It's only been a few weeks since i randomly wandered into George Pringle's RCRD LBL page and downloaded the free mp3s that are offered there - but I can already declare her as the greatest thing I have heard in 2008.

Ok... let me go back a bit, shake my head, come down and start again. Oxford based George Pringle is a 22 years old girly-girl that has been expose to the perfect amount of whatever that the counter culture has to offer. She doesn't have a full album yet, but two days ago she has released her limited 300 copy debut EP, "Poor EP, Poor EP Without A Name", which you can still order from her MySpace page (you know I have already). Of course, you can also scout the net for her demos and singles - most chances are that you will absolutely love them.

Like any lo-fi electronic artist you should respect, all she's got is a laptop, a witty tongue and too much style. She started writing music at the age of 16, loves to name bands and genre drop (Joy Division, Techno, Shoegaze and even a wink to My Bloody Valentine is in her songs) and most importantly, she's a huge LCD Soundsystem fan - The first time that her brother played her the song "Losing My Edge" is written in her bio, and her MySpace features a song called "LCD I love you but you're bringing me down".

Don't get me wrong. Pringle isn't James Murphy yet - her production is usually a very simple and cute electronic beat (although in "We Could Have Been Heroes" she shows that she can be a bit more complex too), but she's great just the way she is: The production is exvactly what her white girl spoken word style calls for.

Sometimes when you hear her, you can think of The Streets - mostly because of the british accent and the day to day topics. Other times, you may jump to Uffie, only without all the filth and the club atmosphere. But you know what? I'm going back to my original statement and to the top paragraph of this post: George Pringle is incredibly special and we shouldn't compare her to anybody. All we have to do is enjoy her music, and that's not a hard thing to do.

Black Kids are probably the hottest indie act around. The hype around them is insane, considering the fact that they aren't even signed to any label yet and that all we ever heard from them is the eight songs of their new demo EP, "Wizard of Ahhhs".

Still, everyone want to hold hands with these youngsters – the NME, in a rare act, did like Pitchfork and recommended them; The printed media, especially the Guardian, decided to act like many blogs out there and hail Black Kids, and the BBC radio played the same songs that's been running around in podcasts lately.

To be honest, even though I like their music, Black Kids aren't that unique. Just like many other indie-pop bands, they make joyful, rhythm-ful and colorful music, while singing melancholic words and writing broken-hearted texts like "It's Friday night and I ain't got nobody so what's the use of making the bed?". So yeah, as I said, it's been done a million times before, but it's still easy to fall for them. I know I did.

I've heard lots of arguments about what made Los Campesinos! big (by "big", I mean small circles hyped indie band). Some people say that just like many others, they owe everything to Pitchfork, the online magazine that makes all the American indie go round for the last 5-6 years. Others say it's thanks to social networks.

Pitchfork themselves aren't taking the credit. Yes, they pumped them at their Forkcast, but when they wrote about them they said that Los Campesinos! "make a name for themselves on MySpace" and added that they are "one of the first guitar groups in the UK who really sound like products of Web 2.0".

And believe me that if they could, they would name Los Campesinos! as a hype of their own. Their debut EP, Sticking Fingers Into Sockets EP, is nothing but pure fun - a sweet, fast & awesome indie pop, that will even make your handicap dog jump up and down.

With the production of Broken Social Scene's David Newfeld, you can understand why it's so delicious - It's only a shame that it lasts just for 16 minutes. But hey - it's hard to complain when something so joyful is in the background, so i never stop it from playing.