Le Corps Mince De Francoise (LCMDF)

Le Corps Mince De Francoise (LCMDF), is an upbeat electro pop band from Finland. At first listen CSS comes to mind, simply because of the many similarities. The big difference is that LCMDF is way more wacky and nerdy. I like all the different beats and sounds meshed together in a sort of smorgasbord of fun anthems. Stated on the LCMDF blog: "LCMDF is for the moment working on their debut album, produced by Kaiku Studios Berlin (also working with Annie (NOR), Humanzi (IRL) O:pl Bastards (FIN) Norman Palm (GER) Pets on Prozac (FIN), and many more. The Album can be expected in 2009."
Here's a few songs just to hold us till then!

Dance Yourself to Death - We Are all Made of Stone

Canadian rockers "Dance Yourself to Death" have been critically acclaimed but if your like me, you dont care what the critics say. After just one listen to the song "We Are all Made of A Stone" I completely agree.
“Toronto’s best kept secret! The melodies, momentum, hooks and lyrics are the classic rock and roll stand the test of time variety.” ~ CBC The Hour
"Dance Yourself To Death have created a fantastically fun debut. Ready For Love's most striking feature is its consistency." ~ Exclaim Magazine
“Great hooks, a sound somewhere between Blondie, Heart and the Pretenders.”~ Spill Magazine
After streaming the album on-line, I can safely say that its going to be one of my favorites this year! Amazingly enough they are unsigned and are a DIY (DO IT YOURSELF) band. The final product is a a record that stands it own along the sides of newcomers like New Young Pony Club and oldies like Blondie.

White Rabbits - It's Frightening

Since their appearance at SXSW last year and the Siren Festival in 2007, White Rabbits have had a small buzz going. "The Plot" was one of my favorite songs of 2007. Their sophomore album comes out with a huge bang, and by bang I mean drums. They enlisted the help of Spoon front man Britt Daniel. The first single "Percussion Gun" starts off with some heavy drums and def gets our attention. This album has allot of growth since the last one and it def lets us know that they are just getting warmed up.

Tracklisting:

1. "Percussion Gun"
2. "Rudie Fails"
3. "They Done Wrong / We Done Wrong"
4. "Lionesse"
5. "Company I Keep"
6. "The Salesman (Tramp Life)"
7. "Midnight and I"
8. "Right Where They Left"
9. "The Lady Vanishes"
10. "Leave It at the Door"

Tiga - Ciao

Just in time for my upcoming trip to Canada, Montreal born, Tiga releases his sophmore album "CIAO!" If you don't recognize the name you def will recognize the sound. Not only has he worked with the likes of Feist, James Murphy, Gonzalez, Jake Shears, and Soulwax, but he is also notorious for his dance remixes. Having done remixes for Danni Minogue, Peaches, LCD Soundsystem, Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, The Killers, and so many more. On this album there are plenty of club songs but we also find a few "regular" songs like "Love Don't Dance here Anymore" which starts off with a 2 minute piano ballad and "Luxury" which is very downtempo.

Tracklist
01. Beep Beep Beep
02. Mind Dimension
03. Shoes
04. What You Need
05. Luxury
06. Sex O’Clock
07. Overtime
08. Turn the Night On
09. Speak, Memory
10. Gentle Giant
11. Love Don’t Dance Here Anymore

Mynx - I'm So L.A.

New band "Mynx" are a sort of mesh of pop, punk, and underground. As they state on there myspace page "Too edgey to be pop, but too catchy to be underground, Mynx slinks around in that smoky area in between - which is exactly where they like to be". I can not agree more. I'm loving this song and its crazy lyrics. Also makes me very happy that I don't live in L.A.

MYNX - I'm So L.A. from MYNX on Vimeo.

The Juan Maclean - One Day

Every now and then you hear a song that you immediately love. I don't know how "The Juan Maclean" escaped my radar but I'm glad I'm catching up. The released their sophmore cd last month entitled "The Future Will Come". "One Day" has me super excited and in the best way possible. Gotta love a good dance track! I just found out they are playing Webster hall in June, anyone interested in joining me?

The Juan Maclean - "One Day" from Patrick Longstreth on Vimeo.

Little Boots - Hands

Victoria Hesketh aka Little Boots is a British electro-pop musician. She has been on everybody's radar since last years SXSW show and the release of some delicious tracks such as: "Stuck On Repeat" and "Meddle". Her new album "Hands" will be out in June and I can't wait! I have a feeling that she is going to be huge. She sings electronic disco music for the Facebook generation and this generation is in dire need for some good electro dance tracks. You can stream most of the album on her myspace page.

