åhlund who also produced the original.

9. My Robot Friend - Robot High School

10. Stereophonics - My Friends [Youtube Video]

Video Flashback!
David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
A Bowie classic...

I love him, do i need to add extra information? Inverting his stage name from Black Francis to Frank Black, the former Pixies lead singer/songwriter embarked on a solo career after he broke up the band in early 1993; actually, he began recording his solo album before he told the band the news. And this wasn't an unfortunate decision, because every band should come to its end after releasing sufficiently good records. Like The Rolling Stones, The Who or any other bands who still try to make same records, that lacks of being legend. The Pixies are the legend, and Frank Black is still one of the best rock icons.

Frank Black - I Gotta Move
Frank Black - California Bound
Frank Black - Angels Come to Comfort You (from new record, Bluefinger, 2007)

Last Week on Artist Spot: The Fiery Furnaces

These 19 song recorded during live show in 2007, at London's 02, along with a behind the scenes documentary of the Scissor Sisters on the tour itself. I'm not a big Scissor fan myself, i like some of their songs, though. I like their nice Comfortably Numb cover, or their great brit-pop oriented song I Can't Decide. Their sound vision perfectly fits with showily dressed clothings, make-up, and femininity, this proves the inspirition by burlesque, drag queens, and glam rock. As always, i present music and give an opinion about it, listening and loving are up to you. This live cd gives an absolute opinion about how enjoyable live performance of Scissor Sisters is.

Scissor Sisters - She's My Man (Live At The 02, London)
Scissor Sisters - I Can't Decide (Live At The 02, London) (MM pick!)