[Singer Elly Jackson] seems really compelling.
Scars on 45: Its indie-acoustic pop from Leeds.
Influences range from Fleetwood Mac to Radiohead.
Beautiful, soaring songs, which I think about a lot in my line of work.
Boy Crisis: Theyre a Brooklyn-based band.
Its electronic, its pop-tronic.
Its a little chaotic, but its really fun.
It seems really licensable.
Little Boots: Shes pop as well: A great performer, really interesting.
Band of Skulls: An alternative rock band from London.
Its gritty, its raunchy, its got swagger.
I really enjoy this band.
Fyfe Dangerfield: Hes the lead singer ofGuillemots.
Hes got such a compelling voice.
He could sing the alphabet and I would listen to it.
Janelle Monae: Shes a modern-day Grace Jones to me.
Her style is so cool, and shes such a strong singer.
The album is calledMRI I like the songs Heaven Can Wait and Me and Jane Doe.'
Im just really excited about them!
Regina Spektor: I do like the new one,Far, quite a bit.
I think shes a great artist, always pushing the pop envelope.
Its also my 7-year-old daughters favorite, so it crosses generations.
They have these charming songs about DUIs and stuff like that.
They seem like a good fit forTrue Blood.
Owl City: Lovely electro-pop, reminiscent of Death Cab [for Cutie] and the Postal Service.
I just sort of heard of them, and I like their cool pop sounds.
Little Boots: Love the fun sexy dance-pop!
And I love the single New in Town.
I also read that Caligula is Latin for little boots?
Esser: Another U.K. boy, I think hes in his early 20s, from Essex.
Refreshing pure pop with crazy loops and vocal samples, reminds me of Joe Meek producing Blur.
I like the tracks Brave Face and Stop Dancing.'
Just Jack: Love the songwriting, kind of a pop/hip-hop groove.
Noisettes(pictured, top): Great soul pop, kind of electro dance.
I love the track Never Forget You.
And I loved her first album, butTwo Sunsis just… its new, you know?
I like the idea of a collective.
La Roux: I kinda got turned on to to this UK synth-pop duo through the remixes.
When I started to hear the record, its super 80s-out.
Im not a huge fan of alt-country Wilco-ish punch in of stuff, but these guys I really dig.
Holt is part of this whole scene withMic TerrorandMillion Dollar Mano.
Its like the next generation, post-Lupe Fiasco thing.
And he also heads this moped club.
Very sharp dressed, very much from the street.
I really like the track Swerve n Lean.'
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