There’s a definite feeling that Fujiya & Miyagi are upping their game with each release. This year has already bought the acclaimed album Ventriloquizzing; Different Blades from the Same Pair of Scissors – a 37-minute long track made especially for...Read More »

Mozart Parties are one of our favourite buzz bands at the moment. And it’s not surprising given the sheer quality of this single, Black Cloud. A finger popping, Prefab Sprout style happiness surrounds this track, creating an exquisite conflict between the...Read More »

LA’s Tashaki Miyaki have produced one of our favourite EPs of the year in this, their debut self-titled effort. Their brand of fuzzy Jesus and Mary Chain style gloom-core makes us want to release a frothy mouthed joyous scream –...Read More »

Surfer Blood’s sublime debut album, Astro Coast, spring-boarded the band into a world of indie fame, acclaim, and hearty slaps on the back. But that was last year and momentum can be easily lost in the rapidly shifting digital music...Read More »

Swedish duo Niki & the Dove are following up their highly favoured EP, The Fox, with another sterling effort in the form of The Drummer. It once again gives the band an opportunity to showcase their talent for dismantling pop...Read More »

After a successful start to 2011, which took in a Mercury Award nominated debut album, James Blake is getting back into the business of releasing EPs. And ‘Enough Thunder’, released on October 10, picks up where his excellent debut album...Read More »

Back in August we posted Exitmusic’s track ‘The Sea’, impressed by the starkness, the power, and the sheer creepiness of it. As the opening song of the New York based duo’s debut EP, ‘From Silence’, it acted as the warning...Read More »

The Swedes sure do know a thing or two about pop. And listening to Icona Pop’s EP, ‘Nights Like This’, you’ll realise how effortless they can make it seem. The release is a master-class in how to make fluid synth...Read More »

The latest release in Palmist’s split 12’’ series serves up a distinctly 60s garage flavour, courtesy of LA’s Growlers and Leicester’s Thee Ludds. And it’s easy to understand why the Brighton label has thrown the two bands together: they occupy...Read More »

Stealing Sheep are an all-girl trio based in Liverpool, and their new EP, ‘I Am The Rain’, is a strangely hypnotic set of songs built mainly from harmonies, percussion and ramshackle guitars. When we discovered the three musicians were from...Read More »