We’ve had quite a year here at There Goes The Fear. We’ve bought you live reviews from Radio 1’s Big Weekend, Lovebox, Keane and La Roux amongst many, many more. We’ve interviewed Mew, The Boxer Rebellion and Marmaduke Duke along with many other artists you may not have heard of, but should check out.
Of course, none of this would have been possible without you: the readers. We hope that we’ve continued to inform, entertain and keep you up to date with the best new music. Have an idea for 2010? Like a feature? Hate something we do? Drop me an email and we’ll try and sort it out. Likewise, if you fancy writing for us, drop me a line and we’ll sort it out – we’re always on the lookout for new talent.
Literally hundreds of PR, record company and media types have been in contact throughout the year, but big thanks must go to the ones who we’ve pestered a lot over 2009 and always a joy to work with: Karen, Holly and Merlin at Radarmaker (possibly the best PR firm in the UK), Rob, Kellan and Peter at Partisan PR, James at We Are Brilliantly Different, Jason and Kelly at Radio 1 and Tasha and Alex at Anorak London.
Finally, who can forget our lovely writers? Mary, Jess and a shed load of others who have written a piece or two for us over the year. They’ve provided a new take on things, and introduced us to many new bands over the year, so thank you.
We’re having a bit of a break to plan for 2010, but we’ll be back on Monday January 4th with renewed vigour – hopefully see you then. In the meantime, check out some of our favourite songs we’ve given away for free download in 2009:
MP3: Friendly Fires – Skeleton Boy (Air France Remix)
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MP3: Defend Moscow – Sign of Life
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MP3: Los Campesinos! – The Sea Is A Good Place To Think Of The Future
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MP3: Marina & The Diamonds – Obsessions
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MP3: Wolf Gang – The King And All Of His Men
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MP3: Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work
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After the jump: the complete listing of all the MP3s that we’ve posted this year (in no particular order)
- MP3: Bo Bruce – Brighter Moon
- MP3: Johnny Flynn – Drum
- MP3: Two Door Cinema Club – I Can Talk (Golden Bug remix)
- MP3: Two Door Cinema Club – I Can Talk (Moulinex remix)
- MP3: Two Door Cinema Club – Something Good Can Work
- MP3: Two Door Cinema Club – I can Talk
- MP3: Two Door Cinema Club – I can Talk (French Horn Rebellion remix)
- MP3: Jónsi – “Boy Lilikoi”
- MP3: The National – Fake Empire
- MP3: Codeine Velvet Club – I am the Resurrection
- MP3: The Kissaway Trail – SDP
- MP3: Casper Bangs – Queen of Hearts
- MP3: Phenomenal Handclap Band – You’ll Disappear (Horse Meat Disco remix)
- MP3: The Bravery – The Spectator
- MP3: Marina and the Diamonds – I Am Not A Robot (Starsmith remix)
- MP3: Dragonette – Easy (Buffetlibre remix)
- MP3: Wolf Gang – The King And All Of His Men (Gaggle Remix)
- MP3: Wolf Gang – The King And All Of His Men (Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs Remix)
- MP3: Wolf Gang – The King And All Of His Men
- MP3: Wolf Gang – Night Flying
- MP3: Wolf Gang – Pieces of You
- MP3: Will Stratton – Your California Sky
- MP3: El Perro Del Mar – Change of Heart
- MP3: Fanfarlo – Luna
- MP3: Baby Monster – Ultra Violence and Beethoven
- MP3: Baby Monster – Ultra Violence and Beethoven (Mondkopf remix)
- MP3: Baby Monster – Ultra Violence and Beethoven (Arveene & Misk remix)
- MP3: Metric – Help I’m Alive (remixed by 80kidz)
- MP3: Daisy Dares You – Daisy Dares You
- MP3: Art vs Science – Parlez-Vous Francais?
- MP3: UltraChorus – Scarlet Eyes
- MP3: Marina & The Diamonds – Mowgli’s Road
- MP3: Marina and the Diamonds – I Am Not A Robot
- MP3: Marina & The Diamonds – Obsessions
- MP3: The Phenomenal Handclap Band – Testimony (Limewire live session)
- MP3: Richard Walters – Needless Advice
- MP3: Cory Chisel and the Wandering Men – Born Again
- MP3: LoveLikeFire – Signs
- MP3: Tommy Reilly – Grab Me by The Collar (Unicorn Kid remix)
- MP3: ARMS – Kids Aflame
- MP3: Lisa Mitchell – Coin Laundry (Starsmith Remix)
- MP3: Los Campesinos! – The Sea Is A Good Place To Think Of The Future
- MP3: Keegan DeWitt – Telephone
- MP3: Frankie Negrón – Holding on to Love
- MP3: The Raveonettes – Suicide
- MP3: Simian Mobile Disco – Audacity of Huge (Naum Gabo Remix)
- MP3: Desktop – Liberty
- MP3: Desktop – Fired Up
- MP3: Desktop – Too Much
