yes, finally!

As I am still home in Germany, working on my Master thesis, the mojo filter is not back on air yet. I will come back in the end of March though, ready action. As soon as I know more details you can read about it here. Cheers /Hendrik

will be back in january, when exactly i'll post here as soon as i know. god jul & gott nytt år!

kate nash - do-wah-doo
the vaccines - wreckin' bar (ra ra ra)
the vaccines - if you wanna (no proper release yet)
the vaccines - blow it up
the crookes - bloodshot days
the crookes - backstreet lovers
the drums - let's go surfing (re-released as a single in 2010)
the drums - forever and ever amen
shout out louds - walls
shout out louds - fall hard
carl norén - the anger
eli "paperboy" reed - come and get it
aloe blacc - i need a dollar
rox - i don't believe
plan b - writing's on the wall
plan b - traded in my cigarettes
plan b - the recluse
m.i.a. - xxxo
miss li - bourgeois shangri-la (from the 09 album, released as a single in 2010)
marina & the diamonds - i am not a robot (re-released as a single in 2010)
carl barât - run with the boys
darwin deez - radar detector
kele - tenderoni
kele - everything you wanted
robyn - dancing on my own
fyfe dangerfield - when you walk in the room
angus & julia young - big jet plane
the black keys - tighten up
cee lo green - F U
eliza doolittle - pack up
the berndt - hurried feathers
arcade fire - the suburbs
i blame coco feat. robyn - caesar
is tropical - when o' when
is tropical - seasick mutiny
uffie - difficult
uffie - sex dreams and denim jeans
mark ronson & the business intl - bang bang bang
two door cinema club - undercover martyn
foals - this orient
beat! beat! beat! - fireworks (lightmares album version 2010)
beat! beat! beat! - stars (lightmares album version 2010)
carl barât - je regrette, je regrette
carl barât - she's something
brother - new year's day (not officially out yet, found a demo with perfect sound somewhere though...)
joe carnall & the book club - somewhere near oxford (no proper release yet either)
oberhofer - o0Oo0Oo
dead models - it's not love
belle & sebastian - write about love
frankie & the heartstrings - tender
life in film - sorry
tegan & sara - on directing (from the 09 labum, released as a single in 2010)
tegan & sara - northshore (from the 09 album, released as a single in 2010)
avi buffalo - what's it in for
foster the people - pumped up kicks
cults - omg
best coast - boyfriend
chapel club - all the eastern girls
magic kids - hey boy
phoenix - lasso (from the 09 album, released as a single in 2010)
phoenix - lisztomania (acoustic version found on a cd in german music mag "musikexpress")
lcd soundsystem - drunk girls
futureheads - heartbeat song
the crookes - yes, yes we're magicians
stereo total - du bis gut zu vögeln
the wombats - tokyo (vampires & wolves)
eliza doolittle - skinny genes
lykke li - get some
blur - fool's day
gorillaz - on melancholy hill
morcheeba - blood like lemonade
adam green - what makes him act so bad
adam green - buddy bradley
violens - full collision
two door cinema club - i can talk (re-released as a single in 2010)
two door cinema club - something good can work (re-released as a single in 2010)
lucky soul - white russian doll
lucky soul - whoa billy!
beady eye - bring the light
rpa and the united nations of sound - are you ready
deerhunter - revival
stornoway - zorbing
the charlatans - love is ending
fitz & the tantrums don't gotta work it out
the bewitched hands - birds and drums
the ting tings - hands
klaxons - echoes
jamaica - i think i like u2
jamaica - cross the fader
johnossi - what's the point
the hives - early morning wakeup call
mando diao - down in the past (unplugged)
joel alme - no class
joel alme - you will only get it once
joel alme - when old love keeps you waiting
joel alme - you remember the good times but the good times don't remember you
joel alme - no luck to give
timo räisänen - numbers
jacques labouchere - 2nd long street
håkan hellström - river en vacker dröm

a matter of taste? of course it is. and in this case also a matter of what fits. some 2010 music i listened to never fit in with the mojo filter, and so i never played it, like the chemical brothers (swoon!) or katy b. i didn't even include hurts or the gaslight anthem in the list. not really sure why, since i do like them. guess for some reason i never thought they fit in so well with the rest of the music i played. and well, i didn't include duffy, though i do like "well, well, well". i'm always between liking her voice a lot (which is the case with that song) and finding it annoying.

