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Artist: The Presets Album: Apocalypso Release: 2008 Genre: Synthpop Released in 2008 as The Presets’ second album, Apocalypso is exactly what you would expect from a synthpop album. I don’t know what it is about the style, but a grown man whining about relationships is actually quite forgivable when underpinned by this electronic squelch. I like the Australian duo, and especially their wide range of synth-scapes and tempos, but at the same time I do feel a little disappointed by how, despite it all, it does start to sound a bit samey after a few tracks. If you can’t stand the heat, get out of Australia! Rating: 7/10 Reviewer: DJ Pasta (original review published in Vanitas #002) Categories:,, Tags.

Artist: Japan Album: Adolescent Sex Release: 1978 Genre: Funk rock, glam, New Wave Japan are instantly recognizable: a smooth baritone, Mick Karn’s fretless bass, and elegant electronic production. Elegant, intelligent pop by experimental gentlemen. Now listen to “Adolescent Sex”. All-image glam funk, designed to adorn bedroom posters across the land. But is it any good? This is a damn fine effort from the word go. Close your eyes, put on the opener “Transmission”, and I defy you to not imagine walking down a deserted street on the wrong side of the railway tracks, eyes on the floor, heading into a dive bar.

Richard Barberi’s subtle layers of keyboards underpin this record, as an as-yet-unrestrained Sylvian snarls his way through layers of effects. Baby pictures, maybe, but the band are in their element throughout, with the cover of Streisand’s “Don’t Rain On My Parade” a standout. In short: this is a record for sipping whisky to on a hot, dusty, summer’s evening as you watch disreputable characters stumble by on their sordid way. David Sylvian hates this album now, but we respectfully disagree.

Rating: 8.5/10 Recommended Tracks: Transmission, Lovers On Main Street, Adolescent Sex, Don’t Rain On My Parade Reviewer: DJ Catnip (original review published in Vanitas #002) Categories:,, Tags:. Artist: Madame Bovary Single: Be My Friend (In Spite Of All) Release: Unknown (1990?) Genre: New Wave, minimal This is a lovely rarity to discover, and one of the first tracks I heard to convince me that Danse Macabre needed more New Wave representation.

Madame Bovary are a French trio, brothers Jean-Philippe and Pascal Alzieu, and Christophe Boulet, who released this single and two albums. Other than that the Alzieu brothers later released a handful of impossible-to-find acid house singles, there is very little information about their work. Their albums have a much more electronic and polished feel, but this single is raw new wave, through and through. Both sides have a similar sound: familiar minimal drums, scruffy pad-sound keyboards, and broken English lyrics that straddle the boundary between disaffected and disheartened. Don’t expect to find a copy of it any time soon, though. Most copies online, if they ever surface, go for at least £40!

Rating: 9/10 Reviewer: DJ Catnip (original review published in Vanitas #001) Categories:,, Tags.

And that was that they actually honoured good music! What a shocker, right?!

Gone is the flood of dire pub music and indie folk crap that has populated the awards so much for the last few years (I speak of Powderfinger, John Butler, etc) and in is pop music! And actual uncovered gems! Of course, there is always room for blunders such Missy Higgins over Delta Goodrem, Mia Dyson and Sophie Koh (puh-lease) and the ARIAs seemingly neverending crusade to botch categories by nominating artists for singles yet have them compete against albums. Nevertheless, let's take a look shall we? ALBUM OF THE YEAR Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Gurrumul Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson, Rattlin' Bones Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! The Living End, White Noise The Presets, Apocalypto The Presets obviously get the now annual populist pop/dance spot that has previously gone to artists like Kylie and Sneaky Sound System. Good call though, but I think I prefer the likes of Cut Copy in the album stakes.

Having said that, I had never heard Yunupingu's album, but after listening to the clip on the I am incredibly impressed. The nominations for Chambers/Nicholson and Nick Cave are obvious inclusions and The Living End?

Well, I guess they needed some pub rock in there, right? Wouldn't be the ARIAs without it. I would have obviously included The Veronicas' brooding pop masterpiece Hook Me Up in there, but I couldn't have expected the want to honour it. SINGLE OF THE YEAR Faker, 'This Heart Attack' Gabriella Cilmi, 'Sweet About Me' Sam Sparro, 'Black & Gold' The Living End, 'White Noise' The Presets, 'My People' Could The Presets actually take this award out for their absolutely brilliant stunning masterpiece of an anthemic track 'My People'? They bloody well should.

And if not that then 'Black & Gold'. Having said that, the positively mediocre 'Sweet About Me' will probably be the winner. Although if they decide that the young radio listeners have had enough with the nominations, they'll probably give it to The Living End. I reckon arguments could be made for Kylie's 'In My Arms', Cut Copy's 'Lights & Music', Silverchair's 'If You Keep Losing Sleep' and most of all 'Untouched' by The Veronicas. That last one is a 'travesty' to say the least.

