It take's less than thirty seconds of Devin's 'Masochist' to fall in love with it; with its big, squealing guitars; high-energy drums; layers and layers of backing vocals; sharply dressed New Yorkers. It's got the bombast to get close enough to kitsch and sentimentality without getting bogged down in it, and comes out channelling the better moments of The Strokes and Tom Petty. Devin is perfect with his pocket handkerchief, and 'Masochist' is three minutes of classic pop-rock.

If I was a girl I'd be cutting his picture out of the NME and sticking it on my bedroom wall.

Out April 23rd on No Evil.

Toy are slowly but surely shaping up to be the band to watch this year, after debut single 'Left Myself Band' cracked out a heavy dose of recontextualised krautrock fantasies, new track 'Motoring' builds on that driving, Korg led sound, with a smattering of pop melodies.

Like Kraftwerk's 'Autobahn', Toy's 'Motoring' is an homage to chasing the horizon down a strip of tarmac.

The video for Tanlines new single, 'All Of Me' is directed by Julian Barrett of Mighty Boosh. It's split between the New York-based duo playing on a TV and a group of slightly menacing people dancing awkwardly to their song. The overriding conceit then, I guess, is that 'All Of Me' is so packed full of melodies and hooks that it'll turn you into a pop-zombie. It's hard to disagree; 'All Of Me' is a classic odd-pop anthem.

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