28 Jul 2005

Who Left The Lights Off, Baby?

Guillemots

unsigned/Fantastic Plastic

WE SAY

There's a buzz building around Guillemots and no wonder. Their brief is to make popular music interesting and fresh, and they might just do it. There's something adventurous and indeed fresh about their sound and approach, and their songwriting is promising too. They are a four-piece based around the fantastically named Birmingham-born singer/songwriter Fyfe Antony Dangerfield Hutchins. They play London's Spice Of Life on Friday August 12 and Club Fandango at The Borderline August 18.

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Fell City Girl - Weaker Light

Weaker Light

Fell City Girl

Nomadic Music

This is one of those singles that could only be by a new band - and a band who demand...

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27 Jul 2005
Schnappi - Schnappi

Schnappi

Schnappi

Universal Music TV

We don't pretend to fully understand the Schnappi phenomenon, but it is undoubtedly fascinating. It's a four year-old girl singing...

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26 Jul 2005
The Heys - Pressure

Pressure

The Heys

unsigned

This band really caught our ears for the usual reason (or not that usual sadly) - they've got at least one really...

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25 Jul 2005
The Rogue Element - Let Me Breathe

Let Me Breathe

The Rogue Element

Exceptional

It's dance music but not as we have known it recently. Retro but fresh, full of energy and not pigeonholed...

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22 Jul 2005
Shelly Poole - Hard Time For The Dreamer

Hard Time For The Dreamer

Shelly Poole

Transistor Project

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21 Jul 2005
Braund Reynolds - Rocket

Rocket

Braund Reynolds

Phonetic

This is most exciting record you could dance to we've heard in a long time, especially as it's all live...

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20 Jul 2005
Xpatriate - The Spaces Between

The Spaces Between

Xpatriate

unsigned

Expatriate are an Australian band who fit in well with that's going on in the UK right now - they...

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19 Jul 2005
Hush - If I Was

If I Was

Hush

Universal Denmark/Island

Since we last featured this, Island have committed to releasing Hush in the UK and we're delighted that If I...

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18 Jul 2005
Imogen Heap - Hide And Seek

Hide And Seek

Imogen Heap

Megaphonic

This featured in the season finale closing montage of The OC, causing it to leap from #98 to #32 on...

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15 Jul 2005
Nine Black Alps - Unsatisfied

Unsatisfied

Nine Black Alps

Universal Island

Unsatisfied is a deeply satisfying piece of songwriting - the best Nine Black Alps track yet. We keep hearing it...

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14 Jul 2005
The Tourettes - Silent Violent

Silent Violent

The Tourettes

unsigned

Stockholm's The Tourettes are so called because the singer has a mild form of Tourettes. They're managed by Teenage Fanclub...

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13 Jul 2005
Saul Williams - Black Stacey

Black Stacey

Saul Williams

Fader/Wichita

Great reactions when we featured this first time around. It's his most commercial track and it provides radio with a...

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12 Jul 2005
Mattafix - Big City Life

Big City Life

Mattafix

Buddhist Punk

Mattafix are intriguing for several reasons. They describe themselves as Massive Attack fronted by Shuggie Otis. That's a great description,...

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11 Jul 2005
Stimulator - Fame Is Lame

Fame Is Lame

Stimulator

Org/The Lab/Universal

Stimulator are led by singer Susan Hyatt (Pillbox) and guitarist-producer Geoff Tyson (who was in the terrifying Snake River Conspiracy)....

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08 Jul 2005
Goldfrapp - Ohh La La

Ohh La La

Goldfrapp

Mute

This band get better and better and could be about to get a lot bigger. Ooh La La is their...

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07 Jul 2005
Axwell - Feel The Vibe

Feel The Vibe

Axwell

Data

Like Lola's Theme and Groovejet, this started life as an instrumental and was a massive club record without a vocal....

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06 Jul 2005