No Job is the second single from the forthcoming five track Live The Nakey Dream EP. It tells of "the lows of living in a virtual purgatory while waiting on someone else to decide what...

'I Hate Goodbyes is pristine, synth-soaked pop of the highest order: an inexhaustible supply of hooks and a sweet bassline walking you through the feeling of the best past days of your life, concentrated to...

The Blues Brothers happens to be one of my all-time favourite films and I love the premise of Jake and Elwood putting the band back together again for one last show. They managed it in...

Stigma-Style is the new EP from Guam-born, now Brooklyn resident Rosa Bordallo, who records under the name Manett. It consists of three tracks that sound a world away from the brusque, hectic environment they were...

With The Race For Space, Public Service Broadcasting may have thought they had the space-themed awards sewn up for the year; Cosmos shows there's more than one way to skin a space cat.

'The new music playlist for week 12 - another week of free downloads, new releases and album previews. Everything from Mew to UUMA, from The Black Ryder to Active Child. And a whole bunch in...

with its loops, clicks and beats, and Noah's whispered vocals, MOOD is a laid back gem that's perfect for when you need to drift off to somewhere idyllic...

September Storm is the latest single from Birmingham's The Traps. In a nutshell: indie disco that deserves to be in your collection.

See that Neil Hannon up there in the photo above this story? I've always liked him, but never more so than the day he was responsible, indirectly and directly, for the best day this site...

Get Real (Can't Touch Your Love) is the debut single from Loframes, a collaboration between London-born James Yuill and French producer Franck Russo. It's a succulent combination, here creating a synthpop does deep house with...

Separator is about as good as it gets in its field, the field being effortlessly catchy indie rock with a new wave twist.

The first fruit of an album written almost entirely on harp and piano, 1999 is a track nostalgic for past love, and affectingly beautiful with it. It probably won't be the only soulful piano-led lament...

Showcasing what's already being described as Blur's "other side", There Are Too Many Of Us employs warbly synth (and occasional warbly Damon-song) to make the point that it's a bit crowded here on planet earth....

Wasted Away is the debut single from Manchester band False Advertising. They bring a fuzzy kind of noise that's got more than a little of the '90s about it and a whole truck load of...

The Bright Light Social Hour have been rocking Texas in some shape or form since 2002. The members met as college students at Southwestern University. They released a few EPs followed by a self-titled debut...

No two ways about it: Let Me Be Your Light is the most instantly worship-inducing, haunting, evocative song I've heard this week. It's taken from The Door Behind The Door, the new album from The...

Hailing from the same windswept Dartmoor environment as their mythical namesakes, Wisht Hounds are a new alt-pop outfit consisting of Ella Edmondson and Rollo Smallcombe. They are, thankfully, a much more comforting proposition than those...

Walk Beside me is the first single from On Earth, the forthcoming album from Swedish duo Blind Lake. It's a celebration of love, life, and energy through the medium of a bouncy disco beat and...

Packaging is the second single from Buyer's, the second EP by Austin, TX punk / garage band Pollen. It's a heady two and half minutes of anti-consumerism, anti-marketing, angular and spiky garage rock.

'My Love, from Buffalo newcomer M.A.G.S. is, remarkably, all the work of just one man - Elliott Douglas. After a handful of live shows, this high-class indie rock is a scorching way to begin a...