For The Record: September

September has been a weird month in that a lot of very credible and interesting albums have been released but not one has shone brighter than anything else. So basically what we have here is a list of albums set to feature in the end of year lists but none that will get anywhere near the top spot. The best thing I've heard this month though has to be Summer Camp's debut EP 'Young'. Showing that there is more to the boy/ girl duo than the previous tales of anonymity and Swedish holiday pursuits - Young takes nostalgia as a launch pad and crafts a host of pop gems around it. Just as soon as you get one nagging chorus removed from your brain another will come along and replace it, resistance is futile.

September's Recommended Releases:

Summer Camp - Young (Album of the Month)
Twin Sister - Vampires With Dreaming Kids / Color Your Life
Robyn - Body Talk Pt. 2
Interpol - Interpol
Les Savy Fav -Root For Ruin
Weezer - Hurley
Grinderman 2
Abe Vigoda - Crush
Glasser - Ring
No Age - Everything Inbetween
Deerhunter - Halcyon Digest

Also worth a listen: How To Dress Well, Edwyn Collins, El Guincho, Chromeo, Of Montreal, Teengirl Fantasy, Salem, Egyptian Hip-Hop, Mark Ronson, Lil' Wayne, Magic Kids.

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Seven Day Slump

So here we go with the first of a new weekly feature set to run every Friday (Until I forget/ can't be bothered). Hopefully the list below contains something you like, something you hate and something you're not quite sure about yet. To me, it's just the best and most interesting things I've seen online in the past seven days.

• Friendly Fires and Azari III teamed up to record some music, are giving away 'Stay Here' for free.

• John Legend and The Roots did a cover of Arcade Fire's 'Wake Up'

• Jamie xx revealed his first solo single, Far Nearer

• In the world of remixes, Four Tet reworked The xx whilst Diplo got his hands on Deerhunter's 'Helicopter'
  
  
• Justin Timberlake showed his rap chops with this run down of Hip-Hop history with US chat show host Jimmy Fallon.
  
  
• Yuck debuted their epic new single 'Rubber'. Stream it below:
  

• New York's finest lined up to cameo in the new Duck Sauce video for irritating/ catchy/ dumb Barbra Streisand.
  
  
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Octo-Mum gives birth to No Age, Dan Deacon and Deerhunter

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Albums Of The Year- The Also Rans

Over the past few days I have realised that there were loads of good albums I missed off my list of top albums. That top 25 was probably more like a 'most played 25' and not entirely indicative of what I have enjoyed in 2008. Below is a list of a lot more I have enjoyed this year.

Abe Vigoda- Skeleton
Albert Hammond Jr- Como Te Llama?
Be Your Own Pet- Get Awkward
Bon Iver- For Emma, Forever Ago
Deerhunter- Microcastles
Duncan Lloyd- Seeing Double
El Guincho- Alegranza
Elbow- The Seldom Seen Kid
Errors- It's Not Something But It Is Like Whatever
Flight Of The Conchords- Flight Of The Conchords
Frightened Rabbit- The Midnight Organ
Fucked Up- Chemistry Of Common Life
The Gaslight Anthem- 59 Sound


Juno- OST
Kings Of Leon- Only By The Night
The Long Blondes- Couples
The Long Blondes- Singles
Neon Neon- Stainless Style
No Age- Nouns
Of Montreal- Skeletal Lamping
Rolo Tomassi- Hysterics
Santogold- Santogold
Tilly & The Wall-O
Tokyo Police Club- Elephant Shell
Vivian Girls- Vivian Girls
Wild Beasts- Limbo Panto

Flight Of The Conchords- 'Ladies Of The World'

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