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Our pick of the new music that's coming your way.  1. sons and daughtersdarling (domino) Yes, Domino Records already own one gang of Glaswegian guitar pop masterminds in the shape of Franz Ferdinand, but Sons And Daughters deserve equal attention for delivering a Guinness World Records-worthy run of brilliant singles. Darling, their latest, is typically spiky, ballsy and catchy. It'd make for a brilliant summer radio single, if we had radios or summers anymore. DJ  listen 2. the ting tings that’s not my name (columbia) First “discovered” on their 4th gig by BBC TV’s Glastonbury coverage, this Salford girl/boy duo are the opening act on the imminent NME Awards tour, but have yet to release an official single. This tune brilliantly showcases their fabulously contemporary electro/R&B/New Wave sound, with a chorus – “They call me Stacey… but that’s not my name” – that offers an engagingly baffling entrée into TingWorld. AP listen 3. theoretical girl the boy I left behind (saliva) In a mire of MySpace-bred, fake patois-heavy boho popsters, Southend emigrée Amy Eleanor Turnnidge blows in like a breath of spikily accomplished, electro-pop fresh air. As Theoretical Girl, she’s moved from a one-woman concern to the leader of her own band (The Equations), has toured with Maximo Park and recently signed to Salvia, an offshoot of XL, for two singles. The first – The Hypocrite/Never Good Enough – surfaces on 04 February, proof that this Girl’s talent is far from just theoretical. SO'C listen 4. leon-jean marie bed of nails (island) The young Londoner Leon-Jean Marie is a much more indie-friendly proposition than the brilliant funked-up debut Scratch suggested. On Bed Of Nails he combines the jaunty with the evocative better than anyone since mid-period Madness, resulting in a single so irresistible it should be soundtracking a rom-com near you any day soon. SY listen 5. martina topley-bird carnies (independiente) Still best-known as Tricky’s muse, Martina Topley-Bird has now found herself a musical partner as maverick – if not as mental – as the errant Bristolian. Dangermouse is at the controls on her new single, Carnies, on which her sweet voice sounds more bitter than it once did, suggesting a worldly-wise woman rather than an innocent girl singing in the shadows. PC listen 6. harmonic 313 word problems (warp) Now relocated to Sydney, former Jedi Knight Mark Pritchard has resurrected his Harmonic 33 alias with the addition of a Speak & Spell machine. Taken from his new EP, Word Problems feels not unlike a group of robot toys climbing out of a cupboard and slowly marching to downtown Detroit - the source of both Pritchard’s techno inspiration and the 313 area code. PC listenTips by: Paul Clarke, David Jones, Sharon O'Connell, Andrew Perry and Steve Yates  conversations
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