MAY'S TRACKS OF THE DAY

Snake In The Grass by Barringtone

Proper wonky pop.

Hearts a Mess by Gotye

Sampladelic magpie chillout.

Next of Kin by Surkin

It works as well in the big rooms of Fabric as the dining rooms of Dorset.

Ain't No Rest For The Wicked by Cage The Elephant

This is as good a piece of low-slung tobacco-chewing funk rock as you will hear this year or next.

Arrows Of Eros by Golden Silvers

Deadly in its insidious catchiness.

Scotch Bach 2 by DJ Scotch Egg

Noises from Game boy console, mashed into an addictive Electro sound.

With Lights Out by Red Light Company

Goth-lite rock with a big presence and a big future.

In Step by Frankmusik

A fiver says he works with Kylie before the year’s out.

Kiss With A Fist by Florence And The Machine

Dark, skewiff, punchy indie with a pantomime split lip.

Dita Dimone by Pop Levi

A prowling sex panther of a tune.

Violent & Young by Iglu & Hartley

The damned chorus is built for those moments at festivals where the frontman points the mic at the crowd

Lone Ranger by Micachu

She's a classically trained composer who happens to have a taste for grime.

Fear by No Fear by Detachments

Detachments have taken things traditionally associated with uplifting pleasure and bundled them down turd-encrusted dark alleys.

Nobody Cares by Sarabeth Tucek

It captures the dreamy essence of a blissed-out Kings Of Leon pretending to be a Byrds cover band doing Substitute by The Who.

The Shape Of My Heart by Noah And The Whale

Resolutely placid, chirpy and deeply inoffensive, they peddle some truly delightful brow-mopping folk rock.

Pow by Let Our Enemies Beware

The sound of road-raging grand prix driver shaking up and popping bottles of pent-up adolescent guitar rage.

Wearing My Rolex by Wiley

It’ll be heard at every set of traffic lights for the next three months.

Falling Down by Scarlett Johansson

Hollywood starlet attempts to stay too-cool-for-school by brandishing carefully constructed indie cloaking device.

Violet Hill by Coldplay

Another serving of statuesque rock.

Divine by Sebastien Tellier

Kooky, catchy and kitschy

The Wolves (Acts I and II) by Bon Iver

A real heartbreaking work of staggering genius.

Cappuccino by The Knux

Unpretentious delivery evokes fond memories of Tone Loc and A Tribe Called Quest.

APRIL'S TRACKS OF THE DAY

Did You Wrong by Clik Clik

Deliriously packed with enough ideas and genres for an album let alone a single.

I Don't Know by Lily Allen

Over rudimentary beats, tweaks and minor-key strings, she caustically attacks her integrity-shy peers.

Let's Talk About It by White Denim

Solid unfettered goodness, like the first drink after work

Education Part 2 by The Metros

The explicit but also hilarious tale of life in the state sector is reminiscent of the good old Madness days.

The Plot by White Rabbits

Their multi-cultural influences, spanning from jangly indie rock to tropical beat, are like no other.

That Number by Plugs

It sounds curiously like Beck at his lo-fi funk best, mucking around with hypnotic atonal practices of Spaceman 3.

Space and the Woods by Late of the Pier

Dancefloor acceptance should be pretty much in the bag.

Back of the Van by LadyHawke

This sun-kissed road trip through retro Americana is made to stare wistfully out of a classroom window to.

Shadows by Midnight Juggernauts

Their remixes show a canny, populist ear for revealing untapped strengths.

If The News Makes You Sad, Don't Watch It by Broken Records

All angry bass riffs and primal drums.

Out of Control (State of Emotion) by Kenna

All scuffed-up live beats, Eighties synths stabs and Robert Smith-esque vocal gymnastics.

I'm Good I'm Gone by Lykke Li

Gloriously uncluttered, with Lykke's infectious tones snaking around a simple piano riff.

Switchblade by HeartsRevolution

They harness the brighter and essentially more vibrant parts of electro.

I Know ur Girlfriend Hates Me by Annie

A top quality dose of bitchy, sugar-rush electro pop.

White Winter Hymnal by Fleet Foxes

They put it best, "We'd call this stuff baroque harmonic pop jams".

Graveyard Girl by M83

Dreamily epic proof that goth girls are not only thinking about eye-liner and cider.

Bonified Lovin (Tough Guys) by Chromeo

This pop throwback has an irrevocable ability to make you dance.

My Heart Rate Rapid by Metronomy

You'll be reminded of the score of every spectacular sci-fi film you ever enjoyed as a youngster.

Food Fight by Be Your Own Pet

Welcome saviours of a genre that has been over done to the extent of near extinction.

MARCH'S TRACKS OF THE DAY

Hang Them All by Tapes n' Tapes

A comeback single that proves they do indeed live up to the hype.

Death by White Lies

The enchanting attributes of Echo and The Bunnymen and the rumbling bass of Joy Division.

Sunrise by Yeasayer

Purveyors of pummeling, blissed out psychedelia.

Letting Go by Team Waterpolo

Gleaming pleasure pop from Preston's finest and youngest.

Tape Song by The Kills

A raw, gritty tour-de-force from the masters of post-punk’d art rock.

LES Artistes by Santogold

A track so diverse and cultured it’s universally enjoyable.

Better When You're Naked by Ida Maria

She goes where other female artists on the scene fear to tread.

Cassius by Foals

Packed with all the bleeps, throbbing basslines and jolty guitar flitters.

Great DJ by The Ting Tings

The Ting Tings make indisputably good guitar pop, and atop of that they make it seem laughably easy.

Love No by The Teenagers

Witty spoken word lyrics over a driving jagged guitar line.

5 Years Time by Noah and the Whale

All sunshine and charming melody sugar-coated with saccharine lyrics about James Dean and zoos.

Paris by Friendly Fires

Scintillating house-pop cacophony from a young hopeful trio from St. Albans.

Numbers AKA Numerology by These New Puritans

Visceral art pop taken, taken to the next level.

I Think I'm Pregnant by Soko

Her catchy blend of pop and acoustic folk is sure to go down a treat in time for the summer o’ love.

The Age of Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets

A furious gallop of drums, guitars and strings from start to finish.

Galaxy of the Lost by Lightspeed Champion

Devonte Hynes has returned to the music scene with a new array of killer songs.

Silent Hotels by The Answering Machine

Silent Hotels is a self deprecating, sincere tale of heartbreak.

Young Love, by Mystery Jets Featuring Laura Marling

The first single off their as-yet-unreleased second album shows they’re just as kooky as ever.

Run to Your Grave by The Mae Shi

Endearingly catchy quirk pop reminiscent of the good old days of Sum 41 and Blink 182.

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