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Secret Rivals

by RobertDillon on 26 January 2012

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...
Shout 4: Guitar-less Songs:...

by StephenMorris on 20 January 2012

Anyone can play guitar. So goes the Radiohead song. Which is why this feature concerns itself with songs where guitars are noticeable entirely by...
Iremembertapes

by RobertDillon on 13 January 2012

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...
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...

Secret Rivals

by RobertDillon on 26 January 2012

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...

Shout 4: Guitar-less Songs: Anyone Can Play Guitar

by StephenMorris on 20 January 2012

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...

Iremembertapes

by RobertDillon on 13 January 2012

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...

Whales In Cubicles

by RobertDillon on 12 January 2012

'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....

Stealing Sheep

by RobertDillon on 11 January 2012

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...

I Dream In Colour

by ArusaQureshi on 10 January 2012

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....

Veils

by ArusaQureshi on 31 December 2011

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...

Dead Jerichos

by RobertDillon on 30 December 2011

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...

Autoheart

by ArusaQureshi on 30 December 2011

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...

Coastal Cities

by AshMeikle on 12 November 2011

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....

White Powder Gold

by AshMeikle on 06 November 2011

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...

Jensen Sportag

by ArusaQureshi on 05 September 2011

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...

Howler

by ArusaQureshi on 20 July 2011

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...

My Gold Mask

by ArusaQureshi on 17 July 2011

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...

Liam Bailey

by ArusaQureshi on 12 July 2011

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