Tune Of The Week: RUFUS - Imaginary Air

Whilst trolling my way through some other music blogs I stumbled across an electronica outfit that was previously unknown to me, their album 'Atlas' was given a raving review so I thought, why not, let's downloaded the sucker and see what this hype is about. And fuck, am I glad that I did. This album is EVERYTHING that many many people wished that their own albums had amassed to this year. 

NEW SINGLE: Ellie Goulding - Burn

British Pop Royalty, Ellie Goulding is re-releasing her Second album Halcyon with a slew of new tracks including her Alt-J cover 'Tessellate'. Halcyon was one of my favourite albums of 2012, it reached such great heights and really proved that her first album was no fluke, she's one seriously talented musician and still has one of the most intriguing and captivating voices in the game. A few days ago 'Burn', The lead single from this Re-Release was put up online.. and DAMN, it is stunning.

Moby feat. Cold Specks - A Case For Shame

I'm all about music that conjures some kind of emotion, whether it be happiness, sadness, love, heartbreak.. I just look for music that makes me feel something and being able to connect with a piece of music is an amazing gift that the Artist has bestowed upon us. Say what you want about Moby, but his productions are always something to be marvelled over in my opinion and his new single from his upcoming album 'Innocents' is nothing different but in this over-saturated "EDM" music market anything that differs from that is the freshest breathes of air..

LISTEN: Uppermost - Love

Every now and again, a track comes along which completely captivates me, twice in 6 months this captivation has come from the same artist from 2 different albums, one of my first post on The Arbitrated was a track called "Passion" from his last album. So today I purchased Uppermost's new album "Revolution". Like his previous albums, the album on a whole is nothing short of amazing. His samples and his productions are so on point and really have such a lot of passion poured into each of these tracks.

LISTEN: NERVO - Hold On (Fred Falke Remix)

The ever fabulous NERVO twins have recently released probably their best track so far "Hold On'. Their smooth vocals and hypnotising productions have been some of the highlights of the house music scene for me in the last year and 'Hold On' just really pushed the bar higher for them. I've been obsessing over it for weeks now, I've heard a couple of remixes but when I came across the Fred Falke Remix... BOY... I was literally blown away.

LISTEN: Delta Goodrem - No Communication

Okay, I have been SO slack updating since I moved house in March, I've totally lost my way and I am fighting so hard to get back on track. I've been in the midst of joblessness and totally stress trying to find a job in this damn recession. Seriously, Fuck the UK and it's job market. Finally got a job. Feeling a little relieved but also still this last month and a half of stress hasn't been able to be eased... Until, I finally got around to listening to Delta Goodrem's latest Album 'Child Of The Universe'. I have never ever liked Delta (Okay, I was a straight up sucker for the Tommy Trash Remix of 'Believe Again'... it was an amazing AMAZING track) and I really have never paid much attention to her until someone I went to school with ended up directing the video for 'Sitting On Top Of The World', he's a seriously talented guy named Guy Franklin, he's directed quite a few amazing videos for Guy Sebastian and Kimbra, check out Kimbra's 'Two Way Street' - my personal favourite. Anyway back to Delta.

NEW: Basement Jaxx - Back 2 The Wild

Well, Dance music LEGENDS Basement Jaxx are taking a step back into the limelight with this new single 'Back 2 The Wild' from their upcoming 7th studio album. BJ have been around for what seems like eternity, most will know them from their tracks, 'Good Luck', Where's Your Head At (That film clip used to terrify me as a child), 'Rain Drops', 'Fly Life', 'Do Your Thing', 'Romeo'... The list seriously goes ON & ON, hence why I referred to them as Legends.

NEW: Empire Of The Sun - Alive

So today marked the release of one of my favourite Aussie music outfits, Empire Of The Sun, this is the first taste of original material from them in over what is it now? like 4-5 years? Most would remember them from their monster tracks, We Are The People and of course, Walking on A Dream, my other favourite from the album had to be Swordfish HotKiss Night, so funky. Anyway, this has been such a long time coming, but, when it's THIS good, i'm really not bothered that I needed to wait.. Justin Timberlake, take note - this is how a comeback is done.

