unsigned

Less sharp shooter than full-scale machine gun artillery, London MC Lady Lykez earned her stripes with the rapid-fire delivery of debut...

Outsiders/Polydor

First featured here as an unsigned (for the UK) white label last November, and following their recent 'Vs' release Sunrise...

Strange Cargo / Virgin Records

That Thomas Dybdahl isn't more well known outside his native Norway, where he boasts multi-platinum status and Norwegian Grammy awards aplenty, could...

Relentless

The summer festival season is made for bands like Bristol's technicolour five-piece The Other Tribe, who have been cutting up stages...

Ecola Records

Anglo-Italian singer-songwriter Olivia Sebastianelli earned acclaim from the likes of Fake DIY to the Guardian upon release of debut single Rose of Stone...

Communion

Following on from Homesick, their explosive debut on Communion featured here in June, Llandudno four-piece Catfish and the Bottlemen return with another...

Positiva/Virgin

As if to prove his credentials as dance music royalty, in April this year Armin van Buuren was invited to perform at the...

Relentless

The latest name to join the swelling ranks of teenage over-achievers is Bondax, a Lancaster duo comprising 18 year-old producer/remixers George...

Xtra Mile Recordings

Newly signed to Xtra Mile Recordings - home of Frank Turner, The Xcerts and Against Me! among others - in...

Unsigned

Unsigned London trio F.U.R.S have been together barely a year - siblings Liam and Danielle Wade excepted - but they have achieved...

Fudge Records

Her former career as wig-maker to Lady Gaga might be a headline-grabber, but the most exciting thing about rising singer Max...

Loma Vista/Island Records

LA duo PAPA - aka Darren Weiss and Danny Presant - were unsigned when we featured the colossal Put Me To Work back in...

Four To One

Things have really taken off for 22 year-old Moya since we featured her debut single Making Me Fall last August....

unsigned

There's no shortage of singer-songwriter talent around at the moment, but 23 year-old Daniel James from London via Northern Ireland...

Just Music

We first featured Your & Your Crown as a demo from the Same Parts, Same Heart EP back in January,...

Naim Edge

Epic stuff this, from new Bath five-piece Pylo. Enemies is the towering lead track from their debut Bellavue EP - out...

Black Butter

The lucky few crammed into a sweaty Scotch of St. James for the live debut by a hotly tipped 20 year-old...

Epic

Example has taken the production reins with hard-hitting new single All The Wrong Places, his first since signing with Epic, newly incarnated at...

MTA Records

First pricking the ears of the industry with a souled-out, internet-busting cover of Kendrick Lamar's Poetic Justice, 19 year-old Brighton...

Island Records, Germany

We first featured Claire in the weekly magazine back in June, when the dreamy post-pop vibes of Games were wafting...

Spinnin' Records

Quite whether the Cedric Gervais remix of Lana Del Rey's Summertime Sadness will come close to the eye-watering YouTube tally of...