Girls' Generation - Love & Girls

It doesn't matter if you like Korean/Japanese music or not. As long as you have a healthy appreciation for bubblegum pop, you will go nuts for this song. Girls' Generation impressed with their single I Got A Boy earlier this year, and now they're back with a Japanese track that is seriously gunning for novelty dance chart topper status. I mean, that whistling breakdown was made just to infect everyone in sight (ditto to the crowd dance in the video). The melody is equally sticky--something between weird children's song, Call Me Maybe sibling and long-lost Girls Aloud single. It is ridiculously cheerful and utterly impossible to dislike. Come on, I dare you.



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Nicole Sabouné - I Surrender

"Every happy story ends"

I'm a bit behind and meant to post this last week, but I think it's worth the wait because Nicole Saboune is one of my favorite new artists of the year. She's already dazzled us with two singles, and for the third it's time to move on to something more pensive. I Surrender, like Conquer Or Suffer, was co-written by Nicklas Stenemo (formerly of the Mo and currently with Melody Club and Kite). This instantly gets my attention, as he is one of the absolute favorites on this blog. I'm so happy to see him working with so many other artists -- particularly ones as interesting as Saboune. I Surrender might not hit you as instantly as her faster tracks, but it's definitely a grower. The production is fantastic.



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Joywave - Tongues (ft. Kopps) (RAC Mix)

"Sometimes I think that they don't understand me"

I was all prepared to post about a million other things today, but then this song appeared on my soundcloud stream and hit me over the head with its awesomeness. Readers of this blog will already be familiar with RAC, who have remixed Penguin Prison (among other artists). Now they've taken on a song from the band Joywave, who I'm not familiar with (yet). You will be completely won over from the get go. Those wonderful blippy vocals that kick off the track and continue throughout are too catchy to resist. This has "slow burning hit song" written all over it. And best of all, download it for free from the soundcloud link below!



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Studio Killers - Funky At Heart

"You fit into my puzzle"

After years of anticipation, Studio Killers' album is finally out! As expected, it's the first album in a long time that's consistently awesome all the way through. This is what Summer 2013 needs! Apparently, a lot of people agree, as it's done pretty well on worldwide itunes charts (at one point it was in the top 20 on the U.S. charts, which shocked me -- in a good way). I could literally post any track and it would be completely worthy. I almost highlighted to the slower Who Is In Your Heart Now, which would make for a fantastic fifth single, but I decided instead for the more uptempo, instant Funky At Heart. Like most modern dance tracks, its centerpiece is a mammoth, thumping electronic instrumental, but what I really appreciate is the soaring melodic verses that surround it. This is top-down, driving in the sunshine music.



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