Sky Ferreira has been on my radar for the past couple weeks, when a buddy of mine first introduced me to her. And wow, she is talented, especially for a 17 year old.

She covered The Beatles‘ “Happiness Is A Warm Gun” a while back, and DJ Skeet Skeet has taken this cover and revamped it over one of the most recognizable beats by Dr. Dre out there.

I hope Sky releases her debut album as soon as possible because I’m craving more and more of her every day.

Sky Ferreira x Skeet Skeet – “Happy Dre”Stream

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I haven’t been watching So You Think You Can Dance at all this season. I’ve always watched every season and haven’t missed a single episode, but when it’s during the fall where we all have work and school, I don’t have time for it. I’m probably going to watch the whole season on my computer during the Holiday break without all the crap commercials and fillers.

Anyways, thanks to Luis from PMA who has been watching the show, he discovered a new artist during one of the performances choreographed by Sonya (one of my favorite choreographers on that show!). Her name is Oona, who sings the vocals and Dave who produces and plays the instruments.

Nigel Lythgoe said that the dance to “Tore My Heart” reminded him of Sonya’s other memorable piece to “Garden” by Mirah. I actually think Oona sounds quite like Mirah as well. Stephen Bradley (who is a constant touring member of No Doubt) is featured in this song as well, playing the trumpet in the second half of the song.

Check out her/their Myspace and website which have a few other songs by them.

Oona – “Tore My Heart”Stream

Israel Darling is made up of several members, including Jacob Darden, Mike Bannerman, Jeff Bechtel, Isaac Crouch, Anna Harris, Mat Masterson, Edwin Mericle, and Ben Welner, all located in North Carolina. (they don’t have any pictures with all of them in it) The history behind the band name is a completely different story itself. (which will be further explained in my magazine being released next week)

The first thing that captured me to listen to this band was listening to their first single, “Samson The Mason”. The beautiful string of guitars in the beginning of the track and the touching lyrics got to me the first time I listened—and I wanted more.

The lines “When I’m gone tell my mother I love thee/ Sorry your son turned out to be/ Nothing more than a liar and a thief/ A Drug Addict With Crooked Teeth” “ starts the album, and then breaks out to a series of chanting “Hey Hey’s”. Then when you keep on listening you will notice a strong consistency of good, upbeat but calming beats. This is what talent in songwriting and singing sounds like.

If you’re a Modest Mouse and Broken Social Scene you have to check out this band, I promise you will fall in love.

Israel Darling – “Samson The Mason”Stream

Minneapolis dark synth pop band Solid Gold has been on our radar for quite some time now. We’ve also had several opportunities to chat with these fine young gentlemen about their lives as musicians twice, back in our Mossip days. Also, me being a Minneapolis native i am a huge fan of their work and am always anxious to hear anything new from them.

Here is a new single from them entitled “Matter of Time”. In this track Solid Gold sticks with what they know and that’s creating lush ethereal dreamscapes accompanied by melancholic lyrics. Take a listen, you will notice their style hasn’t changed much. But, why change what is already very very exceptional, right?

All their success so far is astounding, especially since they were just signed to Green Label Sound home of fellow synther’s such as Matt & Kim and Chairlift. It’s great to see these guys still making some awesome music and I hope to see plenty more now with Green Label backing them as a record company.

Solid Gold – Matter of TimeStream

Ellie Goulding is the result of Little Boots, Florence + The Machine and Marina and The Diamonds if they had a group orgy. Seriously, this British girl has got some talent, and a beautiful voice. (plus she’s pretty like all the musicians I compared her to!)

Her first single, “Under The Sheets” is a pure, heavenly explosion of indie pop. You can even say that you can hate it because it might sound too mainstream for your liking, but we would all know that is a lie.

She’s currently touring with Little  Boots and Florence, coincidentally.

Ellie Goulding – “Under The Sheets”Stream

A group of 7 friends who have met in their childhood years in Sweden have united and started a band, titling themselves as Summer Camp to relive the memories. One thing that these gals have in common is their amazing taste in lo-fi pop music.

They covered Flamingo’s “I Only Have Eyes For You” while sampling a clip from the trailer for the 80’s movie sensation Heathers. The result of this interesting mix is a misty, cozy song that you can imagine being played in front of the fireplace while warming up from the cold winter with hot chocolate and marshmallows.

The song opens up with a girl insulting another with lines like ‘You were nothing before you met me. You were playing barbies with Betty Fin’. Sounds to me like Blair Waldorf when she was 8 years old.

They like to remain anonymous, as I don’t even know if that’s them in the picture.

http://www.myspace.com/morganwaves

Summer Camp – “I Only Have Eyes For You”