Metal & Dust Recordings

'One of this year's most highly anticipated debuts' is such an oft-encountered phrase here at RotD towers that we experience...

Ministry of Sound

Ministry of Sound have had quite a run on the dance singles front this year, what with Bingo Players and...

Viper Recordings

Returning to the label they first started with back in 2006, and following previous smashes In Your Eyes and Loveline,...

Parlophone

You already know the chorus - and the voice - of In My Mind from Swedish House Mafia's smash of the...

MTA Records

A glance at the extensive online love for London-based singer-songwriter Abigail Wyles reveals a long list of comparisons stretching from Carole...

National Anthem

We fell for 25 year-old Brixton singer-songwriter Josh Record's debut Bones EP - in particular sublime lead track For Your...

unsigned

The term 'indie rap' gets bandied about these days, but rhyming 'Hoxton' with 'Graham Coxon' on last year's RotD-featured Thunderbird definitely earns...

DERAM

That the genre-bending Liverpudlian crooner and LIPA alumnus Dan Croll has been variously and accurately described as afrobeat, 'indie J-pop synth 'n' b'...

Warner Music

Rising LA duo Jutty Ranx have done it all on their own. I See You, a blend of summery electro-pop and...

One Little Indian

Already a sensation in Iceland, where a staggering one in ten people own his debut album Dyrd í dauðathogn, 21 year-old Ásgeir is...

Night Beach Records / Unsigned

Fresh from playing two well-received shows at Wireless this weekend, unsigned LA singer and self-styled ‘Youthquaker’ Phlo Finister releases her debut Poster Girl...

RCA

Showcasing a just-signed new girl band before they even have a name might seem like a bold move, but RCA's...

RCA Victor

After being tipped in virtually every ‘Ones to Watch’ poll at the tail end of last year, including the Brits...

Unsigned

It used to be that folk inflections suggested back-room intimacy more than arena-filling, expansive production, but unsigned Buckinghamshire quintet Amber...

Columbia

18 year-old Chlöe Howl burst out of the traps earlier this year with her free-to-download Rumour EP, a three-song set whose...

RAM / Virgin EMI

You may not know the name yet, but you will definitely recognise previous smashes Take You Higher and the Radio...

Black Butter Records

Solomon Grey, comprising Brit Tom Kingston and Aussie Joe Wilson, are proof not just that long-distance relationships can work, but...

My Major Company/JRE

The bio for 'mirror twins' Christie and Louise Miller, aka Millers Daughter, is packed with details such as their upbringing...

3 Beat Productions

Armand Van Helden and A-Trak, collectively known as Duck Sauce, return to brighten up our lives - as they do...

Gentlemen Of The Road via Communion / Island

Not only do Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros have friends in high places, they have the tunes to back it up. Having...

Wichita Recordings

Released this week in the UK, Cerulean Salt is the second album from Alabama-born Brooklynite Katie Crutchfield, aka Waxahatchee. Less...

RCA

X Factor runner-up and undisputed winner of the coveted Most Jahmazing Contestant crown - not to mention most likeable - Jahméne...

37 Adventures

ETML is Elliott Marshall, an 18-year-old singer, writer and producer from south west London, who seems to have found time...