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Britney meets Glee: She & Him
Come on, admit it you grumpy bastards. You like She & Him. They make flirty pop tunes that can't help but spread smiles. They're the folk duo from heaven if heaven got hipsterised.
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Visual Treat: Glasser
We've been to far too many shows where the band plays stock still, churning out a passionless performance that they expect you to just wildly clap at. Glasser definitely isn't one of those bands.
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Bold and Brassy: Think About Life
If you're not into it you've got a heart of stone, ears stuffed with cotton wool and probably need to have a good sit down to Think About Life.
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Covering Miley & Joe: Girls
What do you say Simon? Would you have let him through? Girls's Chris Owens gets shoved in a lift by [dutch?] website 3voor12 to cover 'The Climb'.
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‘I Was Gone’: Woods
Many will say "It's not as good as Rain on Radio" but if you judge all songs by the merits of their ability to conjure up that one day spent in bed with that one guy you thought you'd love forever [it was raining] honey, you'll be forever disappointed.
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Top Form: Pantha Du Prince & Four Tet
Turning the earthy Pantha Du Prince track, with typically resonant vocals from Noah Lennox, into an upbeat bleep heavy dance track the German/Paris Producer and the Four Tet man are both on top form.
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“Contact, Love, Want ,Have”: Ikonika
"Contact, Love, Want, Have" navigates the difficult terrain of UK dance by striding on ahead no matter what this week's micro-trend is.
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Talamak means Smile: Toro Y Moi
Outside it's grey. The weather is unseasonably cold. All of music is off to Austin. Texas. 6 Music is closing. The sink is broken.Eastenders gets weepier by the day. The sunsoaked feel of Toro Y Moi's Talamak, featuring him running wild in the country with flares, smoke and flowers, makes me want to cry.
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The Raincoats perform ‘The Raincoats’
The Raincoats will perform 'The Raincoats' for ATP's 'Don't Look Back' series. The record will be performed in its entirety to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release. It's at The Scala on the 20th May 2010, tickets are £15 and on sale now
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No Age, Hudson, Fall at Field Day Festival
Too few bars, too few toilets but more than enough good bands. That's Field Day folks and they've just announced some new acts for this year's festival. Joining Phoenix, Silver Apples and Caribou in Victoria Park will be Hudson Mowake, No Age, These New Puritans, The Fall and many, many more.
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XX, Booka Shade & Foals for Melt
Serbian fortresses, Mexican drive-ins and now huge hulking coal mining diggers towering into the sky. These international festivals sure do it better than the Brits. Yes, the latest festival to announce its summer line up is Germany's Melt Festival, promising "a true industrial rave experience" between 16th - 18th July at Ferropolis. Massive Attack, the XX and Booka Shade are amongst the first big confirmations.
Little Label of the Week
In The Red Records
Allegedly hip, defiantly niche and bordering on prolific with 189 official releases; this music business super feather weight has become infamous for its particular blend of blown out garage and contemporary leftfield artists. Steve Rose rips off The Guardian, possibly on methadrone, and chats to Larry Hardy of In The Red Records.. »
