Vampire Weekend- Contra

Vampire Weekend have released their second album 'Contra' on January 11, 2010. This is their second album and a follow up to their self titled debut album which was released in 2008. The first single "Cousins" was already released in October 2009. The album has few references on Joe Strummer and his band Clash. The album's title also refers to the 1987 video game 'Contra'.

http://www.vampireweekend.com/

Ian North- My Girlfriend's Dead

A pioneering synth-pop gem by Ian North 'My Girlfriend's Dead' has been reissued by Cherry Red label in the UK. At its time of the release of 'My Girlfriend’s Dead' there were only a handful of other artists such as John Fox, OMD, The Human League and The Normal who were working in the same field of electronic music.

More info and track listing:
http://www.cherryred.co.uk/rpm/artists/iannorth.php

Spandau Ballet in Space

The British New Romantic outfit which has recently reformed for a new album and tour has signed a deal to become the first band which will play in space. The billionaire Richard Branson has retained the recently reunited group’s services as in-flight entertainment in space. Reportedly the band will give a five-minute performance to fewer than a handful of gazillionaires planning to go up as part of Branson’s Virgin Galactic space program. The flight is said to be tentatively scheduled for mid 2011.

http://www.boston.com/ae/music/

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Best of 2009 - The Singles List

01.a-ha- Foot of the Mountain
02.Bat for Lashes- Daniel
03.Detachments- The Flowers That Fell
04.Florence + The Machine- Rabbit Heart (Raise It Up)
05.Mando Diao- Dance With Somebody
06.White Lies- Farewell to the Fairground
07.Pet Shop Boys- Love etc.
08.Depeche Mode- Fragile Tension
09.Fleet Foxes- Mykonos / False Knight on the Road
10. Editors- Papillon
11.Animal Collective- Summertime Clothes
12.Phoenix- Lisztomania
13. Florence + The Machine- You've Got the Love
14.Little Boots- Remedy
15.La Roux- Bulletproof
16.The Radio Dept.-David
17.Kasabian- Underdog
18. Camera Obscura- The Sweetest Thing
19. Noisettes-Never Forget You
20.White Lies- To Lose My Life
21.Natalie Imbruglia- Want
22.Empire of the Sun- We Are the People
23.Röyksopp- The Girl and the Robot
24.Metric- Help I'm Alive / Help I'm a B-Side
25.Animal Collective- My Girls

26.Depeche Mode- Perfect 27.Little Boots- Earthquake
28.Tiga- Shoes
29.Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson- Relator
30. Ladyhawke- Magic
31.Muse- Undisclosed Desires
32.Patrick Wolf- Vulture
33.Fleet Foxes- Your Protector
34. Metric- Sick Muse
35. Lily Allen- 22
36. Morrissey- I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
37. Voxtrot- Trepanation Party
38.Datarock- Give It Up
39.Bat for Lashes- Pearl's Dream
40. Music Go Music- Warm in the Shadows
41. Sonic Youth- Antenna
42. a-ha- Shadowside
43. Franz Ferdinand- Ulysses
44.Hockey- Song Away
45. Muse- United States of Eurasia
46. Doves- Kingdom of Rust
47.Simple Minds- Rockets
48.Bad Lieutenant- Sink or Swim
49.Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Zero
50.Tesla Boy- Electric Lady

Best of 2009- The Album List

Ladies and Gentleman, our year in music in a quick overview!

01. Editors - In This Light and on This Evening [Kitchenware]
02. Music Go Music- Expressions [Secretly Canadian]
03. Echo and The Bunnymen- The Fountain [Ocean Rain]
04. Metric - Fantasies [Metric]
05. Little Boots - Hands [679]
06. Mando Diao - Give Me Fire! [Universal/Vertigo]
07. Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum  [RCA/BMG]
08. Marc Almond - Orpheus in Exile - The Songs of Vadim Kozin [Cherry Red]
09. White Lies- To Lose My Life [Fiction/Geffen]