Guardian Music — Following our whistlestop history of French pop, our journey through the sounds of Europe continues here with French DJ Mimi Xu as she introduces the acts in her country who are making waves nowStardust's Music Sounds Better With You might crystalli... more info

Guardian Music — Is this one-man band really the best thing to come out of Norway since a-ha? No, but his synthesiser soul is quite extraordinaryHometown: Nittedal, Norway.The lineup: Jarle Bernhoft (vocals, guitar, loop station).The background: Strictly speaking, Be... more info

Guardian Music — (Atlantic)In 2008, Santigold – then with an O instead of the I – grabbed attention with the skewed indie dream-pop of songs such as LES Artistes, Say Aha and Creator. At the time it felt offbeat and new, squashing genres together to exuberant eff... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Natascha Narvaez Indie New Wave pop quintet Jetsi Kain offer their first single I'm In Control as a free download. Based in Copenhagen they are part of the pop boom that is currently happening in Denmark. The Asteroids Galaxy Tour blew up and... more info

Guardian Music — What's new on the app stores on Tuesday 27 March 2012A selection of 16 new apps for you today:MadonnaJust in time for the release of her new album MDNA, Madonna has a new iPad app – the first artist to get the tablet treatment using Mobile Roadie's... more info

ContactMusic — The new Dustin Hoffman television drama Luck has agreed to stop using horses in filming after a third thoroughbred was injured and put down during production of the drama reports the Bbc Following the event the Aha American Humane Association issued ... more info

Guardian Music — This Norwegian six-piece are so full of glee, they make the Polyphonic Spree sound like a black metal bandHometown: Oslo.The lineup: Marius D Hagen (vocals, guitar), Synne Knudsen (vocals), and their four multi-instrumentalist friends.The background:... more info

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Guardian Music — Stabbing violins, plenty of coos and aahs, and a sound that's Prefab-cum-Scritti-cum-ABC – they had us at eight secondsHometown: Stockholm.The lineup: Adam Olenius (vocals, keyboards), Markus Krunegård (vocals, keyboards).The background: We've fal... more info

NME - The Bands Blog — Testing musicians’ memories after a lifetime of abuse. This week we fire some memory questions at Example. The video to ‘Watch The Sun Come Up’ mixes real life with cartoon, which you clearly nicked from what famous video from the 1980s? “[S... more info