One of the catchiest tracks on the radio currently. Estelle is the premiere London lady. Produced by will.i.am, and written by Estelle, West, and will.i.am, the single is off her second album ‘Shine’ which dropped here in Apirl. Listen to her swoon all over her favorite American “bloke”, asking if he’d “be her American boy”. The single is on airwaves all over the globe. Check these remixes out. The danger and kill the noise remixes get my vote.

Estelle - American Boy (fest. Kanye West) (Danger Remix)
Estelle - American Boy (feat. Kanye West) (Nadastrom Remix)
Estelle - American Boy (feat. Kanye West) (LAZRtag Remix)
Estelle - American Boy (feat. Kanye West) (Tenzin Remix)
Estelle - American Boy (feat. Kanye West) (Kill The Noise Remix)
Estelle - American Boy (feat. Kanye West) (DJ DSTAR remix)
Estelle - American Boy (feat. Kanye West) (Soul Seekerz Club Mix)
Estelle - American Boy (feat. Kanye West) (Mr. Gaspar Remix)

Original: Estelle - American Boy (Ft. Kanye West)

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The EP has made its way to iTunes. Everyone needs find their way to the music store and purchase themselves a copy. This debut, six-song ep from Frankpollis is probably the only thing you’ll need this summer. The guys bring an undeniable new sound to the table. With subdued anthems and calculated half-time build ups, Frankpollis proves it really is all about the music. Each track delivers, evoking an instant urge to see the group live and be apart of the energy, the toe-tapping and head-bobbing.

According to their myspace, the guys are playing two upcoming shows in Brooklyn if you’ll be around New York sometime this summer. Other than that, be on the look out for their faces to be popping up everywhere. They were just featured in Nylon and soon to be all over the webs.

Nothing still has been scrobbled on hypemachine, but the full ep is available to listen on their myspace. This is a definite buy. Check out the review I wrote a couple weeks back here.

“The Ting Tings kiss Steve Jobs’ feet”. The fate has fallen upon so many recent artists to be featured in Apple’s iPod commercials. The ads are normally no longer than 30 second spots, showcasing the usual silhouetted people dancing happily in a world of colors. Fiest’s “1 2 3 4″, Yael Naim’s “New Soul”, Paul McCartney’s “Dance Tonight”, CSS “Music is my Hot, Hot Sex”, and most recently The Ting Tings and Coldplay join the list.

The Ting Tings are English duo pop band formed back 2006 with a debut album that dropped last week on Sony called ‘We Started Nothing’. The track featured in the iPod commercial is “Shut Up and Let Me Go”. Although some other quality mentions definitely include “Great DJ” and “That’s Not My Name” (all singles). The track used in the iPod commercial is more than catchy. It avoids sounding like something along the lines of The Cardigans, late-1990’s pop, by throwing in the vocal breaks and repetitive chants.

Calvin Harris did a rockin remix of Great DJ, his most recent remix. Music, videos and remixes below:

The Ting Tings - Shut Up and Let Me Go
The Ting Tings - Great DJ (Calvin Harris Remix)
‘Great DJ’ music video (I guess Sony disabled embedding)

Lifelike delivers. Hands down. With every remix, every new track, every monthly mix, this French music master brings the beats that only take one listen to appreciate. His explosive house hit Discopolis was one of the biggest selling dance anthems in 2005/2006. Last year I stumbled upon a track by him that instantly became, still to this date, probably my favorite dance song. ‘So Electric’, released in 2007 around the time I ran across it, is a mastery of epic synths and building beats. It is sure to get any one, any house, any club crazy. It’s suave, laid back energy will hypnotize you, get your head bobbing and feat groovin’. One of my favorite tracks here, ever!

Lifelike has been busy since his 2007 hit ‘So Electric’. There have been remixes of Dk7, Super Mal, Chromeo, The Presets, and recently dropped one of Cazal’s ‘Somebody Somewhere’ on Kitsuné (Pairs).

Check these tracks:

Lifelike - So Electric
Lifelike & Kris Menace - Discopolis
Chromeo - Needy Girl (Lifelike Remix)
Cazals - Somebody,Somewhere(LIFELIKE Remix)

On May 20 actress Scarlett Johansson will drop her debut album Anywhere I Lay My Head. It’s been getting considerable buzz across the internets, tho because it’s Scarlett Johansson or because it’s worthwhile is the question right? Out of the 11 tracks only one is written by Johansson herself, Song for Jo. Tom Waits and his wife Kathleen Brennan, wrote a majority of the songs along with two vocal contributions from David Bowie on “Falling Down” and “Fannin Street”. The album holds up well and is not bounded by any genre. From rock to electronic, ambient to dance - it’s all is here.

Opening with a gradual flow of organs, trumpets, and strings, you realize how melancholy it’s all going to be (see: album cover). Building anthems of love, chiming wind bells, everything echoing - it’s a stage. The standout track for me is “I Don’t Want To Grow Up“. Its nostalgic, electronic atmosphere will put anyone in a summer mood. A fresh sound and solid vocals by Johansson make this stand out track A++.

I bet this will be Charlotte’s favorite album. I give it a B.

Scarlett Johansson - I Don’t Want To Grow Up (Tom Waits Cover)
Scarlett Johansson - Anywhere I Lay My Head (Tom Waits Cover)
Scarlett Johansson - Song for Jo
Scarlett Johansson feat David Bowie - Falling Down

Poised to soon take the world by storm, Santogold has been been busy promoting her recent self-titled solo release, taking interviews (see the march/april issue of Anthem), and proving herself to be exactly what we all hoped she’d be. Proud and loud, her sound pulls from her surprising punk roots and self-proclaims what she’s currently all about.

The album takes no time getting started; opening with L.E.S. Artistes, her tell all struggle of music endeavors, innovation, and finding herself: “I can say I hope it will be worth what I give up, If I could stand up mean for the things that I believe”. Even though this track is still my top choice, I’m A Lady, Unstoppable (produced by Diplo), and Shove It all stand out. Switch did a knock out remix of the last mention, check it out.

Reggae, punk, and dance. Santogold overachieves in all the right areas. Her future is only brighter. Spread the word everyone, there’s a new gold in town.

Look for her words in B.O.O.T.A.Y., the latest from Spank Rock.

Santogold - I’m A Lady