January 17 2014 - Hot Top Ten

TOKYO POLICE CLUB - ARGENTINA (Parts I, II, III)
Canadian pop rockers unveil the eight-minute track from their forthcoming fourth album 'Forcefield' - the first for the Ontario four-piece since 2011's 'Ten Songs Ten Years, Ten Days'.





NINETAILS - SHALLOW
Engineered by Matt Colton (Burial, Four Tet, Raime, James Blake), this is the opening track to upcoming release 'Quiet Confidence' in March. Lush organic and electronic instrumentation, idiosyncratic samples and field-recordings and a smooth and rich soul-filled sound from the Liverpudlian three-piece.





FELT TIP - MILK & HONEY
New single from the London-based hotly-tipped threesome, out February 24 on Giant Haystacks/Fierce Panda. Catch them live at The Lexington, London on February 18 with Hatcham Social





BLACK MANILA - ALL FOR YOU
London-based trio turning out psych pop on this track taken from their ‘Beach Parade’ EP - which just so hapens to be their former name as well.





ARTHUR BEATRICE - MIDLAND
Latest single (which first saw light of day in 2012) from the London outfit of the Barnes brothers Hamish and Eliot (together with vocalist Ella Girardot and Orlando Leopard), taken from their debut album 'Working Out' released on February 24.





THE BATTLES OF WINTER - A BLACKOUT FOR THE BLOODSUCKERS
First single release for the London four-piece, out January 27, taken from the album 'Standing at the Floodgates'. See our review here





FJORDS - POLYMATH
Latest track from the indie electronica Cardiff five-piece who formed in 2011, out March 1 via Crookedman Records, with impressive electro synth and edgy guitar work.





PASTEL COLOURS - HANDS LIKE SILK
We featured them here this week, and already they have made their radio debut on John Kennedy's Xfm X-Posure show. Psych gloriousness.





THOMAS J SPEIGHT - JUST WHERE I WANT TO BE
The poetic London folkster returns with this latest offering after his signing to Killing Moon, bittersweet pop song with a positive message; inspired by near death experience, heartbreak and broken relationships.





MT. ROYAL - MISSING REWARD
The latest signings to the Bella Union roster, the Baltimore quartet release this next single on January 25.