Top 15 of '15

Hello, its me.

This killed me. I honestly have the worst time picking shortlists of fav songs. For example, I just submitted my Hottest 100 votes after 4 days of agonising about how I could possibly cut 64 songs down to 10 and then when you get to 11 and you have to leave 1 behind, UGHH it's horrible (I'm so sorry Basenji, forgive me).

So to make things a lil less painful, I gave myself 5 more songs than triple j gave me and my justification is that it is 2015 so I get 15 songs, it works. I hope I didn't have any major oversights but I'm sure I did because this year has been such a good year for cool new songs and producers ^_^ pls enjoy.



1. Swick - Crystal Palace

My iTunes play count tells me this was my #1 song of the year. One of my top 3 producers, I've never hears a Swick track that I didn't like and this is the one I like the best out of them all and will play until the day I die.




2. Lido & Canblaster - Superspeed

A close second, I played this song A LOT this year. Lido & Canblaster are the match made in heaven and this is the collaboration of the year IMO.





3. Hi Tom - Bugatti Friendz


Another one of my top 3 producers, Hi Tom killed it this year. I kept hearing this song in mixes and it was killin' me that I couldn't own it. When it finally got released I befriended it asap and never let it go.





4. What So Not - Gemini ft. George Maple

One of my most anticipated moments at this year's Splendour In The Grass was seeing George Maple sing this live. Such a beautiful song, such a beautiful moment. The Mix Up tent still has my heart.





5. B2GETHER (Mija Remix) - Major Lazer

As far as remixes go, this remix of Major Lazer by the lil firecracker, Mija floored me as soon as I heard it. As a fan of nightcore, this pitched up spin on B2GETHER isn't quite nxc, but it's pretty damn close.

6. Nina Las Vegas x Swick - Cool Sports

Another millionaire matchmaker type of collab that I'm always down for is NLV teaming up with Swick. The whole Cool Sports EP is such a good time that picking a fav is almost impossible. However once again my play count tells me this is the #1.





7. Rytmeklubben - Girlfriend

Individually I am obsessed with each of these Norwegian producers, Hi Tom, Henrick the Artist, Torjus and DJ Karaoke, so you could imagine my excitement when they put out a new single under the Rytmeklubben collective. It's perfect, so so perfect.





8. Shorty - What's Going On

It's no secret Grime conquered this year. Most people would probably say Skepta took out the title for grime song of the year with Shutdown, but I disagree. I think the reason I like this better comes down to one single bar, the part where Shorty goes "'nuff man wanna talk about flows, but are using my one, this flow was made in taiwan". Idk why but the way he says that gee's me up so much.





9. BOYSLASHFREIND - UP2U ft. GETOVERHER (prod. Joseph Marinetti)


Meet another member of my top 3 producers elite team, Joseph Marinetti. This song is great and is one of the most underrated songs of 2015.  Joe's production is fire as usual and BOYSLASHFRIEND and GETOVERHER bring it to life.





10. Club cheval - From The Basement To The Roof (Oliver Remix)

Another bangin' collective, this time from France, the Club coeval boys smashed it this year. The O.G of this track is just as amazing, however the Oliver remix took the cake for me.





11. KAN TAKAHIKO - NRG (Masayoshi Iimori Remix)


TREKKIE TRAX give me another reason to love Japan more and more everyday. They put out so much cool shit this year and this Masayoshi Iimori remix of NRG has one of the coolest drops ever. Every time I play this ppl lose their damn minds come 1:35.





12. WUKI - Lip Pop

Lip Pop sounds as poppin' as the title would suggest. I'm usually a sucker for a super cute vocal but this deep topline is the perfect pairing with the deep down low bouncin' bass.





13. GENER8TION Ft. M.I.A - The New International Sound (Part ||)

I love everything M.I.A touches as I'm sure I've told you before. So when she jumped on this track, after the original already had me good, I was overjoyed. I feel like this song got forgotten about too soon as did that insane video.





