Message To Bears - Mountains

A: Message To Bears
S: Mountains
C: Folding Leaves

I'm so loving this. The name for obvious resons. You can never go wrong when naming or dressing yourself with bear. As for the biography, Message To Bears began in 2007 as the bedroom recording project of instrumentalist Jerome Alexander. As for the sound, Alexander interweaves acoustic guitar, piano, electronics, ethereal samples, strings and hushed vocals.

... we could run away - before the light of day.

Robert Glasper Feat. Lupe Fiasco & Bilal - Always Shine

A: Robert Glasper Feat. Lupe Fiasco & Bilal
S: Always Shine
C: Black Radio

If you are feeling like jazz piano today, this might just be your thing. I didn't, really. But once you turn this thing on, it's quite hard to turn it off. If you make it through the one minute long intro, that is. Or maybe it's quite rubbish but fits my hangover mood and mode - which is always a tricky moment to talk about music. I might just have posted Bryan Adams instead!

... I hope you're speakin' for me - if I'm ever speechless.

Graffiti6 - Annie You Save Me

A: Graffiti6
S: Annie You Save Me
C: Colours

Graffiti6 - not really new but newly discovered on a show called Anatomy of a certain Grey, which I love, mostly because of its music anyway. And because of Sandra Oh, or Christina Wang. Because ever since I turned dirty thirty, I keep discovering that I, too, started developing a autistic streaks when it comes to interpersonal relationships.

... I see the light thats burning bright - and we're the stars.

JET - Look What You've Done

A: JET
S: Look What You've Done
C: Get Born

JET split! Not that I really followed them after their smashing debut album. Has anybody else? I mean really? It's sad anyway, not for them, or us, but for indie music in general. Because Get Born was released in 2003, when indie music was at it's best. And if bands like JET start splitting now, that kind of marks the end of that era - officially.

... take my photo off the wall - if it just won’t sing for you.

The Lumineers - Ho Hey

A: The Lumineers
S: Ho Hey
C: The Lumineers (out 03.04.12)

It's The Lumineers! So far, and three months down the line, my favourite new band this year. They sound like the perfect mix between Mumford & Sons and The Head And The Heart. If you find the way to their website you can stream the entire album already, which is ace, the streaming and the album. Otherwise you just buy the thing, out a week from today.

... I don't think you're right for him - look at what it might have been.

Django Django - Default

A: Django Django
S: Default
C: Django Django

This sounds like indie, no? Yes. As for the video, apparently it's classified as 'hand-painted, stop-motion animation'. Hand-painted, as in hand-hand-painted? Doubt it. Here it is: The band's roots lay at an art school in Edinburgh and director Dan Brereton printed out each of the 4,000-plus frames of footage of the group performing. Arty indie it is.

... you gave it all you got - and all you got is not enough.

San Cisco - Awkward

A: San Cisco
S: Awkward
C: Awkward - Single

San Cisco are from Down Under and currently unsigned (so I've read). If you always wanted to form a record label, I figure now is your chance. Now or never, basically. As for the sound, San Cisco sound a bit like a younger version of Metronomy. Metronomy Junior if you want. Nothing wrong with that and the perfect soundtrack to this perfect Sunday.

... you haven't called back - I've been calling you for days.