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1. Fyfe Dangerfield – She Needs Me
29-year-old London-based Fyfe, also known as the frontman of the band Guillemots, is set to release his solo album, “Fly Yellow Music,” in the US on 3/16. It’s happy album, full of sunshine and catchy wake-up songs. This comes as no surprise considering The Guardian says it was “spawned by his recent state of “unmitigated loved-up bliss.”" Fyfe was set to play a few shows in the US but had to cancel due to visa issues. He is, however, still slated to play SXSW on 3/18. You can order an import of his album now HERE.
Fyfe Dangerfield – She Needs Me

2. El Perro Del Mar – Change of Heart
El Perro Del Mar = Sweden-based Sarah Assbring. While this isn’t technically a NEW song (it comes from her 2009 album Love Is Not Pop) it’s been all over the place lately (it was chosen as Starbucks iTunes Pick of the Week on 1/19) and I think it’s good enough to deserve a re-listen. Fellow Swede Robyn made it her first ever remix for another artist and Lykke Li was just taped singing it with Sarah HERE. Loveliness.
El Perro Del Mar – Change of Heart

3. Aloe Blacc – I Need a Dollar
If you don’t know this song yet, you soon will. Just chosen as the theme song to HBO’s series “How To Make It In America,” it is also the single off of his forth coming album “Good Things.” The album release date is TBA but you can get the single HERE now. Aloe is a California native now living in Los Angeles and you can definitely hear the mellow 70s so-cal vibe in the way he sings. Very much looking forward to this album.
Aloe Blacc – I Need a Dollar

4. Foreign Born – Early Warnings (Boys Like Us Rostam Batmanglij Remix)
You may recognize Rostam’s name as he is a member of both Vampire Weekend and Discovery. He made a great song even better by infusing it with his own frolicking electro-pop take. The cascading sonic effects work brilliantly and, while I am not a fan of Vampire Weekend, I am definitely excited about hearing more remix’s from Rostam in the future.
Early Warnings (Boys Like Us Remix) by Rostam Batmanglij

5. Kasper Bjørke – Efficient Machine
33-year-old Kasper is a well known DJ /Producer out of Copenhagen, Denmark. This track is a little pop, a little electronic and a little punk. It comes off the just released album “Standing On Top of Utopia” which is incredibly rich and full of intensely well thought out beats. You can get it now HERE.
I cannot recommend it enough.
Kasper Bjørke – Efficient Machine

6. New Young Pony Club – Lost A Girl
London-based New Young Pony Club rose to fame when their catchy song “Ice Cream” graced the Nissan Cube commercial you can see HERE. They are back with a new album “The Optimist” available in the US on 3/9. This track proves that they have embraced more of their punk influences and left a bit of the pop side behind…it’s a good thing. This song really should be listened all way through as the building chorus is the best part. You can pre-order the album now HERE.
New Young Pony Club -Lost A Girl

7. Said the Whale – The Fish and the Stars
I really adore this song. It pretty much just makes me want to take off for the weekend and go to some woodsy place and turn off technology for a couple of days. It’s a both simple and incredibly soothing. Said the Whale hails from Vancouver and this song comes off their just released EP “Bear Bones.” It was recorded in lead singer Ben’s bedroom and the band says that “the vulnerability of it excites us.” You can get it now HERE.
Said The Whale – The Fish and the Stars

8. Daedelus – Order Of The Golden Dawn
Daedelus = LA-based Alfred Weisberg-Roberts. Daedelus strikes me as one of the hardest working people in the music industry. Known to be an “avid crate digger” who chooses to wear Victorian era influenced clothing, he is not only a musician but also one of the founding DJs of the non-profit organization Dublab. This track comes his album “Righteous Fists of Harmony” (named in reference to the Chinese Boxer Rebellion) set to be released on 3/23. I am not sure if my words can do it’s description justice so I am going to quote directly from the album press release: “Daedelus endeavors to compose a requiem for the end – of beliefs, of lives, and of an era. The elegy for a bygone battle sheds light on our own contemporary conundrum: will our faith in modernity be our downfall? Are we blinded by this age of wonders, doomed to be destroyed by our ingenious inventions?” There is a disney-fairytale-esque album preview video you can watch HERE.
Daedelus – Order Of The Golden Dawn

9. Field Music – Precious Plans
After a 3 year self-imposed hiatus, Field Music returns with a 20 track double album titled “Measure.” It’s an album that requires multiple listens to really get to the core of it’s genius. This track is the perfect example: On first listen it comes across as almost deceptively bland but, by the second or third listen you start to pick up on more and more. Only then do you begin to understand the talent behind the two core members of the band – brothers David and Peter Brewis. You can buy the album now HERE.
Field Music – Precious Plans

10. Schooner – Fortuition
North Carolina’s Schooner has just released a new 6-song EP “Duck Kee Sessions” on CyTunes, a music downloading site where 100% of the proceeds go towards cancer research. I am completely in love with the song “Fortuition.” Rather than posting the song for possible free download, please go and purchase it HERE and support a really great cause.

Oldie but worth a re-listen:

1.) Bobby Womack – California Dreamin’
My friend Kim posted this on Facebook earlier in the week and it reminded me of just how amazing Bobby Womack is. The video features original footage of California in the 1950s. Great stuff.:

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