14. Cosmo's Midnight - Walk With Me ft. KUCKA

Love these twins. Their EP is star studded with so many beautiful collaborators I can't even deal. Sarah Bonito, Hi Tom, Lido, Wave Racer, the list goes on. Despite all those collaborations, this one is still top dog, more specifically, top Husky. (watch the vid)





15. Wave Racer - Fash Drive ft. Baby

Speaking of lil Wavey, he put out an EP of his own late this year. The first single Flash Drive is my fav from the release and my 15th fav song from 2015. The whole aesthetic is right up my alley, the track itself, the video the super cute USB that holds the EP. Luv it luv it luv it.

Royal Babies

Hello fruits of the earth,

I am off to Syndey tomorrow for Groovin The Moo / weekend of going out to dinner and drinking cool drinks at the Opera Bar, so this weeks playlist is getting dumped into your lives today horrayy! This playlist is pretty much a behind the scenes AAA pass to my life this week, I have been giving these tracks the Royal treatment they deserve and I think it's time you get some of this McLovin' in your lives too.

New Disclosure, Tiga, life chaining remixes of Club Cheval, Tinashe and SPICE GIRLS, plus a whole lot of other new friends that you will love. This Spice Girls Wannabe jersey club remix is courtesy of $JAYY and it has everything I have ever been searching for in a Spice Girls remix and believe me, I have been on the hunt for some time. I also think I found my favourite Bitch Better Have My Money remix thanks to old mate Porter Elvinger, it's pretttty different to the original, but #hotdamn its so so good, I <3 it.

Warning: In the case of fire, please evacuate and apply ice immediately to any burns you may receive, if you seek further assistance pls phone the police and the fireman on 000.

Enjoy! Don't forget to water our love fern :)

Love Kritty xx

Mid-Week MP3s

Hey swizzle sticks,

It's about that time for another playlist and I thought instead of using my free time to do my assignments, i'd write this instead. So time management could be better but these are the things I do for you, you're so welcome, it really is my pleasure.

Ok class, hands up if you like guitars, keep your hands up. Who likes pop? Woo yeah, keep your hands up. What about electronic beats? Fabulous, keep those hands up. Future bass? Brilliant keep 'em high. Where's my trap king and queens, hands up? Wow look, everyone in the whole world has their hand up. This is perfect because that means everyone in the world will find something they can crush on in the weeks playlist. Mission accomplished, good job Kristy Barker, you've done it again.

Another week, another load of newly harvested tracks. This week the "Australian Made" stamp goes to  S U N D A Y, Female, Feki and Grrl Pal, who are all Triple J Unearthed lil babies and also to Melbourne boy, Air Max '97. All these weet-bix kids are blossoming as I type this and even more as you're reading this so keep you're ears up for more things to come from them.

Have the best time,

Love Kritty xxx

Music for Your Monday Morning

Hello again familiar faces and hello to new friends! Welcome to the first meeting of your Monday morning, I would like to start by introducing you to what will be your soundtrack for the week.

This playlist is scientifically proven (by me) to cure you're monday morning blues, and it's fo' freeee. It is recommended that you play this out loud when doing such activities like showering, brushing teeth, getting dressed etc, doing this will put you in an A+ mood and your good vibes will then ultimately rub off on you're workmates which will in turn change the world, wow the power!

I have thrown in a bunch of different styles into this one as usual, everything from 80's inspired pop, to trap and just about everything in between. Again, I am showcasing a heap of freshly ripened tracks that I found over the past week and can almost guarantee you'll obsess over at least half of them. Prepare yourself because let me tell you, the releases that have come out over the past couple of weeks have been all that and a bag of chips, I know I say this every week but I can't help it if 2015 is totally outdoing herself rn. I could probably do a feature on every single artist in this playlist because they all seem to be on a roll right now and are receiving my little orange Soundcloud hearts from every direction.

