THE ONE AT 2:54 WITH FRIENDS

Definitely a female theme with this one...

First off 2 sisters, Hannah and Colette Thurlow, make up 2:54. The London duo apparently got their name from their favourite part of their favourite Melvins song and there certainly seems to be a grungy influence in their music. Latest single, Scarlet, is a dark, slightly sinister sounding one but so infectious. These girls have been described as "gloom-pop" and as we enter the dark, cold winter months, I see nothing more appropriate.

2:54 - SCARLET (OFFICIAL)

A quintet hailing from NYC! More particularly Brooklyn. Friends are a band of which made up of 5 friends (I know, the reason behind the name is quite mysterious...) led by a rather cool looking chick.

Samantha Urbani has enough style and swagger to represent even the most hipsterish parts of NYC and she does it well! To quote the lady herself she's "not just another girl". With a sound a bit like Lovefoxx from CSS and fellow Brooklyn girl Santigold, Samantha and her friends are set to create a mess of excitement with some good old fashioned, catchy indie-pop.

  Friends - I'm His Girl 

Danke schoen!

THE SPEAKER'S PLAYLIST

Designed to enthrall the ear, lavish the listener, inspire the individual. An attempt to condense the incondensable audio carnival. To stimulate long lasting musical longevity...the birth of the Speaker's Playlist...

Basically 40-odd minutes of great tunes, old, new, sometimes obscure but always awesome. Just press play and put it as loud as your surroundings will let you (maybe a little bit more) & see where it takes you.

Speaker Playlist #1

SP #1 by Ant O on Mixcloud

This first edition of SP kicks off with hairy Basque/Londoners Crystal Fighters followed by Le Corps Mince de Francoise, a Finnish band with a French name who sing in English. Amidst the electronical indieness Foster The People come out sounding like a Bee Gees/MGMT lovechild, Joe Goddard shows there is a fantastic sounding life outside of Hot Chip and Summer Camp's Elizabeth Sankey insists she is better off without an unfortunate fella. I think that she would be much better off after listening to this!

And after all this and more you should be too.

Tracklisting

Crystal Fighters - Solar System
Le Corps Mince de Francoise (LCMDF) - Take Me To The Mountains (Skeet Skeet Remix)
Foster The People - Houdini
Dutch Uncles - The Ink
Theophilus London - Love Is Real (Feat. Holly Miranda)
Summer Camp - Better Off Without You
SBTRKT - Wild Fire
Florence + The Machine - Shake It Out (The Weeknd Remix)
Joe Goddard - Gabriel (Feat. Valentina)
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs - Garden

Ta very much...