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#TheN0ughtie5 Day 49 🚨BONUS 11🚨 Destroyer - Bay of Pigs (Aug 2009)📍Vancouver 🇨🇦 NKC❌JCC✅ [11pts] The ultimate Destroyer track, as weird & wordy as any; then, 4 1/2 minutes in, those synths, a microhouse rhythm! 😮 "I was 20 years old in 1992, I was bathed in golden sunlight" - you and me both, Dan.

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 49 🚨BONUS 11🚨 Destroyer - Bay of Pigs (Aug 2009)📍Vancouver 🇨🇦 NKC❌JCC✅ [11pts] The ultimate Destroyer track, as weird & wordy as any; then, 4 1/2 minutes in, those synths, a microhouse rhythm! 😮 "I was 20 years old in 1992, I was bathed in golden sunlight" - you and me both, Dan.

Bay of Pigs

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De La Soul @wearedelasoul.com · 4w ago

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 48 Tiga - What You Need (May 2009)📍Montreal 🇨🇦 NKC❌JCC✅ I say E, you say -lectro. Tiga, Soulwax and Jesper Dahlbäck breaking the beats 'cause they're hardcore. Charli XCX-approved, and still sounds HUGE.

On this day 35 years ago, we released “A Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturdays'" from our second studio album De La Soul Is Dead. 🌼🪴🪦 #ThankYouDave 🛼🛼 delasoul.lnk.to/DeLaSoulIsDead

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 48 Tiga - What You Need (May 2009)📍Montreal 🇨🇦 NKC❌JCC✅ I say E, you say -lectro. Tiga, Soulwax and Jesper Dahlbäck breaking the beats 'cause they're hardcore. Charli XCX-approved, and still sounds HUGE.

Tiga - What You Need

YouTube video by Tiga

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#TheN0ughtie5 Day 47 Ada - Lovestoned (Adaptations EP) (Apr 2009) 📍 Cologne 🇩🇪 NKC✅JCC✅ One more Kompakt release, bringing the total number of entries from Köln to 4, on a par with New York and behind only London!

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 47 Ada - Lovestoned (Adaptations EP) (Apr 2009) 📍 Cologne 🇩🇪 NKC✅JCC✅ One more Kompakt release, bringing the total number of entries from Köln to 4, on a par with New York and behind only London!

Ada - Lovestoned (Official Video) 'Adaptations' Mixtape #1

YouTube video by KOMPAKT

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DJ Punctum @djpunctum.bsky.social · 4w ago

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 46 The Horrors - Sea Within A Sea (Mar 2009)📍Southend 🇬🇧 NKC❌*JCC✅ Geoff Barrow gives "The Rip" a do-over with some dodgy goths.

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Briefly breaking my social media sabbatical to link to this unruly piece I wrote about the seventieth anniversary of the British album chart, and what the point of albums, or for that matter anything else, is seventy years later: warmrationalism.blogspot.com/2026/07/dang...

DANGLING PAST THE STORM: ON ALBUMS AND HUMANITY

Today marks the seventieth anniversary of the publication of the first British album chart. The Official Charts Company jumped the gun by...

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#TheN0ughtie5 Day 46 The Horrors - Sea Within A Sea (Mar 2009)📍Southend 🇬🇧 NKC❌*JCC✅ Geoff Barrow gives "The Rip" a do-over with some dodgy goths.

The Horrors - 'Sea Within A Sea'

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#TheN0ughtie5 Day 45 Dio ft. Sef - Aye (Mar 2009 [Nov 2008 Rock & Roll LP])📍Amsterdam 🇳🇱 NKC✅JCC✅ It's my Birthday, Spain have the World Cup, the King of the North is our PM, it's 25ºC so here's a tune from the old country that fits my mood.

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 45 Dio ft. Sef - Aye (Mar 2009 [Nov 2008 Rock & Roll LP])📍Amsterdam 🇳🇱 NKC✅JCC✅ It's my Birthday, Spain have the World Cup, the King of the North is our PM, it's 25ºC so here's a tune from the old country that fits my mood.

Dio - Aye ft. Sef

YouTube video by TopNotch

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Jack Bernhardt @jackbern.bsky.social · 4w ago

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 44 P!nk - Please Don't Leave Me (Feb 2009)📍Doylestown, PA 🇺🇸 NKC✅JCC✅ Her most heartbreaking one.

love them or loathe them, there's one thing you can't deny about the Argentinian football team: they're a bunch of cunts

Padrock @padrock70.bsky.social · last mo.

GRACIAS ESPAÑA

Never let the USA host the World Cup again.

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 44 P!nk - Please Don't Leave Me (Feb 2009)📍Doylestown, PA 🇺🇸 NKC✅JCC✅ Her most heartbreaking one.

P!nk - Please Don't Leave Me (Official Video)

YouTube video by PinkVEVO

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#TheN0ughtie5 Day 43 The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name (May 2008)📍Manchester 🇬🇧 NKC✅JCC✅ This starts playing and I'm like, this shouty bratty bit of fun isn't good enough for the final 50, is it? And then those three interweaving vocal lines close out the song and it's right up there again.

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 43 The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name (May 2008)📍Manchester 🇬🇧 NKC✅JCC✅ This starts playing and I'm like, this shouty bratty bit of fun isn't good enough for the final 50, is it? And then those three interweaving vocal lines close out the song and it's right up there again.

