Ellie Goulding "The Writer"

     23-year-old Brit-award winning Ellie Goulding has released "The Writer" as the fourth single from her phenomenal debut album Lights.  The track is one of the album's highlights, a fragile and beautiful ballad where Ellie asks someone (a lover? God?), "Why don't you be the artist and make me out of clay?  Why don't you be the writer and decide the words I say?"  The video features the singer prancing around a 22-year-old lighthouse.

17 Tracks Summer 2010 Mix

     The 17 Tracks Summer Mix is an annual tradition, and this, it's third installment, is the best yet.  You won't find any gag-worthy trash like "California Gurls" [sic] on it, but you'll find some rocking jams to blast with the windows rolled down and the wind in your hair.  Long live summer.  If you want a copy, you know who to ask.  If you like the artists, support them and buy their album.

See the tracklisting after the jump.

Ellie Goulding Brings in the Big "Guns and Horses"

      Ellie Goulding is a British singer-songwriter who won the BBC's Sound of 2010 poll for breakthrough artist.  Her debut album Lights is phenomenal, and she reached No. 4 on the British charts with her single "Starry Eyes".  Her new single, "Guns and Horses" is now out and its the bomb.  Goulding's songwriting is "indie", but because she's a girl with a little synth, she's classified as "pop".  It doesn't matter what you call it though, because this girl is good.

Ellie Goulding — Guns And Horses from Alex Osipov on Vimeo.