I watched a documentary on the BBC a little while ago called Eighteen Pregnant Schoolgirls.  And it had one of the best soundtracks I had ever heard.  A girl’s choir, haunting the backdrop with songs by Nirvana and Radiohead.

A little bit of research revealed the songs were available to buy and I was directed to the Scala & Kolacny Brothers site.   I picked up a couple of albums and, well, I was just blown away by them.  If you’re doing a mix for those long depressing nights when you can’t sleep and you feel desperately alone, these will fit in with your thoughts perfectly.

Check this on YouTube, Radiohead’s Exit Music (For A Film).  Sounds better through headphones with the lights off.

As a lifelong Pet Shop Boys fan, it’s always good to hear cover versions of their tracks (Carter USM’s version of Rent was awesome) but now I’ve discovered a girl band from Sweden called West End Girls

They’re pretty much what Pet Shop Boys would’ve been if they’d been girls.  Their style echoes PSB’s and the music sounds like a cross between PSBs and Sugababes.  In a J-Pop style.