Rough Trade

If you haven't heard the androgynous, infectious and chilling voice of Antony & The Johnsons by now, it won't be...

Only/Stockholm

Thanks to Michel Petré for tipping us off about this. What a vocal. What perfect production - simple, sparse and...

unsigned/Young and Lost Club

There's a lot to like about south London's Good Shoes. They look cool, they're young, they're new, and you can...

Relentless

The Avenue isn't the only obvious smash on the Roll Deep album - check out Shake A Leg. Both the...

So So Def/Virgin

Urban A&R, producer and writer Jermaine Dupri is now urban music president of Virgin US, and Young, Fly & Flashy...

unsigned

We knew this was going to be good from the opening ten seconds - what a great, effortless intro. The...

available to sign outside N America

EL PUS (pronounced "El Poose"), are a five-piece from Atlanta, Georgia, that have the perfect mix of punk-pop and hip-hop,...

Viper (US)

Warning: Adult content! Passionate, highly political, articulate, independent-minded... Immortal Technique is everything hip hop used to be, and that is one...

Narnack

Often upbeat, always offbeat Langhorne Slim's debut is causing ripples of excitement outside of the expected country confinements. A Pennsylvanian...

(Wall Of Sound/Data)

Stuart Price AKA Jacques Le Cont AKA Les Rhythmes Digitales - a man of many aliases, and even more CV...

(Shoeshine/Believe)

The Beauty Shop are a synthesis of Americana and the great American indie rock tradition (Pixies, Dinosaur Jr, even Pearl...

Relentless

KT is joint favourite to win the Mercury prize, which could be the culmination of a truly awesome campaign along...

Skint

Lazy was one of the best original songs to come out of dance music in years, and deservedly won an...

Smoove

We first wrote about Nookie four months ago after a tip off from Urban Is King on our message board...

Southern Fried

Armand's My My My was one of the sleeper hits of last year. Into Your Eyes was great too, although...

Eye Industries

We've been trying to feature this since it appeared in Cool Cuts earlier this year. It now looks like the...

Big Dada

We discovered this when TTC asked to be "friends" of an act we work with on My Space. They are...

Tuff Gong/Island

Damian is the son of Bob Marley and Jamaica's 1977 Miss World winner Cindy Breakspeare. Welcome To Jamrock proves a...

Positiva

We first featured this back in February, writing "Reggaeton - if you don't know what it is yet, you will...

Loaded

We first featured this track way upfront in early 2005. Loaded chose to hold back from releasing it then, build...

Nice Tunes

This is the debut single from US rock/soul artist Dre Allen, and features his wife Dawn Robinson (En Vogue and...