I've done this a couple of times and it's actually a great way to share some of the music that I love or have acquired, with the public. Here's the last 25 songs I shuffled, and now for 25 more...

1. Koreless - Sun
2. Zomby - Overdose
3. Architects - Day In Day Out
4. Swim Deep - Intro
5. Nas - Back When
6. Little Dragon - Crystalfilm
7. The Swellers - Fire Away
8. Outkast - Call The Law (feat. Janelle Monae)
9. This Wild Life - History
10. Los Campesinos! - Let It Spill
11. Fall Out Boy - Get Busy Living Or Get Busy Dying
12. Lemuria - Clay Baby
13. Otis Redding - Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)
14. Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare
15. Pezz - Square Root Of Me
16. Pixies - Andro Queen
17. Splendora - You're Standing On My Neck
18. Wild Beasts - Mecca
19. Smashing Pumpkins - Pale Horse
20. Clean Bandit - Dust Clears (feat. Noonie Bao)
21. Forever Came Calling - The Office
22. The Clash - Jimmy Jazz
23. Kanye West - Drive Slow (feat. Paul Wall & GLC)
24. Naked On The Vague - Clock Of 12's
25. Tove Lo - Stay High (feat. Hippie Sabotage)

Will definitely do another one of these at the end of the year after a serious iTunes update/refurb. 

In case you didn't catch the review of Day 1, you can have a look at that here. As amazing as some of the artists on day one were, I still feel like overall the calibre of shows on day two might just have pipped it slightly...

PANES
Had never heard of these Londoners before Field Day but their ambient vibe started the day off slowly and really didn't manage to make a lasting impression on me. Had I not written their name down, I doubt I'd have remembered seeing them. In terms of their genre, they may be the creme of the crop, they just weren't up my street.
  
THE WYTCHES
This band on the other hand reeeally caught my attention. I'd been hearing lots about The Wytches before Field Day but this was the most I'd ever heard from them and it was brilliant. I actually felt like the festival officially started with this set. Three pretty young guys were able to fill the main stage and impress the whole crowd this early on in their career. Yes.

THE BOHICAS
Really interesting band. A little bit generic and predictable but I couldn't dislike them for it because they were all extremely talented and the set was great! Even had us moshing a little bit towards the end. All in all, I had a lot of fun but I don't see myself making a huge effort to purchase their music any time soon.

CHILDHOOD
For some reason, I always confuse this band with Superfood but once I'd figured out the difference they'd played an impressive set. Ben (lead) had an interesting voice and a slightly intriguing persona that was sort of endearing. Solid set from the Londoners.

TELEGRAM
Again, I always used to confuse this band with Teleman, either way, be it Teleman or Telegram, this was an electric set. There were a lot of high points throughout this set and a couple of their songs stood out to me. Speaking to them briefly afterwards cemented my liking for the band - very nice guys, who play very nice music.

DRENGE
The most draining yet energising set of the entire weekend. It's my third time seeing the boys but their set never gets old. The inevitable mosh pit had formed less than 30 seconds into the set and didn't dwindle at any point. These two are just pure talent and seeing them again has made me that much more excited for their sophomore album.

THE HORRORS
Having now officially seen both Badwan brothers live, I'm not entirely sure who I like best. I do think that I enjoyed Loom's set more, as it was more engaging but this set still had some amazing moments and was the perfect level of good to lead up to Pixies' headline set.

PIXIES
This was it. The headline set to rule them all. No other acts on at this time so pretty much the entire population of the festival was in attendance. Standing pretty much front row meant that I felt like I'd be crushed to death almost every minute of the performance but I didn't care. They were amazing. Their drummer astounded me on every track (loved when he threw his drumstick to Joey mid set) and of course Frank slayed! Paz really held her own too because Lord knows it's no easy task replacing Kim Deal. Excellent set to end an excellent weekend!

Had a huge number of tunes from records out in March here and it's time for April to give us some more! Seeing as we're already a week into April, I've definitely missed a couple of good releases, but here are some others that you can expect later this month...



SOHN - TREMORS
I haven't really kept track of SOHN since seeing him at Latitude last year, and if I'm honest, it's because I wasn't that impressed. However, I'm all for second chances and so look forward to giving this new album a chance later today now that it's been released.






