Metronomy

Because these kids have it, I dunno what it is but they have it....

Kid Loco

Because...well just because...

Blur

because it's one of their most underrated tunes...

Alex Gopher

Because this is going to be me in a matter of days, or weeks...

Esbjorn Svensson Trio

Because jazz faces come a close second to guitar faces....

Skee Lo

Because it never ceases to put a smile on my face...

Queens of the Stone Age

Because the real test of a musician is that their live performance is better than the origional recorded song...

Marvin Gaye/Mad Professor

Because this is how you do a live remix kids...

Phoenix

Because this tune holds such mnemonic weight for me...

Len

Because everyone has a guilty pleasure, this is one of mine...

Discodine

Because this is one of my favourite songs of the last 5 years...

Bill Withers

Because how do you turn a duck into a soul singer? Put it into a microwave until it's Bill Withers...

Jurassic 5

Because remember when hip hop was not about guns, bitches, and bling...

Death in Vegas

Because "Dirge" is such an apt title for this song...

Yacht

Because it reminds me of something, but I can't put my finger on it...

The Chemical Brothers

Because you don't need to be able to play instruments to be funky...

The Breeders

Because sometimes solo projects are a good thing #2...

Joy Division

Because I love the reverb-less drums and the bass guitar playing the melody...

George Gershwin

Because some music is best played with a live orchestra...

Dr. Octagon

Because this was a staple in the trip hop years...

Smashing Pumpkins

Because synths and drum machines can live in a rock world, Happy Binary day...

Elliot Smith

Because if you listen carefully the vocal hook melody is in the guitar part...

Camille

Because she could be singing about the ingredients of a packet of cherrios and it would still sound hot...

Bizarre Inc

Because this was one of the first tunes to get me into dance music and I still play it out sometimes...

Lana Del Rey

Because you should listen to this before everyone else has...

The Ink Spots

Because it's Sunday, coffee on, croissants on, play this...

Ultramagnetic MCs

Because...well just because...

Pixies

Because "I was talking to peachy peach about kissy kiss"...

Al Greene

Because it's hard to find anything smoother...

Bjork

Because this is eighteen years old, yes eighteen...

Maximum Balloon

Because sometimes solo projects are a good thing...