BEST FEMALE ARTIST Clare Bowditch, The Moon Looked On Gabriella Cilmi, Lessons to be Learned Holly Throsby, A Loud Call Kylie Minogue, X Missy Higgins, 'Peachy' And here is where the nominations make me confused. The ARIA voters didn't even nominate Higgins last year when her album was in contention, yet they nominate her this year for the single of 'Peachy'? And over the likes of Mia Dyson, Sophie Koh, Lisa Mitchell, Katie Noonan and (most puzzling of all) Delta Goodrem? Nevertheless, they get MAJOR props for the Throsby nomination (check out A Loud Call, it's sublime) and Kylie, whose album was a flop so they didn't have any need to nominate her (yet they do every time, bless 'em). BEST MALE ARTIST Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, Gurrumul Nick Cave, Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! Paul Kelly, To Her Door Pete Murrazzzzzz, zzzzz zzzzz Sam Sparro, Sam Sparro And here they go off on their wacky tangents again. Nick Cave, but not the bad seeds (ala John Butler without the Trio) and Paul Kelly for a live album.

Not to mention Pete Muzzzzzzz zzzzzzz zzzz BEST GROUP Angus & Julia Stone, A Book Like This Faker, Be the Twilight Silverchair, 'If You Keep Losing Sleep' The Living End, White Noise The Presets, Apocalypto If Silverchair released the sound of Daniel Johns breathing they would be nominated (although I looove 'If You Keep Losing Sleep'). This will probably go to The Presets of, if they wanna keep them in the dance ghetto, The Living End. BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST - SINGLE Angus & Julia Stone, 'The Beast' Gabriella Cilmi, 'Sweet About Me' Sam Sparro, 'Black & Gold' The Panics, 'Don't Fight It' The Potbelleez, 'Don't Hold Back' Sparro's single was the best, but for pure 'breakthrough' this has to go to Cilmi, doesn't it? BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST - ALBUM Angus & Julia Stone, A Book Like This Gabriella Cilmi, Lessons to be Learned Midnight Juggernauts, Dystopia Operator Please, Yes Yes Vindictive Sam Sparro, Sam Sparro If Cilmi wins here, which I reckon she will, then I actually wouldn't mind because her album was far better than 'Sweet About Me' would imply. Having said that, wouldn't it be ace if Midnight Juggernauts won or even, heaven forbid, 'our' Sam Sparro?!

BEST POP RELEASE Gabriella Cilmi, Lessons to be Learned Kylie Minogue, X Operator Please, Yes Yes Vindictive Sam Sparro, 'Black & Gold' The Veronicas, Hook Me Up I'm hoping that The Veronicas can take this one out because they deserve it so freakin' much. And, really, I continue to be confused by the ARIA's need to nominate singles like they have done with Sparro when he has a perfectly good pop album. Just seems so silly. I was a bit surprised the Rogue Traders were absent (as they were through the whole nominations bar Producer of the Year). And if you're going to nominate singles, what about Sneaky Sound System's 'Kansas City'? BEST DANCE RELEASE Cut Copy, In Ghost Colours Mobin Master, 'Show Me Love' Pnau, Pnau The Potbelleez, 'Don't Hold Back' The Presets, 'Apocalypto' Can The Presets lose this?

Klein Vaarbewijs Download Google. Although I actually think Pnau and Cut Copy's albums were better. HIGHEST SELLING SINGLE Delta Goodrem, 'In This Life' Gabriella Cilmi, 'Sweet About Me' The Potbelleez, 'Don't Hold Back' The Veronicas, 'Untouched' The Veronicas, 'Hook Me Up' If you replaced Cilmi's song with her other single 'Don't Want to Go to Bed Now' (or perhaps Ricki-Lee's 'Can't Touch It', the Rogue Traders' 'I Never Liked You' or something by Kylie) and this category would be heaven.

HIGHEST SELLING ALBUM David Campbell, The Swing Sessions 2 Delta Goodrem, Delta Guy Sebastian, The Memphis Album The Veronicas, Hook Me Up Tina Arena, Songs of Love & Loss I was a bit surprised to see Arena show up here for her nice covers album (youtube her version of 'To Sir With Love', it's very swell) but, ugh, THREE of these albums are covers albums (Campbell, Sebastian and Arena). I hope then that Delta or The Veronicas (obviously) sold enough of their albums filled with original songs to win it.

The rest of the nominations. There are also the pre-announced winners of categories like Best Video ('My People' by The Presets) and Best Cover Art (The Presets' Apocalypto over Cut Copy's In Ghost Colours!!?!?WTFhuh?) So, yeah, a bit of a mixed bag, but far better than previous years. Granted, the likes of Powderfinger and John Butler Trio didn't release anything, but the ARIA people could have easily nominated awful stuff like Pete Murzzzz. I really want to hear the Yunupingu album though.

A listen to the snippets on iTunes sound absolutely amazing. Could that be the darkhorse in the Album of the Year category? Wouldn't that be a sight (er, no pun intended), hey? Looks like the Arias have tried to spread the love around and cover all bases. As far as highest selling cds go - in a world where people just copy songs from ipod to ipod for free with no regard for ripping off their fav artists who might well disappear with out cd sales - it is really good to see that people are actually getting out to music stores buying cds from music outlets and downloading legally to get their favourite artist where they are today and it shows on the Aria Highest selling noms. I'd say that Delta has it in the bag for Highest Album sales!

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