The Bonus Track: Lake Street Dive, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Anne Hathaway, Laurel and EELS

Bad selfies

Four-piece Motown soul group Lake Street Dive are already massive in the US, even making a cameo on House of Cards. With charismatic jazz vocalist Rachael Price in charge, we’re tipping LSD for big things over here when their debut album Bad Self Portraits comes out 5 May and they perform at London’s Bush Hall on 8 May. Watch their joyful cover of Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back” which has clocked up nearly two million views on YouTube

Clap your hands say... where

Quirky indie rockers Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have just announced their fourth album Only Run will be released on 3 June. And in true CYHSY-style, lead singer/songwriter Alec Ounsworth will be performing living room shows across the UK. Check out the band’s Facebook page to nominate your own front room and listen to their new track “Coming Down”

 

Les Mis in da club

Anne Hathaway rapping is not a ­sentence we ever thought we’d type, but thankfully the Les Mis star prefers to sing her rap in the style of showtunes. Of course she does. Watch Anne’s version of 50 Cent’s “In Da Club” and Snoop Dogg’s “Gin and Juice”. Probably not one for the “Hatha-haters” out there.

No resting for Laurel

Alt-pop Lana Del Rey sound-alike Laurel releases her debut EP next week. The 19 year-old singer from “a tiny town ­somewhere between Southampton and Portsmouth” was inspired by the Raymond Carver short story “Why Don’t You Dance With Me” when making her video for “To The Hills”

Next week’s biggie ...

Kevin Harley reviews the much-­anticipated eleventh studio album from EELS. The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett is out 21 April. Watch the album trailer