Beth Ditto's Picture Perfect World

Could this be a dream come true? All my Portland bands, are releasing new albums? Could this be Portland screaming for me to return home? Oh, probably not, but who the HELL cares..on May 22, dance-punk trio Gossip will return with a new full-length for Columbia, titled A Joyful Noise. The record was produced by Brian Higgins of Xenomania (Kylie Minogue, Pet Shop Boys, Girls Aloud, Sugababes). Dancing queen Beth Ditto said she "spent the whole year listening to ABBA" while recording. Check out the lead single, "Perfect World".



The band currently has no plans to tour in the US. But..BD will be the face of her very own MAC cosmetics collection--it's incredible. Any curvy girl who strips down into her girdle, in every live performance, is not only empowering but worthy of idol worship.

Midnight City...this city is my church.

The hypnotic chanting of "Midnight City", the first single off M83's album fourth coming double album Hurry Up We're Dreaming (10/18) , will no doubt send you into a trance. It's just a taste of what is to come on this mesmerizing release.

You can download the entire album in MP3 form, at ilovem83.com

As Gonzalez has said about the album, “I think it is a reflection of my 30 years of being a human being. It’s a compilation of all my previous music together. It’s a retrospective of myself.”

Midnight City by M83

A Modern Day Brenda Lee

Madeline Follin at first sounds child like and demure, but gets some real passion behind her lyrics at the chorus of the song. The band has all the qualities of a 60's pop group, with a much heavier weight on there shoulders. Maybe the impending doom of SAID armageddon in 2012? YA RIGHT. Either way pop was a lot easier and happy go lucky in the 60's, and CULTS somehow finds that in these darker days.

Cults - You Know What I Mean by cultscultscults
[from Cults' debut full-length; out in May on In the Name Of/Columbia]