My five favourite songs of the past week are:
Hard Mix – Memories (mp3)
Filled with distorted samples, Hard Mix’s latest is so groggy and beautiful it could take any pain away.
Laguna Meth – Sugar Shack (mp3)
Two years ago I heard this sweet pop ditty, loved it and tipped Laguna Meth for glory. Then I lost it, and Laguna Meth didn’t get glory (not because I lost it) (at least I don’t think so) (imagine if it was). Anyway now I’ve found it again, I love it and I tip Laguna Meth’s imminent second album for glory.
Salem – King Night (mp3)
Heal thy wounds, man, heal thoust with some killer dubstep. This is so intensely epic it single-handedly put lines on my forehead and decreased my hairline by three inches.
Still Corners - Endless Summer (mp3)
A glassy dreampop song expressly designed for a movie scene where the vulnerable lead character (delete as appropriate): swallows a load of sleeping pills / jumps off a bridge / drives into the sea / leaves the school disco alone.
Future Islands - Tin Man (mp3)
Future Islands’ singer Sam suddenly sounds like Cat Stevens’ estranged older brother, an illicit, disgraced drunk with a gravelly voice and grudging temperament. It makes for a great, atypical rock.
