What better day than the last day of the year to brag about the year end lists that have included Backburner’s Heatwave:
France’s IndieRockMag.com has included “Lifers” in their list of 47 recommended tracks for the year, saying of the song: “Une chanson pour faire chauffer l’autoradio sous les sunlights”
Hear the song:
See the rest of the list here: http://www.indierockmag.com/article16855.html
And let’s not forget…
Our good friend John “Hex” Carter of The Nerdy Show has placed “Heatwave” on his list of Top 20 tracks of 2011.
Here’s the full list in true David Letterman Countdown style:
19. Comix Zone Live! – Action Adventure World
18. Jean Luc – Danimal Cannon
17. Bad Azz – PrototypeRaptor
16. Feeling Good – Videogame Orchestra
15. Ninja Haters – Captain Dan & The Scurvy Crew
14. Kraid’s Campfire Ballad – Sebastian Martensson ft. Kristin Bjorkeback
13. Heatwave – Backburner (click here to read the review)
12. Vantam – minibosses
11. Children of Africa – Symphony of Science
10. ChronoStep Suite No. 3 – WubWater Palace – DJ RoboRob
9. Still More Fighting – Random Encounter
8. Space Warrior Sound Machine – The OneUps
7. Party in the C.I.A. – “Weird Al” Yankovic
6. Nerdcore Now – Beefy
5. Love My Little Squiddy – Marc with a C
4. Ska Buffet – The OverClocked Plain Muffins
3. Tell Me Something – Adam WarRock
2. KABOOM! – I Fight Dragons
1. Cry of the Planet – Random (aka MegaRan)
Here’s the song:
Check Hex’s blog The Hex Dump at http://hexwarrior.tumblr.com/ and the Nerdy Show podcast site at http://nerdyshow.com/. Lots of different ways to waste away your days between those two sites…