Azealia Banks - No Problems

A: Azealia Banks
S: No Problems
C: No Problems - EP

Here's yet another song by La Banks who keeps postponing the release of her debut album. Maybe she should never release it and keep her a song at a time routine up - after all, this is the area of playlists, not albums.

... bad queen is my pedigree, bad bitch is my legacy.

Pet Shop Boys - Being Boring

A: Pet Shop Boys
S: Being Boring
C: Behaviour

I can't even begin to picture this city without snow anymore. Therefore I am pretty convinced that even if spring slash summer does arrive one day (fat chance, I know), the snow will just stay and continue to cover everything.

... we had too much time to find for ourselves.

Lana Del Rey - Chelsea Hotel No. 2 (Leonard Cohen Cover)

A: Lana Del Rey
S: Chelsea Hotel No. 2
C: Chelsea Hotel No. 2 - Single

I turned officially old yesterday and I  am still getting used to this brand new feeling. Anyway, this is what happened. Jokingly, I went for the popular '... you probably weren't even born then'. Turned out I was right.

... never mind, we are ugly but we have the music.

Spring Offensive - Worry Fill My Heart

A: Spring Offensive
S: Worry Fill My Heart
C: Worry Fill My Heart - Single

Since spring is still nowhere to be found, I thought we might fight winter with a bit of Spring Offensive. They have guitars, they have driving rhythms, they sing in harmony and they mean it. If nothing is ventured, nothing is gained

... oh me oh my hearts just not in this.

Vampire Weekend - Step

A: Vampire Weekend
S: Step
C: Modern Vampires Of The City (out 03.05.13)

This is so sweet I don't even want to say anything about it. Except that Vampire Weekend's third album Modern Vampires Of The City will hit your boom box on May 3rd and that my repeat button is already filing a lawsuit.

... wisdom's a gift, but you'd trade it for youth.

Laura Welsh - Unravel

A: Laura Welsh
S: Unravel
C: Unravel- EP

If you liked Jessie Ware you will love Laura Welsh. Says me who is against comparing artists. Oh well, pointing out similarities never hurt nobody. Same as accepting differences hasn't. 

... so take what you want from me.

Matthew Herbert - It's Only

A: Matthew Herbert
S: It's Only
C: Bodily Functions

There are days that are as marvellous as an entire dance, and there are songs that are as beautiful as a poem. This might be such a day, and if not, this is definitely such a song. Here's to lost Mondays, and to Matthew Herbert.

... it's only my opening eyes taking pictures of you.

Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice It's Alright

A: Bob Dylan
S: Don't Think Twice It's Alright
C: The Freeweehlin' Bob Dylan

If I had to summarize this song in one sentence it would go something like this: Happiness isn't somthing that is happening to you, it's something you've got to learn. Maybe because it really says that, and maybe because that's what I like to believe.

... it ain’t no use to sit and wonder why, babe.

Juveniles - Strangers

A: Juveniles
S: Strangers
C: Strangers - EP

Spring, calls for spring cleaning, a new wardrobe and senselessly happy songs like this one. Also I decided to keep this much shorter, in order to focus more on the songs. And because I'm lazy, of course.

... we were strangers for too long.

Daddy - Love In The Old Days

A: Daddy
S: Love In The Old Days
C: Love In The Old Days - EP

Remember when we were all astounded that Ryan Gosling has his own band? Well, so does James Franco. This is it. The actor-director-writer-artist and his musician pal Tim O'Keefe have released a new video for their musical collaboration, called Daddy. The clip for "Love in the Old Days (Ted James 1999 Remix)" premiered on Interview a couple of days ago.

... let's fall in love like they did in the old days.

Yelle - L'Amour Parfait

A: Yelle
S: L'Amour Parfait
C: L'Amour Parfait - EP

I've become one of those people who wear different shoes in the office than on the street. Sneakers inside, snow boots outside. You know, like Melanie Griffith in Working Girl - just the other way round. Anyway, here's Yelle who is, as always doing everything right, and everything in French.

