Playground/Universal

This third single from The Rasmus is probably their second best track, having many of the ingredients that made In...

Purr/unsigned

After a few independently financed EPs, this Welsh-based five piece are looking to step up a gear. With neat arrangement...

Headwrecker

One of several bands we'd love to have seen at In The City but couldn't. Those who did make the...

unsigned/Best Before

There are more clever, melodic twists and turns in the opening minute of this than in most people's albums. Great...

Direction

We picked this months ago when it was released in America, then again when Direction picked it up for the...

Doghouse/Must Destroy

We've just heard that Must Destroy have licensed Feable Weiner for UK release and we're very excited. First because San...

Data

It's been an interesting few months in the world of dance singles. AATW were beating all comers for a while....

J-Did/V2

We've already made this a Record of the Day and a Record of the Week so why another appearance here?...

unsigned

A few years back, we wrote about a then-unknown band calling them one of the best songwriting bands at that...

unsigned

Faithless is the obvious reference point here but what a fresh, accessible track from London's Velarsound, based around vocallist Lucy...

FDM

We featured Nizlopi's future smash JCB some months ago and a great deal has happened to them since then. For...

unsigned

This is our favourite discovery so far from the demos of bands playing at In The City. Yes, it's a...

unsigned

We've been itching to feature this unsigned indie pop smash for ages and now we can thanks to its immiment...

ID

No More is a third enchanting Record of the Day from the debut album by Cornwall's Wire Daisies. It previews...

Polydor

We're proud to have been early supporters of Scissor Sisters, going very early on Laura first time around, and their...

Loog

No soundclip. Another buzz band who top their hats to the '80s in a big way, but we'll forgive them...

Hit Mania/Mach 1

This is one of those magical tracks that manages to combine a delicious, fresh sound and rhythm (thanks to the...

Brightside

Rooster have got a hell of a lot going for them. Great frontman, great looks, great melodies, great timing, great...

Echo

We first heard about this artist from American major label A&Rs who were trying to sign him amidst a massive...

A&R/V2

Raghav has had three top ten singles this year with the minimum of fuss or hype - his is a...

Globe

We knew this project would be massive before we'd even heard any finished tracks because the vision behind it was...

Shoeshine

Shoeshine label boss and band manager Francis Macdonald describes The Beauty Shop as the Americana Pixies. Close but Monster is...