Ladytron - He Took Her To A Movie

An old one but still sounding great. Also, I love what the person uploading the song to YouTube has done with this; playing it over clips from Vivre Sa Vie, a 1962 Jean-Luc Godard film apparently about a woman's slow descent into prostitution. Lordy. Anyway, although - or perhaps because of - taking the song's lyrics so literally, this footage works well in (presumably) the absence of any official promo vid.

Quote Of The Week

"There's not enough expletives to thank the players for what they've done this season."

- Cambridge United manager Jimmy Quinn, in a post-match interview with Setanta's Rebecca Lowe, on his team's achievement in reaching the Blue Square Premier play-off final after overcoming Burton Albion at the semi-final stage. F**k you very much!

Anyway, on with the music, which is, in a very real sense, what we're here for. Today's featured song is Play Girl, the second single from Anglo-Scottish/Bulgarian combo Ladytron, from 2000. Has there been a better example of electro pop in the past decade than this? I'm struggling to think of one anyway. Absolutely magnificent.

Ladytron - Play Girl mp3 (available for 7 days)

Ladytron's fourth album, Velocifero, is released on June 2nd. You can pre-order it here.