Echobelly - My Top 10 part 1

One more British band for this half-February weekend thanks to a leap year!!
Echobelly is a fantastic band.  I never really got into their first album but their 2nd, "On", struck a deep cord with me from first listen.  Their fourth album "People Are Expensive" is one of those few albums I would call perfect and easily one of my desert island discs.  I'm so glad they're still around and that we can continue to hear new beauty falling gorgeously from the mouth of Sonya Aurora Madan, one of my all-time favorite voices. 

6.  Tell My Why



7.  Everyone Knows Better  



8.  Gravity Pulls  



9.  Car Fiction



10.  Falling Flame

Orion - I Want You So Bad

New single from Orion!

National of Language - Rush & Fever

Nation of Language are releasing their debut album "Introduction, Presence" in April and I'm pretty excited.  After seeing them open for Holy Ghost! last year, I've been mad about their tunes!

CocoRosie - Restless

Love this new video from CocoRosie off their upcoming album "Put the Shine On", out in a few weeks!

Emmon - The Game

Another new single from Emmon and it's a bopper!

Jonathan Bree - Kiss My Lips (feat. Princess Chelsea)

Here's a new single from Jonathan Bree's forthcoming new album "After the Curtains Close"!  The album is out in April!

Gene - My Top 10 part 2

My Top 5 songs by Gene!!!!

1. Olympian



2.  Who Said This Was the End?



3.  Fighting Fit



4.  I Love You, What Are You?


  
5.  Is It Over?

Gene - My Top 10 part 1

Keeping the British train running through February, I now present My Top 10 songs by Gene!  I discovered Gene through a nice assortment of car window stickers in college that included The Cure, Depeche Mode, Pulp and, obviously Gene.  When I arrived home from that weekend trip, I immediately went to the record shop and tried out Gene's 2nd album "Drawn to the Deep End".  Another case of love at first listen.   Gene's debut album "Olympian" is one of my all-time faves. 

6.  Somewhere in the World



7.  We'll Find Our Own Way



8.  You'll Never Walk Again



9. Haunted by You



10.  Speak to Me Someone

Vlad Holiday - Lazy

Here's a great track from Vlad Holiday's upcoming debut EP "Fall Apart With Me" coming in March!

Lower Dens - Hand of God

Here's the latest video off Lower Dens' excellent "The Competition"!

I Break Horses - I'll Be the Death of You

Here's the 2nd track shared from "Warnings", the new album from I Break Horses!  The album is out in May!

The Radio Dept. - The Absence of Birds

Absolutely gorgeous new single from The Radio Dept.!!

Oscar Scheller - Runaway

Latest video off Oscar Scheller's latest album "HTTP404"! 

Saint Etienne - My Top 10 part 2

The Top 5 Saint Etienne songs!!  The HEAVENLY bliss!!

1.  Method of Modern Love


2.  You're in a Bad Way



3.  Who Do You Think You Are



4.  Hug My Soul



5.  Nothing Can Stop Us

Saint Etienne - My Top 10 part 1

Saint Etienne is another band I fell in love with way too late in life but when I fell, I fell hard!!  There isn't a bad (or even mediocre) album in their magical career and I love them.  They also put on fantastic live shows which you MUST see when you can!!

6.  Only Love Can Break Your Heart



7.  Sylvie



8.  He's on the Phone



9.  Lose That Girl



10.  A Good Thing

Isobel Campbell - Ant Life

Isobel Campbell released a new album this year, "There Is No Other"!  More folky pop, sweet goodness from the indie songstress!

Austra - Risk It

Some people might find the chorus of Austra's new single "Risk It" to be annoying, strange, chipmunky, but I LOVE IT!!
RISK IT, GIRL, RISK IT!!

Braids - Young Buck

Braids make pretty rad music.  And this video is equally rad!
Their new album "Shadow Offering" is out in April!

Ladytron - Tower of Glass

Ladytron's self-titled return was one of my highlights of last year.  Here's a great new video off that album!

I Break Horses - Death Engine

Absolute beauty in this new track from I Break Horses off the upcoming new album "Warnings" due in May!  It's been six years since their excellent album "Chiaroscuro" and I cannot wait for more greatness. 

Pulp - My Top 10 part 2

My top 5 PULP songs are just glorious!!

1.  Don't You Know



2.  Disco 2000



3.  Common People



4.  Countdown



5.  I Want You

Pulp - My Top 10 part 1

Right after concluding my Suede Top 10, I immediately started on another great Brit pop group PULP!  Shortly after discovering Suede, I found Pulp and it was bliss.  Their "Countdown" compilation was my introduction and it was mindblowing.  How could I have not known of this magic for so long??  I traveled all the way to good ol' England for one of their reunion shows in 2011 and it was bliss.  Few things can top hearing "Common People" live in a crowded park in London.  Without further ado, the first part of my Pulp Top 10!

6.  They Suffocate at Night



7.  Something Changed



8.  Wishful Thinking



9.  Have You Seen Her Lately?



10. Pink Glove

Ursula 1000 - The Neptune Freeze (feat. Fred Schneider)

New Ursula 1000 video from their latest album "Esoterique"!  Featuring the amazing vocals of Fred Schneider!!

Hot Chip - Positive

Here's an excellent new video off Hot Chip's latest album "A Bath Full of Ecstasy"! 

Polly Scattergood - Sphere

It's been quite awhile since Polly Scattergood's last album "Arrows"!  This year she's got a new one coming and it's called "In This Moment".

Sally Dige - It's You I'm Thinking Of

Brand new self-released single from Sally Dige!!  Gorgeous!

Little Dragon - Hold On

New stuff from Little Dragon off their upcoming "New Me, Same Us", out in March!

Suede - My Top 10 part 2

And my Top 5 Suede songs ... so good, so good!!

1.  Trash

2.  Lazy

3.  Pantomime Horse

4.  The Living Dead

5.  Another No One

Suede - My Top 10 part 1

I still remember the first time I heard Suede in the mid 90's, borrowing the CD from a gal who was on one of my school projects where we were surveying students on gay marriage.  The album was their debut "Suede" and it was an immediate and deeply felt connection.  I'm glad they're still around and still making wonderful music.  I'd venture to say they are one of the greatest B-sides artists around...a few of them are sprinkled in this list!  I've only seen a partial Suede set in an SF park and a Brett Anderson solo Suede set in Manchester.  I would still love to see a whole concert.  Ahhhhh Brett.

6.  Breakdown

7.  Saturday Night

8.  Weight of the World

9.  Beautiful Ones

10.  Everything Will Flow