2010.

you will be sick of hearing the following in 2010 (IN A GOOD REALLY REALLY GREAT WAY):

1. Clare Maguire
2. Delphic: Delphic - Doubt (Riton Remix)
3. Hurts
4. Ellie Goulding
5. Chapel Club

basically anyone on Universal???

6. Fenech Soler
7. Tinashe
8. Darwin Deez: Darwin Deez - Radar Detector
9. Is Tropical: Is Tropical - I Think We're Alone
10. Wolf Gang

or maybe this is just a list of who i am unbearably excited to hear infinite amounts of music from.

seeing is believing.

so a band changes their name, image and style.

it's cool to like them now and totally disregard their past right??????????

hi Delphic, The Drums, Mirrors, Monarchy, etc etc, and not forgetting grandfathers of this trend, White Lies except they went from good to shit.

just saw this. see below. musical faith draining away.

stuck inside.

sometimes when i write to a band and ask them for a song to post on here to share with all you lovely lazy a&rs, they don't always want to hand over their goodies. this usually makes me sad for a few minutes. rarely does it make me sad for weeeeeeks and weeeeeks like it did when Foreign Office didn't want to give me anything. luckily for you, i managed to bug them until they got bored of saying no.

think Golden Silvers'-esque funky pop music and you're close. there's three of them. they're quite great, and this track is ridiculously good.

Foreign Office - Leaving The House

they're playing at Tommy Flynn's on the 8th December. see you there.

rangerzzz.

luuuuussssssshhhhhhhh.

RANGERS - "DEERFIELD VILLAGE" from OESB // FUTURE SOUND on Vimeo.

a funny thing.

being totally honest here, i don't actually care who Monarchy are anymore. we get it. they're good. they're wizards of all things cool-pop-synth-pop. yadada ya.

but they've done this pretty brilliant remix of Penguin Prison's track 'A Funny Thing'. it is great. you should probably listen to it.

Penguin Prison - A Funny Thing (Monarchy Remix)

'Animal Animal'/'A Funny Thing' is coming out on Neon Gold.

apple bobbing.

(artwork from singstatistics)

Kieran Hebden, aka Four Tet is on an absolute roll at the moment. with his incredible remix of Joe Goddard's track 'Apple Bobbing', he has cemented his place in my (short) list of people who have made me abuse the repeat button an almost clinically insane amount this year.

Joe Goddard - Apple Bobbing (Four Tet Remix)
(via Nialler9)

you can and will buy the very limited 7" of his single 'Love Cry' here. and check out the equally brilliant Joy Orbison remix here.

puuuuuure bliss.

mama was a bad dancer.

nuff love.

dir: Bob Harlow.
Primary 1 myspace.
Riton myspace.

i will be king.

one of my favourite discoveries of the past few weeks has to be Midnight Lion. they're two fellas from Glasgow making some of the most catchy pop music i've heard all year. vocals are dusted with their regional accents, the synths are bordering on being thunderous and there's even some sweet punk-pop guitar riffs in there. perfect for jumping around your room too, hairbrush in hand. huuuuuuuuge sounding just about sums it up, so wrap your ears around this quick!

Midnight Lion - I Will Be King

white noise.

Clock Opera are releasing their fantastic new single 'White Noise' today.

frontman Guy Connelly crafts beautiful and delicate songs that transform into huge sounding sonic beasts in a live setting. this is intricate and intelligent pop, i bloody love it and i've got the exclusive first posting of the Django Django remix of the single for you guys.

Clock Opera - White Noise (Django Django Remix)

buy 'White Noise' from here!

six switches.

hypnotic doesn't even come close. making authentic DIY electro, Magnets is the project of one Alex Mac who hails from London. he says: "Magnets is my corrupted take on electronic dance music. It's made using a collection of crappy old analogue gear - synths, effects pedals & drum machines. It is recorded, edited and mixed in an overworked and constantly crashing laptop."

Magnets - The Glue

get more tracks from here.