Trash Kit - Fame

Clappa, clappa, clappa. Just give it a little clappa. Clap-clap-claparoo. Trash Kit - three piece powerpop outfit from London. They sound good, this is my critique. Download here.

“Away with the image - don’t forget what the point of this is”

The Whispertown 2000 - Restless

Creaky huh? Like an old door frame. The Whispertown 2000 - apart from having a ridiculous band name also come from LA and sing a little jangly folk. If you’re a fan of anything I post, you’ll like this one. That’s what I’m basing this on. Yeah. Download here.

“Tug at my sleeve, I got a heart that leaves just like the winter do to trees”

The XX - Crystalised (Popular Damage Assimilation)

Reblogged with love from indierawk & jandro: If you haven’t already started listening to The xx, DO SO RIGHT NOW. These UK youngsters are simply phenomenal. Download the Popular Damage Assimilation here.

“You’ve applied the pressure to have me crystalised - and you’ve got the faith that I could bring paradise”

A Casual End Mile - Victorian Lace

Here’s something you probably haven’t heard before. A Casual End Mile - the moniker of nineteen year old singer-songwriter Madelaine Lucas from Sydney. The lo-fi acoustic solo effort is exceeded only by her haunting vocals. Definitely something to check out. Download here.

“Caught off guard by the sound of your waist - is nothing sacred”

Yeasayer - Ambling Alp

Reblogged with love from brokenmuppet, yvynyl & headunderwater: Upon first listen I was hooked, there is a little more electronic added to the mix but not enough to where you go, “Wow that ruined it for me.” Download here.

“You must stick up for yourself, son - never mind what anybody else done”

Wakey!Wakey! - 22

Queue the whistles and lone electric guitar strumming. Wakey!Wakey! - is New York based Michael Grubs and friends playing a bit of piano rock. This track’s easy to digest, like a lot of what I post. If you don’t pick it up first time round you’ve missed it. Download here.

“I guess you know why they’re all looking at you - for me it started when I turned twenty-two”

Phoenix - Lasso (Two Door Cinema Club Remix)

Reblogged with love from tuneage: Jaws dropped when Phoenix performed on Saturday Night Live earlier this year. Part of the surprise was the fact that these cult French soft-rockers were on national TV, but the big shock came when this cult French soft-rock band positively nailed it with their impeccable performances of “1901” and “Lisztomania”. Download the Two Door Cinema Club Remix here.

“Could you run into, could you run into, could you go and run into me”

Gotye - Learnalilgivinanlovin’ (Passion Pit Remix)

This one’s such an oxymoron, so uplifting yet makes me want to get down. Gotye - the one man band from Melbourne has had his great track from Like Drawing Blood remixed by those charming boys from Passion Pit. A definite one for your party-play rotation. Download here.

“If you’re always tryin’ to get to the top you don’t get to the bottom of nothin’ - then you’re gone before you know it”

Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros - Home

Reblogged with love from indierawk & thunderbeast: You can’t go home if you never leave. Download here.

“While you were sitting in the backseat smoking a cigarette you thought was gonna be your last, I was falling deep, deeply in love with you, and I never told you til just now”

Goldfrapp - Rocket

Easy to pickup electro-pop. Goldfrapp - the dance duo from London have given away this from their upcoming album. Download here.

“There’s no winner in this game you lose but I still wanna know how she got in the door uninvited”

Girls - Lust For Life

Reblogged with love from arecordaday: “Lust for Life” from Girls’ 2009 debut LP, Album. Download here.

“And maybe if I really tried with all of my heart then I could make a brand new start in love with you”

United States of Electronica - What We Fightin’ 4

Welcome to the next stage after perkalicious. United States of Electronica - seven Seattle-based fun loving dance meddlers, who gave their first album away for free, have just released their follow-up effort LOVEWORLD. This track’s from their first, I dare you not to bop/dance/jive along. I dare you. Download here.

“Take all these tears that I cry, bring back the years that gone by - just let me see you come home, follow the light that you know”

Hot Chip - Alley Cats

Summer isn’t over yet, not when there’s songs like the floating around. Hot Chip - this from their latest album One Life Stand. No need to say any more. Download here.

“The other night you said you might try to kill that thing I love”

Mille - Crysteena (Fear of Tigers Remix)

And now something for you to move to. Mille - the twenty-seven year old Swedish lad has created what sounds to me like an 8-bit video game boss fight on fast-forward. He’s getting heaps of credit for this track so pick it up and have a listen. Download here.

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