Mika - Make You Happy

- Mika's on a mission -

Mika has been away for a while working on a album - 'The Origin Of Love'. Whilst we are waiting for the record to start leaking all over the place, Mika has decided to share 'Make You Happy'

A message from Mika: “Here's the first song I wanted you to hear from my new record, "The Origin of Love." This is not a single but a song I really love and wanted to share with you.

I commissioned a short film which I felt perfectly captured the sentiment of the track. The film was directed by Iouri Philippe Paillé and was made in Montreal. This is where the entire album started taking shape a year ago with Nick Littlemore at Planet Studios in Papineau.”

More please.

Age Of Consent - Heartbreak

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Age of Consent are back 'Heartbreak', a drum lead slice of dark electronic pop with an equally dark video. We've been obsessing over the band for a while now. Their previous track 'Beach' and a collaboration with FOE were slick - click HERE to hear. 'Heartbreak' has been shown a lot of love so far, lets hope that continues. As a little present the single's B-Side is free to download. I bloody love presents:

#LEDGE

The Sound Of Arrows - Conquest

- Another piece of pretty cinema -

The Sound Of Arrows are back in video format with their latest offering - 'Conquest'. The imagery matches the greatest of the track. Voyage is such a perfect album that you should explore if you have so far neglected it.

NEWS FLASH - The Sound Of Arrows will be releasing a free remix album. 

Dream..................................

Charli XCX - Stay Away (Acoustic)

If you dont watch and obsess over this, your are officially dumb....

See!?

Jack Robert Hardman - Famous

We're gonna need a bigger boat....or cloud

Check out this cute track by Jack Robert Hardman. The 22 year old explores the dreams and sometimes blind aspirations of the youth. In Hardman’s words “Famous captures the blissful naivety of youth that leads us to believe we can achieve anything.”

Like it? 

DOWNLOAD IT:

Jack Robert Hardman - Famous by Ask Me PR

# ♥

Goldfrapp - Yellow Halo

Goldfrapp are releasing a singles collection (thoughtfully called 'The Singles') in February next year that will include two new tracks. One, being the beautiful 'Yellow Halo' and the other - 'Melancholy Sky'.

The video was recorded entirely with an iPhone. #SKILLS

Video Dissect Rebecca & Fiona - Jane Doe

Rebecca & Fiona's video for 'Jane Doe' has become slightly legendary here at the Pop Blimp headquarters. Everyone who was involved should get a pay rise immediately.

SO.WE.DISSECTED.IT.OBVIOUSLY

1. Things are all good, happy faces:

 2. A.Maze shoes:

 3. Things aren't quite as fun. So they play croquet:

 4. Even croquet doesn't cheer them up:

 5. I would not mess with that:

 6. She messed with that:

 7. She regrets messing with that:

To be fair, not much else happens but that doesn't mean it isn't any good. 'Cause it's bloody fantastic. See:

SO WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT?
NOTHING...
APART FROM DON'T MESS WITH THE GINGER ONE.

OBVS.

Amy Studt - Mercy Made Me

GUILTY PLEASURE ALERT

GUILTY PLEASURE ALERT

GUILTY PLEASURE ALERT

Amy Studt is back in the studio and working on a new album. Working under the project name 'Mercy Made Me', Amy has hinted the we might be hearing something before Christmas. We hope so, so lets revisit some awesome little pop tracks by the Studtette. 

Amy Studt 'Nice Boys' by Pete Davis

!I AM GETTING EXCITED!

Niki & The Dove - The Drummer

Nothing can stop Niki and her Dove from conquering the world. Prepared to be rocked:

THE POUNDING OF MY HEART THE POUNDING OF MY HEART THE POUNDING OF MY HEART

You can download 'The Fox' for free from the bands Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/nikiandthedove

I want to be her friend.....

Medina - For Altid

:: MEDINA. IS. BACK. ::

You know Medina - she had that epic track 'You and I' a while back that Alphabeat said was the best song ever written? Let's face it, if it has been endorsed by Alphabeat then it means it is the shiz.

The new track 'For Altid' has the whole yearning sadness synth feeling going on. The video is pretty awesome too isn't it?

Anyone got ANY clues on what she is saying? We are thinking it must be sad if there is a graveyard involved. There is never really much fun in those places. Apparently there is an English version kicking around somewhere! We search high and low (for around 2 minutes on Google) for it, if you locate it - Let us know where it is.

In a weird way we quite like the fact we have no idea what is going on. Leaves it open to so much interpretation like all good art. I mean:

CHORD CHANGE

Revisit:

Medina - You And I (Original Mix) by chocolatedistance

Taio Cruz ruins the industry one song at a time

No words can justify the terribleness that is Taio Cruz's new track. To be fair though, it must have taken him a whole 3 minutes to write.




Stop ruining music with your SHIT songs! Look, see, Will Young has surprised us with this tune:



The video has everything
1. Dogs, and lots of them
2. Awesome Grandad glasses
3. Nostalgic video effect
4. My new crush Will

Not just a fake desperate party full of actors that don't know each other.

Rant over, but Taio will still have a new album soon no doubt. He probably wrote the whole thing whilst you read this.

Cannot wait to hear it.....

Archeo - Mr. General

So what is this then?

We got sent a little teaser in the mail didn't we, and we quite liked it. There is a minute long snippet of Mr. General on SoundCloud, so if you want to hear something twice as long then click here.

LEFT LEFT, LEFT RIGHT LEFT 

LEFT LEFT, LEFT RIGHT LEFT
LEFT LEFT, LEFT RIGHT LEFT


We will keep you posted when more news arrives.

OVER AND OUT