The Bravery - 'Slow Poison'
Not content with penning songs that make Colombian pop princess Shakira sound like some rabid, sex-mad vixen, Sam Endicott has emerged from New York’s darkened, dank crevices after what seems like an eternity to regroup his indie synth outfit The Bravery. But rather than hankering back to the electro sleaze of ‘An Honest Mistake’ the first track to be lifted from the quintet’s third studio album is a gloomy, overcoat-wearing indie anthem, like a bequiffed bad-boy version of White Lies, soulfully blissful and emotionally charged. Brave indeed.

Vampire Weekend – 'Cousins'
Thrashy and bratty in the mode of ‘A-Punk’, this first proper single from ‘Contra’ is a fun-packed, bell-ringing, yelpy and scratchy riot with the rhythmic structure of a baby horse learning to walk in rollerskates. The video’s pretty ace too, featuring Ezra and the boys careering down bunting-strewn backstreets on luggage trolleys as ticker-tape rains down

Vampire Weekend - "Cousins" (Official Music Video)

Wolf Gang – 'The King And All Of His Men (Gaggle Remix)'
The sprightly and dandyish second single from our favourite new romantic enigma comes with a host of remixes, not least this crunching, Soulwax-ish ravaging from the good ladies of Gaggle. Poor boy never stood a chance.
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Chew Lips - 'Slick'
There’s something compulsive about Chew Lips’ minimal, perfect electro pop, like Tetris or pistachio nuts. If Tigs and the boys have more hooks like this and the awesome ‘Solo’ tucked away on their debut album, we’re going to be masticating our own faces in sheer excitement.
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