Tim Ten Yen

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/timtenyen
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I'll find something for this epically talented man soon, but for now, enjoy this...



This was Tim Ten Yen's debut single: Girl Number One

My Year in Lists... 2009

I've already had a crack and my favourite films of the decade... here... that's probably easier than music though, although there are a few things I'd probably change already.
My biggest film advice / learning of 2009 is to write off anything with Kate Winslet in. I'll never get the four hours of my life sat watching The Reader / Revolutionary Road back. Ever.

So 2009, highlights probably the return of Monkey Island on the gaming front, musically I've attempted by own half-arsed lists, my own preferences from what I've been listening to. I'm not really a fan of the lo-fi / folky train of bands that are doing so well at the moment, that probably reflects in these lists. I'll do a top 25 albums of the decade before xmas too.

Okay, enough bullshit:

My Top 25 Albums of the year (2009)
In no particular order but those nearer 1 are better than 25, but actual numbering would change every day.

Editors ~ In This Light and on This Evening

The Joy Formidable ~ A Balloon Called Moaning

The Boxer Rebellion ~ Union

Slow Club ~ Yeah So

The Airborne Toxic Event ~ S/T

Emmy the Great ~ First Love

Fanfarlo ~ Reservoir

The Horrors – Primary Colours

Grammatics – S/T

Jarvis Cocker ~ Further Complications

Franz Ferdinand ~ Tonight

Metric ~ Fantasies

The Joy Formidable ~ First You Have To Get Mad

White Lies ~ To Lose This Life

New Rhodes ~ Everybody Loves A Scene

She Keep Bees ~ Nests

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart ~ S/T

Codes ~ Trees Dream In Algebra

Jeniferver ~ Spring Tides

Manic Street Preachers ~ Journal for Plague Lovers

Gliss ~ Devotion Implosion

Esben and the Witch ~ 33

Crocodile ~ S/T

Loverman ~ Human Nurture

Regina Spektor ~ Far

And also my Top 25 songs of the year;

Again in no particular order but if I were to pick a top ten, those nearer the top of this list would more likely get in.

I've limited this to one track per artist so that it doesn't get a bit silly with Editors / The Joy Formidable whoring!

Will do a mix~tape containing various versions of these songs soon.

Sea of Regrets ~ I LIKE TRAINS
Whirring ~ The Joy Formidable
Papillon ~ Editors
Evacuate ~ The Boxer Rebellion
Death ~ White Lies
When I Go ~ Slow Club
We Almost Had A Baby ~ Emmy The Great
Murderer ~ Grammatics
Sometime Around Midnight ~ The Airborne Toxic Event
Ulysses ~ Franz Ferdinand
Who Can Say ~ The Horrors
Dead Disco Dancer ~ O Children
Crypt Tonight ~ Loverman
I am not a Robot ~ Marina and the Diamonds
The Joys of Finding and Losing That Girl ~ New Rhodes
Velvet ~ The Big Pink
The Walls are Coming Down ~ Fanfarlo
Gimme Sympathy ~ Metric
Contender ~ The Pains of Being Pure at Heat
Salt Air ~ CHEW LiPS
Home ~ Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros
Sit Down By The Fire ~ The Veils
Sweet Deposition ~ The Temper Trap
Kingdom of Rust ~ Doves
Daniel ~ Bat for Lashes

CHEW LiPS - New Music "Introducing"

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/chewlips

London trio CHEW LiPS finally unleash their first offering and, oh boy, was it worth the wait. ‘Solo’ is a melancholy slice of shimmering electronic pop that will get wedged in your brain from first listen, and is quite easily one of the most magnificent debuts we’ll hear all year. Watch this space... (from)

The debut album is due January 2010 and the band go on tour too.

The band say: In support of the album & the new single Play Together we'll be off on our second headline tour in January. We have a new ticket store online today so head over there to get your tickets early.

Here are the dates for your diary:
Jan 16th Oxford / Jericho Tavern

Jan 18th Cardiff / Buffalo Bar
Jan 19th London / Hoxton Hall
Jan 21st Bristol / Start The Bus
Jan 23rd Bournemouth / 60 Million Postcards
Jan 24th Southampton / Hamptons
Jan 26th Glasgow / King Tuts
Jan 27th Edinburgh / Sneaky Pete's
Jan 28th Leeds / A Nation Of Shopkeepers
Jan 29th Liverpool / Club Evol @ Korova
Jan 30th Manchester / Friends of Manchester festival

HURTS #2 - "Unspoken" Demo

Two things have happened since I first mentioned Hurts. One, I found a new song and two, they were listed in the shortlist for BBC Sound of 2010 (see here).

A few dates in Feb - I'm intrigued enough to have got a London show ticket - see here for dates.

Anyway, here is the second track. It's called Unspoken, search the tag for the other song, Wonderful Life.

Two tracks in and I am excited by this lot, let's hope more is to come...

The Joy Formidable #2 - Free Christmas Song

GO AND SEE The Joy Formidable on the above tour! It's that Simple really! TICKET LINK

The live CD 'First You Have To Get Mad' has sold out in a week - nice one - it's fucking amazing too.

Being the nice guys that they are you can download a FREE Christmas single (it's the same one as last year hardcore fans) here.

It's called My Beerdrunk Soul is Sadder than a Hundred Dead Christmas Trees. So Ho Ho Ho and all that jollyness! :)

Marina and the Diamonds - New Music "Introducing"

Myspace: Go
Pre-Order her debut album (out Feb 2010) here:

A Greek / Welsh singer whom sounds pretty similar to Kate Bush, not normally my cup of tea but I've been very impressed with "Obsessions" and "I am not a Robot", enough to jump on the band wagon, I am sure this lovely little lady will be in the Florence and the Machine / Lady Ga Ga famous stakes by Glastonbury sort of time.

She's welcome around my place if it doesn't quite work out though...