Songs of Brilliance #3

Shadows - Midnight Juggernauts

This song has been cropping up for quite a while now (I first heard it on the Cut Copy Fabriclive 29 CD), but these guys are about to break through on a wave of Antipodean love. Sure to be a song of the summer, this slice of disco-tinged electro has a beat to kill for and a breakdown to be killed for. They also put on a brilliant show at Latitude, which made me love them all the more. Listen at your peril, for it will be lodged in your head for days...

Songs of Brilliance #2

MGMT - Time to Pretend

This song made me cry at Brussels train station after the absolute limb-throwing carnage that was Rock Werchter. An electronic bassline that catchy, and lyrics so ridiculously festival/goodtime can only be a VERY good thing...

Songs of Brilliance #1

Estelle - American Boy
Yes: Music Television still exists!
Yes: The Top 40 Singles Chart still exists!
Yes: Physical CD singles still exist!
And when the brilliance achieved is as glossy, catchily-sampled, beat-led, KanYe-featuring and downright brilliantly feelgood as this, we praise them.
All hail that charts!