Guardian Music — (Polydor)Whether or not you think Klaxons deserved to beat Amy Winehouse and Bat for Lashes to win the 2007 Mercury prize, you have to admit it made for good telly. Visibly under the influence, the quartet seemed genuinely gobsmacked by their good fo... more info
The Yellow Stereo — Towards the end of last month, Blonde Redhead released a brand new song on their website (one of those downloads in exchange for an email address that seems to be the craze these days). At the time, no announcement of a new record was made, just th... 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
Guardian Music — The American Psycho author's appetite for pop culture ensures his work influences music as much as literatureThere are plenty of novelists out there whose work pulses with the influence of contemporary music, but none use music references quite so ef... more info
Stereogum — When I posted about Tamaryn’s “Mild Confusion” this past October, I said the group “make like Siouxie Sioux singing over a heavily warped, all-consuming Dead Can Dance (or non-warped My Bloody Valentine) backing track” and noted — along w... more info
411 Mania — Muse, Band Of Horses, Beck, Bat For Lashes, UNKLE, Vampire Weekend, Florence + The Machine and many more combine for the latest Twilight sound track, but is it any good? more info
Altsounds — Teenagersintokyo's debut album 'Sacrifice' and new single 'End It Tonight' is out now via Back Yard Recordings.
Recorded at Bryn Derwen studios deep in the welsh countryside with Faultline mainman and twice Mercury Prize nominated Bat For Lashe... more info
We All Want Someone To Shout For — The whole soundtrack for the upcoming Twilight Eclipse film is streaming at the album’s website. No idea why these film’s decided to go all indie, but you can’t argue that they don’t feature some good artists. This one has new tunes from Vamp... more info
DrownedInSound — The soundtrack to the new movie in the ever-extending Twilight franchise, Eclipse, reads like a who's who of current indie bands and artists, much like its predecessors. With new and original tracks from Muse, Metric, The Black Keys and a duet betwee... more info