Feel good hits of the 31st January

1. 'Heart Paper Lover' - Marissa Nadler
2. 'Skin Of The Night' - M83
3. 'Red Star' - EMA
4. 'Hello Sadness' - Los Campesinos!
5. 'You Still Believe In Me' - Beach Boys
6. 'Dominican Fade' - Battles
7. 'Helplessness Blues' - Fleet Foxes
8. 'Jump In The Fire' - The Night Marchers
9. 'Skippin' Town' - The Drums
10. 'The Shakes' - Atlas Sound

Notes:

1. What a voice. That is all.

2. A highlight of M83's Saturdays = Youth, to which I've come late, and of their largely disappointing Oxford gig last week.

3. Has the likes of 'Red Star' helped Past Life Martyred Saints worm its way into my Top Ten for 2011? Not sure yet...

4. Are Los Campesinos! tortured souls? Well, in the video for the title track of their latest album they're certainly tortured...

5. Pet Sounds was the soundtrack to a Sunday of hungover DIY, proving its magical properties by somehow making it all bearable.

9. Do I go and see The Drums at the end of February? I don't have the latest album, think the first is a bit lightweight and am worried I was only temporarily infatuated with them around the time of the first EP.