My Brightest Diamond - Pressure

A: My Brightest Diamond
S: Pressure
C: Pressure - Single

Here's a rhythm that will whip you into shape to make it through this Tuesday. Just follow the ketamine-heavy drums (yes that is an adjective now, I've picked it up when browsing through The Guardian).

... I forgot the sound of diamonds.

Betty Wright - I Am Woman

A: Betty Wright
S: I Am Woman
C: The Platinum Collection

Emma Watson held a speech at the UN about feminism and woman and equality. Maybe you've heard about it. Important stuff. Here's a shorter and funkier version of said speech. Just saying.

... If I have to, I can do anything.

Vampire Weekend - Ya Hey

A: Vampire Weekend
S: Ya Hey
C: Modern Vampires Of The City

Ok I will keep this short. It's Sunday morning, this is Vampire Weekend's best song ever ever, and I cut half my right thumb off last night - which makes copy pasting etc. a little bit, call it: annoying.

... you won't even say your name.

Thom Yorke - A Brain In A Bottle

A: Thom Yorke
S: A Brain In A Bottle
C: Tomorrow's Modern Boxes

Thom Yorke has released a new album, titled Tomorrow's Modern Boxes, via BitTorrent (which frankly, is a bit a pain in the ass, but do it anyway). The album is described as an experiment by Yorke.

... steel hands have come to talk to us.

Saint Saviour - Let It Go

A: Saint Saviour
S: Let It Go
C: In The Seams

Here's everything you need to know today: Saint Saviour is awesome and her new album is called In The Seams - that's seams, not sesame. Sesame is awesome too, by the way.

... every night a day has died.

Ryan Adams - My Wrecking Ball

A: Ryan Adams
S: My Wrecking Ball
C: Ryan Adams

Ryan Adams’ new self-titled LP is one of the best things he’s ever released, and even though its singles are really goddamn good, there are at least four songs on this thing that are better still.

... come and knock me down tonight.

YES I'M VERY TIRED NOW - Common World

A: YES I'M VERY TIRED NOW
S: Common World
C: Common World - EP

Here's more music for your autumn playlist - or any other playlist you are currently listening to. And if you close your eyes and make a wish, it might just be that YIVTN is touring your city anytime soon.

... you came along again, at the wrong time.

You Can't Win, Charlie Brown - Be My World

A: You Can't Win, Charlie Brown
S: Be My World
C: Diffraction / Refraction

It's been a long long time since I've been this excited about listening to an entire album from A to Z. Maybe it's me, maybe fall, and maybe it's just this little band from Portugal.

... and I'll run after all the ghosts.

Springtime Carnivore - Sun Went Black

A: Springtime Carnivore
S: Sun Went Black
C: Sun Went Black - Single

The debut from American artsist Springtime Carnivore is a dreamy work of pop and psychedelia, evoking a mellow high on a Sunday afternoon, where everything is magnified and glows in Technicolor.

... living without you, is alright.

Queen & Michael Jackson - There Must Be More To Life Than This

A: Queen & Michael Jackson
S: There Must Be More To Life Than This
C: Forever

Freddie!! Michael! Enough said.

... so this is life.

Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj - Bang Bang

A: Jessie J, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj
S: Bang Bang
C: Bang Bang - Single

Here's a song that will get your Saturday kickstarted much faster than that triple shot latte you're queuing up for at the moment. What else happened? Nada Surf released their lovely B-Sides album.

... she got a booty like a Cadillac.

Gold Lip - Breakfast Song

Gold Lip - Breakfast Song from Hannah Elbke on Vimeo.

A: Gold Lip
S: Breakfast Song
C: Breakfast Song - Single

Gold Lip recently covered Britney's classic Everytime - and I have to admit it doesn't add much to the Spears version. Anyway, sticking to their original material, they thrill me in every possible way.

... if only we could sleep together.

Perfume Genius - Grid

A: Perfume Genius
S: Grid
C: Too Bright

Here's the second track taken from Too Bright, Perfume Genius' next album (22nd Sept). Some, Los Campesinos for example, already claim it might just be the album of the year.

... there is no angel above the grid.

Young Fathers - I Heard

A: Young Fathers
S: I Heard
C: I Heard - Single

While everybody is talking about Scotland for one or another reason, I will introduce this act of alternative hip hop originating from the country of kilt, turning the music up and leaving politics aside.

... inside I'm feeling dirty.

Justin Townes Earle - Time Shows Fools

A: Justin Townes Earle
S: Time Shows Fools
C: Single Mothers

On September 9, Justin Townes Earle released his record Single Mothers. You might not have know this but now you do. It's a record that shows the world that alt-country can be pretty dope, which I knew all along.

... looking for something I should learn to forget.

