It's #musicmonday time.

1. SUCIOPERRO: 'Grace and Out of Me'



Absolutely fantastic band whose new album, Pain Agency, is probably the best thing I've heard so far this year. Credit to Mr. Joe Parry of July Rising for introducing me to their music and giving me the opportunity to meet the lead singer, who had apparently pissed his pants. Delightful.

2. MARMADUKE DUKE: 'Kid Gloves'



Predictable, but nice, segway here into the second pick: the lead singer of Sucioperro is also in this deliciously bizarre duo, known for playing gigs in women's clothing and gimp suits. But not necessarily at the same time.

3. BIFFY CLYRO: 'Folding Stars'



Well, might as well carry on the musical connections while we're on a roll, eh? The other guy in Marmaduke Duke's slightly more famous band. J'adore this song. Great one to yell at the top of your voice when no one's around.

4. IDLEWILD: 'Everyone Says You're So Fragile'



What's the connection here? Country of origin, of course. The criminally underrated and overlooked Idlewild also hail from Bonny Scotland and have a new album out very, very soon. It'll be awesome, guaranteed. They always are. And and and... I get to see them perform four of their six LPs in their entirety in London in a couple of weeks! Cannot f-ing wait. Anyway, 'Everyone Says You're So Fragile' is from their messier early days. Altogether now, "HYAAAAAAGH!"

5. DIE! DIE! DIE!: '155'



Okay, I've given up on the connections now. Die! Die! Die! hail from New Zealand and are playing the Head of Steam tomorrow night. They're a bit insane, so it'll be well worth the 2 or 3 quid you'll pay to get in.

6. SPRAYDOG: 'Prizefighters'



These guys aren't supporting Die! Die! Die! tomorrow evening, but one of the members of the band is in the group that are, The Black Static of Summer. Nothing on the 'tube from them, but Spraydog are well worth checking out. This video, filmed out and about in good ol' Newcastle upon Tyne, is pretty darn cool.

7. GREEN DAY: 'Peacemaker'



New album 21st Century Breakdown is a flamboyantly adolescent beauty, epic as, well, a rather epic thing, and this is one of my favourite tracks from it. Kinda like a sped up version of 'Misery' but with better lyrics. Can't get it out of the old noggin.

8. WE WERE PROMISED JETPACKS: 'Quiet Little Voices'



Ace band. Playing the Head of Steam on Saturday June 20th and also the Cockpit in Leeds on the 19th, supported by the wonderful July Rising. YOUR FACE NEEDS TO BE AT THAT GIG. One of the best band names I've heard in a long time too.

9. THE GET UP KIDS: 'Action and Action'



Recently reformed and apparently playing a couple of dates in the UK later in the year. This should have you creaming your pants.

10. SAVES THE DAY: 'See You (Live - Acoustic)'



And one more for the emo inside. Some wonderful imagery in this wonderful, wonderful song. 'My head is swirling/Been carried off in the sky/And where it lands is where it lands/I guess that I/Will get another head and get on with my life...' Ah, bliss.