Wonderful Life - Hurts

I know this is kind of old (released last April), but its new to me and its super awesome! They're called Hurts, they're from the UK, and they play New Order style, synthy Post Rock amazingness. The song is appropriately down tempo and somber, and the video looks like its straight out of Joy Division prime, but with a sound this solid all that is entirely forgivable.

Big in 2k10?

Hurts - WS|MS

Wonderful Life

The Drums

Just caught this track over at NeonGold and it kicks ass. As it is now, it won't be appearing on any upcoming releases, but it's wonderful nonetheless. Don't forget to check the myspace page for deliciously catchy songs, such as 'Let's Go Surfing.' Here's to squeezing every last ounce out of summer.

The Drums (MS) - Me and the Moon (demo)

PS Playing at the Nectar in Seattle in November ;-)

The Sound of Arrows

Delicious, summer-sounding, electro-pop from Sweden. Slowly but surely, the swedes are conquering this genre (See: jj). The Swedish duo released their first single, M.A.G.I.C. last February. It's a stellar track, but has nothing on the new single "Into the Clouds." The track and accompanying video are entirely self-produced. Check both the singles below and the (stunning) video on their official website.

This is too good. Listen up:

The Sound of Arrows (MySpace) | (Offical Site)
M.A.G.I.C. | Into The Clouds

Shit just got hot

I was quietly celebrating the new Cursive album when I read this:



Release date: May 18 (UK) May 26 (US)
Tracks:
01 Make Light
02 Little Secrets
03 Moth's Wings
04 The Reeling
05 Eyes as Candles
06 Swimming in the Flood
07 Folds in Your Hands
08 To Kingdom Come
09 Sleepyhead
10 Let Your Love Grow Tall
11 Seaweed Song

Maybe I should stop pretending this is a music blog and just blog about Passion Pit.

Marina and the Diamonds

So I had to let this one sink in for a while. I wasn't sure how much I appreciated the mastered version until this very day.

This is great. I can't tell you how excited I am for the full length. Keep an eye on her. I feel a sensation coming along...

Marina and the Diamonds (MS) - 'Obsessions'

Thank god for NEON GOLD

Marina and the Diamonds

Melodramatic popular song.

It's good to know that Good Weather For Airstrikes didn't die when it died. Our favorite dead blog became Neon Gold Records.

I am officially giving NGR the title of "Cheetah Love's Favorite Zombie Blog." *cheers*

Not only is the man behind the magic still blogging incredible music, he is grabbing the pop genre by the balls and injecting it with awesome. That is to say - he brought delicious Passion Pit to the world. And now,

Marina and the Diamonds will smack the world in the face with their debut single in mid-december, proudly sporting the Neon Gold label. Hopefully before then we will be able to hear the single in all it's poppy goodness. For now, it's stuck in the studio with Mr. Liam Howe (Sneaker Pimps, y'all), and will likely emerge in an even more godly form than the hot demo version of the song, which is attached to this post.

Marina, the lovely English girl, reminds me of Regina Spektor just a tad, with obvious heavy pop punches. It is: very lyrical, driven like a fallen angel would drive the "Bitchen Vocals Bus" - if ya know what I mean - in the best way possible. I have been into the type of music lately, the kind of music with vocals that could break your heart alone - but the the words are arranged so perfectly they grind your heart into a fine powder - only to be packaged together in a wonderfully delicious cocktail of a song.

The song is called Obsessions, and your spine might tingle a tad (fair warning). The demo version of the song has been around for a while, but rest assured, when the Sneaker Pimp'd version comes out, you'll hear it.

NEON GOLD is my hero.
Marina and the Diamonds (MS) - Obsessions (Demo)

PS: You might have noticed a lot of dead links. I got slapped in the face with a DMCA notice and my hosting site was shut down. Too bad, but oh well... the cheetah marches on. Cheetah just wants to love music, why won't they let the cheetah love music!?!