The Ting Tings - That's Not My Name (Official Video)

YouTube video by TheTingTingsVEVO

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Robert Barry @monsterbobby.bsky.social · last mo.

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 42 Moby - Disco Lies (Jan 2008)📍New York, NY 🇺🇸 NKC❌JCC✅ Big fan of the cuddly unproblematic man's early 90s stuff, I never quite loved his much more popular downtempo work that came after. So it's great that he went uptempo again in the 00s, for the one album at least.

apparently it’s 20 years to the day since me and a bunch of pals from brighton released an album that changed our lives (and maybe a few other people’s too). so, for old times sake, let’s all pull some shapes youtu.be/HbnVNZe2D_0

The Pipettes - Pull Shapes

YouTube video by ThePipettesVEVO

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#TheN0ughtie5 Day 42 Moby - Disco Lies (Jan 2008)📍New York, NY 🇺🇸 NKC❌JCC✅ Big fan of the cuddly unproblematic man's early 90s stuff, I never quite loved his much more popular downtempo work that came after. So it's great that he went uptempo again in the 00s, for the one album at least.

Moby - Disco Lies

YouTube video by Moby

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#TheN0ughtie5 Day 41 Sugababes - About You Now (Sep 2009)📍London 🇬🇧 NKC✅JCC✅ The 'Babes go Power Pop and destroy all the competition

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 41 Sugababes - About You Now (Sep 2009)📍London 🇬🇧 NKC✅JCC✅ The 'Babes go Power Pop and destroy all the competition

Sugababes - About You Now (Official Video)

YouTube video by SugababesVEVO

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#TheN0ughtie5 Day 40 🚨BONUS 11 Gui Boratto - Beautiful Life (Jul 2007)📍São Paulo 🇧🇷 NKC❌(though feat. Luciana Villanova)JCC✅ [11pts] For the duration of this slice of aural mdma I believe its premise entirely. Linking the video edit but the 12" has the full 8:30 that it needs for maximum euphoria.

Anthony Gregory @anthonygregory.bsky.social · last mo.

My exact thoughts/feelings! 😠😂

Absolutely shocking. One of the very few times I’ve ever wanted england to win a game and they pull that shit

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 40 🚨BONUS 11 Gui Boratto - Beautiful Life (Jul 2007)📍São Paulo 🇧🇷 NKC❌(though feat. Luciana Villanova)JCC✅ [11pts] For the duration of this slice of aural mdma I believe its premise entirely. Linking the video edit but the 12" has the full 8:30 that it needs for maximum euphoria.

Gui Boratto - Beautiful Life (Official Video) 'Chromophobia' Album

YouTube video by KOMPAKT

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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · last mo.

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 39 Aly & AJ - Potential Breakup Song (Jun 2007)📍Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸 NKC✅JCC✅ Second breakup song from June 2007 - was there something in the air? It took me another year in any case. Would have been easier if she'd forgotten my birthday (my fucking birthday)

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#TheN0ughtie5 Day 39 Aly & AJ - Potential Breakup Song (Jun 2007)📍Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸 NKC✅JCC✅ Second breakup song from June 2007 - was there something in the air? It took me another year in any case. Would have been easier if she'd forgotten my birthday (my fucking birthday)

Aly & AJ - Potential Breakup Song (Closed-Captioned)

YouTube video by HollywoodRecordsVEVO

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#TheN0ughtie5 Day 38 Kate Nash - Foundations (Jun 2007)📍London 🇬🇧 NKC✅JCC✅ Quoting myself, "[w]ry vignettes add up to a devastating image of a dysfunctional relationship, the beginning of its end, but also the effort it takes to break out. "And I know that I should let go, but I can't""

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 38 Kate Nash - Foundations (Jun 2007)📍London 🇬🇧 NKC✅JCC✅ Quoting myself, "[w]ry vignettes add up to a devastating image of a dysfunctional relationship, the beginning of its end, but also the effort it takes to break out. "And I know that I should let go, but I can't""

Kate Nash - Foundations

YouTube video by KateNashVEVO

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#TheN0ughtie5 Day 37 The Honeydrips - (Lack of) Love Will Tear Us Apart (Feb 2007)📍Gothenburg 🇸🇪 NKC❌JCC✅ Sole representative of the Service/Sincerely Yours labels' Swedish Balearic sound, which you'll remember being a BIG THING in 2006-2009 (if you frequented the same music message boards I did)

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 37 The Honeydrips - (Lack of) Love Will Tear Us Apart (Feb 2007)📍Gothenburg 🇸🇪 NKC❌JCC✅ Sole representative of the Service/Sincerely Yours labels' Swedish Balearic sound, which you'll remember being a BIG THING in 2006-2009 (if you frequented the same music message boards I did)

[Lack Of] Love Will Tear Us Apart

YouTube video by The Honeydrips - Topic

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#TheN0ughtie5 Day 36 Kleerup w/ Robyn - With Every Heartbeat (Jan 2007)📍Stockholm 🇸🇪 NKC✅JCC✅ And from Norway back to Sweden, for another "heartbeat" song...

#TheN0ughtie5 Day 36 Kleerup w/ Robyn - With Every Heartbeat (Jan 2007)📍Stockholm 🇸🇪 NKC✅JCC✅ And from Norway back to Sweden, for another "heartbeat" song...

Robyn with Kleerup - With Every Heartbeat

YouTube video by Embassy One

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