Please excuse my absence from last week. I’m not going to attempt to make some lame excuse as to why I didn’t write a Music Monday, I just simply couldn’t be bothered.

Anyway, I felt writing a review of the brand new Kate Nash album was enough to tide you over for another week.

On with today’s 5 random tracks.

Song #1: It’s My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry – Glasvegas: I’m sure many people in the UK have heard of Glasvegas. They’re often played on national radio and have played at both the NME Awards and Radio 1’s Big Weekend. They’re also Scottish, which is enough to think they’re a good band.

I have to admit, I’ve not listened to this track much. This is also the only Glasvegas track I have on my iTunes. So it really was luck of the draw that they were the first random tune to come up when I hit the ‘play’ button. I always thought Glasvegas were quite a rocky, happy sounding band, but this song is completely different, as you can probably tell from the title of it. After listening to this song thoroughly, my favourite thing about it is that you can still hear the lead singer’s Scottish accent when he sings. I wouldn’t recommend buying it though; it’s far too emo and without the memorable sound of Death Cab For Cutie.

Song #2: Send Me You – The Butchies: Yes, this band are as gay as their band name makes them sound. (You’ll have to excuse the amount of homosexuality in my playlist by the way. Saying that, there are still way more heterosexual artists on my iTunes than gays.) This band from North Carolina have an incredibly happy sound and they played with the Indigo Girls, so they must be pretty good.

This track is actually really fun and definitely fits the rock/pop genre at its best. It has dancey, pop guitar strumming and a definite fun bass drum in the background. If I had to pick different bands to compare this band to, I’d call them a mix of Sick of Sarah and Sleater-Kinney, so if you like any of those bands, you’ll probably like this track. It also featured on the second season of drama The L Word. I’m sure they wouldn’t have chosen this track if it sucked.

Song #3: LOL – Little Jackie: I actually only purchased this track on iTunes because it was a free single of the week. Apparently, Little Jackie’s album reached number 13 in the UK charts, but I never actually heard any of her music. Except for this track. And again, I only heard this one because it was free. Apparently this band aren’t super famous or anything, so maybe that’s why I never heard of them. Interestingly, they’ve never had any success in their home country, the USA.

I guess this song is okay. Not what I’d usually opt to listen to, but it’s cool if you’re heavily into hip hop or something. Little Jackie actually sounds a lot like a majorly stripped down version of Lil Mama, who is unsurprisingly more successful than this band. I’m not saying this song is horrible, it’s just not my cup of tea and it’s the chilled out version of hip hop. I’m much more into heavier stuff, i.e. Lil Mama, if I listen to this genre.

Song #4: Arrow – Tegan & Sara: This isn’t the first time Tegan & Sara have been mentioned on the Daily Wiggle. However, this song is possibly the only one to have been mentioned off their newest release, Sainthood. The album was already nominated for a Juno Award this year and made number 4 in the Canadian charts. It also reached number 21 in the US Billboard Charts, which is pretty good going for a little indie band like this one.

I wouldn’t say this was my favourite Tegan & Sara song, (that award goes to ‘Knife Going In’ or ‘Wrists’), but nevertheless, it’s still a strong, indie pop song. The drums in particular are a highlight of this track, but I don’t like how the tune just ends with little warning. Still, a good song and I’d recommend buying the track, if not the whole album.

Song #5: Love Machine – Girls Aloud: Anyone who knows me well will know I’m really not a cool person. And this is evidence of that statement. I actually have Girls Aloud’s Greatest Hits album, which makes me actually drop off the end of the ‘uncool’ meter. For anyone unfamiliar with this band, the girls have actually had 6 studio albums, not including the great hits. And with Cheryl Cole (or Tweedy?) being part of their line up, no wonder they’re so popular.

This track actually brings back good memories of karaoke. That’s right, out of all the classics I could have chosen, I went with the cheesy pop song instead. With a fun set of lyrics and the beat to match, this tune will simply have you dancing from start to finish. Also, I praise Girls Aloud for having released this track and whilst they make it cheesy, it’s not so cheesy you start spouting cream cheese out of your ears and want to die. *cough* Miley Cyrus.

Top Track This Week: Send Me You – The Butchies.