5 new bands for the weekend

It's been too long since I caught up with Paul Lester's New Band of the Day. Somewhere, in a darkened room, Paul is sifting through endless MySpace profiles and cursing the day he pitched the idea to the Guardian.
I've also had a poke around the internets, and found some interesting new bands...
1) Fan Death Dangerously glamorous Canadian funky dance pop. With disco strings.
2) The Tough Alliance These two young men are Swedish. Surely that's enough for you? A little bit synth pop, a little bit tribal techno.
3) Feral Children Slightly scary Seattle-based art rock quintet. Sounds like they're about to collapse into a brawling, squiggling freak-out at any moment. In a good way. If they don't turn up on an All Tomorrow's Parties line-up somewhere in the world, I'll be very disappointed.
4) Baddies About 98% of new guitar bands are horribly generic and boring. These young chaps from Southend are in the remaining 2%. Yeah, yeah... they've been listening to the Horrors, Art Brut and possibly Queens of the Stone Age.
5) Zeigeist - I found this Gothenburg electro troupe all on my own, without the help of Paul Lester. Gothenburg electro, you say? Featuring arty live shows? Wait - maybe they're actually The Knife in Rococo disguise. Zeigeist do sound a lot like the Knife, but camper and more ready for the club. A bit like Fischerspooner, in fact. But while Fischerspooner would be throwing shapes in the middle of an empty dance floor, Zeigeist would be sitting in the chill out lounge, discussing Kate Bush album tracks with a handsome stranger. And their press shots. Oh my!

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