Tune Of The Week: Sebastian Ingrosso & Tommy Trash - Reload (Featuring John Martin)

This weeks Tune of the Week comes from house music heavy weights Sebastian Ingrosso and Tommy Trash, some may know him from Sebastian from being a part of Swedish House Mafia & also from his slew of releases for the last decade which really along with SMH counter parts (Axwell and Steve Angello) really got me into house music at the age of 15 and really never have looked back. They as a team have changed the face of the house music scene and even more so in the last couple of years as their Alias have really put out some stellar releases (One, Don't You Worry Child, Miami 2 Ibiza, Save The World, Greyhound and Antidote with Knife party) and others might know Aussie Dj Tommy Trash from his huge range of singles, collabs and remixes he's released single 2007 such as the HUGE track 'Slide' which was probably his more successful commercial single and other more recent tracks with A-Trak, Aston Shuffle and Moguai.

INSERT, ROTATE, RIDE: Charli XCX - What I Like

So this is a new regular post today that I'm starting called 'Insert, Rotate, Ride' - I don't want people to take this in a dirty way, but hey take it as you may. But I'll give a short explanation as to what it really means Insert = The now caveman way of playing music, inserting a disc into a CD player. Rotate = Hit repeat... repeat, repeat, REPEAT. Ride =  Let it take you on a ride. And by that I mean that it's pretty much tracks you'd chuck on a playlist for 'those' moments ;)

This girl is seriously so hot right now, After releasing one of the best mixtapes of 2012 ('Super Ultra' - If you haven't heard it, you're seriously missing out and I urge you to go get it), writing and featuring in Icona Pop's global smash 'I Love It' and being all round babe, she is gearing up for the release of her debut major label record 'True Romance' which is released this month (Which you can Pre-Order worldwide HERE).  We were already teased with one new track 'You (Ha Ha Ha)' earlier in the year and now we've got 'What I Like'

Tune Of The Week: Young Galaxy - New Summer

First Track of the week for April 2013!!

As the release of (My Favorite Band) 'Young Galaxy's 4th album 'Ultramarine' (APRIL 23rd!!!) grows ever closer, they have now teased us with the third single from their so far, flawless string of singles, first 'Pretty Boy' which I originally wasn't too keen on when I first heard it account on someone pointing out that it sounds 100% like early 80's track 'Wild Ambitions' by YMO - but then I thought, why do I actually even give a fuck? If someone can breathe fresh life into something, then just enjoy it - so I did, 157 times (to be precise). Then came the funky 'Fall For You' and now with the release of 'New Summer' I am legit frothing at the mouth like a rabid dog.

ALBUM REVIEW: Emma Louise - Vs Head Vs Heart

I don't think I've done much else in the last week apart from listen to this album, I didn't even think about a track of the week as I've been so enthralled with this absolute beautiful collection. This has been almost 2 years of anticipation for me. From the moment I first heard Aussie folk/electro/pop singer songwriter Emma Louise's track 'Jungle' I was completely sold and then her EP came out which I was clinically obsessed with and helped define a time in my life where I was really unsure of where I was going and what I was doing, So it comes to me at no surprise that the connection to her music has continued with this album and BOY it is nothing but impeccable from start to finish..

NEW: Selena Gomez - Rule The World

So it seems that Selena is back (But dropped The Scene) with a house influenced Pop track "Rule The World". Selena was my super guilty pleasure back in 2011. Somehow at every gathering I went to at my friend Rhiannon's place, "Love You Like A Love Song" and "Hit The Lights" would come on at around 1am which we were all inebriated enough. She would also be played loudly on my iPod when I was alone.

New: Justin Timberlake - Tunnel Vision

So as most of the world is probably aware of by now, the reigning King of Pop is back after a ridiculously long music hiatus with his new album "The 20/20 Experience" - Which he has recently confirmed that it is only Part 1 of the Experience. Part 2 has no released date yet but I'm pretty glad there is going to be a second part as I haven't been blown away by this Era so far..

Tune Of The Week: HURTS - Blind

Theo & Adam AKA HURTS have been soothing my soul for the last few years, their debut album was an absolute religion for me. For so many months I lived and breathed their music, so when they dropped their first single earlier this year I was immediately in love all over again and brought me the brink of excitement for their 2nd album 'Exile' which was released last week.

