Ruban Nielson from Unknown Mortal Orchestra was in last week's NME, talking about how happy he was he survived the band's recent tour with Girls. But he never mentioned that his brother Kody was bringing his band to London... Kody heads up Opossom, ... more info

However much of a fuss NME.COM Ed Luke Lewis kicked up about Later… With Jools Holland recently, it's pretty undeniable that last night's show was something of a banger. [...] Read more! more info

Canada's Doldrums recently signed to Souterrain Transmissions - home of Zola Jesus and Crocodiles, among others - and new song 'Egypt' kinda shows why there's so much buzz the man also known as Airick Woodhead. [...] Read more! more info

THEESatisfaction: Shakespeare, Chaka Khan and Spike Lee? Just the sound of hip-hop in 2012 [...] Read more! more info

You'll know Parakeet's frontwoman Mariko Doi, of course, from Yuck, where she plays bass. [...] Read more! more info

We've been going on about Birmingham fourpiece Peace for a while now, so it's a pleasure to bring you their first proper video, for the excellent 'Follow Baby'. The track's released on April 23, and the band are on the road right now with Mystery ... more info

It's Friday night, really shit Only Fools And Horses reruns are on the TV in the background, and I'm blogging. Why? Because a new Jai Paul track just appeared online! I'll cut to the chase in case you're not familiar with him – Jai's the Rayn... more info

OOH it's an email from NME. "Would you fancy covering by:Larm for us?" they ask. I panic for a moment. Shit, am I meant to know about some hot new genre? Is it a club? Rave? Is guerrilla gigging back? Is it (eww) like ROFLCOPTR? Google returns "Your ... more info

Some people have said Savages lead singer Jehn's vibe reminds them of Patti Smith. It's early days yet – they've played one gig – but from the off I think there's something a whole lot more straight-up and venomous about her than ole' Pat... more info

Pick up this week's issue of NME to read our interview with Breton, the south London-based noiseniks who are making Tom Vek lose his shit while living, recording and very possibly freezing to death in a disused bank. Aaaaand read on now to listen ... more info