LP - Lost on You

When you get older, plainer, saner
When you remember all the danger we came from
Burning like embers, falling, tender
Long before the days of no surrender
Years ago and well you know
Smoke 'em if you got 'em
'Cause it's going down
All I ever wanted was you
I'll never get to heaven
'Cause I don't know how

Let's raise a glass or two
To all the things I lost on you
Oh oh, Tell me are they lost on you?
Oh oh, Just that you could cut me loose
Oh oh, After everything I've lost on you
Is that lost on you?
Oh oh, Is that lost on you?

Laura Pergolizzi (LP) is a raised-in-NYC-moved-to-LA, power-house-voiced, hit songwriting, androgynously dressed, compulsive whistler. 

RIYL: Tegan and Sara, Sia, Feist, St. Vincent

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Los Campesinos! - 5 Flucloxacillin

Am I a piggy bank of obsolete currency?
An order of merit from country known for tyranny?
Another blister pack pops, but I still feel much the same
Thirty-one, and depression is a young man's game
Found a fiver screwed up inside a prescription receipt
From the salbutamol (No, a gift from the sertraline)
Hallowed be somnolence brought on by the tramadol
Damned be the knowledge that's it, now you have tried 'em all

One of my favorite SXSW memories comes from Welsh indie kids Los Campesinos!, who piled up on a small stage, cramming it full with smiling faces, a plethora of odd instruments and some seriously fun energy. That must have been about 10 years back and I've sort of lost track of them since. It felt pretty lucky when that I noticed their new cut "5 Flucloxacillin" this week. It's a lot of fun and it took me down a memory lane filled with songs familiar and new. Hopefully, if my luck holds out I can see them again soon.

Bonus! The awesome animated video for "You! Me! Dancing!"

RIYL: The Wombats, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Stars, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin

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Dream Wife - Lolita

I've been your lady
I've been your toy
I've been your savior
And I've handled it like a boy
I've been your lady type
I've been your toy
I've seen it all
And boy, could I fall

Part Icelandic, part British, this female trio of diverse artistic bents first came together as purely performance art and then discovered that they, and audiences, really enjoyed their punk-pop-ways. Recently signed to a London-based label, I discovered their EP01 when looking up last year's line up for Iceland Airwaves and it's solid af all the way through. They have a few tour dates in California this spring, opening for The Kills, so catch them if you can - I've heard they're quite amazing live.

RIYL: Honeyblood, Slingshot Dakota, Cayetana, White Lung

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Cold War Kids - Love Is Mystical

Love is mystical
Love will break the chains
You might feel invincible
And you might be afraid
Light in darkness will show you the way
Give you the power to believe again

Cold War Kids have a new cut out and it's a rockin' gospel anthem. Which, if you'd just told me that, I'd tell you that I'd probably hate it. I don't. Looking forward to the new album and to see them again, they're a terrific live act.

RIYL: The Gaslight Anthem, Local Natives, Portugal. The Man, Dr. Dog

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The xx - On Hold

I don't blame you
We got carried away
I can't hold on
To an empty space

Now you've found a new star to orbit
It could be love
I think you're too soon to call us old
When and where did we go cold?
I thought I had you on hold
And every time I let you leave
I always saw you coming back to me
When and where did we go cold?
I thought I had you on hold

The xx band members have referenced a long list of influences such as Yaz, Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Eurythmics, the Cure, and the Cocteau Twins, but I can't help have this particular song remind me of the Thompson Twins.  In barely two weeks since release of their third studio album, the xx have already had "On Hold" reach #1 on some alternative charts, and sold out much of their tour. 

RIYL (see above, plus): Phantogram, The Kills, Wild Belle

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