Just don't open your eyes yet.

There's a band called Polarsets from the North-East of the UK and they make very nice, catchy pop songs, this is them playing in the snow:



I wanted to tell you about them as since I first heard it back in autumn last year, their song Just Don't Open Your Eyes Yet has been flitting in and out of my mind on a daily basis. Some might see this as a hinderance, not me though, as it always manages put a grin on my face.

"I want a grin put on my face, to get me out of these January blues" I hear you cry?!

Well, you're in luck, Polarsets are giving away their 3 track EP as a free download!

Go get it here.

Now get that in your earholes and smile people.

Get grinning,
Elliot

next thing, we're touching.

So if you didn't know already, I'm a pretty big fan of a certain Miss Ellie Goulding and can't wait for her album Lights, which is due out in March.

She's just about to release her first 'proper' single, under her label Polydor, in the form of Starry-Eyed, the song that got everybody talking about her last year. For the single release Starsmith has worked his magic on it and you can just tell that it's going to be everwhere. Basically it's going to be massive, here it is.




Not only this, but as well as the amazing Jakwob remix that was done of the song last year, there are a batch of new ones coming out around the same time of the single, the best of which is Russ Chimes re-working of the track, which is funky as anything and I guarantee will be played in any club that has sense in the next few months, if it hasn't already!



Free download of the remix here.

Enjoy!

Stay fresh,
Elliot

Favourite Albums of the Past Decade

So I thought I'd have a crack at doing my favourite albums of the Noughties.

It was much harder than I thought it was going to be and keeping to twenty albums was tough, compiling them in order of which I liked best was near impossible but I seem to have managed it and I'm pretty happy with the list.

The links I've included with each album are mostly my favourite track off each one, but I've also tried not to just put one of the singles up.

Here goes:

20. Silent Alarm - Bloc Party




Listen to 'Positive Tension'



19. Reality Check - The Teenagers




Listen to 'Homecoming'



18. Cross - Justice




Listen to 'Phantom Pt II'



17. Primary Colours - The Horrors




Listen to 'Sea Within A Sea'



16. Antics - Interpol




Listen to 'Narc'



15. For Screening Purposes Only - Test Icicles




Listen to 'Circle, Square, Triangle'



14. Aha Shake Heartbreak - Kings Of Leon




Listen to 'Soft'



13. Room On Fire - The Strokes




Listen to 'Reptilia'



12. Variations On Swing - Meet Me In St Louis




Listen to 'All We Need Is A Bit Of Energon And A Lot Of Luck'



11. Antidotes - Foals




Listen to 'Two Steps, Twice'



10. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend




Listen to 'Walcott'



9. Panic Prevention - Jamie T




Listen to 'Pacemaker'



8. Alopecia - Why?




Listen to 'These Few Presidents'



7. Wall Of Arms - The Maccabees




Listen to 'William Powers'



6. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys




Listen to 'Still Take You Home'



5. Twenty One - Mystery Jets




Listen to 'Half In Love With Elizabeth'



4. Hold On Now Youngster... - Los Campesinos!




Listen to 'Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks'



3. Is This It? - The Strokes




Listen to 'Hard To Explain'



2. For Emma, Forever Ago - Bon Iver




Listen to 'The Wolves (Act I and II)'



1. Colour It In - The Maccabees




Listen to 'X-Ray'


Hope you find this list enjoyful / helpful / interesting / other (please specify)

I'm sure I'll have missed some out or they'll be some that you'll disagree with but ah well, no-one said this was a definitive guide or anything.

Stay safe people, especially on those icy roads, don't want any 'blood on our hands'.

Ciao,
Elliot