As promised: The state of my “2009 awesomeness” playlist, in which I collect the songs that catch my ear as the year progresses in order to not make my best-of list a last-minute-of-December clusterfuck sort of thing. (It inevitably winds up being like that, but you know, I have noble intentions.) It’s after the jump, and has some contextual links added in. Feel free to make your own and share it here! More »
Oh hey, another 2009 song that I love has a video out! (Guess that’s today’s pattern.) The Vistoso Bosses’ “Delirious” first crossed my transom back in January, and my relationship with the track was pretty much love at first listen; its delicate blend of woodwinds, gently plucked guitars, and fluttery sighs sound exactly like the earliest blushes of a crush. And the two 16-year-olds who make up the group are completely adorable, with fashion sense that could be described as “future-forward.” Pity, then, that someone at the Bosses’ record label decided that in order to make the song “saleable” they had to go and tack on a verse by Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em, who at least refrains from name-dropping electronic devices in his cameo. (He does, however, rhyme “me” with “me.”) The video after the jump. More »
Like Maura, I can’t seem to get enough of the Vistoso Bosses’ “Delirious,” but I couldn’t quite come up with what the song’s “female-fronted R & B through a Miami Bass filter” vibe reminded me of until today. Why did it take me so long to remember turn-of-the-decade So So Def starlet INOJ, who apparently released the full-length Ready For The World after two stellar early singles? (I might not know about that album because her cover of “Ring My Bell” didn’t retain the first two songs’ momentum.) INOJ is back according to her MySpace page, so let’s prepare for her comeback with “Time After Time” and “Love You Down,” which are below the cut.