INTRODUCING: Little Jinder - Whatever 4ever

Today I have a new artist to share with you all. Little Jinder originates from Stockholm, Sweden and has been making amazing synth-pop records for a couple of years now. She first burst into the scene in 2008 with first EP and then in 2009 with her track 'Youth Blood' which got remixed by a few big names and ended up on a couple of complications (Fabric, Hed Kandi and Diplo's Blow Your Head).

PREVIEW: Empire Of The Sun - Ice On The Dune

The Boys are back and ready to take over the world again. They are teasing us BAD with this trailer for 'Ice On The Dune'.

NEW: Le Kid - We Are Young

Swedish pop band Le Kid are back after some small success back in 2011 with their track 'Mercy, Mercy' and their debut album 'Oh, Alright!' This time they aren't holding anything back! This new track still has the funk that their previous tracks have had but 'We are young' really is a step ahead!

NEW: Azealia Banks - Yung Rapunxel

Originally meant to be released in about 2 weeks and I can't decide whether I'm happy that she's leaked so early, sometimes when tracks leaks early it really makes for a lackluster performance.. I just hope that Ms. Banks promotes this properly because it's not really the most instantly likeable track she's released which is actually a really brave move for a first single from her first studio album. Pushing boundaries, I love this chick.

Tune Of The Week: Kat Dahlia - Mirror

This weeks Tune Of The Week comes from new comer Kat Dahlia, she caused quite a stir with her lead single from her EP of the same name 'Gangsta' and catapulted herself onto my radar big time!
So with the release of her EP this week came 2 other tracks 'Mirror' and 'Money Party' - Mirror is another mid tempo track which initially I wasn't too keen on, but as I kept playing I actually found many reasons to love this track.

Track Of The Week: Little Boots - Motorway

Little Boots took ownership of my soul back in 2009 with the release of her flawless album 'Hands' - tracks like 'Stuck On Repeat' (AND the Fake Blood Remix was fucking masterpiece), 'Remedy',  'Earthquake', 'New In Town', 'Ghost' 'Hearts Collide', 'Meddle' - ACTUALLY Pretty much every track on the album is worth mentioning so it's no surprise that she was the winner of BBC's Sound of 2009 which was a HUGE achievement considering the people she was up against in that years list (Florence & The Machine, VV Brown, Frankmusik, Mumford & Sons, Kid Cudi, Lady Gaga, La Roux, Passion Pit, The Temper Trap, Empire Of The Sun)

NEW: Parachute - Hearts Go Crazy

Parachute are currently shaping their 3rd studio album which is set to be released around June 2013 and here we have the first taste of what they have been working on..This track is giving me some SERIOUS 'The Wanted' realness and I'm really really enjoying this.

NEW: Demi Lovato - Heart Attack

Demi Lovato returns with her first single "Heart Attack" from her forthcoming (Still unnamed) 4th Studio album. I have been excited for this return after literally falling head over heels for her as a judge on XFactor USA and after 'Sky Scraper' which completely consumed me when it was released..

Tune Of The Week - Semi Precious Weapons - Aviation High

This weeks Tune Of The Week comes from a great band called Semi Precious Weapons. If anyone doesn't know them I recommend having a listen to their debut album 'We Love You' which was originally released back in '08 through Razor & Tie and then again in '10 with a different track-listing through Interscope records. These guys also we're the support act for the blessed Mother Monster on her Fame Ball tour throughout 2009-2011. I Saw Lady Gaga twice on her Fame Ball tour in melbourne but I do not even remember them being the opening act, which isn't really a surprise because really everyone was only there for their patron saint, Gaga.

NEW: Young Galaxy - Fall For You

In the early months of 2011, Young Galaxy released one of my favourite albums of the year and quite possibly my life 'Shapeshifting', The pure emotion that was poured into the music was just phenomenal, not to mention the Videos we're always an inspiring accompaniment. My favorite track by far was "Blown Minded"(which I will post below for anyone who has not ever experienced the track) I still rememeber where I was and what I felt when I first heard the track, I was sitting on my bed after a brutal shift at McDonald's and was checking my favourite music blogs for new tracks and I happened to come across this and from the moment the beautiful music poured into my ears I knew I had come across something incredibly special. A few other honourable mentions from 'Shapeshifting' are 'Peripheral Visionaries' -  (which will literally take you on a journey through your own mind - THAT BASS - Absolutely fucking fantastic), 'We Have Everything' and 'B.S.E'.

