![]() This year’s lists from the bigger publications showcase this variety well. Without unassailable masterpieces from big names dominating the discussion, you have a lot more to choose from, exciting genres to highlight, and deserving under-the-radar acts to give a platform to. Sure, both Paste and Stereogum deservedly chose Wednesday’s Rat Saw God for the top slot but to me, 2023 was more a year where just a bunch of really great LPs came out. ![]() This might be an unpopular opinion but I tend to really enjoy years when there’s no true consensus pick for Album of the Year. Apologies for not having the weekly gig calendar or playlist this week: consult Chicago Show Calendar for now and maybe see ya at the Cafe Racer farewell shows at Empty Bottle, Resavoir at Constellation, or the Lawrence Arms’ War on Xmas at Metro. It still means the world. If you discovered a new favorite artist thanks to this list, think about signing up for a paid subscription (but not before you buy their album). Incredibly, I didn’t miss a single week publishing this newsletter. It kept me on top of my freelance assignments and because I had to freedom to write about whatever I wanted to, it stayed consistently exciting to me. ![]() The regular blogging practice made me a better writer. Instead, it slowly grew and became the highlight of the year. I honestly figured that it’d be fun for a couple of months and then it’d naturally peter out. 52 weeks ago, I decided to get on Substack and write a little about music and culture each week. Here in Australia, it went to #1 and went 3x Platinum, as well as topping the charts in the UK, New Zealand, Canada, Iceland, and all over Europe (but curiously, only #2 in the US).Friday marks the first anniversary of No Expectations and I’m marking the occasion today by doing exactly what I did for its inaugural newsletter : celebrating the year’s best albums. ‘Blue (Da Ba Dee)’, a song as famous for its awful CGI video as its naggingly catchy mondegreens, was first released way back in October, 1998, when a pre-Flume Harley Streten was only 6-going-on-7-years-old. Assuming he’s playing Splendour next year, can you just imagine the scenes at the Amphitheatre if he busted out this ‘Blue’ remix? In an alternate timeline, Flume’d be headlining Splendour In The Grass next month. Could the Hottest 100 sound a little bluer this year? Loading.įlume’s rework of the love-it-or-loathe-it hit follows on from `The Difference’, his 2020 team-up with Toro y Moi, and a string of Hottest 100-charting collabs, including ‘Rushing Back’ with Vera Blue (#2 in the 2019 countdown), ‘Friends’ ft. I messed around with it, it’d be funny to do a little Instagram video…”Īnd the rest is kinda already history. “I was just messing around in the studio, finished up for the day, and I thought it would be fun to remix a big old classic track. Loading.ĭrive also spoke to Flume about his decision to rework the 1998 Eurohouse mega-hit. He fit 'Blue' completely into his world," Jey told triple j Drive over Zoom. Update: Eiffel 65 singer Jeffery Jey has offered his reaction to the Flume flip.
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