V V Brown, Crying Blood
/Here is a challenge. Put this on and try and keep still. Excellent stuff.
Little Boots
/You might have heard of Little Boots. She might be the next musical sensation. I quite like the sound of the free track you can download from iTunes at the moment.
Go West
/When I was younger (and even better looking - if that is possible) there was a band called Go West. They released a couple of good albums and then seemed to vanish. I later found out that they'd gone to the 'states and were writing music for films, which was nice for them, but it meant that the flow of music releases dried up.
Until now. They've just released another album, futurenow. Such is my respect for the band that I grabbed a copy as soon as I heard about it. And it was worth it. Very much a return to form. I've only really found one naff track on the album (although that track is really, really bad). If you like poppy, upbreat music with strong vocals then it is well worth a listen, especially the first track, which is brilliant.
Rilo Kiley
/If you are looking for something new to listen to you could do a lot worse than seek out Rilo Kiley. They are an indie rock band operating out of California, but none the worse for that.
Their latest album, Under The BlackLight is good selection of tunes in a variety of different styles. To me they sound a bit like Fleetwood Mac would sound if they were still making records.
Helicopter Girl
/One other thing I had my my uber posh hotel in Korea was a soundtrack. Sitting in the Bose CD player in my room was a disk called "Warmth of Cool_Interlude", a pretentious (and somewhat meaningless) name. Out of interest I pressed the play button.
There were some good tracks on there, including the wonderful Imogen Heap. There was also one from someone called Helicopter Girl. The song, called "Umbrellas in the Rain", seemed very appropriate, since that is what we had been all about that morning in Seoul.
Once back in the UK, I tracked down the album that it came from. The album is called "Voodoo Chic" and is completely wonderful. Very tuneful and atmospheric. If you can get hold of a copy, I think you'll like it.