Fast forward two years and my faves are on the verge of the release of their 4th studio album "Aquamarine'. They released the first single 'Pretty Boy' - which was clinically an obsession for me when it came out and I've been waiting for more ever since. Click to listen to their new single!

Tune Of The Week: YUME - Admire

I don't really know a great deal about this young NY Dream-Hop producer other than that his name is Jesse Taylor and he is 18. All I know after listening to this track is that this tune is fucking mind blowing.. which is why it has been crowned our tune of the week!

NEW: IGGY AZALEA - WORK

Female Aussie White Rapper/Model (I never thought i would utter those words), Iggy Azalea has just dropped her new single 'Work'. it talks (Raps) of her struggles growing up with "No money, no family, 16 in the middle of Miami" and now hard she works for her money, its a pretty basic theme in rap/hip hop these days. I've seen interviews with her and its so funny watching how down to earth and lovely she is and then you hear her behind the mic and its like a completely different person, Not to mention that she is hawt as hell. ;)..

NEW: John Newman - Try

Most may know the spunky John Newman from being the lead vocalist on two MASSIVE hit singles by Rudimental, "Not Giving In" and "Feel The Love" both of which got a spastic amount of plays on my iPod while twerkin'  in the lounge when no one was home and on any public transport trip you could probably hear either track blasting in my ears from 5 people away as well as both tracks placing in the top 20 of the Triple J Hot 100 countdown of 2012 in Australia which is easily Australia's biggest countdown.. So i'd be shocked if you hadn't come across either of said tracks in the last 8-12 months..

Tune Of The Week - Yelle - L'Amour Parfait

So far my my most exciting post this month, Yelle are back at it again with their new track 'L'Amour Parfait' which is absolutely flawless beyond belief. Produced by GrandMarnier & Aeroplane, this track takes Yelle into a territory of amazingness I'm not sure they have entered before...

NEW: Rebecca & Fiona - Taken Over

These two took the dance music world by storm in 2011 and 2012 with massive tracks 'Jane Doe, Luminary Ones, If She Was Away, Hard and Dance' which got remix treatment from the likes of Adrian Lux, John Dahlback, Blende and Style of Eye to name a few. And the flawless DJ duo are back at it again in 2013 with their STUNNING new track 'Taken Over' featuring House heavy weights Style Of Eye  ..

NEW: My Name Is Kay - Whatever

I was first introduced to Kay when she featured on Tiesto's last album on a track called 'Work Hard Play Hard' which was by far the most played track from that album. She has since had some minor charting tracks in Canada but hasn't really made a dent anywhere. I think it could be all about to change..

NEW: X-Factor USA Finalists - LYRIC 145 - I Get It

I had SO much fun watching these 3 perform on stage, they always bought the entertainment factor and it was a crying shame that they didn't make it further in the competition, only making it 3 weeks into the live performances, they were fresh, colourful and talented, they some how turned the classic Mary Poppin's  Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (which you can watch below! :) ) into something actually exciting and actually blew my tiny brain!

Tune of the Week: Disclosure Feat. AlunaGeorge - White Noise

This is such a funky little tune, it's so catchy and literally been raping my iPod for the last week, It just got an official digital release Yesterday and already hitting up the top end of the UK iTunes charts, I am sensing BIG things from this track and obviously big things from both of these groups separately too. 

NEW: MS MR - Fantasy

Absolutely LOVING this! Wow. Their debut album is set for release on May 14th through Columbia Records.  I'd say they are definitely a group to watch out for, I have a feeling they could be HUGE if their album resembles what they've done on this first cut from the album. 

Worst Tracks of 2013: The Lonely Island - Yolo

So we're just over a month into 2013 and we have our first contender for worst track of 2013.

New Music : ALEXIS JORDAN FT. J.COLE - ACID RAIN

So I think everyone knows who Alexis Jordan is, she was basically rocketed to fame when Deadmau5 remixed her track happiness which pretty much became a certified anthem..

Now she's back (from outta space?) with a new track called 'Acid Rain' and the track is also featuring J.Cole..