I hope you appreciate this playlist as much as I do and I hope it gets your tune rags flapping in the wind. Quick warning, Loud Places by Jamie XX may turn your eardrums into tear-drums so listening is at your own risk and you must accept full responsibility for any feels you may or may not develop. Never fear though because SOPHIE's remix of 'Won't K' is up next and it's super cute and could possibly be made out of smiles so you'll be back to cutting shapes in no time.

That's all for today vibe cats, i'll catch you on the weekend <3

Love Kritty your #1 tuuuna fisher xx.

If You Don't Know, Now Ya Know : IRIS

Hey meatloaf, this is an exciting feature this week. Let me introduce you to IRIS my newest mp3 lover.

A couple of months ago I came across IRIS's first single "I'll Wait For You" off her forthcoming debut solo EP. Straight away I was caught by the crawling baseline in the intro, because I'm a sucker for a baseline and this one had me on the groove train. From there the song layers and builds and gets the vocal cut treatment. It's one of those unpredictable songs that you don't exactly know where it's going to go. For some reason, I can't pick what is that is provoking this, but she kind of reminds me of Imogen Heap, it could be the vocal. idk.

From hearing "I'll Wait For You" I went onto her full Soundcloud page and saw that this was her only uploaded track so I was a bit bummed out I couldn't go down an IRIS wormhole like I do with most of the artists I find, but at the same time I was super excited to be able to follow her from the very beginning and to hear her sound develop as it happens.

Which brings me to her brand new (less than 24 hour old) new single, "Follow Me".  In my opinion it's even better than "I'll Wait For You," which I think is a good thing ya know, you don't wanna do the opposite, that'd be a bit of an anti-climax wouldn't it. "Follow Me" starts with a gust of wind sample which then rolls into a slow burning, synth-pop vocal, epic, movie soundtrack sounding intro that then escalates with the help of some fancy-finger guitar and some friends in the brass family making themselves known. If I had to sum it up in one word i'd just say "big" because, it's so big, I think it's the brass giving me subconscious elephant vibes or something.

I don't know much about her personally, other than the fact that she is a Spanish-Canadian BABE who is heavily inspired by Steven Tyler, David Bowie and Freddie Mercury, which is a recipe for some prettyyyy cool tunes.


Definitely keep your eye on her for 2015. yeeyuuhh

Kritty out xx.

Tuesday is for Tunes

Hello muffins, Easter m i rite?

For me easter meant working everyday over the long weekend and it also meant my packages are now delayed in the mail :( But on the bright side of life there are songs and songs will never make you cut 24 onions and watch you acid rain from your eyeballs, or make you stay back late to serve the 20 church people that come in 5 minutes before you were meant to finish, they also won't egg your car on the way home and that is really great, love them for that, thank you songs.

These are the 10 tracks that are currently living the high life on my AUX chord selection. Most of them are brand brand brand new born lil babies but I also threw in a bit of a throwback Deathgrips track because I forgot this existed and life has improved 75% since remembering how great it is.

Pls also note that 'I Deserve a Grammy' is a nightcored version of Purity Ring covering Soulja Boi...so wild, can't be tamed. I wish I could just make a really long playlist that is purely nightcore but people would probably get really confused/annoyed, or they'd love it and those are the kind of ppl you should have in your life.

So go and make a new friend today and if they like nightcore NEVER LET THEM GO!

Love, your sistah from another mister, Kritty xx

Meet Hot New Singles!

Oh hi there, are you looking to meet hot new singles in your area, or maybe looking to cross some boarders, test out those long distance waters? I've got you covered, all of these candidates below are newly single and looking for loving, get them while you can.

Into Barbados bbs? - See Rihanna's new trap influenced, dirty bass single 'Bitch Better Have My Money.' It's a big fat anthem. For the people who like a fierce boss lady.





