Vonzie - Wassabi (MOOMBAHTON)

For those wanting something new and different sounding, look no further. I've made no secret about my enthusiasm for the Moombahton* scene, crazy synths and heavy bass beats at 108bpm, but what's going on here is a totally different ballgame. A soulful sample-happy intro gives way to one of the most unexpected and violently brilliant drops I've ever heard in the genre... MUST BE HEARD. Get into it. Now.

*named as such when DJ Dave Nada slowed down Afrojack's "Moombah" to reggaeTON tempo to please a predominantly black crowd... the rest is history.

Trailer Trash Tracys - Candy Girl

A couple of months old now, but since the XX posted it on their blog, it reminded me just how delicious this band's music is. 80s lazy shoegazer indiepop, nothing particularly original, but by god it's done to sun-blinded, sex-dripping perfection.


FOR FANS OF: The XX, The Cure, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Lemonade - Neptune

This Brooklyn dream'n'B 3 piece mesmerise with the lead single from their debut album. Slightly balearic, slightly Weeknd, slightly shoegaze... all gorgeous.

Album "Diver" is due out May 29th.

Owl Vision - Antichrist

Not a new tune, this dates back to 2010, but after it's incredibly popular feature in an episode of Skins recently (flop or not, the show kills it with its soundtrack), I feel it's only fair that I re-introduce this. Featuring a bang-on-the-front-door kick, a distorted looped scream and abrasive surge of electro bass, tracks as alarming as this don't come along too often.

Lana Del Rey ft Kanye West - Born to Die (2Vegas Remix)

I never take up Mash Ups seriously.... but producer 2Vegas manages to remix Lana Del Rey's "Born To Die" using Kanye West's verse from Drake's "Forever", the beat from Ciara's "Goodies" and the Coldplay's "Clocks". The result is something effortlessly addictive and ethereally beautiful, and somehow deeper than the original.

Donkeyboy - Get Up

I love everything Donkeyboy do, guilty pleasure or not. But "Get Up" is simply a supernova of poppy dubstep-flecked joy. Eurocheese-at-heart it may be... but it's one of my favourite songs of the year so far. Give it a chance, go on...

FOR FANS OF: Robyn, Lights, Owl City

Beach House - Myth

After Beach House's 2010 masterpiece "Teen Dream" touched the heart of myself and so many other melancholic music fans, I was worried the bar was set too high for the follow up. Hearing the glorious "Myth" shows me I couldn't have been more wrong. Anthemic in a "Walk in the Park" kind of way, but with a newfound air of mystery and foreboding, that hints at the darker direction the band's forthcoming record "Bloom" is alleged to follow. The track simply soars, and I'm pretty sure the album will be one of the best of the year.