Goldfrapp – Rocket
No proper video for this yet, so you’ll just have to settle for her getting hugged by a giant owl…
Hot Chip – One Life Stand
Sorry, bit of a work-related delay, there - let's shunt this train back onto the tracks, then...
Marina and the Diamonds – Hollywood
Fortunately, here’s Marina to dig us out of that hole (p.s. we underrated the shit out of this)… [Video][Website] [5.58] ...
Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind pt. II
You can’t really look like much of a plonker if you’re just yammering at a piano. The hypothesis could be in danger…
Alicia Keys – Try Sleeping with a Broken Heart
But man, if ever there was a scene made for Shipley’s First Hypothesis, it may well have been the bit where Alicia heals a dead dog…
Daisy Dares You ft. Chipmunk – Number One Enemy
Essex teen becomes the first to test Shipley’s First Hypothesis…
Corinne Bailey Rae – I’d Do It All Again
Six songs in, it’s our first one from Leeeeeeeds…
Gil Scott-Heron – Me and the Devil
And, of course, the most interesting thing I know about this feller is that his dad played for Celtic…
Los Campesinos! – Romance is Boring
Is it Stacey? Does it matter?...
Wiley & Chew Fu – Take That
Three songs in, and it’s our first serious top 10 contender of the year…