Monarchy - Dancing In The Corner

A: Monarchy
S: Dancing In The Corner
C: Dancing In The Corner - Single

Right then, next to Robyn dancing on her own, you'll find Monarchy - dancing in the corner. Maybe not the most original name for a song this year, but I love the band, the beat, the song, and that video no matter what.

... just keep on moving on.

The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)

A: The Proclaimers
S: I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
C: Sunshine On Leith

Here's what I've learned. There are two kinds of people in this world: the ones who walk a thousand miles for you, and the ones who don't. Make sure you stick with the ones who do, and have the guts to keep looking if they don't.

... just to be the man who walks a thousand miles.

Team Me - Kick & Curse

A: Team Me
S: Kick & Curse
C: Blind As Night

Uuuh, I like what I hear and I hear what I like. There are masters far more greater than me when it comes to describing bands, but if I gave this one a go, I'd say it's like I'm From Barcelona, in the eighties, having a go at punk music.

... I'll even admit that I was wrong to let you go.

Sage - In Between

A: Sage
S: In Between
C: In Between - Single

After yesterday's Oscar and the Wolf I have decided to stay in beautiful Belgium for one more song and dance. On that note and this video, funny how contemporary dancing is taking over music videos these days.

... we could hear each other without a word.

Oscar And The Wolf - Orange Sky

A: Oscar And The Wolf
S: Orange Sky
C: Orange Sky - Single

You know your relationship isn't facing its best and easiest days when you start listening to Solange's True EP. Here to diverse that playlist aren't mussles from Brussels, but Oscar and the Wolf, from Brussels.

... it gets cold and gets bolder in here.

Rangleklods - Lost U

A: Rangleklods
S: Lost U
C: Lost U

Let this be the benchmark for what music is supposed to deliver in 2015. Lost U is in every way a perfect start, into this new year, a new chapter, or if you like it a little less dramatic, into a new week.

... I don't know where you are.

Glass Animals - Gooey

A: Glass Animals
S: Gooey
C: Gooey - Single

Since I was busy yesterday curing my Saturday hangover with Bloody Marys I am post-pone-posting this on this grey Monday morning, pretending it was Sunday like a rollercoaster derailing downhill.

... I'd say I told you so but you just gonna cry.

Tiga - Plush

A: Tiga
S: Plush
C: Plush - Single

Here's your ticket to the weekend. Tiga never disappoints, nor surprises. You know what they say: Never change a winning team! As long as I have lines like 'I don't need a calculator, to know that I'm gonna see you later' I'm happy.

... I don't need a secretary to tell me you are very, very.

Fink - Looking Too Closely

A: Fink
S: Looking Too Closely
C: Looking Too Closely

LOVE.

... this is a song about somebody else.

Björk - Black Lake

A: Bjork
S: Black Lake
C: Vulnicura

Guess who's back. And early as well. Here's the deal, twenty years ago, you could call yourself a superstar if you sold millions and millions of records. Today, you are a star if your album is leaked months before its release.

... my heart is enormous lake.

Pinkerton's Colours - Magic Rocking Horse

A: Pinkerton's Colours
S: Magic Rocking Horse
C: Magic Rocking Horse

Contrary to popular belief, I am a hippie. Deep down inside, I really am. I just don't like any other hippies. In fact, I hate them. So take this magic song, enjoy it as much as you can and find your inner hippie, too.

... when I climb upon my horse.

Pillar Point - Dreamin'

A: Pillar Point
S: Dreamin'
C: Dreamin' - Single

This is exactly what we need on a snowy day like today: Take a sunset trip out to Pillar Point and feel love like a kick drum. Wrapped in vintage synthesizers, drum kits and dark slinking bass lines, PP pulses with an organic heartbeat beneath a warm, analog fabric.


... I was only dreamin', with you.

Berlin - The Metro

A: Berlin
S: The Metro
C: The Metro

You remember Berlin, the band? Take my Breath Away and that steamy scene in Top Gun. So make sure you get this one right. It's a song about the metro, not about Berlin, and certainly not about the metro in Berlin.

... years have passed and still the hurt.

Sinkane - How We Be

A: Sinkane
S: How We Be
C: Mean Love

Welcome to your weekend. I'm not one to compare artists, but this is probably what Solange would sound and look like if she was a guy. Luckily she's not - add this to your favourite playlist now.

... we've got life right in the pocket.

Digitalism - Second Chance

A: Digitalism
S: Second Chance
C: Second Chance - Single

Good morning cupcakes! How about this for a start into the week: 'Second Chance’ sounds like the perfect mix of Digitalism’s classic sound and the direction introduced at the start of last year. And off we go!

... the truth's right there in your eyes.

DeVotchKa - Till The End Of Time

A: DeVotchKa
S: Till The End Of Time
C: Little Miss Sunshine - Soundtrack

 Let's start this Friday with a trip back in time, to a movie called Little Miss Sunshine and start from on a journey to the future, to the end of time, and get this drag called everyday life over with for once and all.

