Aussie quintet Operator Please are devastatingly adorable, very stylish, and they’re calling you to give away their new single, “Logic.” While their 2007 debut, Yes Yes Vindictive didn’t break them in North America, they built up a solid following in Europe, Asia, and home down under. Since then, OP has grown up a little. They’ve spent the last half of 2009 working on (and self-producing) Gloves, their second disc. If you need context, on “Logic,” Vocalist Amandah Wilkinson sounds like a more stable Beth Ditto and a more sincere Tahita Bulmer (of New Young Pony Club). They have a kinda garagey electrosass thing going on – without being obnoxious. This is a band you might actually like to hang out with. The single can be copped from their site (you have to fill in your name, email, fave color, etc), and the album drops in late spring. There are no northern hemisphere tour dates at the moment, but if you’re in Oz for any of the Future Music fests, they’ll be at ‘em.
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A synth-pop quartet from the London exurbs isn’t so unusual these days (presumably… we have not evidence of this), but Fenech-Soler have caught the ears of Alan Braxe and Annie Mac as well as Groove Armada. With GA back in the spot on the cusp of their new album’s release, they’re bringing their collaborators up with them. F-S feature on “Paper Romance,” by Groove Armada (premiered last week on BBC 1). Supposedly they’ll be touring North America this year. In the meantime, watch the video for “Lies” below and check their ish out on their ‘
If you have a few minutes at your computer and want a some nice tunes to accompany your blog reading, or online banking or exotic bird trafficking, take a stroll on over to Kristina Train‘s 
The Golden Filter have spun hey into heady disco gold on several tracks and remixes released over the last year or so. They take a more downtempo, space age approach to disco revivalism than some of their peers. In fact, on their remixes of Cut Copy’s “Far Away,” Little Boots’ “New In Town,” and their own “Favourite Things” (featured on the Kitsuné Maison 7 comp), they sound like they’ve dropped some tabs before standing under a strobelight. We love it! In the last year the pair of Stephan and Penelope (no, we don’t do last names here, thank you) have evolved considerably from their first single, “Solid Gold,” and each new release is a little disco dusted treasure. Their DJ set tonight at Avalon in Hollywood for Control won’t disappoint. Free the Robots and the Casual Touch are also on the bill.Get acquainted with their work below, and send an email to ‘ear @ soundbleed.com’ to win a pair of passes to the gig.
Colin Munroe is the epitomie of (North) American reinvention. Once a folk-pop singer songwriter from Toronto, Munroe covered Kanye’s “Flashing Lights” and has since been inducted into the storied halls of white boy hip hop hook-singers. Those early acoustic tracks have been scrubbed from his 