Alice Smith - Love Endeavor (Maurice Fulton Remix)

A: Alice Smith
S: Love Endeavor (Maurice Fulton Remix)
C: Love Endeavor - Single

Better late than forever, and as always I hold the opinion that the new week should start the same way the old one has ended. In my case, that would be dancing.

... c’mon and share this crush with me.

How To Dress Well - Words I Don’t Remember

A: How To Dress Well
S: Words I Don’t Remember
C: Words I Don’t Remember - Single

HTDWs lyrics and groove make him a hybrid of Kendrick Lamar and Diana Ross. Heartbreak has always been the petrol of premium pop music and How To Dress Well is flying the flag high.

... it's you that got all my time.

Fiona Apple - Across The Universe

A: Fiona Apple
S: Across The Universe
C: Across The Universe - Single

As autumn zooms in on us, it is time to change our records - and songs like this one fit my favourite season perfectly. Miss Apple will take you on walk through a misty forrest, just close your eyes.

... nothing's gonna change my world.

Iamamiwhoami - Blue Blue

A: Iamamiwhoami
S: Blue Blue
C: Blue

Here's a sample of what my past three weeks have looked liked. Unfortunately they didn't sound as ace, but that's not the point. Anyway, Blue is out in November, stay autumned until then.

... out of the blue blue, I’ll be new.

Sinead O'Connor - Take Me To Church

A: Sinead O'Connor
S: Take Me To Church
C: I'm Not Bossy, I'm The Boss

It's that day a year again and I found just the perfect song to go with it. In case you wondered whether Sinead was just busy fighting a certain pop failure - she hasn't.

... I don't wanna die no more.

Dirty Epics - Midnight Missing

A: Dirty Epics
S: Midnight Missing
C: One Way Mirror

Dirty Epics’ video is based on the true story of the CIA’s MK-ULTRA covert operation Midnight Climax, when the CIA dosed San Francisco citizens with LSD -well, I wouldn't mind being a part of that.

... you disappear before my eyes, into my open arms.

Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover

Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover (Official Video) von Prince-Official

A: Prince
S: I Wanna Be Your Lover
C: I Wanna Be Your Lover - Single

It's Prince. I guess there is nothing more to add than it's time to funk your ass out and to do so big time. Today, tomorrow, or any other day you feel like it.

... I want to turn you on, turn you out.

Florrie - Little White Lies

A: Florrie
S: Little White Lies
C: Little White Lies - Single

Here's a piece of pop music that deserves exactly that name and a little bit of respect. It's not the genre that hurts the artist, but the other way round. Florrie is singing proof to that theory of mine.

... victim of my own good intentions.

Klangkarussell - All Eyes On You

A: Klangkarussell
S: All Eyes On You
C: All Eyes On You - Single

Music from the boys who brought you last year's Sommertanz. And music from Austria, that's how far I go to make you feel internash when following this blog. Now shut up and dance.

... deals that won't get done.

Say Lou Lou Feat. Lindstrom - Games For Girls

A: Say Lou Lou Feat. Lindstrom
S: Games For Girls
C: Lucid Dreaming (out 02.02.15)

Ladies and gents, boys and girls - it's the girls who brought you Maybe You and Julian. Games For Girls is yet another single taken from their debut album Lucid Dreaming - which is out February 2015.

... you play the games, I always win.

Fleetwood Mac - Landslide

A: Fleetwood Mac
S: Landslide
C: Fleetwood Mac

Ask a cowboy like me and he will tell you truthfully that this is one of the best songs ever written, both the original and the Dixie Chicks cover. Then he'll put his boots on and saddle up his horse.

... I built my life around you.

Tom Rosenthal - A Thousand Years

A: Tom Rosenthal
S: A Thousand Years
C: A Thousand Years - Single

Repeat after me: A thousand years, I've got time, I've come a long way. A thousand years, I've lost time, I've come a long way. A thousand years, I am life, I've come a long way. A thousand years ...

... i've lost time, i've come a long way.

The Black Keys - Weight Of Love

A: The Black Keys
S: Weight Of Love
C: Turn Blue

This might not be your number one video to watch when you are at work. But if you are half as much rock'n'roll as The Black Keys, I'm sure you're not going to give a flaming f***.

... they don't wanna be an only - one.

Wildcat! Wildcat! - Hero

A: Wildcat! Wildcat!
S: Hero
C: No Moon At All

Here's a thing I've learned: Life is never as easy as it might seem in certain songs. Break ups, etc. - there is never a funny side to in. Then again, sometimes life isn't as dramatic as some songs - oh hi Adele.

... you can live but it's not a home.

Ex Cops - Black Soap

A: Ex Cops
S: Black Soap
C: Black Soap - Single

This nomadic duo brings the hook-heavy blast of ‘90s alt-rock into a new era on their second album Daggers. The record rescues guitar-pop from the bedroom, returning it to the stage it deserves.

... I was on the dark side of your dreams.