- MP3: Teenagersintokyo – Isabella
- MP3: Noah and the Whale – Blue Skies (Yacht remix)
- MP3: Moby vs Lifelike – Mistake
- MP3: Rodrigo y Gabriela – Buster Voodoo
- MP3: Forest Fire – Fortune Teller
- MP3: HEALTH – Die Slow
- MP3: HEALTH – Die Slow (Tobacco Remix)
- MP3: The Cribs – We Were Aborted
- MP3: Music For Your Heart – The One
- MP3: Miike Snow – Animal
- MP3: Delphic – This Momentary (Golden Bug remix)
- MP3: The New Devices – Everything Good (Japanese Popstars Mix)
- MP3: Fanfarlo – Finish Line
- MP3: Fanfarlo – Pilot
- MP3: Johnny Foreigner – Feels Like Summer
- MP3: Richard Walters – Flooded Valley
- MP3: Cheatahs – Some Powers (Cassette Version)
- MP3: Fanfarlo – Finish Line
- MP3: Girls – Hellhole Ratrace
- MP3: The Secret Handshake – Make Up Your Mind (remixed by Designer Drugs)
- MP3: thecocknbullkid – Clean Apart
- MP3: Defend Moscow – Sign of Life
- MP3: Royksopp – Lily And The Robot (Royksopp / Lily Allen mashup)
- MP3: Favours For Sailors – I Dreamt that you Dreamt that you Loved me in your Dreams
- MP3: Favours For Sailors – Erode my Empire
- MP3: Favours For Sailors – Our Name
- MP3: Favours For Sailors – Shark Attack
- MP3: Magic Wands – Warrior (Defend Moscow Remix)
- MP3: Magic Wands – Warrior (The XX Remix)
- MP3: White Lies – Nothing to Give (M83 Remix)
- MP3: The Gaslight Anthem – Great Expectations (Acoustic)
- MP3: Beastie Boys – BBoys In The Cut (Innerpartysystem Remix)
- MP3: Jeremy Enigk – Mind Idea
- MP3: stellastarr* – Freak Out
- MP3: Patrick Wolf – Who Will (Buffetlibre Remix)
- MP3: Esser – Long Arms
- MP3: Jeremy Enigk – Lifes Too Short
- MP3: Apples – Reason 45
- MP3: Dan Black – I Love Life
- MP3: Dan Black – Karate Kid
- MP3: Dan Black – Symphonies (Passion Pit remix)
- MP3: Alex Metric – Head Straight
- MP3: Paul and The Patients – Blogspot
- MP3: Esser – Headlock
- MP3: them:youth – F.R.A.N.C.E
- MP3: Solid Gold – Bible Thumper
- MP3: Flashguns – Timehouse Blue
- MP3: Flashguns – Ro Shambo
- MP3: The Mummers vs Passion Pit – Sleepyhead
- MP3: Kleerup – On My Own Again
- MP3: The King Blues – Bonkers
- MP3: Dead Leaf Echo – Act of Truth
- MP3: Tigers that Talked – Black Heart, Blue Eyes
- MP3: Cage the Elephant – Tiny Little Robots
- MP3: Loyal Trooper – Crystal Missile (demo)
- MP3: Twiggy Frostbite – Thrown In Two
- MP3: Mojo Morgan – Tonight
- MP3: Discovery – Orange Shirt
- MP3: Discovery – Osaka Loop Line
- MP3: Linfinity – Molly Mar Of Rome
- MP3: Wolfmother – Back Around
- MP3: Lee Memorial – Lazy Days in Bed
- MP3: Tortured Soul – Home To You
- MP3: Moby – Shot in the back of the head
- MP3: Winter Gloves – Smells Like Teen Spirit
- MP3: Lissy Trullie – Boy Boy
- MP3: Lissy Trullie – Self Taught Learner
- MP3: “Those Proverbs We Made in the Winter Must End” (Duke Special / Bernard Butler) produced, co-written and co-played by Bernard Butler
- MP3: “I Feel For You” (Prince cover but made famous by Chaka Kahn)
- MP3: “Low”
- MP3: Iglu & Hartly – DayGlo
- MP3: War Tapes
- MP3: Amanda Blank – Might Like You Better
- MP3: Hesta Prynn – Seven Sisters
- MP3: Amazing Baby – Bayonets
- MP3: My Passion – Thanks for Nothing
- MP3: The Joy Formidable – The greatest light is the greatest shade
- MP3: The Joy Formidable – Cradle
- MP3: The Joy Formidable – Austere
- MP3: The Joy Formidable – While the Flies
- MP3: Evening Magazine – 18 Wheels
- MP3: Plushgun – Just Impolite
- MP3: Tortured Soul – Did You Miss Me?
- MP3: Phoenix – 1901
- MP3: Friendly Fires – Skeleton Boy (Air France Remix)
- MP3: Thecocknbullkid – I’m Not Sorry
- MP3: Thecocknbullkid – There’s A Mother In Our Bed
- MP3: Royksopp’s Happy up Here, re-interpreted by Holy Fuck
- MP3: Casxio – Seventeen
- MP3: Deer Tracks – 127SexFyra
- MP3: Goldheart Assembly – Wolves and Thieves
- MP3: The Soft Pack – Call it a Day
- MP3: The Soft Pack – Red Headed Girl
- MP3: The Alexandria Quartet – Rock & Roll
- MP3: Young Love – Black Boots
- MP3: Living Things – Let It Rain
- MP3: LoveLikeFire – Signs
- MP3: Doves – Push Me On (Playgroup remix)
- MP3: Bloc Party – Signs – Armand Van Helden remix
- MP3: Royksopp – Album Sampler
- MP3: Adam Heldring – Okay, Goodbye
- MP3: The Spartones From The University of North Carolina Greensboro – “Not The Same”
- MP3: The Rumble Strips – London
- MP3: Pansy Division – Twinkie, Twinkie Little Star
- MP3: Seeland – Call the Incredible
- MP3: Delphic – Counterpoint
- MP3: From Monuments to Masses – Beyond God & Elvis
- MP3: Mascott – 4th of July
December 24th, 2009 at 4:38 pm
Some good tracks there!
Well done guys, I’ll keep on following into 2010!
PS – check out my new Music Industry Guide
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