Download it: Ellie Goulding, Florrie, Marina and the Diamonds, My Gold Mask, Penguin Prison
Five terrific songs by five terrific recording artists. All for free.
This is the original version of Ellie Goulding’s Wish I Stayed. It’s the first song we heard by her and it remains one of our favourites.
Florrie is the drummer for Xenomania’s house band JFK but now she’s going to give being a pop star a go herself. This remixed version by veryFrenchman Fred Falke whets our appetite for the original version. As it is, it’s very good.
This song is from the album The Family Jewels which we reviewed and is released this week and is this week’s iTunes Single of the Week. A rumour that the song is about having good hair days after dying your hair are yet to be confirmed or denied.
We first heard this in good old 2009 and we haven’t forgotten about it. A video came out for it recently so it reignited our love for it and reminded us to tell you about it. My Gold Mask are a husband/wife duo from Chicago. They mix alternative guitar with a sparse Bat For Lashes style gypsy feel on this song which highlights Gretta’s interesting voice. We really like it.
This Penguin Prison song is about calling himself a caged flightless bird despite the fact that it’s “something I’m not”. It’s from the AA side single ‘The Worse It Gets/Something I’m Not’ released in March and if you haven’t downloaded his remix of Erik Hassle’s Hurtful then do so because it’s excellent.
