RECORD ARCHIVE - records in April 2013
Label: 3 Beat Productions
Best known for bringing the Ghanian dance craze 'Azonto' to an international audience with his single of the same name,... Label: Decca
Dutch-American singer-songwriter Laura Jansen releases her second album Elba - her debut release in the UK - on June 17. Recorded... Label: unsigned
Six foot two tall and with a striking blonde crop, Australian-born Boston adoptee Betty Who makes brash, 80's-inspired electropop that sounds... Label: Zerodeo
Channelling CSNY and the Mamas & The Papas - with a sprinkling of Fleetwood Mac for good measure - unsigned... Label: OWSLA / Polydor / Interscope
London-based, genre-busting three-piece MONSTA have been rising stars of EDM ever since debut single Holdin' On was released via OWSLA, the label... Label: 3 Beat Productions
Crossover UK dancehall tracks don't exactly grow on trees, so Stylo G's Soundbwoy - his first release since signing to 3... Label: Cooking Vinyl
Fresh from supporting Biffy Clyro on the UK leg of their March tour, City and Colour - better known to... Label: RCA/Creep City
Rising New York girl/boy duo MS MR herald the release of debut album Secondhand Rapture with new single Hurricane, another classy... Label: Island
With Dave Grohl drumming for them, Pharrell Williams writing with them, and Beastie Boys producer Mario C remixing them, DC-based... Label: 37 Adventures
Last seen in 2011 on the soundtrack for Attack The Block, Basement Jaxx have made us wait a few years... Label: Operator
Street-cool girl group M.O first appeared on SBTV back in October, becoming the most viewed debut A64 in the channel's history.... Label: What's Your Rupture? / Mom + Pop
Finally unfettered from Bandcamp, New York garage rock outfit Parquet Courts' debut album Light Up Gold gets a UK release today,... Label: Parlophone
It has been a long journey for The Good Natured since we first featured them as an unsigned act back in 2008, but... Label: Distiller Records
First featured by RotD in November last year, Bristol's The Ramona Flowers have come on in leaps and bounds in... Label: Hot Creations / FFRR / Warners
Anyone doubting that Hot Natured are one of the most exciting prospects in electronic music right now would do well to... Label: Rinse
Self-styled 'crack house' pioneer Zinc has established himself over the past two years with his uniquely London vision of the... Label: Stop Start (AUS) / unsigned (ROW)
Bubbling up from down under are Brisbane alt-pop five-piece Ball Park Music, whose latest track Surrender could well see their... Label: Nettwerk
Though not yet enjoying the sales figures of his friend and touring partner Ed Sheeran, Brighton-born singer-songwriter Passenger (real name Mike... Label: RCA
We first featured Tyneside's then-unsigned Lulu James back in November 2011, when bloggers were rightly falling over themselves to heap... Label: Sunny Side Up Records
LA duo PAPA were another act making a big noise at this year’s SXSW, with queues still snaking around the... Label: Positiva/Virgin
This Is What It Feels Like sees enormously popular trance DJ and producer Armin Van Buuren joining the Positiva stable in...
Best known for bringing the Ghanian dance craze 'Azonto' to an international audience with his single of the same name,... Label: Decca
Dutch-American singer-songwriter Laura Jansen releases her second album Elba - her debut release in the UK - on June 17. Recorded... Label: unsigned
Six foot two tall and with a striking blonde crop, Australian-born Boston adoptee Betty Who makes brash, 80's-inspired electropop that sounds... Label: Zerodeo
Channelling CSNY and the Mamas & The Papas - with a sprinkling of Fleetwood Mac for good measure - unsigned... Label: OWSLA / Polydor / Interscope
London-based, genre-busting three-piece MONSTA have been rising stars of EDM ever since debut single Holdin' On was released via OWSLA, the label... Label: 3 Beat Productions
Crossover UK dancehall tracks don't exactly grow on trees, so Stylo G's Soundbwoy - his first release since signing to 3... Label: Cooking Vinyl
Fresh from supporting Biffy Clyro on the UK leg of their March tour, City and Colour - better known to... Label: RCA/Creep City
Rising New York girl/boy duo MS MR herald the release of debut album Secondhand Rapture with new single Hurricane, another classy... Label: Island
With Dave Grohl drumming for them, Pharrell Williams writing with them, and Beastie Boys producer Mario C remixing them, DC-based... Label: 37 Adventures
Last seen in 2011 on the soundtrack for Attack The Block, Basement Jaxx have made us wait a few years... Label: Operator
Street-cool girl group M.O first appeared on SBTV back in October, becoming the most viewed debut A64 in the channel's history.... Label: What's Your Rupture? / Mom + Pop
Finally unfettered from Bandcamp, New York garage rock outfit Parquet Courts' debut album Light Up Gold gets a UK release today,... Label: Parlophone
It has been a long journey for The Good Natured since we first featured them as an unsigned act back in 2008, but... Label: Distiller Records
First featured by RotD in November last year, Bristol's The Ramona Flowers have come on in leaps and bounds in... Label: Hot Creations / FFRR / Warners
Anyone doubting that Hot Natured are one of the most exciting prospects in electronic music right now would do well to... Label: Rinse
Self-styled 'crack house' pioneer Zinc has established himself over the past two years with his uniquely London vision of the... Label: Stop Start (AUS) / unsigned (ROW)
Bubbling up from down under are Brisbane alt-pop five-piece Ball Park Music, whose latest track Surrender could well see their... Label: Nettwerk
Though not yet enjoying the sales figures of his friend and touring partner Ed Sheeran, Brighton-born singer-songwriter Passenger (real name Mike... Label: RCA
We first featured Tyneside's then-unsigned Lulu James back in November 2011, when bloggers were rightly falling over themselves to heap... Label: Sunny Side Up Records
LA duo PAPA were another act making a big noise at this year’s SXSW, with queues still snaking around the... Label: Positiva/Virgin
This Is What It Feels Like sees enormously popular trance DJ and producer Armin Van Buuren joining the Positiva stable in...