... I don’t know what you mean, but it means a lot to me.

Chad Valley - Tell All Your Friends

A: Chad Valley
S: Tell All Your Friends
C: Young Hunger

Well. There are about twenty other songs that I would rather post. But they are all blocked in Germany. So we have to go with this one. Second best, and so on. Anyway, don't confuse this Chad Valley with the long-established brand of toys in the United Kingdom. This one is more exciting, especially for grown ups.

... I never hurt until I fall.

Josh Ritter - In Your Arms Again

A: Josh Ritter
S: In Your Arms Again
C: The Beast In Its Track

Here's to everybody who doubted love, fought for love, lost love, got hurt by love, and found love. I guess that is, more or less, everybody. And I guess that it is a good thing. Otherwise there wouldn't be songs like this one. Hell, there would probably not be any songs at all. Which is, ultimately, the saddest thing imaginable.

... oh what a thrill it was to be in those arms.

Quixote Feat. Lisa Lund - Before i Started To Dance

A: Quixote Feat. Lisa Lund
S: Before i Started To Dance
C: Before i Started To Dance - EP

There are many things one has to do to call himself a Berliner, I would definitely add dancing until the last song in the last club has been played out to the list. A song much like this one, on a day much like today.

... there was a hole in my shoes before I started to dance.

Inc. - Black Wings

A: Inc.
S: Black Wings
C: No World

Inc. are two brothers from Los Angeles and according to The Guardian they offer a highly accomplished take on boudoir'n'b. I like that, boudoir'n'b. Besides that I find it hard to concentrate today. I'm glued to the sofa I'm sitting in and can't even picture of getting up. Boudoir'n'b, I think I already said that.

... I look amazing when I’m walking by.

Gold & Youth - Time To Kill

A: Gold & Youth
S: Time To Kill
C: Time To Kill - EP

I went to Ikea. It was fun. Until it wasn't. Which was the moment my iPhone ran out of battery and I had to listen to actual conversations of actual people. I always find that disturbing. But let me tell you, if you are looking to make a million or two, whatnots are big right now, huge, happening. Right now.

... no burden kept, in calling lies - this is our time to feel.

Classixx - Borderline

A: Classixx
S: Borderline
C: Holding On - Single

It's Friday and this sounds like it. On my first day off in six months I don't really know what one is supposed to do when not doing anything. I will probably annoy the shit out of everybody on any social platform I can find. Starting right here. If not, there is always the pleasure of the palm.

... just hanging around - a real love won’t let you down.

Houses - Beginnings

A: Houses
S: Beginnings
C: A Quiet Darkness (out 16.04.13)

Woodkid's debut album is out tomorrow. And Dido just released her fourth one. I find that much more shocking but feel free to pick yours. Anyway, this is Houses. Houses are great and don't come with an oh so usual The in their name. That alone is reason enough to say they are great, which they really are.

... and I would bathe in ash as it rained down from above.

Mumford & Sons - Whispers In The Dark

A: Mumford & Sons
S: Whispers In The Dark
C: Babel

Here's some news by our favourite fiddlers. Well mine at least. Don't be surprised if you have to watch the video forur times to get the full picture. Anyway, here's some realization I had the other about the question whether or not we are making the right choices. If it's the right one, the question doesn't present itself. How handy.

... but my heart was colder when you'd gone.

Haim - Falling

A: Haim
S: Falling
C: Falling -Single

Having listened to this, Haim's third single, I came to realize that they sound a bit like Wilson Phillips, thirty or some years later, and that all their songs sound a bit the same. But since I loved the first one, there is nothing wrong with that really. Never change a winning team, I'd say.

... and if it gets rough, it’s time to get rough.

The Knife - A Tooth For An Eye

A: The Knife
S: A Tooth For An Eye
C: Shaking The Habitual

Let's start the new week in style. Ladies and gentlemen! Today I give you The  Knife. I've heard that tickets for the upcoming tour are sold for hundreds of euros on ebay. So I am seriously considering being a total bitch and selling mine. Which I won't, of course.

... drawing lines with a ruler - bring the fuel to the fire.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Sacrilege

A: Yeah Yeah Yeahs
S: Sacrilege
C: Mosquito

There are two kinds of fridges in the world: empty ones and full ones, and I came to realize that I will never have one of those spontaneously filled ones, where everything you need is fresh and ready and oh, what a coincidence, there's just enough of everything to make a great fresh salad, or musli, or whatever it is people eat at home.

... fallen for a guy, fell down from the sky.

Beach House - Wishes

A: Beach House
S: Wishes
C: Bloom

There are many ways to ruin my perfectly fine day. But nothing ruins it more than the smell of cheap perfumin the early morning hours. And believe me, there are a lot of cheap smelling perfums out there. Anyway, this are the oh so fabulous Beach House. Smell free. Enjoy.

... the contact that you make, the moment when a memory aches.

Chvrches - Recover

A: Chvrches
S: Recover
C: Recover - EP

... I’ll give you one, one chance. Say you can change our heart. Where can you take what you need,
and you don’t need me. I’ll give you one one chance. Say you can change our own. Where you can take what you need, and you know you don’t need me.

Glass Candy - The Possessed

A: Glass Candy
S: The Possessed
C: The Possessed - EP

Glass Candy are back, or here again, or however you want to look at it. If you are a Chromatics fan, you will like them, too. If you are not a Chromatics fan, I suggest you become one as soon as possible or you sign up for a shrink of some sort. I am sure there is one out there who cures an absent taste for the best Portlandian music acts.

... our cares are laughable.

Poolside - Slow Down

A: Poolside
S: Slow Down
C: Pacific Standard Time

My computer is slower than my typewriter, my job is busier than Mekka during Hajj. So today all I have to say is, please insert your own text here: ........................................................................
..................................................................................................................................................

... let this feeling last.

Disclosure Feat. AlunaGeorge - White Noise

A: Disclosure Feat. AlunaGeorge
S: White Noise
C: White Noise - EP

I've been thinking about a person's back. They are sexy most of the time. I mean, it takes a lot for a back not to be sexy itself. Yet when somebody turns their back on you, it's anything but hot. I haven't got a clue how the two things and up but maybe it has something to do with wanting what you can't have.

... lately I’ve been thinking if you wanna get tough - then let’s play rough.

Owlle - Ticky Ticky

A: Owlle
S: Ticky Ticky
C: Ticky Ticky - EP

I never realized how much truth there is in the saying that there are two sides to every story. If you'd ask me to summarize my Sunday I could tell you that I went for coffee and had some ice cream. And that I danced around the world, but let's not get into details. Here's some French ginger to brighten up your Monday.

... I’d like you to tell me why.

S O H N - The Wheel

A: S O H N
S: The Wheel
C: The Wheel - EP

It's Sunday, I'm lazy, get over it. Anyway, Sohn used to live in London, but moved to a quiet street in Vienna recently. I guess stranger things have happened. Here's what the Guardian had to say about him: He's mournful, he's melancholy. If we had to invent a genre name for him we'd call it sadwave. What else to call a man who sings 'I died a week ago'?

... all this searching for something that's not real.

Thomas Azier - Angelene

A: Thomas Azier
S: Angelene
C: Hylas 002

This is the first time I am blogging from an iPad. This is the future! So far it is all going surprisingly well. You know, if you are into making obvious compromises, which you have to do every now and then. Anyway, this is Thomas Azier, brought to you by Woodkid, and me.

... I dived and I swam with the ghosts.

http://youtu.be/7tcygzkMVxI

Houses - The Beauty Surrounds

A: Houses
S: The Beauty Surrounds
C: A Quiet Darkness (out 16.04.13)

Hello world! I have decided that today, I am a cowboy. You know, just me, a healthy marlboro, some burbon, canned spaghetti, a horse and the big wide open, riding along, alone, but never lonely.

... all my love is circling the drain now.