Music to excite you

BY VICKI ANDERSON

Looking for new music that will excite you? Look no further.

There's nothing quite like the sheer joy of discovering new music that you instantly love. If you're like me, you're always on the look out for the next hit, 'scuse the pun. Sometimes, however, it just seems as if there's nothing that pushes the right buttons.

Don't get me wrong, I love reviewing music, but if you only knew the truckloads of dire recordings I had to listen to in a week it would make your ears hurt. In the buildup to Christmas there are CDs that arrive on my desk that I'm afraid to touch with tweezers. (Please, Santa, no David Hasselhoff Christmas album this year). Tis the season to be jolly, ho ho ho hum. Nothing but noise pollution and a waste of plastic.

So, what's hot right now? Blowed if I know. But, hey, give these 20 songs a listen and you might discover something new that you like, too.

Download them from your favourite legal source or couch kumara about and wait for them to appear on C4.

TOP 20 SINGLES

1. You Got the Love (The XX Remix), Florence and The Machine

2. Dutchies, Shapeshifter

3. Whole New Way, The Horrors

4. Top Boy, Pig Out

5. Horchata, Vampire Weekend

6. Egyptian Hip Hop, Rad Pitt

7. All Is Love, Karen O and the Kids

8. The Summer Song, Yacht

9. (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To, Weezer

10. Bedroom Disco, The Brunettes

11. Speak of the Devil, John Brown's Body

12. Fostercare, Burial

13. Close Enough To Kiss, Comanechi

14. Holiday, Dizzee Rascal

15. Never My Love, Har Mar Superstar featuring Adam Green

16. Rome, Phoenix (Devendra Banhart Remix)

17. Crystal Visions, The Big Pink

18. Hurt Feelings, Flight of the Conchords

19. The Hollow Earth, Thom Yorke

20. 11th Dimension, Julian Casablancas

HAVE YOUR SAY: What tracks are you loving at the moment?

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