i would hope that nobody reading this blog doesn’t like bos angeles. i’m not in the habit of trying to shed readers, but if you do dislike them you have two choices. listen to ‘days of youth’ on repeat until you can’t enjoy life without hearing it or kindly leave and never return. i’m sorry to be harsh, but sometimes it is the only way. what a band bos angeles really are.

as an early indication of why 2012 will be the year of the niki & the dove, here’s their brand new video for ‘dj ease my mind’. another soaring synthy pop single with that little bit of je ne sais pas, malin and gustaf have yet again struck gold.

live review: atp, nightmare before christmas. butlins, minehead. 9-11 december 2011.

And the live tweeting of #atpnbc begins. In fact, it begins with a coach transfer between Taunton and Minehead

— Tim Brown (@sockformation) December9, 2011

when i first posted a review based solely on my tweets it was basically a lazy way to review field day a couple of years ago. i developed the idea and wireless 2011 was what i perceived was the pinnacle. now, with the ability to embed tweets (you may have always been able to do this but i’ve only just found out), we’re taking it next level motherfuckers. you can reply, retweet and favourite. go fill your boots. it seems to slow down the site a bit though, so you’ll have to click to read… (more…)

if i was in the habit of tipping bands for 2012, san cisco would be right up there. how fucking catchy is this? i think i even prefer it to ‘golden revolver‘, which i loved (loved so much in fact that i almost used capital letters there). seriously, what a song. i suppose you could compare them to metronomy in that this is very simple but effective pop. also they have a female drummer who sometimes sings. if you delve a bit further into the band though, you’ll find that there is a whole lot more to them than just an australian metronomy and i look forward to seeing what route they take. i also really like the lead singer’s shirt. i think i might be a little chunky to pull it off though as it looks quite thin and has a straight cut.

get people have released the dreamy ‘macaw’ as a free download as a prelude to next year’s third ep. it’s all about leaving summer behind and moving to venus and mars. as i look out out of the window at the frosty morning, i can only wish it was that easy. grab the track below and join in the dream.

my reasons for posting this are numerous. firstly the song is pretty much brilliant. beautiful in fact. beautiful. also it is produced by gold panda. who doesn’t like gold panda? nobody. it just helps make the song as beautiful as mentioned just a few words before these words. the only reason is that it is the directorial debut of joshua kissi from street etiquette. you’ll know him from the cooler.blogs.than.this link over to your right. the video looks just as good as you’d expect.

just because.

while i’m waiting for emma to come out of the shower, i thought i’d put down my very quick thoughts on the bbc sound of 2012.

a$ap rocky
i’d never heard of him before and there isn’t any music directly available on the bbc site, so we’re off to a stunning start.

azealia banks
as regular readers, or at least those that read the site last week, will know. i love this woman.

dot rotten
apart from the brilliant name, this is pretty standard bbc sound fayre. there’s always a south london rapper who seems alright in this every year.

dry the river
i lasted about 20 seconds before i started yawning.

flux pavilion
never heard of him but he looks like a fat matt willis. surely they could have thrown rustie or something in here instead?

frank ocean
yes mate. although surely he’s already made it? he’s fucking huge(ish).

friends
brilliant. brilliant. brilliant. if this isn’t top three i’m going to cause some serious mayhem.

jamie n commons
another that i’d never heard of, but i’d quite like to hear more. also, elvis costello is a fan apparently so i am as well. hold on. the track has just got to about 90 seconds in and gone a bit shit. keep it slow and quiet please jamie.

lianne la havas
i’m reserving judgment here. i want to hear more because i have a feeling the track on the bbc site might not be her best.

michael kiwanuka
i like this man and he has the same surname as my boss. make of that what you will.

niki and the dove
niki and the dove are awesome. are we sure they haven’t been on list before though?

ren harvieu
i hope she goes the right way. she could so easily become another duffy and none of us want that. great voice.

skrillex
skrillex is probably the most hated man on the internet. and rightly so.

spector
i’ve been following spector for a while. i liked them to start with, then didn’t think they were very good on jools holland the other day. i like them again at the moment though.

stooshe
this is awful. hopefully little mix will win the x factor (or coming second seems to be the success guaranteer actually) and then we won’t need this lot.

azealia, niki and friends for the top three please. thanks very much. theme park and gross magic should be there as well by the way.

last seen in summer camp’s ‘down’ video, theme park now hit us with their own promo. involving the band and various associates, all immaculately dressed, wandering around an airport runway and bring friendly. they really are a band on the up and when i get josh to predict 2012′s big acts over christmas he better include them or i’ll get well angry. i’ll hide his lego or something. ‘milk’ is just wonderful. absolutely wonderful

i’ve always had this weird fascination with the nme cool list. don’t know what it is but i guess it is some sort of curiosity with who the press consider cool. obviously i should probably put something about how those that really are cool don’t even know what cool is or something, but i don’t give a shit to be totally honest. anyway, my reason for mentioning the list is that when this year’s was announced at the start of the week it was topped by a young lady called azealia banks. i’ll hold my hands up and admit i had never heard of her before the list, so i have been delving a little bit this morning. what i have discovered, i like.

there are a few easy, lazy comparisons. mia and uffie are the two that spring to mind. i’m not sure that she can be qualified quite as easily as that though. just listen to her cover of interpol’s ‘slow hands’ below as proof of that. then look at who is producing her debut album. it’s only paul fucking epworth. what a man. i can’t wait to hear what the man behind silent alarm does with her. i don’t know whether she’s cool or not, but she’s definitely worth keeping an eye on. unless you’ve got sensitive ears because she’s got a fantastically filthy mouth.