'The Rat is an astonishing tour de force: a non-stop adrenaline hit built on a riot of drums and vocals that give no ground.'

It's a glorious gospel-disco-chicago-house-indie-bass-and-piano thing, wouldn't you say?

Hot Tonight is catchy and infectious, with some of 2014's best woo-woo-ing, and a video with a charming retro arcade machine feel.

20 outstanding songs that, as BAFTA would say, are Not in the English Language.

If you want proof that success or failure in the music industry is essentially random, look no further than the rise and fall of The Bravery.

This, I can tell already, is going to be the hardest playlist to write about. Not for want of stellar selections, you understand, but because every time I start listening to a song on the...

'Archie, Marry Me is indie-pop perfection: it seems to have sprung out of nowhere, fully formed, all hooks and bubbles and tessellation.'

Salad Days is sweet lo-fi jangle on a crazy-sounding guitar that's suspiciously bright and breezy for the accompanying lyrics.

Avant Gardener tells the tale of an anaphylactic attack on a hot and otherwise boring Monday and perfectly captures the lazy heat-strained mood with its round and round riff, and Barnett's vaguely indolent, totally not...

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Nathaniel features surprisingly guitar-heavy crunch and a driving beat. It all starts to make sense, though, when you find out that Ben Watt can count Bernard Butler among his collaborators.

The opening bars of Goshen 97 sound exactly like an early 90s Morrisseey / Dinosaur Jr mash-up. In other words, spectacularly brilliant.

When I visited Llandeilo last summer it struck me as a quietly beautiful South Wales town with a really fantastic ice-cream / chocolate / sweet shop and access to rolling countryside and numerous old hilltop...

The Bilinda Butchers are a shoegazing and dream-pop outfit named after Bilinda Butcher of My Bloody Valentine. In Heaven, they have created a concept album about a young Japanese woman and her doomed love.

Polarsets' new single Madrid may have an urban name, but it puts you in mind of anywhere that might serve you a cool cocktail on the beach.

Hi-Five sounds like classic country rock injected with a heavy dose of fuzz, wit, and angst.

Garden in the Sun is a gentle but powerful acoustic meander full of delightful embellishment, touches and sparks. It's hazy and a bit woozy, and wanders down a path you'll want to follow.

These 20 physically and spiritually transporting tracks will take you to new lands, and blow your mind on arrival.

Guto Pryce's future-retro sounds prove that there was more to the talent in Super Furry Animals than Gruff Rhys.

Lux is a perfect example of a lush pop song that has the beauty and power to mess with your ideas of what a guitar band should sound like.