Have you heard this?

Listen up glee club, for every Lady Gaga there is a musician out there who is actually clever, innovative, and informed; they just don't sell to the masses. Take YACHT, for example, who I saw open for LCD Soundsystem in 2007 at the 9:30 Club. He was a force, a more approachable and melodic Dan Deacon.

YACHT - Psychic City (Voodoo City)

Have you heard the band Girls? They sound like Nirvana on a bunch of Beach Boys pills. Throw in a little audioglam à la The Ronettes. Try it, you'll like it. Rich and sparse all at once, not lo-fi but - dare I say - garage bandish.

Girls - Lust For Life

If I hadn't listened to the new Gorillaz Plastic Beach so many times already, my summer jam would be this track, featuring Swedish group Little Dragon. Yes, thank you.

Gorillaz - Empire Ants (ft. Little Dragon)