It's not my fault.  I've only been absent one week, tis your perception of time that is a wee bit off.  The Mad King was murdered so I had to go deal with that for a bit.  Don't worry I left before the war started between the North and the South.  I also needed to help set up Troy and Abed in the Morning---their production budget is a bit low.

I return from far and wide, from low and high and I bring back two songs on separate ends of the emotional spectrum.  The first is from Of Monsters and Men an Icelandic band that broke out with "Little Talks" earlier this year.  It always amazes me how well foreign bands can sing in English--it makes me want to try to croon out some German songs to a special Elizabeth Lemon.  I don't have a particular song in mind, but I'm sure it would involve Krapfen! and köstliches Frühstück!  I think Little Talks is great, but the following song is just so beautifully arranged and entrancing.  The song doesn't have a name yet, and the video frankly doesn't have enough views yet.  It deserves much much more.  By the by, viewing it in HD makes a world of difference.

Of Monsters and Men - Untitled

Martin Solveig - Can't Stop

The more I hear from Monsieur Solveig, the more I like him.  He creates electronic music that's not "EDM" in the traditional sense--as if there was a traditional sense of it.  It's less trance, less house and more electro-rock, electro-pop, with some tracings of dubstep.  The energy is vibrant and full and amazingly, he uses half-beats! The genius!  I appreciate how each song on his album, Smash, has a unique sound to it.  He isn't afraid to venture to different styles.  And because of that, he's quickly becoming one of those producers that I want to sniff/lick every song that they create.