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A little late, here are this week’s Sunday tunes. This week, I thought we’d look at Kate Bush. Or, rather, things that sound like Kate Bush. Which, on it’s face is an odd thing to have around. I.e., when was the last time you heard her on the radio/saw her on TV/even heard her name mentioned? But, nonetheless, here she is, audible in a couple of tracks from the last year or so:

• Bat for Lashes, a British one woman band, have the following from a recent second album: Daniel.
• Florence and the Machine, also Brits, have this on offer: Rabbit Hearted Girl (acoustic) (the rather frantic original version is here).

Finally, just for fun, here’s the genuine item, from a few years back, sounding nothing like herself at all.

This is the first in what I hope will be a series of Sunday posts on music. Why Sunday? Because that’s the day I work out my weekly iPod playlist. Here are a few tunes to get you through the week. Right click each file to download.

• London folkies Mumford & Sons escape the winter chill (such as London has one, at least)
• One-named wonder Meiko dreams of distributive justice (well, distributive convenience, more accurately)
• Sufjan Stevens thinks The Dress Looks Nice on You. Really, he does. Not just being polite.
• Back across the pond, London kids White Lies are proving that a little economic collapse is no reason to go lean on production value, drama, pomp, circumstance, or any of the rest.
• Lastly, the Mary Onettes do much the same, employing reverb enough to justify government regulation, and managing to channel the Human League while they’re at it. What’s not to like?

More, hopefully, next week.