I know it’s late, but finally, here it is: the seventh edition of the NFOP Radio Show with eleven songs freshly picked out of the blogosphere exclusively for your delight. Listen to the stream either via the player embedded on top of this page (recommended) or here.

Listening note: The show is streamed via 8tracks. Their license requires a mix to be shuffled the second time someone listens to it. Moreover, the number of tracks the user can skip while listening to a mix is limited.

1. Woods – Death Rattles: Recently, MGMT‘s Ben Goldwasser told BlackBook Magazine that they were definitely not part of “the fabled Brooklyn music scene” which mostly consisted of bands that are “never going to be discovered by anyone because they’re too insular and weird”. Pitchfork suspects he was talking about bands like Woods. Fortunately, they don’t need to be discovered as they have their very own record label, and Woodsist has just released their wonderful (despite being weird and insular) new album At Echo Lake.

2. The Young Sinclairs – Forever After: When Daniel Cundiff is not playing with Eternal Summers, he’s got this other band called The Young Sinclairs that makes blissful summery 60s-infused pop harmonies that somehow remind me of The Coral. Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair.

3. Ganglians – My House: Speaking of Woodsist artists, Sacramento quartet Ganglians have no more than a very few weeks ago officially released their great debut full-length Monster Head Room in Europe, but they’re already diligently working on new material. This tune is the first demo that’s supposed to appear on their upcoming sophomore effort.

4. Gauntlet Hair – All Eyes: There has been some heavy buzz about this Colorado band stirred up after only a single song, I Was Thinking, also featured on this blog a while back (it will be released as a 7 inch by GvB‘s new imprint Forest Family Records in late May/early June). This new track shows that we’re most likely not observing a potential one-hit wonder.

5. Sore Eros – Taal Compass: This wonderful dreamy track has been created by Robbie Robinson who composes music under the moniker Sore Eros, and for that we somehow feel sorry for him. Anyway, the song will be out as a limited 7 inch on Blackburn Recordings on May 24.

6. 1,2,3 – Confetti: Guardian’s Paul Lester is seriously raving about this duo from Pittsburgh, so it can’t be that wrong to include 1,2,3 in this mix. Another band that achieves to turn something distinctly retro (70s rock, this time) into something amazingly modern and fresh. Their debut European single The Going Away Party will be released by Chess Club on May 30.

7. Foster The People – Pumped Up Kids: Mistrust the hype. I’ve been told this LA four-piece is gonna be this year’s MGMT or Peter Bjorn and John, and this tune is about to hit so massively we’ll dance to it all summer long. Well, not sure if I’m convinced yet, but judge for yourself.

8. Shine 2009 – New Rules: More or less perfect pop music from Scandinavia, Finland to be exact. In fact, I could imagine me dancing to this one till September.

9. School Of Seven Bells – Babelonia: New York shoegaze/dream-pop trio will put out their sophomore album Disconnect From Desire on July 13 via Ghostly International. Slightly more upbeat than the debut, this track is an adequate teaser.

10. Sleigh Bells – Rill Rill: Like Pitchfork’s Mark Richardson rightly wrote last week, the NYC duo’s absolutely stunning debut record Treats marks one of those rare occasions when we get the chance to hear something somehow entirely unheard. Sleigh Bells’ music is aggressive yet melodic and danceable, not unlike Crystal Castles for that matter, with the main difference that this time, the girl on the mic does not scare the hell out of me. Highly recommended.

11. Nika & Rory – I’m Not Going Anywhere: Madison, Wisconsin’s Nika Roza Danilova aka much adored Zola Jesus and Rory Kane have an aptly named joint endeavor. In fact, the duo’s music is not very far from the respective solo projects, which is of course anything but a bad thing.