Playlist: Seafood Paella

A jumbled up platter of  something for everyone.

1. Eat More Cake - Underwater
2. Breakbot - Baby I'm Yours (feat. Irfane)
3. Emily and The Woods - Steal His Heart
4. Jinja Safari - Forest Eyes'
5. Ben Howard - Cloud Nine
6. Let's Buy Happiness - Fast Fast
7. Dead Nationale - Parades
8. Wakey! Wakey! - Got It All Wrong
9. Young Empires - The Earth Plates Are Shifting
10. Birdy - Terrible Love
11. The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
12. Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You (Eat More Cake Remix)
13. SebastiAn feat. Mayer Hawthorne - Love in Motion (Skrillex's Funkt-Out Remix)
14. Modeselektor -  - The White Flash (feat. Thom Yorke)

RATED: A Labrinth of Unshaken Brilliance

Wawaweewah...take a listen to this magical, beautiful Radio 1 Live Lounge session by Labrinth, Tinie Tempah and some rather sophisticated-looking classical singers.

Personally, I would call it a tasty little hotpot of acapella, soul, electro and 'urban' music with a sprinkling of orchestral strings...yum.

Playlist: The Emperor's New Clothes

A handful of rhythmic challenges to prance around like the emperor in his new clothes.

1. Vadoinmessico - Teeo (Crystal Fighters Remix)
2. Eat More Cake - Red Sky (Lazybones Remix)
3. 2Pac & Nas - What Would You Do (DJCvince Remix)
4. Lee Field and The Expressions - Ladies
5. The Colour Turning - Where the World Ends (False Futures Edit)
6. Patrick Trump (feat Lupe Fiasco) - This City
7. Lemaitre - Nishio
8. Butterfly Bones - Crystal Caves (Rockets Remix)
9. The Good Natured - Wolves (Crystal Castles Remix)
10. Jinja Safari - Hiccups
11. Phoenix - Armistice (RAC Remix)

The Civilised Scoundrels

Meet fresh British band, Scoundrels. Influenced by ‘50s soul, roots, doo wop and classic rock,’ they are Ned on vocals and guitar, George on guitar, Billy on bass and Joshua on drums.

The four school friends were scooped up in London by Seymour Stien (who also signed Madonna, The Ramones) and carefully placed in Lafayette, Louisiana to record their debut album.  Louisiana would apparently give the band the melting pot of blues, gospel and soul they needed to concoct a mix of British rock, to American jazz.

And it worked.

Scoundrels, chosen as their name ‘because it was better than Carpet Lickers,’ have developed a fresh sound. Their songs are catchy, and tell a story.  They are an old-new, American-British, blue-rock band with something special to add. 

http://scoundrels.fm