The Beautybag - She Was Gone

A: The Beautybag
S: She Was Gone
C: Heavy Luggage

Take a dash of country, some simple chords, and you end up with a perfect first single of a debut album. Meet The Beautybag and their sound of alternative country music for the restless urbanists.

... I find myself torn apart.

Christine & The Queens - The Loving Cup

A: Christine & The Queens
S: The Loving Cup
C: Chaleur Humaine

They say that you should start every day with a beauty. So today, I am starting with Christine & The Queens, which translates French roots into English songs.

... join the falling stars who never cut wiser.

Bobby Womack - Across 110th Street

A: Bobby Womack
S: Across 110th Street
C: Across 110th Street - Soundtrack

RIP. Always love.

... you've got to be strong if you want to survive.

Maria Taylor - Tunnel Vision

A: Maria Taylor
S: Tunnel Vision
C: Something About Knowing

La Taylor made this after her tour in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. She was planning on making an official video for us, but it never happened. So, here's a little something something.

... we got a little off track, we got back.

FKA twigs - Two Weeks

A: FKA twigs
S: Two Weeks
C: Two Weeks - Single

Every now and then comes an artist who does everything right, especially wrapping deep down dirty lyrics up in blissfully sweet sound. If you are longing for more of the same, the album is out on the 8th August.

... you know I'd put you first.

Sam Smith - How Will I Know

A: Sam Smith
S: How Will I Know
C: How Will I Know - Single

If you've been waiting for the full version of Sam Smith's Whitney cover since you first heard it in the background of Grey's Anatomy. Here it is. Sad and sweet, it's Sam Smith at his best.

... don't trust your feelings.

Vacationer - The Wild Life

A: Vacationer
S: The Wild Life
C: Relief

There are two things I automatically connect with summer: reading the latest John Grisham novel, and listening to Vacationer. Here's the latest single. Their second album Relief is out now.

... no points to making plans.

The Antlers - Hotel

A: The Antlers
S: Hotel
C: Familiars

Fresh of Antlers' new album Familiars comes this dreamy first track to ease you into the new week. After all, Mondays are hard enough as they come.

... I can’t remember how the past felt.

Rhye - The Fall

A: Rhye
S: The Fall
C: The Fall - Single

Ha - what a great story this video tells. It's not just about the grass being greener. It raises the questions of how much do you give up of yourself in order to be with someone? And if you do, is it wise?

... don't slip away, my dear.

The Beatles - Drive My Car

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A: The Beatles
S: Drive My Car
C: Rubber Soul

That feeling, when a song turns up from nowhere, bites you in the neck and hangs on there for a couple of days, how I love that feeling. It's like a fantastic first flirt.

... and maybe I love you.

OK Go - The Writing's On the Wall

A: OK Go
S: The Writing's On the Wall
C: Hungry Ghosts (out 14.10.14)

Get ready to have some F U N. OK Go did another video that will make your head hurt, in the best possible way. There will be an album, too: Hungry Ghosts is out mid October.

... it seems like forever since we had a good day.

The Fantasy - Summer Night in Harlem

A: The Fantasy
S: Summer Night in Harlem
C: Summer Night in Harlem - Single

If The Fantasy and Harlem won't get summer back I don't know what will. Then again, with this funk packed tune you can even dance through every rain.

... I don't care if I die, now.

Jessie Ware - Tough Love

A: Jessie Ware
S: Tough Love
C: Tough Love - Single

There are the kind of friends who you don't see forever, and when you do, it seems like it was only yesterday you met them last. Listening to a new track from Jessie Ware feels exactly the same.

... your heart becomes a million different pieces.
your heart becomes a million different pieces
your heart becomes a million different pieces

Dorothy - After Midnight

A: Dorothy
S: After Midnight
C: After Midnight - Single

They say something good comes with everything bad. I don't think that's true. Bad things are just that: bad. And good things, well, they are nothing but rare.

... telling myself it's the last time.

GusGus - Crossfade

A: GusGus
S: Crossfade
C: Crossfade - Single

Summer, fall, and happiness. I don't think happiness can be found. It's a reoccuring state of mind, much like fate, but you will never be able to control it or hold on to it.

... I remember, when we started to crossfade.

