KEXP Seattle — The three young students who make up Samaris are barely of age, but have already won the Iceland Music Experiments (the country’s renowned battle of the bands competition). The youngsters draw their influences from the likes of James Blake, Fever R... more info

Guardian Music — Whether it's theatrical sets or performing in costume, bands are taking stagecraft seriously in a bid to stand out from the crowdFin Greenall has spent more than a decade working in front of live audiences – first as a DJ for the Ninja Tune stable,... more info

The Quietus — Swedish synth duo, featuring member of Fever Ray, to play at London's Cafe Oto in September more info

Music is Art — From the forests of Merrill, Wisconsin, Zola Jesus a.k.a. Nika Roza Danilova creates dark, entrancing and powerful music. She’s recently toured with the XX, Warpaint, and Fever Ray, and is known as someone special to look out for, especially come t... more info

We Like it Lossless! — 2011ItM,ItC, their first full-length with Atlantic Records, sees P0rtugal. The Man reprise the sort of vaguely insurrectionist hippie jams they’ve cranked out over the years on such memorable tracks as “The Woods” and “60 Years”. Rather tha... more info

Guardian Music — (Anti-Ghost Moon Ray)Elizabeth Walling could be Brighton's answer to Fever Ray's Karin Dreijer Andersson, with her queer masked costumes and avant-garde electronica. Her repertoire draws from sci-fi film scores, choral music, underwater life and the ... more info

Guardian Music — Apple's 2011 iTunes festival unites gigs and gadgets to a whole new degree, writes Chris SalmonSuch is the dominance of Apple's iTunes in today's music market that it has, once again, persuaded some of the world's biggest acts to play at its annual i... more info

Guardian Music — (Domino)Canadian trio Austra have been lumped in with the synth-gothisms of Zola Jesus and Fever Ray, but there's a cleanliness and sharpness about them that belies those associations. Katie Stelmanis sings with a cut-glass voice, and the precision ... more info

NME - The Daily Download — This is a bit good. Lee Malcolm, of Leeds glitch-rockers Vessels (catch up on them with a couple of free downloads from back in January here), has thrown together a mixtape of tracks from some like-minded souls, and sent it to us to give away. If yo... more info

Guardian Music — Could 2011 be the year the music world embraces the chunky sax solos and terrifying troll noises of Planningtorock?It's 2007 and Janine Rostron is performing in the unlikely venue of the lobby of the British Library in London. A one-woman project kno... more info