Martha Wainwright - Bloody Motherfucking Asshole

I've always felt a little sorry for Martha Wainwirght, difficult to forge a niche for yourself when your brother is such a talented attention hog. Still she has a hell of a voice going for her and this is a fantastic bitter number.

The Flying Pickets - Who's That Girl

There's something about this a capella version of the Aurthmyics classic that I find mesmerizing. It also highlights the rather odd and striking lyrics. Ms Lennox certainly has a way with words.

The Go! Team - The Power Is On!

This is a sparkling little number of energetic magic. Fantastically exciting. And the polar negative of the hideous dreich wetaher currently infected my city.

Penguin Prison - Animal Animal

Something very eighties about this, but in a funky overindulgent way that I can get behind. The verse makes me think of Wham! But for the life of me I can’t think why. On more important matters, if I was an animal I think I’d likely be a bear. I saw some footage of a bear ripping open a beehive to get some honey the other night. It was quite tremendous.

Take That - Greatest Day

I bloody love this song. Gary barlow has a fantastic voice, he hits some absolutely massive notes in this. Madly catchy as well, once you heat it you're stuck with it.

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Around the Bend

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Danish neo-motown apparently, but one listen of that opening horn blast was enough to convince me there's not enough Scandinavian soul revivalists in my life. Asteroids Galaxy tour is bloody awful name for a music outfit mind. As a bonus this video also features some very cool light projections on buildings.

The Knife - Heartbeats

Lot of the David Lynch, Angelo Badlementi in this, more glacial though, more Scandinavian. Generally though it's just ace.