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Within about two minutes of opener ‘Shadow’ you think apt moniker aside, this is something churned out from the mid 1960s sounding somewhere close to The Bootleg Beatles and...

When producers / remixers James Ford and James Shaw formed Simian Mobile Disco in 2005, following their departure from electro rock outfit Simian, many could not have imagined the...

  Photos by Iain Garrett Almost a decade since that zeitgeist changing cowbell monster of a hit ‘House of Jealous Lovers’ set our dancefloors alight with its sheer...

    The opening guitar lines to opener 'NY Girl' are possibly the edgiest and most potent way of introduction to a band in a long time. The song is equally appealing...

  Counting Radio’s Steve Lamacq and Huw Stephens as admirers and equally allowed a respectable amount of airplay because of that, East London indie pop band Tigercats mine...

  This four-piece Manchester band is a very interesting proposition. Very low-fi indie folk which has a certain charm and creativity isn’t too easy to come across these...

  The first glimpse of this relatively low key artist was at a Glastonbury show promoting debut album ‘Breathe With Me’ in 2009. Her talented voice was noticeable back...

  New Jersey indie-punks The Static Jacks are possibly one of the most relentlessly energetic bands currently touring the UK. From the opening ‘Defend Rosie’ the speed...

  As introductions go, this Edinburgh five-piece have managed on their debut EP to not only raise curiosity levels, but carve out a number of sure-fire hits. Hotly tipped...

There are some bands on this earth that as good as they are and as many great songs as they release will always remain under the radar buoyed by blogs and criminally underrated....

On first listen, this second album from 6 Music favourites is intimate, warm and rather promising. As opening title track (version one) suggests this is the sound of a rather...

In a market filled with female vocalists coming to the fore in recent years both commercially and in indie circles, it is becoming ever so harder to unearth the real gems.  For...

Acclaimed by many parts of the music press, supported and aired by the impeccably tasteful Bob Harris on BBC Radio 2 and slots on the same stages as Alabama 3 and John Allen, you...

Bristol country / soul band, Phantom Limb possess one of the finest vocalists in the UK with a very distinguishable set of lungs probably more known for her solo work with Massive...

It has been almost 12 years since Cardinal graced our musical airwaves with their blend of wistful compositions imbedded with layers of ornate strings, pianos and horns. At the...