THE AMAZING SNAKEHEADS - AMPHETAMINE BALLADS
I've been talking about these lads for quite a while now since discovering them here and when I initially heard of them, nothing could be found about or by them except the one song "Tesitfying Time". Now, finally, it seems that we might have a whole album's worth of music to listen to. Get excited for the 14th of April.






THE BIRDS OF SATAN - THE BIRDS OF SATAN
Foo Fighters are one of my favourite bands and Taylor Hawkins is one of my favourite drummers Therefore, anything with either of these components in it - I am guaranteed to make an effort to listen to. Taylor has started this side project with Wiley Hodgden and Mick Murphy and I suspect that it will melt faces. Have a listen on the 15th of April.





KELIS - FOOD
I have been hearing things about this album since summer last year and it's finally here!! After all of this waiting and speculating, I'm interested to hear what this record actually sounds like. I wasn't too sure about the single "Jerk Ribs" at first but I've come to like it. Hopefully when the album drops on the 21st of April I'll like it from the get-go.





BRODY DALLE - DIPLOID LOVE
Again, favour by association. Another one of my favourite bands - QOTSA happen to be associated with Brody and I've actually been hearing quite a lot about her of late, so of course it makes sense to check her out! If she's anything like I've heard, I think I'm going to like this album on the 28th of April.







DAMON ALBARN - EVERYDAY ROBOTS
I've always kind of regretted never really listening to much of Blur's material back when they were still active. However, now that frontman Damon Albarn is moving in a solo direction, I'm using this as my chance to experience a little bit of what I've missed. Damon's solo album hits shelves on the 28th of April.





PIXIES - INDIE CINDY
YES! IT'S TRUE! Pixies' first record in over two decades is coming out this month. It's been a long journey for the group but I have no doubts that they've come out with some brilliant songs because of it. Excited would be an understatement. I expect to overplay this quite a bit when it comes out on the 28th of April.






LAYLA - BLACK MUD EP
After just talking about her in this week's music news, here, I've found out that she is set to release a new EP later this month on the 28th of April. This girl is most definitely one to watch, her songs are beautifully produced, her vocals are enchanting and she's just completely in love with music. Absolutely ecstatic about this release.





Here's a look at some other musical gems that you can catch later this month:

Animal Collective - Enter The Slasher House, Iggy Azalea - The New Classic, Odonis Odonis - Hard Boiled Soft Boiled, Fear Of Men - Loom, Eels - The Cautionary Tales Of Mark Oliver Everett, Thee Oh Sees - Drop, Mac DeMarco - Salad Days, Playlounge - Pilot, Rat King - So It Goes and Neon Trees - Pop Psychology.

Well, well, well - Pixies have got to be one of the best bands around at the moment at creating a huge buzz. After all the bassist switches, a new EP and the Field Day Festival announcement, they've come out with a piece of news that tops them all.

Last night I received an email saying "PIXIES TO RELEASE FIRST FULL STUDIO ALBUM IN MORE THAN TWO DECADES. Special Vinyl Release Confirmed for Record Store Day". I didn't even bother reading past that. Finally another Pixies album to add to the already fabulous collection. If I'm honest, I was actually a little surprised by this announcement. Although they'd been putting out new music and videos recently, it had just never crossed my mind that they'd put out a full length! The album Indie Cindy is set for release on the 28th of April.

I'm definitely excited to hear it and to hopefully see a couple of tracks from it at Field Day later this year. If it's anything like the stuff that they've been releasing recently (particularly "Magdalena" and "Blue Eyed Hexe") then I like it already. They've also just released a video for their single "Snakes" - another great new song.

Watch the great new video to go along with it here...

I'm just going to cut straight to the chase - Pixies never cease to impress. Have a listen to their latest single and my SOTD, here...

PIXIES - Magdalena


I listened to this song just over a week ago and there hasn't been a day since where I haven't listened to it at least twice. Absolutely love the riff - the video is a little strange but then again most of Pixies videos are strange. This song is just incredibly catchy, with every new release of theirs I'm just more and more excited for their headline show at Field Day this summer.