INTRODUCING: ZARA LARSSON - ROOFTOP

I'm sure that rarely anyone outside of Sweden has really heard of her.. until now, it seems they're really pushing to make her happen, This Swedish beauty won their version of Got Talent back in 2008 (she's still only 16 now…). I would never have known I was listening to a 16 year old sing this song, one of the best things about the swedes is their pop music is so smart and their productions are always so on point that it makes everyone else look rather pathetic..

BRAND SPANKIN THURSDAY VOL. V

This post WAS meant scheduled to be sent out yesterday but for some reason, it didn't. BUT, onward! This week's countdown is totally dominated by UK artists! New tracks from Kiesza, Chlöe Howl, MNEK, Jessie Ware and then MAGIC! Listen and comment your favourite track below!!

BRAND SPANKIN' THURSDAY VOL. IV

We're back with a DOUBLE EDITION this week seeing as we missed out on last weeks countdown due to basically just being too busy and not being home long enough! So, let's get to it! We've got 10 KILLER tracks for you guys this week from Neon Jungle, Lana Del Rey, Steve Aoki, Danity Kane, Sia AND MORE!! which are SURE to get you up out of your seat belting these out!

BRAND SPANKIN' THURSDAY VOL. III

Thursdays are quickly becoming the best day of the week here, I look forward to this every week and get so excited when Thursday comes around so I can write this post!

This week See's the return of a major pop vixen and finally some male entries into this weeks countdown! :D

BRAND SPANKIN' THURSDAY VOL. II

Welcome back to the 2nd edition of BRAND SPANKIN' THURSDAY :D. Easily my new favourite day of the week :D Let's get the ball rolling, it's been a tough week for me to chose the 5 tracks but I've narrowed it down! 

NEW MUSIC: Coldplay - Always In My Head

This era for Coldplay has been rather fascinating, from the release of Bon Iver-esk 'Midnight' to the Euphoric Avicii produced 'A Sky Full Of Stars' and of course the lead single 'Magic' which I was real unsure of to begin with but after it came on mid jog I was like. Fuck, this is actually a sick. I was really unsure of how the album would pan out with three very different genre's from a band that is mostly known for their piano led rock ballads. I was slightly skeptical. 

ALBUM REVIEW : IGGY AZALEA - THE NEW CLASSIC

Aussie export Iggy Azalea has been such a revelation in recent years, I remember first hearing a track called 'Pu$$y' off an EP of hers, I played it for my housemate and the repetitive 'pussy, pussy, pussy' basically became a stock standard phrase in our daily lives for a good few weeks, regardless of the fact that it was probably our least favourite name for a woman's vagina (along with fanny and cunt). Since that day I had always been excited about her releases and this LONG LONG wait we went through to get to her debut album 'The New Classic' (Which has been very well received basically across the globe) was frustrating but we finally go there not long after the release of the 4th official single (Work, Bounce, Change Your Life and then Fancy) which is BLOWING up the global charts and I can say that I am immensely proud of how far she has come as an artist and the recognition she's received as a white female rapper has been phenomenal! 

BRAND SPANKIN' THURSDAY!

So, it's been quite a while (LOL 8 MONTHS) between actual posts on here aside from the new minor posts I've done on our Facebook page. I've decided to take back the reigns and really focus on this blog again after it gave me so much excitement and joy to get recognition from the artists I was reviewing.. So beginning this today, Thursdays are henceforth dubbed "BRAND SPANKIN' THURSDAYS" the concept being that I will showcase the 5 newest/best tracks of the week!

So without further delay, I PRESENT THE FIRST BRAND SPANKIN' THURSDAY!!

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..