Soup Of The Day: The Drums

FROM: Brooklyn, NY
GENRE: Indie/Pop
SOUNDS LIKE: The soundtrack to either a lost classic 80s teen movie or a 1960's surfing flick. Or what's hidden underneath the feedback and noise of every shoegaze song; perfect pop. Or a pop Joy Division, which I know sounds horrible, but turns out top be pretty awesome.
ESSENTIAL TRACKS: "Let's Go Surfing", "Best Friend", "Down By The Water"
YOU'LL LOVE THEM IF YOU LIKE: Pop, Vampire Weekend, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, The Answering Machine, Blink 182 (at a very big push)
CHECK OUT: Their aptly-titled "Summertime" EP
MORE INFO?: MySpace, official website

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THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM
FROM: New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA
GENRE: Rock/Punk/Alternative
SOUNDS LIKE: Brandon Flowers fronting the Hold Steady, covering Bruce Springsteen. Check shirts a-plenty then.
ESSENTIAL TRACKS: "The '59 Sound", "Great Expectations" "High Lonesome", "Here's Looking At You, Kid"
YOU'LL LOVE THEM IF YOU LIKE...: Bruce obviously, Green Day (at a push), Kings Of Leon (similar passionate, tuneful, wholly American approach), The National, The Hold Steady.
CHECK OUT: Their second album "The '59 Sound" is out now
MORE INFO?: Official site, MySpace

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THE VIRGINS

FROM: NYC, New York
GENRE: Indie
SOUNDS LIKE: A secret Elvis Costello/Strokes collaboration with a dollop of funk on top. Or, in reality, songs sung by models about girls, getting drunk and more girls but good. Should really soundtrack the summer.
BEST TRACKS: "Rich Girls" "Teen Lovers" "She's Expensive" "Hey Hey Girl"
SIMILAR TO: Vampire Weekend, Friendly Fires, Wham! (yes seriously), Black Kids, Mystery Jets
CHECK OUT: Their 7/10-rated self-titled debut album, released last Monday (20th April)

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THE CHAPMAN FAMILY
FROM: Stockton-On-Tees
GENRE: Alt-rock/Noisy racket
SOUNDS LIKE: All the best North-East bands but angry as fuck and turned up to 11. But with quite a catchy pop edge.
BEST TRACKS: "She Didn't Know", "Sound Of The Radio", " Like A Million Dollars", "The Kids Are Not Alright" (debut single, out on 27th April)
SIMILAR TO: The Futureheads, Joy Division, Bloc Party, Manic Street Preachers
ALSO CHECK OUT: Singer Kingsley's frequently chucklesome blog.

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Oooh look! It's a new feature/article type thing. It's basically me going on about whatever artist/band has been taking over my brain recently. Along with the "Obsession of the week" bit on the sidebar. Predominantly new bands, since if I did a SOTD on The Beatles, it would be rather pointless. Anyways....

LITTLE BOOTS
FROM: Blackpool
GENRE: Electro-pop
SOUNDS LIKE: What Madonna's been striving to get with her last few re-inventions; massive slabs of electo disco heaven
BEST TRACKS: "Stuck On Repeat" (the normal version and the Fake Blood remix), "New In Town", "Meddle"
SIMILAR TO: Lykke Li, La Roux, Kylie
ALSO CHECK OUT: Her cover of Hot Chip's "Ready For The Floor", her MySpace, and her blog