Shy Around Strangers are a new (ish) band from NYC who combine thundering bass, chiming guitars, swirling keyboards and the smoky whiskey cracked vocals of Emily Powers to great effect. Vocally Powers is somewhere between
This is a bit of a gem, a spellbinding, shimmering, swirling electro-pop nugget from new Scandinavian trio Musique Le Pop. “Time Changes” sashays onto the dance-floor, spins you around by your lapels, plants a lipstick
Alice Jemima is an 18 year old singer songwriter from Newton Abbot, Devon whose songs convey an easy charm and demonstrate a well schooled ear for melodious, delicate, understated pop. There’s a youthful, innocent joy
Dead Mellotron’s “Stranger” ticks all our musical boxes and despite lasting less than three minutes achieves a measure of soaring epicness that some bands never even get close to over the course of an entire
Poliça are a formed around the artistic nucleus of Channy Casselle and Ryan Olson, two members of a Minneapolis collective known as Gayngs. Much play has been made with regard to the synthetic manipulation of Ms Casselle’s voice, but
The ladies have dominated the VPME’s “Track Of The Day” feature this week” so its time to redress the balance [slightly] with a track from Hillary and the Democrats. Despite the name they are neither
I Am Harlequin is the creation of multi-instrumentalist Anne Frier, who we are told spent her early childhood in East Germany. Now in our experience many avant garde artists from Germany are often, well, how
This is just so f***ing great!! If Warpaint and Curve collided in some sort of musical wormhole, 2:54 may well have been the result. Formed by sisters Hannah and Colette Thurlow 2:54, make the sort
Today we have a free download from a young, unsigned singer songwriter from Staffordshire. Apparently she’s previously performed as Laura and the Tears and “Hey Laura” but now she’s settled on the more formal Laura
Let’s cut to the chase Curxes are f*cking amazing. No ifs, no buts, we mean “AMAZING” in the caps locks, fifty foot high, flashing neon letters style, amazing. We mean Art Attack’s Neil Buchanan painting
Cardiff retro pop sensations The School return with a glorious, effervescent, swirling spirit lifting tune that demonstrates just how life affirming great pop music can be. “Never Thought I’d See The Day” is the lead
This is the first single from Tall Ship’s début album, it’s called “T=0″, a rather odd title, but still so much better than the faux-wacky wankery of say…”Mylo Xyloto.” This brooding epic will be the