At the moment, everyone is loving LA based band ‘Warpaint’ and so am I! The band was founded a coupe of years ago by Emily Kokal, Theresa Wayman, and Jennifer Lindberg. Lindberg’s sister, Shannyn Sossamon (yes that’s right- THE Shannyn Sossamon!) used to play drums, although still performs with the band occasionally and even appears on tracks ‘Elephants’, ‘Stars’ and ‘Beetles’ on their debut EP ‘Exquisite Corpse’; a beautifully composed record, which has been mixed and edited by Red Hot Chili Peppers’ guitarist and LEGEND John Frusciante! (It just gets more and more exciting doesn’t it?)
Warpaint has just recently re-released 'Exquisite Corpse' last month (and available to buy on CD on 7th Dec) most likely due to their rising interest and popularity. They described their sound to Dazed and Confused as ‘an eclectic collective of people and sounds running and dancing and screaming and crying!’ My personal favourite track is their cover of Mary Wells' Motown classic, ‘My Guy,’ which, is just like the girls themselves…Beautiful!
The girls are currently recording their new album, which is due for release in late spring next year so they are no doubt going to be working the festival circuit next summer!
Althlough I have 3 months to wait, I am so so so excited about Tim Burton's contemporary adaptation on the traditional fantasy tale, 'Alice in Wonderland', which is due for release in March 2010. 