Looking for Australian Boiz ? - Swick's newest track 'Crystal Palace' is essential listening. Swick makes the happiest tracks ever and will always make you feel like rejoicing and celebrating even the smallest of achievements. Also highly recommended for ppl who play FIFA js.




After a USA bae? - LA producer Hoodboi has a new EP and the title track 'Palm Reader' featuring another producer to be watching this year called 'Lido', is an electronic, kind of glitchy, dream come true.





Jamaican me crazi ?¿ - Major Lazer are becoming the godfathers of EDM. This Caribbean flavoured trio know how to make a flaming crowd pleaser. Their brand new track "Roll The Bass" is exactly what you would expect from the title. For those who are all about de gyrate lyf man and like to twerk sum ting.





I hope you find a loving companion.
Love your matchmaker, Kritty xx

Crush Of They Day: Hey QT (Music Video)

The best song in the world, now has the best video in the world. I don't think I will ever be over this song, no matter how much I flog it, that intro still makes me feel some kind of way. You can't not be happy watching this video, you try it next time you have a reverse smile, watch this and you bet your ass you will cut that shit out, imagine if Britney Spears had this video in 2008, things would have gone so much better for her!

For you poor, neglected bb's who and are only hearing this song for the first time now and have been missing out on all the bubbles, all you need to know is that is produced by A.G Cook and SOPHIE from PC Music, a label that is currently winning the game of everything right now, and features vocals from Quinn Thomas a.k.a QT, she's a triple threat, but not your traditional one, she's a singer, dancer and...alchemist!?

Basically the song started as a GENIOUS marketing ploy for the energy drink formula she created called "QT" and now she's created a 3:56 minute advertisement for it disguised as the bubbliest, fizziest, super qt music video ever in lyf. Sorry Tiga, Bugatti held the music video award last year but its time to hand it over old friend, you had a good run. If you don't want to pop a can of QT once you've watched this then I admire your power to reject consumerism because I for one want a years supply, I want to cheers with everyone I know and then play Hey QT and dance on tables all night and I also want to bathe in it.

Lose my number pls i'm going to live in this video for a while.

Love u 4 lyf, Kritty xx

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Big Ups // TroyBoi

Shut ya pie holes, open ya ears and let TroyBoi open your world. This week i'm taking you to London town, but like a weird side alley of London that kinda freaks you out at first but then you realise you love it and want to hang out down there with all the other freaks on weekends.

TroyBoi is such a breath of fresh air, also making up half of the production team  Soundsnobz, his solo yolo approach to beat making is so innovative and completely unique, he has created a sound that is immediately identifiable and really sets him apart from everyone else. He produces tracks in a range of different genres, making it quite clear that he has a really deep pocket of influences to draw upon when creating his masterpieces.

I've been following this lad for about 4 months after I heard 'The Messenger' and had a big oof fest over it, then 'Remember' came out and I was frothin' a little bit, 2 months later O.G came out and I starting to crush really hard, one month later 'Do You' appeared online with it's spaghetti western intro that turns into a heavy, dirty trap beat, then there's the Flosstradamus track 'Soundclash', the Diplo and Friends BBC 1 guest mix, then the next day he dropped his most recent track 'Zone' that is a flutey, violin, wild banger. What I am getting at here is it's only up and up for this London boi.

So yeah TroyBoi, remember the name and run & tell that. *Major Lazer sirens* *drops the mic* *checks to make sure it's alright* *it is, thank god* PMPN 8 EZ

Kritty owt. xxx

Froth Over These Friday

Hey guidos and guidettes, wanna know what is gooooood this week? Let me fill you in on some things you may have missed in the past couple of weeks while we were busy 'celebrating' Valentines Day and frothing over GRRL PAL.

Big things, big things, massive things. I'm talking new Kanye West, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Florence and the Machine, Vic Mensa, Cashmere Cat, Everything Everything (this isn't available on soundcloud so won't be in the playlist but CLICK HERE for the good stuff ), Miami Horror, Unkown Mortal Orchestra, Roland Tings and a couple other little Unearthed gems again, because Triple J Unearthed is the spice of lyf.

