Greetings, pop-pickers

It's been ages since I've compiled a selection of some of the newer music that I've discovered, so let's have a go...

Played on BBC Radio 2 - apparently for the first time - by Dave Pearce on his Dance Years show on Saturday (I was listening!) was Pet Shop Boys' newest single from their forthcoming "return to dance-pop" album Electric. Here's the fabulous Vocal:

Pet Shop Boys - Vocal (Live in Argentina)

And, just because I haven't mentioned it before, the Boys' most recent release Axis - and its video - is wonderful, too:

Pet Shop Boys - Axis

Speaking of music that I have completely omitted to mention before, how about the mega-over-hyped comeback of Daft Punk? Their world-beating Get Lucky featuring Pharrell Williams just spent four weeks at the top of our charts. It also (surprisingly) happens to be collaborator Nile Rogers' first Number 1 in the UK - so let's feature the (inevitable) mash-up with another of his classics, Good Times by Chic:

Daft Punk vs Pharrell vs Chic (mashup)

Back to the new...

Hailing from Rennes in Brittany, here's Juveniles with their rather good new single (somewhat reminiscent of OMD, methinks), Strangers - and a most bizarre video indeed:

Juveniles - Strangers

Appropriately described as "shimmering flecked electro house", here's an excellent collaboration between music maestro Kris Menace and a vocalist calling himself Black Hills - Waiting For You:

Kris Menace feat. Black Hills - Waiting For You

A jaunty, funky little number, Only You Can Show Me by Goldroom crosses old-school disco and Ibiza house rhythms to create a likely summer hit, I reckon...

Goldroom feat. Mereki - Only You Can Show Me

The lovely Little Boots continues her obsession with the darker side of discotheque with her new song Broken Record, and its roller-boogie-inspired video - I love it!

Little Boots - Broken Record

However if we really want kitsch, then... the latest outing for Steps support act Kamaliya [complete with samples from Puccini's Flower Duet, of all things] makes every effort, and succeeds, in producing a (very) Ukrainian impression of a Pepsi commercial - it's I'm Alive:

Kamaliya - I'm Alive

And finally, with an uplifting sound that harks back to the handover between Hi-NRG and Eurobeat dance music in the 1990s, Canadian popstrel Gali (and her dreadful hair extensions) got my glitterball spinning with her new wannabee anthem - coincidentally, the same title as Kamaliya's - I'm Alive:

Gali - I'm Alive

As always, enjoy - and let me know what you think!

Musik, Musik, Musik

I am well overdue another dip into the range of "newer" music that has caught my ear of late (far too distracted by marabou and bugle beads, I suppose!).

So without further ado, let's open the show with the long-awaited new one from an old favourite, the outest of out-gay Swedes Bimbo Boy with his latest - Die From A Broken Heart. Fascinating (and rather touching) gay video, too...

Bimbo Boy - Die From A Broken Heart

Staying in Sweden for a moment, here's something completely different (and simply gorgeous). It's Saint LouLou - remarkably described by Paul Lester in The Guardian as sounding "like a depressed tATu", which I think is a bit harsh) - and Maybe You:



With a rather catchy song and a cute video, here's Aussie duo Sun City:

Sun City - The Follower

Returning to cool London, here's the (quite pleasing-on-the-eye) Kash and his remarkably 90s-electro-sounding new single Long Way From Home:

Kash - Long Way From Home

With a truly epic and surreal video, here's the electro-cool Julien-K and his magnificent new production Cruel Daze Of Summer - stunning stuff!

Julien-K - Cruel Daze Of Summer

Rounding-off this cavalcade on a jolly note, here's someone who's been taking notes of our World Pride 2012 costume theme...

Ukrainian drag queen wannabee-diva Kamaliya (previously featured here in December, and currently supporting Steps on tour) makes a valiant effort to inject some much-needed campness into the EuroPop world with her new single Butterflies. And it is fab!

Kamaliya - Butterflies

As ever, enjoy!

[And let me know your thoughts...]

Another dose of muzak...

This week, it hasn't just rained (literally) but it's poured - not only did the fearsome virus attack almost leave us stranded without a PC but today (yet again) Virgin Media left us without the interwebs for hours...

Still, better late than never - here's the latest selection of more recent choons I have selected for your delectation, dear reader.

Launching the selection in style is yet another Ukrainian wannabee diva - Kamaliya, with an incredibly OTT camp video for her new single (her first in English, apparently) Crazy in My Heart. Mike over at Pop Trash Addicts loves it, and I love it too...

Kamaliya - Crazy in My Heart

This month we welcome back that house favourite eccentric Miss Róisín Murphy, who seems to be heading for the dancefloors with her latest single Simulation (which is a collaboration with a mystery producer from the north of England, apparently - whoever that might be):

Róisín Murphy - Simulation

Speaking of welcome returns to eccentric artists, we haven't heard from the completely bonkers Mr Patrick Wolf for a while! And here he is, in fine Gothic form, with his latest - Together:

Patrick Wolf - Together

Back to the dancefloors - well, perhaps not to a "Ritzy" near you - here's a rather fab collaboration between the Swedish DJ Adrian Lux and UK electro-indie types The Good Natured. They're Alive:

Adrian Lux feat The Good Natured - Alive

On a bit more of a retro 80s kick is Charli XCX with the rather atmospheric Nuclear Seasons:

Charli XCX - Nuclear Seasons

And finally, rapidly becoming a bit of a favourite here at Dolores Delargo Towers are the magnificently camp Azari & III, here with their brilliant Reckless With Your Love:

Azari & III - Reckless With Your Love

As ever, enjoy!