The New Music

Emerging UK singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding has revealed details about her widely anticipated debut album. Titled Lights, the solo artist told NME it’s a bedroom project. “I spent the majority of my time recording this album in my producer Starsmith’s bedroom in Bromley,” she explained. “It is made up of songs that all started on a guitar over a period of about two years. A number of the songs vent romantic victories and failures.”

Speaking of Ellie Goulding and NME, the UK hype monger published its picks for the 20 top artists to look out for in 2010. Aside from Ms. Goulding, the New Musical Express tipped the likes of The Drums, Hurts, Egyptian Hip Hop, Delphic and Washed Out.

Bradford Cox is giving away freebies once again. While it’s a bit late, he’s posted a new studio outtake called “Christmas Synths” up on the Deerhunter/Atlas Sound blog, as well as a New Year’s Eve bootleg.

Yesterday we mentioned that new music from The Knife would be coming and well, it’s here! You can now download a song from their upcoming opera, Tomorrow, In A Year. You can download “Colouring of Pigeons” over at their official site.

And did you know that abrasive hardcore lads Gallows were dropped by their label Warner? Well you do now. The Guardian has posted a nice testament to their awesomeness and how they manipulated their label to become the mighty force they now are.