The Suzukis

Reducer EP

Insert CD; sit back; turn the volume up to ASBO level and crack open a beer or two. The Stone Roses once sang about ‘What The World Is Waiting For.’ Maybe, just maybe, this is it…! more… “The Suzukis”

Luma

Blue Peter Garden

Lanarkshire five-piece Luma have the kind of swelling guitar sound that naturally lends itself to live performance, and you can’t help feeling that ‘Blue Peter Garden’ fails to do them justice. more… “Luma”

Al Lewis

Waiting For You

A sugary, summery slice of laidback pop, ‘Waiting For You’ is how Jack Johnson might sound if he’d grown up in Bristol and North Wales, rather than surfing off the coast of Hawaii. more… “Al Lewis”

Spookey

Cheeky Girl ep

From Hamamatsu, Japan, Spookey are basically the what the Ramones would be like if the Sanrio corporation had dreamt them up instead of that damn cat. more… “Spookey”

Agua de Choro

Improvise

‘Chorinho,’ / ‘Choro’ is a traditional style of Brazilian music, played principally by flute, pandeiro (hand-held drum) and cavaquinho (small four stringed guitar.) more… “Agua de Choro”

The Pendulums

New World Nova EP

This 4 track (plus a pleasant surprise) follow up to last years Moon Mountain album sees more of the same from the widely dispersed Pendulums. More great folk tinged tunes with frivolity in abundance. more… “The Pendulums”

Various

Four By Four EP

It’s a great idea. Take four up-and-coming bands, sign them all to your label, then put out a four-track EP showcasing the best from each. It’s like the Cadbury’s Heroes of the music world: a bit of everything, and not too much of anything you don’t like. more… “Various”

Maximo Park

Girls Who Play Guitars

Perhaps the most obvious single from their underrated second album Our Earthly Pleasures, ‘Girls Who Play Guitars’ is the kind of literate yet gut-rocking song that Maximo Park do better than anyone else on the current indie scene. more… “Maximo Park”

Swound!

Disco Siberia

Nottingham-based five-piece Swound! have included a glossy photo with their press release, showing the band staring disaffectedly at the camera in matching white hoodies. more… “Swound!”