and of course there was no space in this list for duck sauce (come on, if you haven't heard it 100 times it is cool), k'naan (yes!) or jessy matador (oh yeah...). and no lena either, although before it got killed by airplay i thought it was quite cool.

but so much about that. now i recommend you go to youtube and listen to the songs from the list that you didn't know already. 2010 was a year with lots of great releases, and you should have given them a chance before the 2011 wave of cool new music comes rolling!

actually there cannot just be one video of the year. i thought so at first. the black keys video is brilliant for sure. but, if you love gothenburg, there are two videos that HAVE to be added here. well, just see for yourselves:

yes, gothenburg music. when joel alme already had put out one album and i hadn't listened to any of his music yet, i once read an interview with joel alme. and he said something not so positive about håkan hellström, it became very clear he didn't really like håkan's music. neither jens lekman's. because of that, i decided that he's gotta be an idiot and didn't listen to his music.
i changed that though this year, after hearing the song "you will only get it once". i got up, left my room and got on the tram to bengans and bought the album. and i wasn't disappointed. 11 songs, and "you will only get it once" is about as uptempo as it gets here. but it doesn't get boring, thanks to joel's knack for melodies and, maybe above all, thanks to his voice. he's got soul, you can say in a way. not really soul as in motown soul, like i read somewhere else. don't expect motown sound. but his voice - he sings it like he means it, just puts a lot of soul into these songs, that all seem to deal with lost love. check out the videos below. if you like those songs, chances are you will like the whole album.

just one last thing: i hope i got joel alme wrong and he does respect håkan's and jens lekman's music. who by the way both not only are from gothenburg as well but also released some new music this year. quite a shame i haven't checked out håkan's album yet. will definitely go to bengans and buy it before heading off to germany for christmas. who knows, it's håkan, after all, i might even have been a little quick with my pick for the album of the year. will see!

anyways, here are the joel alme videos:

* album of the year: joel alme - waiting for the bells
* best newcomer: the vaccines
* best compilation of the year: nme radar 2010
* best video: the black keys - tighten up
* best music dvd: blur - no distance left to run
* band reunion/ comeback of the year: the libertines
* best solo debut of the year: carl barât - carl barât
* best lyrics: joe carnall & the book club - somewhere near oxford
(best line: "a revolution in the union, but you're less like karl and more like harpo marx, for a start")
* best vocals: oberhofer - o0Oo0Oo
* best background vocals: avi buffalo - what's it in for?

debut albums to watch out for in 2011:
the vaccines
the crookes
is tropical
brother
life in film
oberhofer
frankie & the heartstrings
joe carnall & the book club
dead models

the vaccines - wreckin' bar (ra ra ra)
darwin deez - radar detector
carl barât - run with the boys
mark ronson & the business intl - bang bang bang (feat. MNDR & q-tip)
brother - new year's day
shout out louds - walls
life in film - sorry
belle & sebastian - write about love
joe carnall & the book club - somewhere near oxford
the crookes - backstreet lovers
oberhofer - o0Oo0Oo
dead models - it's not love
the drums - forever and ever
angus & julia stone - big jet plane
fyfe dangerfield - when you walk in the room
jacques labouchere - 2nd long street

no best of, just a selection, too many good songs were released this year.
more next week, when part II is coming up!

kate nash - do-wah-doo
eli "paperboy" reed - come and get it
the vaccines - if you wanna
the crookes - bloodshot days
uffie - sex dreams and denim jeans
kele - tenderoni
m.i.a. - xxxo
is tropical - seasick mutiny
two door cinema club - undercover martyn
beat! beat! beat! - stars
miss li - bourgeois shangri-la (on her album from 2009, but released as a single in 2010)
eliza doolittle - pack up
carl norén - the anger
kele - everything you wanted
joel alme - no class
shout out louds - fall hard
håkan hellström - river en vacker dröm

listen to last week's show if you missed it or wanna hear it again. new stuff next week!