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The dreaming spires are not all to be envied in Oxford – the current music scene is one of the brightest in the UK, and indie pop quartet Secret Rivals are one of the latest...

Anyone can play guitar. So goes the Radiohead song. Which is why this feature concerns itself with songs where guitars are noticeable entirely by their absence. And so out come...

From the opening notes of second single 'All I Know,' you would be forgiving for think that South Coast three-piece Iremembertapes are just another indie rock throwaway, the...

Whales in Cubicles are a strange bunch. Taking their name from an Andrew Bird track, you would expect a band tinged with folk influences, but instead the London four-piece are a...

'Psychadelic folktronica' may sound like a pretentious label to give your band, but in the case of Liverpool three-piece Stealing Sheep, there is little else that fits the bill....

Building a following in any city isn't always easy, but Essex quartet I Dream In Colour have successfully managed to do just that in the city where they have spent the past year...

Being totally honest, you don't really expect a band's debut EP to be particularly amazing or special because the whole point is for them to grow and improve with each release....

Having made quite the name for themselves in their native Oxfordshire, Dead Jerichos are a band riding the crest of an impressive wave. Appearances on BBC Introducing and the...

For many bands, that story of how they first got together or what inspired them to make music is particularly interesting or exciting. For Autoheart, it was a case of a simple...

If like me, your adolescence was sprinkled with a hefty degree of expansive indie, then waifish indie scamps Coastal Cities may well be hurtling towards your radar. Residing out...

White Powder Gold is a myriad collective, an assortment of artists from London who've formed a band with as much collective musical nous as an acclaimed quiz team in said area....

Even though their name sounds like it belongs to a badass athlete, Jensen Sportag produce some blissful electro-infused R&B. Austin Wilkinson and Benji Craig are the duo...

Howler are one of those bands whose success you just know will escalate rapidly within a matter of months. It didn't take Rough Trade Records long to notice the four-piece. In...

My Gold Mask are a husband and wife duo from Chicago who create what they appropriately describe as "extrinsic pop". Whilst Gretta Rochelle takes on both drumming and vocal...

Liam Bailey is the type of musician that has a voice that stays with you long after that first listen. It's not just about the soulful nature of his voice; he has a certain...