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Our pick of the new music that’s coming your way.  1. santogoldcreator / l.e.s artistes (lizard king) With some fearsomely cool credentials – she’s been championed by Björk, and worked with Diplo, Switch, MIA and Naeem Juwan of SpankRock - Santogold is a safe bet to be one of the biggest stars of 2008. It’s not like this is a science, after all. Her ultra-catchy debut single, Creator / L.E.S Artistes, drops in two weeks. Want to know what all the fuss is about? AC  listen 2. f**k buttonscolours move (ATP) This twisted electronic duo run the emotional and stylistic gamut, recalling Spacemen 3's tripped-out soundscapes, the Rephlex roster's radical glitch and the malevolent drones of Sunn O))). F**k Buttons claim they're influenced by "the loud and the free", which must have been part of their appeal for ATP, who will release their debut album, Street Horrrsing, early next year. SO'C listen 3. joe gideon and the sharkanything you love that much, you will see again "Joe" is in fact Gideon (guitar, bass, vocals) and "The Shark" his younger sister, Viva (drums, piano, backing vocals). Together the pair, who are not yet signed, whip up a noir-ish and hypnotic, alt country/art-pop storm that betrays their admiration for Bill Callahan, Johnny Cash, Nick Cave and erm, Jarvis Cocker. SO'C watch 4. congregationdon’t pay no mind (velo) This Cramps-y, foot-stompin’ zombie blues rattle is the debut A-side from a boy-girl duo from low-rent New Cross, South London. Released this week on The Duke Spirit’s Velo label, it showcases the gob-smacking, quavering voice of Victoria Yeulet. Here, her ramblin’ man makes her blood boil – not a good idea. AP listen 5. school of languagerockist part 1 (memphis industries) If you were wowed by the unassuming wonder of Sunderland’s Field Music, this ought to strike a warm chord. A project of David Brewis (one-half of the Field Music brain bank), it is laboratory pop with existential flourishes a go-go. BM listen 6. andrew weatherallsci-fi lo-fi mix (soma) With a compilation album for Soma, Sci-Fi Lo-Fi Vol. 1, about to hit the racks, Andrew Weatherall greases up the wheels of steel with some garage rock and rockabilly on this mix for Radio Magnetic. PC listen 7. georgie jamesneed your needs (saddle creek) This Washington DC duo manage to work disco, clap-along power pop and brassy boy-girl harmonies into a debut single cuter than the pair’s flaxen tresses. Forthcoming album, Places, offers more to swoon over. BM listen 8. a mountain of onebrown piano (mountain/10 worlds) London dance-producers-turned-cosmic-rock-group A Mountain Of One are being touted as the band to lead the “Balearic revival”. Here, kindred spirits Studio have given their superb track Brown Piano a suitably chilled-out once-over. PC listen 9. wu-tang clanwhile my guitar gently weeps (src) The first track to emerge from the Wu’s six year silence is this interpolation of The Beatles’ While My Guitar Gently Weeps, a Wu-Tang tearjerker complete with George Harrison’s son Dhani. Ghostface, of course, is adept at the schmaltzy stuff, his cohorts less so. It’s streaming only at the moment, and given its curio nature should probably remain so. SY listen 10. black affairtak! attack! (v2) While his former Beta Band cohorts have successfully regrouped as psych-rockers The Aliens, Steve Mason is shooting off into electronica with his first single. Tak! Attack! is a brilliantly realised melding of Vangelis, low-slung electro-funk and Mason’s chanted/sung vocals. SY downloadTips by: Paul Clarke, Amber Cowan, Ben Machell, Andrew Perry, Sharon O'Connell, Steve Yates.  conversations
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