Guardian Music — Is this sparkling album of lo-fi surf pop one of the best releases of 2010? Judge for yourself ...Yet another fuzzy, lo-fi, surf-pop band beamed in from Planet Blogosphere, right? Right, but also wrong. Because Best Coast (Californian duo Bethany Cos... more info

Guardian Music — (Full Time Hobby)An enjoyable if occasionally familiar-sounding second album from this New York trio – twin sisters Alejandra and Claudia Deheza plus former Secret Machines guitarist Benjamin Curtis – continues their open-armed embrace of the wo... more info

KEXP Seattle — http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/122/m_88bc1f91384b44eaa01c1f295b8eff09.jpg It goes without saying how much shoegaze-identified Crash City Saints derive influence from My Bloody Valentine and The Cocteau Twins from the atmospheric waves of... more info

Guardian Music — (Freestyle Dust/Parlophone)The Chemical Brothers have slightly changed their way of working on their seventh album. Gone – apart from a snatch of Stephanie Dosen on the opening, hymnal Snow – are the celebrity guest vocalists, with Tom Rowlands o... more info

Time Out, London — Baltimore girl-guy duo play their summery, hazily beautiful and elegantly nostalgic dream-pop, recalling My Bloody Valentine, Mazzy Star and Yo La Tengo. more info

Totally Fuzzy — Fermo said... Mezzoforte - Octopus (1980) Genre: Jazz fusion/funk http://electronicjazzproject.blogspot.com reservatory said... greg copeland - revenge will come - geffen (1982) peter kowald quintet - s/t - 'pmf' (1972) rock-a-mambo - african retro ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — The penultimate posting with songs found on the 1986 compilation LP A Different Kind Of TensionSide B : Track 2mp3 : Vee VV - The Romance Is Over Now this was the toughest of the lot to find info about, but thankfully the interwebby thing makes it a ... more info

Scotsman.com — IN 2004, the Pixies reformed, prompting jubilation amongst fans of incestuous punk rock Bible stories shouted in Spanish. In 2008, My Bloody Valentine followed suit, a cause o more info

Guardian Music — This dance duo from New York do a neat line 'ecstatic rave', recalling early-90s techo bods the Orb and the ShamenHometown: Brooklyn.The lineup: Zach Steinman (keyboards) and Sam Haar (more keyboards).The background: The word may have been debased by... more info

Guardian Music — Listening to Charlotte Church's revelatory Tissues and Issues, I finally understood the terrible pressures of fame faced by that modern-day Picasso, Kevin Shields of My Bloody ValentineI'll admit I was pretty excited to hear that Charlotte Church wou... more info