Rhythm Surf Club - When I See You Out

A: Rhythm Surf Club
S: When I See You Out
C: When I See You Out - Single

There is no better time to disco than now. Friday to Monday, especially. March through to November, basically. Somewhere between roller disco and bowling down a dancefloor.

... I caught you in the night time.

Sia - Chandelier

A: Sia
S: Chandelier
C: Chandelier (out 27.06.14)

Here's the deal: You might not like every single song Sia writes or co-writes. But given the fact that she has her pen on basically every pop song out there, it don't matter a bit.

... I'm just holding on for tonight.

Blood Orange - You're Not Good Enough

A: Blood Orange
S: You're Not Good Enough
C: Cupid Deluxe

Sweet bouncy music mixed with deep down desperate lyrics, I have emotions for that. And I feel the same about this video, which is partly inspired by daytime television performances.

... I never was in love.

Air - Playground Love

A: Air
S: Playground Love
C: The Virgin Suicides

Innocence is bliss, and sadness is bliss. Both is true when it comes to the sweetly disturbing story of The Virgin Suicides, a summer’s classic. Take the sound of air and you have a winner.

... and you're my favorite flavor.

A Dead Forest Index - Cast Of Lines

A: A Dead Forest Index
S: Cast Of Lines
C: Cast Of Lines - Single

Those who enjoy slowcore folk will love the haunting sound of New Zealand brothers A Dead Forest Index. It’s “centred on themes of renewal and ancestry”, according to Adam and Sam Sherry.

... there's a fog upon the sea at night.

Monarchy - Living Without You

A: Monarchy
S: Living Without You
C: Living Without You - Single

It's only Tuedays and temperatures are still boiling. I guess there's no better time to add a bit of drama. Monarchy are back. With a vengeance.

... and the future is mine alone.

R.E.M. - Nightswimming

A: R.E.M.
S: Nightswimming
C: Automatic For The People

Sometimes it's the simplest things in life that get the most complex. But when they do, there is always night swimming. 

... deserves a quiet night.

Sailor & I - Turn Around

A: Sailor & I
S: Turn Around
C: Turn Around - Single

Following their first single Tough Love, which I fell in love with on the first listen, comes Sailor & I's second track, a dancefloor cracking beat machine.

... pretend we're doing fine.

Still Corners - Wish

A: Still Corners
S: Wish
C: Wish - Single

Ceci n'est pas une groupe musicale. Still Corners is a project, says my dear friend Wiki. Wish might be a song where you think have of it is missing, but it's simply that much better.

... I had dreams I can remember.

Washed Out - Weightless

A: Washed Out
S: Weightless
C: Weightless - Single

Imagine there was a day when all the traffic lights you pass are green, and your ride drives itself, the air smells of fresh bed sheets, and every smile you smile is returned.

... you've waited all of your life.

Lana Del Rey - Shades Of Cool

A: Lana Del Rey
S: Shades Of Cool
C: Ultraviolence

One week to go until Lana's era of Ultraviolence starts. You probably don’t care have as much as I do, but I will call this a countdown anyway. Ten, nine, eight, ...

... I can’t break through your world.

John Talabot Feat. Pional - Destiny

A: John Talabot Feat. Pional
S: Destiny
C: Destiny - Single

Trouble might find you wherever you hide. And when it does, it's good to have songs like these to dance all your sorrows away.

... I don't believe in destiny.

Pet Shop Boys - Domino Dancing

A: Pet Shop Boys
S: Domino Dancing
C: Domino Dancing - Full Original

Nostalgia is a funny fucker, you might compare it to a mirage - only you are looking back, not forth. Here to celebrate everything you have and all that is lost are two Boys called Pet Shop.

... do you play to win, or are you just a bad loser?

La Roux - Let Me Down Gently

A: La Roux
S: Let Me Down Gently
C: Trouble In Paradise

When La Roux made her first apperance on my musical radar I was not a big fan. Quite the opposite. But with her first single of her new album Trouble In Paradise she got me hooked. On repeat.

... turn me into someone good.

Spring Offensive - Bodylifting

A: Spring Offensive
S: Bodylifting
C: Young Animal Hearts

This five piece from Oxford has been on my radar for a while now and I love every single note of their every single song. Young Animal Hearts is their debut album and you should make it yours.

... you’re the best part of me.