You've been deluged by year end best of lists by all the critics. We've waited until the waves have slowed down. January is traditionally a slow month for new releases - so take this chance to discover what you might have missed in 2008.
The kings of Flamingo Records team up for this dark yet infectiously minimal gospel-inflected electro track. Brother-sister team, Andy & Dorothy Sherman provide the emotionally haunting vocals for this almost repentant tune. "3 Minutes to Explain" has been popping up all over Europe for the past few months and is set for a US release on Ultra records. Check out our recent interviews with Funkerman and Fedde Le Grand as well as the video below.
Proving that you don't need a big budget for an incredible video, this DIY (do it yourself) video combines cardboard, glue and imagination for the first truly visionary clip of 2009. It certainly helps that the track is kind of amazing itself, a bleepy electro number that wears it pop influences on its sleeve. Is that an 80s sample in there? That wouldn't be a big surprise as Rex the Dog is the current pseudonym for JX who had a massive club/pop smash in the 90s with the sample-based "Son of a Gun." Since we jammed on his remix of Robyn's "Who's That Girl" last year, we anxiously await the release of the single "Bubblicious" coming February 23rd.
Video - Youtube
This song and video is not quite what we expected from Houston Bernard, the self-proclaimed Bi Porno Electro Punk Rapper. Set on a beach, hot shirtless men are running around to a cute europop song. Its a great pop song but not nearly as edgy as we would expect. Could this be his long awaited crossover pop hit? Read our interview with Houston Bernard here and check out the video below.©2009 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.
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