...  forgive me for forgetting.

Black Atlass - Blossom

A: Black Atlass
S: Blossom
C: Blossom - Single

If yesterday's Vallis Alps wasn't your cup of tea, you can go for today's favourite dish on the menu: Black Atlass - which is basically Vallis Alps with a touch of The xx. Bon appétit - as the French would say.

... no, we're not supposed to wait.

Vallis Alps - Young

A: Vallis Alps
S: Young
C: Young - Single

Hello and happy Wednesday to all you funky music lovers out there. Let me introduce, officially, your new favourite band. "I will decide that for myself", you say. You will, and I will be right.

... in the end, time forever favors the young.

Public Enemy - Say It Like It Really Is

A: Public Enemy
S: Say It Like It Really Is
C: The Evil Empire of Everything

Look what I found watching the Selma movie trailer. I love trailers, they are short, full of tension and like in this case, always have a fantastic song going for them. I think it's safe to say I prefer trailers to movies.

... this revolution goes on and on.

Tweedy - Low Key

A: Tweedy
S: Low Key
C: Sukierae

They say you should start every morning with a beauty. I was going to rant about rain today, but I'm opting for Tweedy now. Tweedy is a collaboration between Wilco's Jeff Tweedy and his son, Spencer Tweedy - a true beauty.

... no I won't jump for joy I don't.

Sia - Elastic Heart

A: Sia
S: Elastic Heart
C: 1000 Forms Of Fears

First I didn't get why everybody on every timeline I have thought this was such a great video. Then I didn't get why it was so wrong Sia had to apologize for it. There are a hell lot more artists who should apologize for their mediocrity first!

... you did not break me.

Brandi Carlile - The Eye

A: Brandi Carlile
S: The Eye
C: The Eye - Single

They say that you should never change a winning team. This might never have been more accurate than when it comes to Brandi and her music. Much to look forward to, her new album The Firewatcher’s Daughter is out March 3.

... you can dance in a hurricane.

Dawn Penn - You Don't Love Me (No,No,No)

A: Dawn Penn
S: You Don't Love Me (No,No,No)
C: No, No, No

Without planning on giving up or making any specific resolution, I've only smoked five cigarettes so far this week. And I think somebody should reward me somehow. After all, this is generation X, not the 90ies anymore.

... I'll do anything you say boy.

Baby Alpaca - Roller Coaster

A: Baby Alpaca
S: Roller Coaster
C: Roller Coaster - Single

"You know the feeling you get after amazing sex?" asks Kittrell of Baby Alpaca. "All dizzy, weak in the knees, about to pass out. It reminds me of being at a theme park: high on cotton candy, screaming hands in the air until it's over."

... I wasn't born yesterday.

The Lone Bellow - Cold As It Is

A: The Lone Bellow
S: Cold As It Is
C: Then Came The Morning

Three more weeks until Then Came The Morning is out. The album’s latest single, “Cold As It Is”, finds The Lone Bellow embracing its Americana roots with a touch of grittiness. Take a listen below.

... I saw you walking over water while I was drowning underneath.

Hannah Miller - Promise Land

A: Hannah Miller
S: Promise Land
C: Promise Land - Single

As with everything in life, you can look at this video from two sides. It is either Hannah Miller's song Promise Land, or it's a visual stunning documentary of Chernobyl. Either way, you need to see it.

... every step I take I feel farther away.

She & Him - Classics - Full Album

A: She & Him
C: Classics

January feels like a kind of cold turkey month anyway, but I have just discovered a new kind of low: the first Monday morning in January. It's as depressing as it can get. Which is why we'll have a whole She & Him album to help us through the day.

... we lived our little drama.

Arthur Russell - That's Us/Wild Combination

A: Arthur Russell
S: That's Us/Wild Combination
C: Calling Out Of Context

Four days into the new year I can only say that this time around, my only new year's resolution is not to have any resolutions. All the ones I had in mind failed miserably so far. Very very miserably.

... I can't wait to see you another minute.

Boys Town Gang - Cruisin' The Streets

A: Boys Town Gang
S: Cruisin' The Streets
C: Cruisin' The Streets - Single

Boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys, boys will be boys.

... what are you fags up to?

Two Gallants - We Are Undone

A: Two Gallants
S: We Are Undone
C: We Are Undone

Album number five of this folky Frisco duo will see the light of day this February. The sound is as almost always limited to two instruments only, which is like 'running into a wall and bouncing back in different directions', the band says.

... as long as your cup's full, everything is fine.

Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation

A: Youth Lagoon
S: July
C: The Year of Hibernation

Welcome to 2015. Let's kickstart the new year with my new fevourite band out there. Youth Lagoon completely skipped my radar three years ago when releasing their debut The Year of Hibernation. What a shame.

... I sang "I love you, but I have to cut you loose".