k.d. lang & The Siss Boom Bang - I Confess

A: k.d. lang & The Siss Boom Bang
S: I Confess
C: Sing It Loud

There is nobody like la lang, so there is obviously no need to get into that conversation. But I'd like to dwell on the fact that I love the video: It's like Brokeback Mountain with lesbians instead of cowboys, set in a sassy strip club instead of a boring cattle field. So the album is out now, recorded in Nashville, Tennessee (who would have guessed, listening to the track).

Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

A: Fleet Foxes
S: Helplessness Blues
C: Helplessness Blues (out 03.05.11)

You can download the song for free and legal on Fleet Foxes Online. Usually there is the big talk when a band releases a second album after a highly successful first one, but I guess that is pretty unnecessary in this case. Fleet Foxes just pick up where they left off with the last record. Apparently this has leaked at some point, somebody said on the facial book, but then it was on KCRW yesterday so I think it's official and good for posting.

The Sound Of Arrows - Nova

A: The Sound Of Arrows
S: Nova
C: Nova - Single (out 25.04.11)

Remember 'Into the Clouds', their first single? Only took them two years to release the second one. So it is finally here and I am well aware that both the song and the act is so OTT (over the top) we need a new word for over, or top - but jeez I love it. Before the whole 80s revival this would have been called guilty pleasure. Now you can call it 80s and it's all hip. I love that even more. Download a free track on their Facebook page!

Patrick Wolf - Time Of My Life

A: Patrick Wolf
S: Time Of My Life
C: Lupercalia (out 27.05.11)

There was a Wolf-ish concert on last night, and apparently it was the last concert of the tour. So if you missed it, tough luck. I usually don't like the term multi-something - because it means 'two or maybe three', but in Patrick's case, multi-instrumentalist is the word. With a stage packed with instruments he would play and his sweat-energic performance, I enjoyed myself to the max and loved every minute of it.

LMFAO Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock - Party Rock Anthem

A: LMFAO Feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock
S: Party Rock Anthem
C: Sorry For Party Rocking (Summer 2011)

Watching this, I wanna grill my Game Boy for breakfast and eat it all ketch'ed up! Depending on where you are located, this has already been, is right now or is most probably going to be your country's number one. So, it's obviously purely about the video, being over 6 minutes, and the styling, the styling and the styling. And remember: Everyday we're shuffling!

The Hundred In The Hands - Commotion

A: The Hundred In The Hands
S: Commotion
C: The Hundred In The Hands

On the note of The Hundred In The Hands: I liked and loved and for that reason posted their first release Pigeons, some months back. Then the album came out and a friend of mine said it was nothing near as good as the single so I left it there. Now I bought it anyway with no reason or expectation whatsoever and have to say I think it is smashing. We learn: When it comes to taste, have your own.

Ra Ra Riot - Boy

A: Ra Ra Riot
S: Boy
C: Orchard

I can't believe that I missed this one last year and am kind of wondering what I was doing last summer. I remember posting Ok Go and raving on about their clip with the dogs when, after seeing this one, it is clearly clear that cats was the thing to do back then. Well, and maybe lamps that would whirl around like balloons. Right, I love it. Wouldn't post it otherwise, would I.