Guardian Music — A soaring paean to youthful hopes and dreams that comes with an intimate black-and-white videoLast July, for my first ever new music blog, I featured Oxford's Hugo Manuel, aka Chad Valley, and the rather lovely Up and Down. Nearly a year later, Manue... more info

Popdose — Dave Steed takes a trip to land of U2, Midge Ure, Ultravox and more as he checks out '80s rock songs from artists beginning with the letter U. more info

Guardian Music — By naming themselves after the greatest record producer in history, this oomphy five-piece have huge boots to PhilHometown: London.The lineup: Fred Macpherson (vocals), Christopher Burman (guitar), Thomas Shickle (bass), Jed Cullen (synth, guitar), D... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Excellent BBC FOUR Documentary, originally aired in 2009, following a generation of post-punk musicians who took the synthesiser from the experimental fringes to the centre of the pop stage. In the late 1970s, small pockets of electronic artists in... more info

Altsounds — Chad Valley is the celebrated solo guise of Hugo Manuel. He also operates as frontman for Oxford, UK-based quintet Jonquil, and is a founding member of the Blessing Force collective. His newest and much-anticipated EP, Equatorial Ultravox, will be re... more info

Altsounds — Equatorial Ultravox - Chad Valley's latest EP - presents his second excursion into psychedelic dance pop, a club worthy voyage to widespread escapism. Chad Valley is the solo guise of Hugo Manuel, lead singer ... more info

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Guardian Music — Forum, LondonThe new year invariably brings with it copious frantic searches for rock's next big thing, but this free Radio 1-sponsored new talent night, compered by Zane Lowe, was a curate's egg. Its inconsistencies were lost on Lowe, however; his ... more info

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Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - Following Ultravox’s return to the live arena in 2009/10 with their successful Return to Eden tours, they have recently signed a deal with Universal Records and are set to release a brand new album. A natural progression... more info