"Guillemots" At "World Cafe Live"!

Oh, yeah...oh, my!

So, let's see...Pink's new backup singers are the Indigo Girls, we've got Bruce braying with his take on old Pete Seeger songs, Vedder and the boys are back with "Worldwide Suicide", it certainly looks like Neil Young's got a hit, and the inexplicable collaboration between Paul Simon and Brian Eno called "Surprise" dropped today, and it sounds pretty good to me. Apparently, I'll still love Paul Simon when he is 64!

Now, don't get me wrong...there's a ton of great music coming out of the States these days, and I'm thrilled about the return to more politically charged songs (listen to Simon's "How Can You Live In The Northeast" or the single from Elvis Costello and Alan Toussiant called "Tears, Tears and More Tears", and you'll see what I mean).

But, sometimes a girl's just gotta dance, and some of the best pop music is coming out of the UK these days. The Magic Numbers, The Go-Team, James Hunter...and the Guillemots.

If you can imagine a heady combination between the "Dream Academy", very early Chris Martin keyboard-type stylings and then add some ska to that mix...they've got a sound that's entirely their own, and incredibly dancable.

Please...if you don't start moving and grooving to "Trains To Brazil", you'd better have someone check your pulse.