Two Door Cinema Club

The neatest part of going to a music festival, especially when there are already plenty of bands you know, is the discovery of new things you might like.

Later this summer we'll be hitting one of the Summer Sonic days in Japan. Filled to the brim with up-and-coming musicians we've had on our radar (Orbital, Hurts, Delphic, Passion Pit, Calvin Harris and 3Oh!3 among others), the festival is already having a spillover effect on our iPods.

Take Two Door Cinema Club, for instance. Were they not playing on the same stage as some of the above, they may not have gotten our attention just yet. Effusive and likeable, this Northern Irish group is proving to be a nice frothy summer addition to the ol' iPod.

Something Good Can Work


Undercover Martyn


I Can Talk


Fittingly, they also have a cheeky little lushy tour of Japan they've posted up...

That sounds something like me holding you.

My best of 2009 music list (and perhaps Nelse's too) will likely have to wait a week more, but in the meantime there's a new decade, and new grooves ahead.

The first to come out of the gate comes thanks to one Calvin Harris, who you shouldn't be surprised to show up on that this past year's aforementioned list. By now, all of you should have copies of his album Ready for the Weekend. If you don't, really? Shame on you.

Here's the latest single, You Used to Hold Me. The video is by-the-numbers, but the song is fab!

This is like a flashback.

And now, some added love for my greatest latest Scotsman, Calvin Harris.

Sorry Ewan McGregor, we'll come back to you soon, I'm sure.

Flashback is yet another solid track from Ready for the Weekend, but if you've been reading this blog lately you've likely gathered I'm rather fond of this album.



Clearly, that's how one parties like a rock star. Power to him. Buy the album.

Conductor of Electricity

Just because it's a cool gimmick -- and I'm pleased to find that Calvin Harris snuck his new album out this week for us Americans to enjoy -- here's the HUMANTHESIZER.



You can hear the full song, HERE.

Ready for the weekend?

A perfectly upbeat way to end the Monday-to-Friday slog thanks to Calvin Harris:

Ready for the Weekend

If i see a man waving does this mean that I’m not alone?

Scottish beat master Calvin Harris is finally out of the gate, trickling out stuff from his as-yet un-named follow-up album to 2007's I Created Disco.

I heard a rough radio edit for his lead single, I'm Not Alone last week and loved it. My patience in posting about it is now rewarded with a proper video: