5 Songs of the week: 2/11/12

1. Teenage Daughter - Dog Is Dead
The five-piece indie-rock band from Nottingham have hand-picked summer memories to a T with this song. It's fresh jangly pop which will have you head-bobbing and shoe-gazing while you mimic the simple guitar riffs. giving so much power and empathise to the beautiful song. Bubbly and woozy; Teenage Daughter puts you in a lazy stupor of relaxation. Summer memories from the warm sea and bright beach with your loved ones can be brought quickly into the mind by just hearing the first chords. Dog Is Dead are finally getting the recognition they need; and Teenage Daughter is really one of the steps into star-dome



2. Flaws - Bastille
Most Youtube searchers would have found this song one of the more interesting adverts that are circling the Internet at the moment. Bastille, a four piece from South London, are an alternative and edgy sound to the usual indie-pop blaring from our radios. Flaws is a strong peppy sounding song. With a strong bass line; the drums in this song play a big part - along side the superior and powerful vocals of lead-singer Dan Smith. If it's possible to call a song pretty - then Flaws is a very 'pretty' song. Expect to be hearing a lot more from Bastille in the future.

3. Last Of The Summer Wine - Palma Violets
Even though the London boys have only broken through the barrier of mainstream success; they've already been on the front cover of NME and they're not just another indie-rock band trying to make it. They don't need to try very hard because they're succeeding with their new single,. Last Of The Summer Wine is a roller-coaster of emotional music. The hazy guitar riffs elevate you high into a sort of summer daze before the forcefully gruff voice of the memorising lyricist really sucks you in. The indie-rock feel lifts you up higher and higher until you're gently brought back down to earth with the feeling of post-festival depression... and that is what the repeat button is for.

4. Maths - deadmau5
The only possible way you can get a moody, sullen teenager to admit that maths is cool; is by putting it as the title of a hard-kicking electronic-house track. Maths by deadmau5 has been weaving its way through the hearts of hardcore mau5 fans for months recently appeared in the track-listing for new album >insert album name here<. Maths is kept simple with repetitive synthesised beats which gradually lift you from the floor of despair to party-lets-get-drunk mode. The build of rattling heart-drops and layers of hard-work can be heard from this song putting you in the mood for any occasion - from the first minute to the seventh deadmau5 continuously raises you off of the floor until you can get no higher then drops you - and repeat.


5. Genesis - Grimes
Take a 24 year-old Canadian called Claire Boucher, give her some models dressed up as futuristic psycho killers with pink dreadlocks, a snake and swords; and you've created a video to one of the most experimental sounds heard this year. Genesis is a whirlwind to say the least. A beautiful poem of words strung together and hung out to dry in a world of magic and adventure: that is what Genesis is. The almost immersed feeling of being dragged under a sea of water is created when Grimes whispers effortlessly into the microphone. Weaving in and out, on-top and below the beat of the music. Grimes really pulls you in and creates a sort of nostalgia to another time in your life. Finally some recognition of Grimes has been found on the radio 1 play list; so expect to be hearing her very soon.