10: Vile Imbeciles Interview | Take me there!

Andy Huxley is always fond of a good sex story; the lad was especially surprised when we confronted him about his many S&M lyrics because he finds “sex repulsive.” Righto. A bunch of Tim Burton look-i-likes, the gents revealed their defeatist attempt to sell out to the mainstream, while still listening to really awful Radio One music to find if they are relevant to the MIKA thrusting fans. Not sure if Death Jazz will ever be MIKA’s “thing”, unless it’s a type of foreplay, but luckily SS readers turned their back on basic songs and empty lyrics for dirty hate-sex chugs beats.

09: SUPERSWEET Launch Party!!! | Take me there!

Though the Venga Boys were not exactly remembered for best of reasons, ‘We Like To Party’ was one stinking blinding track, so play the disgusting YouTube as the backing sound for our Launch Party article to get your booty blood pumping.  Ready? Chuffed as hell, we are s(th)uper excited that you were with us from the beginning, and if you didn’t come to our launch party, with Liars, Prinzhorn Dance School, Somebody’s Mind and Dj’s Raary KASMS, and Rhys Good Shoes, you still read about it so many times it made us monkey clap-clap. 

08: Liars Interview | Take me there!

Liars. Liars. Liars. If we aren’t listening to them, talking about them, or dressing kitties in their merchandise, there is something seriously wrong in the SS HQ. Before we began weeping to our hearts content that our readers didn’t want to have Liars tattooed across their chest, we found them in our Top Ten, all because of your clicking mouse-love. In return (sob, thank you) keep your eyes peeled for good-goodies to reward you special people. First, live the dream and see the boys lubed up and drowned with flowers and read their tales of procuring Thai wives, mixing up graphic artwork for Yeah Yeah Yeahs and creating a Cartoon Network choon.

07: Patrick Wolf Interview | Take me there!

This time our recent crotch shot of the Wolf didn’t make it in the top viewed articles by you, why SS readers, why? Is our Paddy willy-pic not entertaining? Well luckily, his enthusiastic and pre-nouveau chit chat kept all you guys tickled with fan tit-bits of his double release The Conqueror and The Bachelor. Ho-ho-hold on. That never happened...see kids we got it here first, Patrick Wolf’s over ambitious, nonsensical blathering in brilliant writing: “I have no ways of stopping myself from giving away information!". In all honesty, Wolfy was rather pleasant, humbly admitting his badly rapped monologues just HAD to be given away to Tilda Swinton, who he met on a face-2-face signing session. Well played sir!

06: New Bands We Love 2009 | Take me there!

Lots and lots of our MySpace bands we less than three (<3 – it’s a heart, see!). The super-sonic rundown includes the ten beasties, Pet Ghost Project, Fol Chen, Bugs in the Dark, Bad For Lazarus, Cortez! Cortez!! Apricot, Ghost Bees, Rhodesia, Gold Teeth. Whether you think the South-London dudes made it to the top of our MySpace Bands Competition ‘cause they run with the mainstream kids, we actually superficially fancied them for their cheeky big teethed front man and the guitarist long locks that we ran our fingers through unawares. We enjoy this article as much as you do because MySpace will always remain as our go to for some blooming marvelous acts…go Tom!

05: School of Seven Bells Interview | Take me there!

Sitting in a foiled up bath with clothes on, what’s to miss out on? School of Seven Bells’ Benjamin admits he’s actually not on “male fantasy” Cloud Nine with his beautiful twinny band mates and likes to kiss dudes. Apparently it was a “make out party”. It’s ok Ben, we’ll love you despite whoever you make out with.  They expose their allegorical poet in ‘My Cabal’, direct the best body contortion to fast forward to the next dream, and if that wasn’t enough their music is perfect to play to sea creatures to. Though, we’d rather see Benjamin kiss boys again, go on..

04: Micachu Interview | Take me there!

Looked like someone dropped a proper clanger, oh wait no it’s Mica Levi! Mica and her Londonite pals gave us all a surprise when our interview found its way as the fourth most clicked on music article this SS decade, we didn’t realise how awesome our readers are (blush away!) These budding youngsters argued about the “shit” Beatle, their jewellery inspired album, and generally not being cool enough to play the trombone. What this says about you? This article is one sure way to keep relive your student days and remind you how you never took up that career opportunity. Thanks Micachu. Thanks.

03: Youthmovies Song x Song Stories | Take me there!

Cor, who wants to know a track-by-track analysis? Yawn. Well apparently you eager beavers love Youthmovies that much you eat up their lengthy nuggets of wisdom, meaning you readers are just as boring. They created a track in homage to the bridge “where dilettantes and literati chuck themselves” off every year, does this mean they want us to hurtle ourselves after hearing the track? Naw, these boys go deep with tracks of deathly dreams and um, an asthmatic girlfriend. Get your puffer ready for some breathless verbose metaphors of new islands and what-not.

02: Animal Collective Interview | Take me there!

With their Merriweather Post Pavilion success, it’s no surprise this is the second winning article this decade, (despite the hungover state of Miss Interviewee), is an interview with THE Animal Collective. We discovered you worship the liar--liar pants-on-fire musicians, who despite the namesake hardly ever visit the pavilion that brought their fame, gah, talk about transparent. Winning us over, the bendy-truth band swell with pride for their “ping-pong ball in a bucket” music they’d happily swallow with one big gulp. Nom Noms.

01: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Interview | Take me there!

Grrr...it looks like you readers adore BRMC just as much as SS does! We propose a throw down to see who would cut off their right arm quickest for them, yeah! YEAH! Flying high as your favourite music article ever, we learnt how you lapped up Robert’s skater life of “smoking, drinking, and fucking too soon”, their music exploitation to travel to Vietnam, hating “bratty” kids and walking out of a Bob Dylan concert. Think they are too cool for school? No fear, Robert digs the Rhianna in her pre-beat up fame by listening to “Umbrella” while Pete gets weepy from “mean-spirited comments” from people. BRMC, even if you kick a couple of kids to the beat of “Umbrella-brella-ah-ah”, we’ll always keep listening...

Words: Gemma Dempster
Photography:Krittiya Sriyabhanda, Choltida Pekanan, Dean Varoj, Eleanor Harvey, Burak Cingi
Illustrations: Frida Wannaberger, Juliet Sugg, Zeroten