Fourth album in a row and first in a multinational company and Sam Beam decided to get otherwise, to leave behind the folk-country and come closer to the 70's soft rock.
A quick look at the achievements of (almost hateful to many recently) German music scene for the year that leaves us, from four different representatives.
With Swim the smart Dan Snaith confirms what we knew all along, and that is that he can reinvent himself in any new movement without losing his position.
It is definitely the year of the universal recognition for the duo from Baltimore, the beautiful singer Victoria Legrand and multi-instrumentalist Alex Scally.
Happy New Year to everyone. The column, after reviewing the decade, will stand once again up to the occasion, respecting the call of the magazine, will present the options for 2009.
One of the features in the long course of Flaming Lips, is the potential to "marry" with ease memorable pop anthems with the most ambitious and whimsical and their experimental impulses.
