Oh What A World

East West

We heard Chris Moyles suggesting this should be reissued and we thought "What a stupid idea". Then we saw the...

Iconic

No soundclip. This production team (aka North Starz plus Pez Tellett) are big in the North and we've been saying...

As a follow-up to the huge club and radio hit It Just Won't Do, Mundaya deserved an awful lot more...

Jive

When our friend Toby Slater tipped us off about this smash it had just climbed ten to #26 on the...

Mute

No soundclip. We've supported this Goldfrapp album to the hilt. They make music that's futuristic, otherworldly, but also melodic. The...

AATW

No soundclip. There aren't too many people in the industry who would have championed this record based on the grooves...

Island

This is is Keane's first proper single for Island and it's our favourite Keane song to date, being a totally...

unsigned

Remember Your Neon Jesus, a Record of the Day from nearly a year ago? A special song and performance, like...

Anjunabeats

One of our favourite Midem finds was this gem, picked up as a bedroom demo and then produced to their...

14th Floor

No soundclip. An important single going into 2004 for our #1 tip of last year. It introduces the co-lead vocals...

Necessary

A mini album by this Birmingham four piece came out in November on indie Necessary Records and we've just discovered...

Must Destroy/Atlantic

No soundclip. Here's one of the most extraordinary things about the success story that is The Darkness: they had the...

Virgin

Several weeks ago we wrote that Beenie Man's new single is destined to be huge. Now it's on the Radio 1...

S-Curve/Virgin

Fountains Of Wayne haven't changed a bit since they first emerged in 1996 (even their A&R is the same -...

Virgin

No drama for Courtney's return, just a handful of big name collaborators and an instantly recognizable, accessible comeback single. It's...

2M

We saw the Kid win over the audience in Holland during the Eurosonic festival recently. Not least with a fine...