Tracklisting:

1. "New In Town"
2. "Earthquake"
3. "Stuck on Repeat"
4. "Click"
5. "Remedy"
6. "Meddle"
7. "Ghosts"
8. "Mathematics"
9. "Symmetry"
10. "Tune into My Heart"
11. "Hearts Collide"
12. "No Brakes"

Also if you buy on Itunes it inlcudes 3 Bonus Tracks:

13. "Meddle"(Piano version)
14. "Love Kills"
15. "New in Town" (No One is Safe - Al Kapranos remix)

Love is All - Last Choice

Yes I know, another Swedish band. I can't help it, I love the Swedes. "Love is All" is a five piece band from Gothenburg, who put out there first album in 2005. This EP "Last Chance" comes out in June and includes the title track plus five other new songs. The animated video is genius and it makes me smile every time I watch it. There is also Halloween version below, where the band is dressed up in costumes. I love the lead singer dressed up as Osama Bin Laden.

Brian Williams a music vlogger?

Brian Williams, NBC journalist introduces his new web-only interview series "Britunes". I have always heard Brian speak of music during some interviews. He's even dropped of few band names that made my ears perk up such as; Interpol, She Wants Revenge, and Placebo. This week he launches his new site with the band "Deer Tick". This should be interesting since he's a great journalist and he seems to have great taste in music. I'm not sure how often he plans to update it but I have added the site to my favorites and plan to check it frequently. Yo can check out the site by clicking here.

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Tori Amos - Abnormally Attracted to Sin

I have been a fan of Tori's for years and have bean quite the loyal fan. Her voice has really touched my feminine side as I feel everyone should be in touch with theirs. She has become quite the advocate for female empowerment constantly writing songs about it. Abnormally Attracted to Sin is no different. Songs like Maybe California, where she talks about suicidal mothers are why she is the queen of female idiosyncrasy's. She is giving away a free download of the single here.

Tracklisting:

1.	"Give"	4:12
2.	"Welcome to England"	4:04
3.	"Strong Black Vine"	3:26
4.	"Flavor"	4:05
5.	"Not Dying Today"	4:01
6.	"Maybe California"	4.24
7.	"Curtain Call"	4:51
8.	"Fire to Your Plain"	3:01
9.	"Police Me"	3:52
10.	"That Guy"	4:02
11.	"Abnormally Attracted to Sin"	5:32
12.	"500 Miles"	4:05
13.	"Mary Jane"	2:41
14.	"Starling"	4:01
15.	"Fast Horse"	3:51
16.	"Ophelia"	4:42
17.	"Lady in Blue"	7:09

Junior Boys - Begone Dull Care

Junior Boys are back with a remarkable new album, Begone Dull Care. The album was named after a short film by Norman McLaren who is an animator and electronic music composor. The songs are going to be great on the dancefloor, and maybe in the bedroom too. This album has a sort of flow to it that makes the listener understand that these boys know what they are doing.

Tracklisting:

1. "Parallel Lines" / "Des lignes parallèles" – 6:31
2. "Work" / "Le travail" – 6:32
3. "Bits and Pieces" / "Peu et rapièce" – 4:01
4. "Dull to Pause" / "Alours dissez pour faire une pause" – 4:52
5. "Hazel" / "Noisette" – 6:13
6. "Sneak a Picture" / "Par image" – 7:00
7. "The Animator" / "L'Animateur" – 5:07
8. "What It's For" / "Ce qui est lui pour le mouchard" – 6:56

Iglu and Hartly - And Then Boom

Californa band, Iglu and Hartly releases album "And Then Boom". Its s fun filled album with plenty of summer songs with the "I Don't Give A F*ck" attitude that the band is reminiscent of. I'm not really crazy of the rapping that all the songs have but it's not terrible. I could have sworn that this album allong with the lead single "In this city" was released last year but I am wrong since released date was May 5, 2009. I'm sure that the label had something to do with that (Universal). Regardless, the band has a fun time and you can hear that on the record.

Tracklisting:

1. "Believe"
2. "Violent and Young"
3. "Tomorrow"
4. "Build"
5. "DayGlo"
6. "In This City"
7. "People"
8. "Whatever We Like"
9. "We'll See"
10. "Out There"
11. "Jump Out of Your Car"

Iglu and Hartly - In This City