Cocknbullkid - I'm Not Sorry

A: Cocknbullkid
S: I'm Not Sorry
C: Querelle

Uuuh, released in 2009. How did I miss this one? Shame on me on the 'new to do' list. For everybody else who hasn't discovered Cocknbullkid yet: here we go. For people who are a tad more up to date than humble me: just watch it again and bare with me. Loving the styling, loving the beat and l-o-v-i-n-g the husky tone of a female voice, like this one, like always, like massively.

Jamie Woon - Night Air

A: Jamie Woon
S: Night Air
C: Night Air - EP

Kind of goes without saying, 2011 will take us to a slightly darker and twisted side of pop music, I predict. The Guardian tried quite successfully to put Mister Wood's sound into words, which goes something like this: Jamie is one of those new male artists showing what can happen when you combine conventionally strong soulful vocals with dubstep's eerie spaciousness and resonant production techniques.

Niki & The Dove - DJ Ease My Mind

A: Niki & The Dove
S: DJ Ease My Mind
C: Mother Protect

Moving on to bands and acts to watch this year comes quite rightly the probably most haunting and captivating voice of all, Scandinavian Niki & The Dove. Watch the trapeze artist as they perform some randomly contextless tricks to a set of lyrics that sounds like a re-interpretation of a lyrics smash-up somewhere between 'last night a DJ saved my life' and 'don't play that song again' - I like!

Ian Axel - This Is The New Year

A: Ian Axel
S: This Is The New Year

Better late than never, and better now than in July. It's not my fault that January is such a lame month when it comes to new music. Last year's top artists were all celebrated to sickness in December, and the 2011 top hot list of artists to watch all don't have a video out yet. So stick with this one for now, and I'll keep you posted for the months to come. As long as it's worth watching, you'll find it on here.

The Joy Formidable - Austere

A: The Joy Formidable
S: Austere
C: The Big Roar (out 21.02.11)

Send your speakers on a much needed acid trip, turn the volume up and let them rip. I figured quite rightly that starting the new year about the same way as we ended the last one can't be a bad thing: in all things black and white when it comes to videos. Anyway, my Mac is once again slow as can be, so let me just add that The Joy Formidable are a three-piece Indie Rock band from North Wales. Done.

The Radio Dept. - Pulling Our Weight

A: The Radio Dept.
S: Pulling Our Weight
C: Passive Aggressive: Singles 2002-2010 (out 25.01.11)

I never even knew this gorgeous song any other way than having been featured on the gorgeous movie called Marie Antoinette or Why Don't You Bang My Head Off. Anyway, The Radio Dept. will have their first kind of Best Of Cd out at the end of the month called 'Passive Aggressive: Singles 2002-2010'. I always wonder if a single collection is better than a best of, kind of sounds more artistic and less commercial, I guess.

Dusty Springfield - The Windmills Of Your Mind

A: Dusty Springfield
S: The Windmills Of Your Mind
C: Dusty In Memphis

Windmills by Dusty is probably my most favorite song of all times, so so cleverly written. Anyway, welcome to 2011. I figured if your life is most probably still the same today as yesterday, there might be a windmill or two turning in your head. Which is why I never take any resolutions when a new year begins: Couldn't think of a more depressing way to start all over again without my beloved Luckies.