What I was Listening To, Week of May 10 to the 16th

Who have I been listening to?  Well to start with MIA, MIA, and Diplo (well you know, with MIA), but you knew that if you've been visiting here. But besides her, I do have few more tracks that have been burning out my iPod battery.

Fools Day - Blur



Proving their hipster cool.  Blur releases their first single in seven years via 7" vinyl given to selected indie record stores in the UK.  Damon Albarn (pictured and also of course the impresario of the Gorillaz) is my role model of the month.  I would post an mp3 link, but you can just get it for free from band's web site linked above.

Whirring (Voodoo Friends Remix) and Austere - The Joy Formidable

The Joy Formidable is in the same category of scary cool as the Moggs except that you can actually play them without your friends throwing you out of the room.  Ritzy Bryan's deadly delivery on vocals invites comparisons to Kim Deal and the band to the Pixies or the Breeders.