A couple of these songs I kind of put in the friend zone for a hot minute but then, when I revisited them later I was ready to take the relationship to the next level, and was already naming our children.

I hope you find something in here that you will like straight away, and something you will realise you love when you come to your senses.

Love your spice girl, Kritty
xx

I Left My Heart at Laneway 2015

This weekend was the first festival of my musical year, St Jerome's Laneway Festival a.k.a LANEWAY!

This is one of my favourite festivals in the country purely because they really have their finger on the pulse and without fail book acts on the bill who have only just starting to blow up; or are about to any minute.

This year was a testament to this with big names from 2014 like Flight Facilities, Banks, FKA Twigs, Caribou, Little Dragon, Vic Mensa, Tkay Maidza, Jungle, Raury, Future Islands and so so many more loveable characters making the lineup.

If you didn't make it to the festival this year, this is what you missed out on, and if you're from Perth, Adelaide or Melbourne, this is what you have to look forward to.

The ever-bouncy Tkay Maidza soaked up the crowds energy and gave it right back, Raury's outfit was 100% perfect and he is an inspiration to 18 year olds (and every human) everywhere, Vic Mensa ripped Brisbane a new one during his seriously ruckus set, Jungle revealed the disco groove within all of us,  Caribou's  'Can't Do Without You' is to die for live , FKA's stage presence was absolutely captivating (she is a goddamn work of art), Banks may have some mic volume difficulties but she is fierce as hell and sounds (and looks) flawless live, Yukimi from Little Dragon makes you feel stupidly happy and I want to wear a kimono and FLIGHT FACILITIES, so much sweat, so many hits, so much jumping, too much screaming, Owl Eyes on the mic is perfect and I want to live in a Flight Facilities crowd forever!

Can't wait until the next festival to do it all again, Groovin' in The Moo, save me a patch of grass, i'm coming for ya.

Love Kritty xx

Weekend Favs - Jan 12

First one back for the new year so I made this an extra special 20 track playlist. tbh you'll probably want to burn in onto a CD for your next road trip. Im sure by now you'll expect some diversity as usual, it's a mixture of a bunch of different things new and old tracks that got me going this past couple of weeks, everything from electronic, to alternative, to jersey club, you better believe it's all in there. Hope you find something that tickles your pickle, floats your boat or feeds your goat.

Love Kritty xx.

New Year and Caribou

Hi, hows it going, was your new years a raging dance party? Did you bust out some dance moves that emerged in a drunken stupor, blair all the classic party anthems of 2014, listen to a countdown or watch music videos on MTV and drink every time you saw someone dance on top of a school bus or twerk upside down? No matter what you did I hope it was one to remember. In terms of new music I have a ridiculously long waiting list of songs I need to post about, but rather than bombard you with it all at once, I'm going to be slowly resuscitating you back to life after your extreme hangovers over the next couple of weeks. Lets start with a artist feature to get you're 2015 off to a funky start shall we.

CARIBOU 

One of the best album releases of 2014 in my opinion, I had only heard a couple of the singles and have just recently gotten a chance to hear the whole LP from start to finish. 

I first heard of Caribou ( Dan Snaith) on Triple J radio then soon after found out he would be at Laneway this year. I knew there was quite a bit of hype about him so I got to researching and there is some serious vibes with this guy and the really easy to listen to, flowy electronic music he makes. Dan Snaith is no new name, he has been around since 2001 performing under a couple different stage names, Caribou since 2005. His last album as 'Caribou' was back in 2012 but he came back strong in October 2014 with 'Our Love'. 

The first time I heard the lead single "Can't Do Without You" I liked it but I wasn't completely sold enough to need in my iTunes, however when I revisited it later I was convinced and ended up downloading the entire album. Someone to watch in 2015. 

Love Kritty xx