MAY'S TRACKS OF THE DAY
Snake
In The Grass by Barringtone
Proper wonky pop.
Hearts
a Mess by Gotye
Sampladelic magpie chillout.
Next
of Kin by Surkin
It works as well in the big rooms of Fabric as the dining rooms of Dorset.
Ain't
No Rest For The Wicked by Cage The Elephant
This is as good a piece of low-slung tobacco-chewing funk rock as you will
hear this year or next.
Arrows Of Eros by Golden Silvers
Deadly in its insidious catchiness.
Scotch
Bach 2 by DJ Scotch Egg
Noises from Game boy console, mashed into an addictive Electro sound.
With
Lights Out by Red Light Company
Goth-lite rock with a big presence and a big future.
In
Step by Frankmusik
A fiver says he works with Kylie before the year’s out.
Kiss
With A Fist by Florence And The Machine
Dark, skewiff, punchy indie with a pantomime split lip.
Dita
Dimone by Pop Levi
A prowling sex panther of a tune.
Violent
& Young by Iglu & Hartley
The damned chorus is built for those moments at festivals where the frontman
points the mic at the crowd
Lone
Ranger by Micachu
She's a classically trained composer who happens to have a taste for grime.
Fear
by No Fear by Detachments
Detachments have taken things traditionally associated with uplifting pleasure
and bundled them down turd-encrusted dark alleys.
Nobody
Cares by Sarabeth Tucek
It captures the dreamy essence of a blissed-out Kings Of Leon pretending to be
a Byrds cover band doing Substitute by The Who.
The
Shape Of My Heart by Noah And The Whale
Resolutely placid, chirpy and deeply inoffensive, they peddle some truly
delightful brow-mopping folk rock.
Pow
by Let Our Enemies Beware
The sound of road-raging grand prix driver shaking up and popping bottles of
pent-up adolescent guitar rage.
Wearing
My Rolex by Wiley
It’ll be heard at every set of traffic lights for the next three months.
Falling
Down by Scarlett Johansson
Hollywood starlet attempts to stay too-cool-for-school by brandishing
carefully constructed indie cloaking device.
Violet
Hill by Coldplay
Another serving of statuesque rock.
Divine
by Sebastien Tellier
Kooky, catchy and kitschy
The
Wolves (Acts I and II) by Bon Iver
A real heartbreaking work of staggering genius.
Cappuccino
by The Knux
Unpretentious delivery evokes fond memories of Tone Loc and A Tribe Called
Quest.
APRIL'S TRACKS OF THE DAY
Did
You Wrong by Clik Clik
Deliriously packed with enough ideas and genres for an album let alone a
single.
I
Don't Know by Lily Allen
Over rudimentary beats, tweaks and minor-key strings, she caustically attacks
her integrity-shy peers.
Let's
Talk About It by White Denim
Solid unfettered goodness, like the first drink after work
Education
Part 2 by The Metros
The explicit but also hilarious tale of life in the state sector is
reminiscent of the good old Madness days.
The
Plot by White Rabbits
Their multi-cultural influences, spanning from jangly indie rock to tropical
beat, are like no other.
That
Number by Plugs
It sounds curiously like Beck at his lo-fi funk best, mucking around with
hypnotic atonal practices of Spaceman 3.
Space
and the Woods by Late of the Pier
Dancefloor acceptance should be pretty much in the bag.
Back
of the Van by LadyHawke
This sun-kissed road trip through retro Americana is made to stare wistfully
out of a classroom window to.
Shadows
by Midnight Juggernauts
Their remixes show a canny, populist ear for revealing untapped strengths.
If
The News Makes You Sad, Don't Watch It by Broken Records
All angry bass riffs and primal drums.
Out
of Control (State of Emotion) by Kenna
All scuffed-up live beats, Eighties synths stabs and Robert Smith-esque vocal
gymnastics.
I'm
Good I'm Gone by Lykke Li
Gloriously uncluttered, with Lykke's infectious tones snaking around a simple
piano riff.
Switchblade
by HeartsRevolution
They harness the brighter and essentially more vibrant parts of electro.
I
Know ur Girlfriend Hates Me by Annie
A top quality dose of bitchy, sugar-rush electro pop.
White
Winter Hymnal by Fleet Foxes
They put it best, "We'd call this stuff baroque harmonic pop jams".
Graveyard
Girl by M83
Dreamily epic proof that goth girls are not only thinking about eye-liner and
cider.
Bonified
Lovin (Tough Guys) by Chromeo
This pop throwback has an irrevocable ability to make you dance.
My
Heart Rate Rapid by Metronomy
You'll be reminded of the score of every spectacular sci-fi film you ever
enjoyed as a youngster.
Food
Fight by Be Your Own Pet
Welcome saviours of a genre that has been over done to the extent of near
extinction.
MARCH'S TRACKS OF THE DAY
Hang
Them All by Tapes n' Tapes
A comeback single that proves they do indeed live up to the hype.
Death
by White Lies
The enchanting attributes of Echo and The Bunnymen and the rumbling bass of
Joy Division.
Sunrise
by Yeasayer
Purveyors of pummeling, blissed out psychedelia.
Letting
Go by Team Waterpolo
Gleaming pleasure pop from Preston's finest and youngest.
Tape
Song by The Kills
A raw, gritty tour-de-force from the masters of post-punk’d art rock.
LES
Artistes by Santogold
A track so diverse and cultured it’s universally enjoyable.
Better
When You're Naked by Ida Maria
She goes where other female artists on the scene fear to tread.
Cassius
by Foals
Packed with all the bleeps, throbbing basslines and jolty guitar flitters.
Great
DJ by The Ting Tings
The Ting Tings make indisputably good guitar pop, and atop of that they make
it seem laughably easy.
Love
No by The Teenagers
Witty spoken word lyrics over a driving jagged guitar line.
5
Years Time by Noah and the Whale
All sunshine and charming melody sugar-coated with saccharine lyrics about
James Dean and zoos.
Paris
by Friendly Fires
Scintillating house-pop cacophony from a young hopeful trio from St. Albans.
Numbers
AKA Numerology by These New Puritans
Visceral art pop taken, taken to the next level.
I
Think I'm Pregnant by Soko
Her catchy blend of pop and acoustic folk is sure to go down a treat in time
for the summer o’ love.
The
Age of Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets
A furious gallop of drums, guitars and strings from start to finish.
Galaxy
of the Lost by Lightspeed Champion
Devonte Hynes has returned to the music scene with a new array of killer
songs.
Silent
Hotels by The Answering Machine
Silent Hotels is a self deprecating, sincere tale of heartbreak.
Young
Love, by Mystery Jets Featuring Laura Marling
The first single off their as-yet-unreleased second album shows they’re just
as kooky as ever.
Run
to Your Grave by The Mae Shi
Endearingly catchy quirk pop reminiscent of the good old days of Sum 41 and
Blink 182.
