Fated To Pretend

As concerned as I am about the possibility of Sigur Rós never making another record, at least their (former?) frontman Jónsi is more than making up for their absence for the time being.

The bits and pieces I've heard from his forthcoming album 'Go' have been consistently brilliant and now he's gone and done this fantastic cover of MGMT's 'Time To Pretend':



The song was recorded for BBC Radio 1's 'Live Lounge', which tends to throw up some real gems every now and again.

Good Guesswork

This time last year the BBC polled 'music industry experts' and devised a list of 10 acts they reckoned would make an impression on the world of music.

1. Adele
2. Duffy
3. The Ting Tings
4. Glasvegas
5. Foals
6. Vampire Weekend
7. Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong
8. Black Kids
9. MGMT
10. Santogold

The order is slightly skewed but, with the exception of Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong (who scrapped their album a few days prior to its scheduled release), they pretty much nailed it.