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Albums
Scala & Kolacny Brothers – Scala & Kolacny Brothers – brilliant choral performances of seminal tunes including tracks originally from Metallica, Oasis and Kings of Leon

Various Artists – Hôtel Costes 7 by Stéphane Pompougnac – Cool funky French house & lounge from the genius that is Pompougnac. This is my fave of the 14 albums – they’re all great!

Lady Gaga – Born This Way – no heckling please

Single tracks

Unforscene – Dangerous - Feat Phil King – Upright piano grime & soul vocals. Sweeet!

Unforscene – Miracle - Feat The Big Hit Unit – Some great funky vibes

Bryan Adams – Run To You – Really feeling it this Friday

Podcasts

Hospital Records (link to iTunes store) – check out these DnB podcasts from Hospital, starting with 143. James Blake at 8:30 is sweet, Danny Byrd at 12:10 got me bopping like a mentalist on the tube!

Friday playlist

Ade’s May Mix 2011 – a mate of a mate’s pulled together this super chilled playlist

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The Leisure Society – Into The Murky Water – Lovely lovely summery tunes. Really feeling ‘Dust on the dancefloor’, ‘You could keep my talking’ and 'Just like the knife'

Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues – Lovely laid-back folky 2^nd album

Amon Tobin – Foley Room - Some beautiful atmospheric tracks. "Horsefish" reminds me of the theme to Babel, "Bloodstone" - intense & haunting, "Keep Your Distance" is also a stand-out

Jay-Z – The Black Album - So so very good. "My 1st Song" = amazing, as are all the others

RJD2 – Deadringer: Deluxe - Another must-listen-to hip-hop album. More tune than rap.

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Two Door Cinema Club – Tourist History – Great album with a cool second disc of electro re-mixes which I’ve been listening to non-stop all week

The Pierces – You'll Be Mine – Gorgeous 4-track  single from some gorgeous Alabama girls

The Pierces – You & I - Album Sampler – Yet more loveliness

Moqita – Moqita – Jazzy, funky St Germain style tunes

Clayton & Fulcrum – Songs From The Soul City – largely featuring Moquita, so some similar jazzy flutey vibe

And some more cool videos for BUG at the BFI

The Chase - I Like You - Happy happy song. The video has the most amazingly inventive use of body parts ever!

Dead Snares - The Language - Beautiful track with a haunting video. The black monster freaks me out in an amazing way

Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math - Great track. Slow-mo car crash with flashbacks. Cool

Étienne De Crécy - No Brain - Techno track with very cool visualisation

Woodkid - Iron - Intense video and intense, visceral track

Wiley - Numbers In Action - Good bit of grime with cool video loops

Colourmusic - You for Leaving Me - Twisted abuse of stuffed toys

Battles - Ice Cream - Awesome dance sequence at 1:35 

Pig with a Face of a Boy - The Complete History of the Soviet Union, Arranged to the Music of Tetris - nuf said

Hot Chip - I Feel Better - Very weird, very funny video. JLS guys get nailed by floating guru

Alex Metric and Steve Angello feat. Ian Brown - Open Your Eyes - Rocky fights a robot

Stars - Change - Naked chick running around an old building to a pretty track

Old Turkish guys dancing to D&B - amazing!

Roots Manuva - Witness the Fitness - Roots takes on the school kids

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Guillemots – Walk The River – Great new album. In parts reminds me of Elbow, The XX (echoy vocals) and Angus & Julia Stone

UNKLE – Where Did The Night Fall: Another Night Out – More great atmospheric vibes with some great vocals. Stand-out tracks so far: “The Answer”, “The Healing” and “Sunday Song”

Gorillaz – The Fall – Created completely on an iPad whilst they were on tour!

Single tracks

B. B King – The Thrill is Gone - Good bit of fun funk / soul

Playlists

Glastonbury '11 – Still loving this