My Heart Begins To Flux

Stazi “Put Your Loving Arms” – This is one of the most joyous love songs that I’ve heard in a long time. It just builds and builds up til that point when the sample from “Sweet Child O Mine” comes in and the guy starts singing in falsetto, at which point the joyometer blows up from euphoria overload. This is amazing stuff, and I can’t wait for them to put out their first album later in the year. I recommend seeking out another Stazi song called “Love Is Lethal,” which is just as good.

Freeform Five “Electromagnetic” – In a better world, this song would be all over the radio and MTV, if just because it would fit in so well with all of the Neptunes tracks and sleazey post-teen pop. It’s definitely part of the current lapdance-pop vogue, and it’s a shame that stuff like this falls through the cracks, because it’s such a brilliant tune and I’m sure that lots of people would love it if they just got to hear it. That one hook where the girl sings “but I don’t know what you mean” is particularly great (though strangely familiar…), as is the refrain “where do you want me to lick you right now?”