Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Best Of 2009

Best Video:

Major Lazer – Pon de Floor

Just brilliant!

Best Pop Artist:

La Roux

Other Mentions:

Lady Gaga

Black Eyed Peas

Little Boots


Best Pop Song:

Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling

Other Mentions:

Lady Gaga - Bad Romance

La Roux - BulletProof

Miike Snow - Animal


Best New Dance Act:

Major Lazer


Best Dance Artist:

David Guetta

He might not be the most talented producer and he may have got into the mainstream by accident but no other dance artist has done more for the dance scene this year then this man. With all the collaborations on his album One Love his mainstream style has put dance back into the charts which hasn't been done in awhile. You gotta hand it to him..

Other Mentions:

Boys Noize

Deadmau5

Jack Beats


Best Dance Track:

Sidney Samson – Riverside

Quality dance floor track. Kills it every time I drop it.

Other Mentions:

Deadmau5 - I Remember

Dizee Rascal - Bonkers

Major Lazer - Pon de Floor

Laidback Luke & Lee Mortimer - Blau


Best Remix:

U-God – Dopium (Yuksek Remix)

French house music at it's best!

Other Mentions:

Florence & the Machine - Drumming Song (Boy 8Bit Remix) (a very very close second!)

Dizze Rascal - Holiday (LaidBack Luke Remix)

Jackson 5 - I Want You Back (Blame Remix)


Best Urban Artist:

Jay-Z

Easy winner here. Blueprint 3 full of quality tracks. On to Next One being my favourite!

Other Mentions:

Kid Cudi

Lil Wayne

Beyonce


Best Urban Track:

Slaughterhouse – The One

Blown away by this track. What hip hop needs more of.

Other Mentions:

Jay-Z - Forever Young

Kid Cudi ft Ratatat - Alive

Pitbull - Hotel Room Service

Chris Brown - I Can Transform Ya


Best Alternative Act:

Passion Pit

Love this band. These guys can churn em out!

Other Mentions:

Mumford & Sons (Another brilliant group!)

The Bloody Beetroots

Kasabian


Best Alternative Track:

Kasabian - Fire

This is just a cracker of a tune. It's an anthem.

Other Mentions:

Passion Pit - Sleepyhead

The Big Pink - Dominos

Passion Pit - Little Secrets


Best Live Act:

Fatboy Slim at Marley Park

The set had everything!

Other Mentions:

Basement Jaxx @ Olympia Theatre

Wolfe Tones @ DKIT College Bar

Group of 2009:

Florence & The Machine

These guys are fresh, original and a reminder that real artist are still out there. Florence Welch has a voice that would put any of them X-factor contestants/winners to shame and fuck me she can party and still belt out a tune! The only thing better then this group this year is the remixes done of them. Without a doubt group of the year no one comes close..


Track Of 2009:

La Roux - In For The Kill (Skream's Let's Get Ravey Remix)

If you've never heard this before you won't get it. It was only when I heard Fatboy Slim drop it at Marley Park I realised what a quality track it was.. It was up between this and Florence & the Machine's "Cosmic Love" for my track of the year. This took it....... Dubstep will take over.. Be warned!


Top 5 Of The Noughties:

Tiesto - Adagio For Strings

Arctic Monkeys – I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor

Rihanna – Umbrella

Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars

Eminem - Stan