In no particular order …
30. Snapline – She
Hypnotic motorik from the Carsick Cars side-project from China.
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29. DJ Food – Prey
JG Thirlwell lends his Brooklyn growl to this perky breakbeat-laden electronica, but it’s the 60s-style ba-ba-baahs that really make it.
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28. Knifeworld – Clairvoyant Fortnight
The Cardiacs/Monsoon Bassoon racket-eers make their own peculiar nonsense sound an awful lot like radio-friendly pop.
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27. Nicola Roberts – Yo-Yo
The one with the talent from Girls Aloud surprised fans and critics by eschewing the tired David Guetta route and making something that was actually any good.
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26. The Star Wars That I Used To Know
You can’t just pretend this never happened.
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25. Zola Jesus – Seekir
JG Thirlwell rescored a set of Zola Jesus tracks which they performed with Mivos Quartet at the Guggenheim Museum back in May.
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24. Philip Glass – NYC: 73-78 (Beck Rework)
Bloody brilliant contribution to Glass’s collection of remixes by various trendy types.
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23. Joseph Mulhollen – Garbage
I wasn’t sure whether to put Patrick Wolf here, but since I vastly prefer the original Overture to this year’s acoustic take, you get the silly-haired beardy one instead.
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22. Bat For Lashes – Laura
I’m restricting myself to two songs from The Haunted Man, so I’ll go with this soul-shredding, searing, painfully intimate ballad that makes me finally understand why people have ever listened to ballads. I have something in my eye. *sniff*
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21. Chairlift – Met Before
Really simple guitar pop, simply done well. Euphoric and infectious with sparkling production.
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