ALBUM REVIEW: TEGAN AND SARA - HEARTTHROB

Tegan & Sara are one of those much appreciated indie duo's that have been around for years, always pumping out great tunes from the early stuff in their career (their 4th album, So Jealous, was where they really struck gold with tracks 'Walking with a Ghost', 'Where do the good go', 'You wouldn't like me' and 'Take me anywhere') up to this new album which is their Seventh Studio album, to be released in 3 days. Their new album is a different direction for them, they've dived head first into Pop territory and honestly I think it's the best thing they could have done. Their voices actually work so well with the beats. To me 'Heartthrob' has been the easiest album to connect with

NEW: Syron - Waterproof

Got introduced to this girl when she was featured on a Rudimental track and I also recall telling her she was amazing on the way up the stairs to the smoking area at XOYO in Shoreditch when my friend and I saw Rudimental back in november. this girl is HOT stuff. She's also been named in iTunes' recommended artists for 2013 and as a result of that her new single 'Waterproof' been offered for free until the 19th of January to anyone living in the UK.. Listen and download (until the 19th!!) below :)

NEW: Neon Hitch - Midnight Sun

I've been checkin' for this girl ever since I first heard her Sia Penned debut single 'Get Over U' back in 2011, midway through last year she released one of my favourite tracks of 2012 'Gold' and it got me so excited for her album ' Beg, Borrow and Steal' which has been a few years in the making and delays from management have pushed the album back and back..

LISTEN: Destiny's Childs new track 'Nuclear' .... It's boring as fuck.

LOL. Destiny's Child have reunited for the Super Bowl half time show and for the release of their Love Song's collection, which is basically just a snooze fest of boring love songs like 'Cater 2 U' Included in the package is their new single to go along with it called 'Nuclear'... Listen below!

LISTEN: SKREAM FT. KELIS - COPYCAT

This came across my radar a little while ago, Skream is probably one of the best Dubstep/Electronic producers going around these days. So it's not surprise that his collaboration with Kweeeeen Kelis is nothing short of fucking amazing.

LIVE PERFORMANCE: SKY FERREIRA - EVERYTHING IS EMBARRASSING

This girl is so great.. This is such a LONG time coming! First television performance from Skye. She's had a few sound switches and image changes and FINALLY she's getting some recognition. The track she performed on 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon' is her lead single from her 'Ghost' EP that was released back in October 'Everything is Embarrassing' which was probably one of the best tracks of 2012, it topped many end of year blog charts and won hearts all over the joint.

LISTEN: FOXYGEN - SHUGGIE

Foxygen are a signwriting Duo from Los Angeles, They immediately resonated with me when I heard their new single Shuggie back in October, it garnered SOOO many plays on my train trips to and from the city.. I had been waiting for their album 'We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic' which is released on the 22nd of January through JagJaguwar Records.. But it's seemed have leaked early through a promotional pre-order/download which is totally cool with me :)

HAIM - BBC SOUND OF 2013 WINNERS.

Fresh off being the support act for Florence & The Machine's UK/Ireland tour Winners of BBC's Sound of 2013 poll, Sisters, Este, Danielle and Alana 'HAIM' are probably about to blow up out of proportion over the next year or so. Their last single 'Don't Save Me' has already peaked at no. 74 in the US and i'm guessing after the win today that it possibly reach a higher peak as the hype around these girls grows!

NEW TRACK: AZEALIA BANKS - NO PROBLEMS

Fresh off the wack as fuck Diss track by Angel Haze (Who the fuck is she anyway? she only came onto my radar like this week and apparently they've been having some kinda gangsta feud going on for months?) my gurl Ms. Banks has just responded with this track 'No Problems'.. Loving the bass..  Still waiting for the Official Single though.. :)

LISTEN: H U R T S - Miracle

Probably one of my most anticipated releases of the year is HURTS' 2nd album 'Exile'. Their first album 'Happiness' was amazing to say the least and was/is one of my favourite albums of all time.. They have just put the first single 'Miracle' out to radio before it gets a proper release on March 10th and the album following soon after..

NEW TRACK: AZEALIA BANKS - BBD

I was really hesitant about blogging about this seeing as it's kinda late.. But somewhere around NYE, Ms. Banks dropped a new track named BBD (Bad Bitches Do It).. Not sure if it's an album track (Titled: Broke With Expensive Taste.... Her album is supposedly being released Feb. 12) But I'm hoping it's just another teaser of whats to come..