Life

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We don't know too much about this band and we suspect they won't sail effortlessly on to the cover of...

Sub Pop

Wolf Parade, from Montreal, are the latest Canadian export to make big noises over here. Apologies to Queen Mary, their...

(Necessary/Atlantic)

Different people seem to have different favourite Hard-Fi tracks but this was always ours. In fact we're convinced it's the...

Something In Construction

Akira The Don harnesses the power of the internet, doesn't play by the rules, makes great tunes, is signed to...

Transistor Project

Since we featured this delicious song last, Shelly's album has been top ten on iTunes in the UK and France,...

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The Band Agency made a CD of bands who played at their Best Of In The City nights and this...

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Allison is playing London's Bush Hall on Friday so we couldn't resist the excuse to let you hear her version...

Motivo/AATW

We discovered this at Popkomm 2004. AATW had been talking to Italy's Motivo about it since then and finally, just...

Relentless

KT's last single, the Record of the Day-featured Suddenly I See, was her biggest crossover to date. Radio 2 Single...

Direction

This is a perfectly judged record. Part hip hop, part dance, part novelty, part underground. It also sounds like a...

VP/Atlantic

This record has reignited our interest in Sean Paul and it looks set to send his album blazing back up...

Unsigned

This Loughborough four piece are starting to build a buzz, having played ITC and been played by Lamacq on Radio...

Analogue Catalogue

A singer-songwriter with humour, pathos and eccentric, melodic songs, Aidan Smith is one of those rare breeds that we hope...

All City Music

HMV's urban music buyer Steve Owen first told us about British rapper Sway perhaps two years ago. Since then, the...

(One Little Indian)

Daniel used to be lead singer with Icelandic trip hoppers Gus Gus. Here he collaborates with Bix (remixer of Madonna...

Polydor

Brian Higgins' Xenomania have worked their magic again, writing and producing Girls Aloud's third album Chemistry. This song's structure sews...