Sonic Youth
Not many bands have careers this enduring while still burning with the intensity of the midday Sahara sun but ...
The xx
If you'd like a distilled version of what English band the xx sound like you'd be better off sticking with ...
Beach House
If one of your members is called Victoria Legrand you're half way there. As it turns out Beach House are even ...
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros will have to do something awfully special to outdo 'Home'. But then not many ...
Bachelorette
New Zealander Annabel Alpers has a thing for being alone making music that is perfect for when you've company. ...
Conduits
Once we'd heard that Omaha band Conduits listed Slowdive as one of their influences we knew they'd be for us. ...
D.I.L.E.
Ska music has endured several decades of fickle musical trends during its journey from Jamaica to England. ...
Here We Go Magic
Led by the venerable Luke Temple Hear We Go Magic are making it difficult for anyone with a set of discerning ...
Tracey Thorn
Tracey Thorn goes it alone and it seems it may be everything but the boy from now on. Doesn't take much ...
The Wedding Present
The Wedding Present haven't moved on a great deal since they emerged from Leeds in the mid 1980's but that is ...
My Morning Jacket
We always put them in with Band of Horses but then that could also be Neil Young if you were of a certain age. ...
Camera Obscura
Even in Glasgow's densely populated list of fantastic bands Camera Obscura stand out as an incandescent mix of ...
Pattern Is Movement
Apart from sporting a pair of monumental beards this band has got their naming spot on. One listen to 'Right ...
Pavement
Pavement had the melodies and the songs that everyone could whistle along to but apart from on their crowning ...
Tiny Fireflies
They don't get more indie than Tiny Fireflies as the Chicago duo release their songs across the cream of the ...
Ravens & Chimes
New York's Ravens & Chimes make a sound befitting a city that never sleeps. But then if you are going to avoid ...
Anni Rossi
Anni Rossi offers a classy mix of electronic sounds, traditional strings and her own soft tones through a ...
The Dying Seconds
Despite their grand electronic bleepery the Dying Seconds are a best kept secret even in their hometown of ...
Avi Buffalo
With a name that will appeal to the internet generation and the less youthful (but into nature) Avi Buffalo ...
Other Lives
'For 12' may sound like it has slunked in from the set of a spaghetti western but Oklahoma's Other Lives only ...
Gold Leaves
If you like your music to have a touch of the Fleet Foxes about them then Grant Olsen's currency should be ...
Katie Kim
Katie Sullivan has been bubbling under for several years from her patch in Waterford (Ireland) and those ...
Orba Squara
Mitch Davis is the lucid creative behind Orba Squara and his melodic ditties have been given legs on a range of ...
Pugwash
We quickly forgave Thomas Walsh, Pugwash mainman, his love affair with cricket for he can turn his hand to ...
Windings
Steve Ryan's Windings comes from the same part of the world as the Cranberries and his pop instincts are just ...
[the] Caseworker
[the] Caseworker's Conor and Anne Devlin are informed by another time, a time when indie meant just that and ...
Bishop Morocco
More northerly than their North African residing moniker might lead you to believe James Sayce and Jake Fairly ...
Yellow Ostrich
Alex Schaaf is certainly aware of what can be done with an elaborately arranged vocal. His arch creation is ...
Adam And The Amethysts
For those haunted by a miserable New Year Eve experience Montreal band Adam And The Amethysts may just have the ...
The Rural Alberta Advantage
Nils and Amy from the Rural Alberta Advantage are the voices you hear while in the background an eerie set of ...
The High Llamas
Sean O'Hagan has Stereolab/Microdisney amongst his list of achievements which is enough to have him in our ...
The Sewing Room
The Sewing Room are all but forgotten in their own town of Dublin so you're unlikely to have heard of them ...
PS I Love You
Canadians with beards, guitars and lots of talent – that's PS I Love You in a nutshell. We love them more ...
Shout Out Out Out
They've got a hint of the autobahn about them but Canadian electronic cowboys Shout Out Out Out are an ...
La Sera
La Sera is the drowsy side project of Vivian Girls band member Katy Goodman. Proving yet again that the side ...
Nightlands
Dave Hartley must have left his house at some stage but we get the nagging feeling that each time he did he ...
Slaraffenland
Slaraffenland means 'land of milk and honey' and the Danish band attempt to create audio that'd go down well in ...
Flosstradamus
We were first alerted to this Chicago duo's bleeptastic ways courtesy of their mash up of the unlikely ...
The Whip
Manchester has had its fair share of seminal bands and the Whip have taken that history intravenously to come ...
Crocodiles
If you old enough to remember the Jesus & Mary Chain this duo from San Diego may be giving you happy memories. ...
Hot Lava
You've got to love any band that calls their first album 'Lavalogy' but Hot Lava are more than the laughs. ...
Sundelles
Sundelles do such a neat line in retro jangle pop you might be forgiven for thinking you'd stumbled on a ...