Peter, Bjorn & John
Breaker Breaker
Forget "Young Folks", this is noisy, unpretentious guitar pop a la The Vaccines. There's clearly a market for this sort of music at the moment.
Range Rover
Soda
Relentless lo-fi indie rock, with a nod to Arcade Fire and Phil Spector's Wall-of-Sound recording technique.
Metronomy
She Wants
Teaser track from forthcoming third album 'The English Riviera'. Ditches the synths in favour of uncomplicated production, funky basslines and simple melodies.
Olugbenga
Like an Angel with No Mercy
Despite an atmospheric slow build, this track ends as thumping minimalist dance complete with fizzing synths.
G-Side
Shots Fired
Angry hip-hop that (thankfully) owes nothing to man-of-the-moment Akon. A vintage feel similar to Freddie Gibbs.
Big Black Delta
IFUCKINGLOVEYOU
Echoey and euphoric, BBD sound like Depeche Mode covered by 'Strange House'-era Horrors. This is, of course, a good thing.
Brown Brouges
Treet U Beta
Off-kilter, distorted and repetitive; these Wiganers are clearly in debt to The Fall.
R.E.M
Mine Smell Like Honey
An inoffensive little rocker from a band past their best.
Glasvegas
The World Is Yours
Ditching the 1950s melodies, Glasvegas merge trad-indie with 1990s dance and 'Be Here Now''s ultra-thin production.
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