Idolator

There are so many, many reasons not to care about Scottish band the View: For one thing, they're receiving the sort of deafening NME praise usually reserved for the likes of such greats as Biffy Clyro and Towers Of London. And their name makes us think of a coffee-klatsch guitar-band fronted by Joy Behar. But their debut album, Hats Off To The Buskers, started leaking onto the web over the holiday, and we begrudgingly have to give them credit—"Wasted Little DJs" is a fine run-through-the-back-alley anthem, and on "Streetlights," lead singer Kyle Falconer does a mean Lee Mavers impression:

The View - Wasted Little DJs [MP3, link expired]
The View - Streetlights [MP3, link expired]
The View [MySpace]