Must-Watch: Video Premiere: “Auld Lang Syne (The New Year’s Anthem)” by Mariah Carey

Not okay! We are self-certified lambs and we say that this video has got to be one of the worst videos of the year. Mariah is jumping around as a pregnant woman (a la Whitney Houston in “I’m Every Woman“) and it’s just not pretty. Also, Mariah pretty pouting is not up to par enough to be digestable. We hope this video doesn’t end up on a best of collection. Still, happy new year and any video from Mariah is welcome.

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Introducing… Jai Paul

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Jai Paul is a 21-year-old from north-west London currently getting a lot of blog and A&R attention. We can see why. He’s a warped pop star in the making; or rather he’s what you imagine a pop star signed to the Warp label might be like. Of course, Warp already have a freak-funk future pop act on their roster, Jamie Lidell, who seems to alternate between straight commercial funk – as though he were a slightly edgier Jamiroquai – and out-and-out experimental electronica. Jai Paul appears to be using his music to combine both extreme approaches. “Don’t fuck with me, don’t fuck with me,” he coos in a light, airy falsetto on BTSU, the most acclaimed track on his MySpace, over mad 8-bit sonics, bursts of burbling bass, crisp dubspace beats and weird, warped – that word again – harmonies. But somehow, JP manages to make it all seem like a pop song.

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Vanessa Carlton to release greatest hits collection…

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Vanessa Carlton has been missing in action for a while, but she is back with a repackaging of her best work to the masses. We have all her album, so this will not be of need to us, yet we are intrigued to see if there are new tracks on the album. Still, we are sad that the previously announced fourth album Rabbits On The Run has been put on hold.

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Loft965.com passes 2 million visitors!

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We haven’t updated you recently on the success of the blog, but its well on its way to where we want it to be. We thought we’d just tell you that aside from the fact that Loft965.com is one of the top music blogs worldwide we had just passed more than 2 millions visitors all-time. This includes the first couple of months when the readers were only our dear friends and acquaintences. It also includes the year before we launched internationally. We are very happy about this accomplishment and we hope to bring you more and better content. Our daily visitors are Loft965.com’s soul and we love that you come by the thousands everyday. Thank you and pitch in on what you want to see on the blog.

Exclusive: The Best 100 Albums Of 2010

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  1. We Are Born – SiA
  2. Body Talk PT2 – Robyn
  3. Fleshtone - Kelis
  4. Undersea Poem - Undersea Poem
  5. AphroditeKylie Minogue
  6. New Amerykah Part Two: Return Of The Ankh – Erykah Badu
  7. Lost Where I Belong – Andreya Triana
  8. Body Talk PT1 – Robyn
  9. Senior - Röyksopp
  10. I Speak Because I Can – Laura Marling
  11. Ship Of Light – Husky Rescue
  12. Teen Dream – Beach House
  13. Love & Its Opposite – Tracey Thorn
  14. My Best Friend Is YouKate Nash
  15. The XX – The XX
  16. /\/\/\Y/\ – M.I.A.
  17. Still Standing – Monica
  18. Catching A Tiger - Lissie
  19. Laws Of IllusionSarah McLachlan
  20. Blood Like Lemonade – Morcheeba
  21. Endlessly – Duffy
  22. Here Lies Love – David Byrne & Fatboy Slim
  23. Seasons Of My Soul – Rumer
  24. LOUD – Rihanna
  25. Welcome To Medina – Medina
  26. 100 Miles From Memphis – Sheryl Crow
  27. Tiger SuitKT Tunstall
  28. Body Talk PT3 – Robyn
  29. Insatiable – Nadine Coyle
  30. The ArchAndroidJanelle Monáe
  31. Messy Little RaindropsCheryl Cole
  32. Animal – Ke$ha
  33. Saved – Tinashé
  34. Merry Christmas II You Mariah Carey
  35. Waiting For That One Clear Moment - Thomas Dybdahl
  36. The We Meaning You Tour – SiA
  37. Night Work – Scissor Sisters
  38. Soldier Of Love – Sade
  39. Live At Blue Moose MusicAni DiFranco
  40. Memoirs – Rox
  41. The SeaCorinne Bailey Rae
  42. The Other Side – Nina Sky
  43. Pink Friday - Nicki Minaj
  44. Have One On Me – Joanna Newsom
  45. Some Place SimpleMartina Topley-Bird
  46. The Boxer – Kele
  47. Synchornised Swimmers – Hafdis Huld
  48. Down The Way – Angus & Julia Stone
  49. nº 3 – jj
  50. The Magician – Holly Miranda Continue reading