Top 5 current tracks to get lost in

It's Friday! Regardless of the plans you have tonight, you probably want to recover from the week by listening to some soothing music, or tracks that you can just jam to on the dancefloor. Either way, Fridays are for getting lost in the music! We've compiled a little list of some of our favourite current tracks to get lost in:

Avicii - Wake me up

This the number 1 single in the UK at the moment and we are not surprised at all! Featuring multi-talented singer Aloe Blacc, the song has been referred to as Mumford & Sons on speed. All we can say is that we love this tune and it is definitely the jam to get lost in!

Icona Pop - I love it

This duo is one to watch, with I Love It being stuck in our heads the whole week! If you haven't heard this track yet, it's a pure pop song destined for weekend club perfection. We don't care, we love it!

John Newman - Love me again

This tune can be heard everywhere! We think John deserves all the love he's getting with this track, as it's his big break after featuring on and co-writing Rudimental's Feel the Love. We must say, we like this guy's style.

Kings of Leon - Supersoaker

What? Supersoaker? As in the '90s water pistol? It's the title of Kings of Leon's first single in two years.  It's what you would expect from Kings of Leon, as they stayed true to their style. We like it!

Florence & The Machine - Over the love

Ok, so this one you may have heard as the soundtrack of The Great Gatsby movie, but you have to admit that the vocals on this girl send you flying high! Awesome track.

What are your favourite tracks to get lost in? Let us know!

The sun shines on Britain's high streets once again!

High Street, Oxford

Well, not only are we thanking the sun for a Wimbledon win and a gorgeous Glastonbury, as it turns out the great weather has brought the high street back to life too.

Figures released from the British Retail Consortium showed that there has been a 1.4% rise in shopper footfall on the high street throughout this June, when compared to the same time last year, and reversing a 0.7% fall in May.

As well as this, out of town retail parks, such as Bicester Village, the Trafford Centre in Manchester and Merry Hill in the West Midlands have also shown signs of improvement, with footfall up 0.6%. However, shopping centres (effectively covered malls either in towns or on the outskirts) showed a drop of 3%, continuing to suffer nationwide. Overall though, there has been a 0.1% lift in footfall, which bodes well for the shopping sector in all.

Helen Dickinson, British Retail Consortium Director General, said: "The UK high street was busier in June, and BRC figures show that footfall has increased as we have seen shoppers take advantage of the good promotions available at the moment in stores."

Ms Dickinson identified the warm weather as a significant contributor, adding: "It is like that shoppers took advantage of the start of the sunshine in June to visit their local high street and buy items for their summer wardrobes."

Diane Wehrie, Retail Insights Director at Springboard, said part of the reason for gains on high streets can be put down to a greater decline in footfall than managed shopping locations in previous years. As such they start from a lower base.

But she added: "The benefit of high streets being 'open for business' 24 hours a day is also key as it is footfall which falls outside usual retail trading hours - rather than between 9am and 5pm - which is improving, and clearly shielding high streets against the ill winds of a long term decline in customer numbers."

Whether or not this is part of a larger rise in the British economy, we will have to wait and see.

The 'Legends of the Summer', Jay-Z & JT bring Wireless to a blistering close

Ever since that fateful day in January of this year, when a certain Mr Justin Timberlake announced his long-awaited return to music - and the subsequent single/album/US tour news that has been released - one feels that this was the moment we had all been waiting for.

Never mind the single (dropping a major hint at what was to come by featuring some rap artist called Jay-Z). Never mind the album. Never mind the US tour. Since Justin's post-BRITs show at the HMV Forum in Kentish Town (reclaiming the title of 'Best Live Act of All Time' in the process), we've all been waiting with baited breath for Wireless Festival. Timberlake's announcement that he would be headlining the show, alongside Jay-Z...and that the two of them would be onstage together for the final night was just too exciting for some to bear.

And by God, did they give the crowd a show.

Over a two-and-a-quarter hour set, the Legends of the Summer tour was officially kicked off with the duo playing just over forty songs to a capacity crowd; not bad, considering both of the boys had played the previous two nights for about that long on their own. Bookending a divided middle act where one artist played a selection of their own material with two collaborative sections - and even a special guest appearance from one Bajan singer called Rihanna - ensured that the festival was brought to a fitting close.

Before performing at all at Wireless, Justin released a new single, 'Take Back The Night', a new track from his second album of the year, the questionably titled The 20/20 Experience: 2 of 2. He played this track twice over the weekend - both on his own headlining day and on Sunday. As for Jay-Z, his most recent solo release Magna Carta... Holy Grail shot straight to number one, Jay-Z's first in the UK.

Venice Film Festival

From left to right, actor Joaquin Phoenix, director Paul Thomas Anderson, Joanne Sellar producer, and actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, Betty actress and producer Daniel Madisen lobby for the premiere of 'master' in the film festival in Venice 69 Venice, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2012. (AP Photo / Andrew Medichini)

World Music Festival

And the annual music festival in the world 12th running this 30 a September 10, 2012, is a city wide, multi-location, for a weeklong festival, which attracted more than half a million concertgoers and presented over 500 artists and groups from over 75 countries since it began in 1999. Organized by the Department of Cultural Affairs Chicago (DCA), and the festival of traditional and contemporary music from different cultures around the world.