Music of 2011

New Kimbra

And finally some new Feist

^Like the sound of both, especially Kimbra. Lovely vid too.

Too much cool for one stage - The Strokes and Jarvis Cocker cover The Cars' 'Just What I Needed' at the Reading + Leeds fest.

^Awesome (Y)

I had my hand kissed by Jarvis at a festival just last month

new Girls album. Need to get my hands on that

Jack White + Insane Clown Posse + Mozart = :| :| :|

^Can't say I saw that particular collaboration coming.

New tune from Howling Bells. Something of a return to form, I think.

^Can't say I saw that particular collaboration coming.

I reckon. Jack White is still the man, but I dunno what he was on when he agreed to do that

Love the Howling Bells

And congrats to PJ Harvey for taking out the Mercury Music prize

And congrats to PJ Harvey for taking out the Mercury Music prize

Congrats indeed. I will admit to pulling for Anna Calvi but 'Let England Shake' is a stunning album.

Two new favourites...

Think Vampire Weekend gone avant garde, with bizarre lyrics and dance moves to match.

And a newly formed and rather magnificent all-girl band from London (via Brighton).

Lovely new Anna Calvi vid... :wub2:

^

Love the Novella track too. Not so convinced by the Zun Zun Egui though <_<

The Flaming Lips release six hour song

The Flaming Lips have released a six hour long song titled I Found This Star On The Ground.

The marathon tune is accompanied by another two new (much shorter) songs as well as a light and audio phase illusions toy called the Strobo Trip.

This follows on from other peculiar release methods from the Oklahoma natives. Earlier in the year front man Wayne Coyne hand delivered new songs on USB sticks lodged in gummy skulls to a record store in his home city.

The full package has only been made available to buy at a record store in Portland, Oregon, however you can stream I Found This Star On The Ground in its entirety below. It's been divided into three two hour sections.

Streaming here:

Part 1 - http://bit.ly/oVxTpd

Part 2 - http://bit.ly/nAhXxM

Part 3 - http://bit.ly/pTycYN

Also..

Love the Novella track too. Not so convinced by the Zun Zun Egui though <_<

I really like them but with such a scattershot sound and lyrics about sexy worms, they can hardly expect to be everyone's cup of tea.

Obsessed with the new Girls album Father, Son, Holy Ghost. It's pretty much perfection. Pop done right.

Obsessed with the new Girls album Father, Son, Holy Ghost. It's pretty much perfection. Pop done right.

I will admit to finding couple of the tracks on 'FSHG' a touch excessive but when they get it right, wow, they're absolutely stunning. 'Alex' is about as close to heaven-sent as it's possible to get.

Another amazing new Florence + The Machine track

^I think I like 'WTWGM' a little bit better than this one. Perfect choice for a first single though, and I can't enough of those tribal-sounding drums.

Feist's new album is out in a few days. You can stream it here now though (requires email registration):

http://www.listentofeist.com/metals/

Distinctly NSFW video for 'Suck It And See' by Arctic Monkeys.

(nudity)

Also..

Very good stuff.

When I heard it, I figured a Jack White collaboration would be inevitable, but a quick Googling suggests that it's already happened. Trying to quickly redeem himself after the Insane Clown Posse debacle, no doubt.