These are three gems I ran into in the last day or two, added to my small playlist of music I can enjoy just as music and not as dance floor fillers.

CSS- Move (Cut Copy remix)
Cut Copy is always dependable. Soft, rhythmic anthems and Australian Electro-pop. Which seems necessary to save CSS from fading from memory after “music is my hot sex” left the stage. The end of this song is the most interesting the last two minutes being almost entirely soaring melody, the vocals long forgotten.

Fleet Foxes- Heard them Stirring
And here lies the the next big NW band. Hot on the heals of The Decemberist and their runaway success is this Seattle five piece with long names and deep, beautiful voices. This is my favorite song on the album for the shear power of the opening soar…

The Bug- Flying
This is some of the most mellow and haunting dubstep to emerge yet and it is a nice contrast to the “angry” sound of the newest star.