Guardian Music — Mixing New York scuzz and west coast shimmer, this washed-out J Mascis purveys wondrous chill-grungeHometown: Jacksonville, Florida.The lineup: Uno Yu-No (music, production).The background: What's that over there? Is it a boy? Is it a band? No, it's ... more info

Altsounds — *French Horn Rebellion *(Robert and David Perlick-Molinari) kick off 2011 by announcing the US self-release of their debut album *'The Infinite Music of French Horn Rebellion'*on April 19th digitally and May 24th physically (Once Upon A Time Records)... more info

Guardian Music — Koko, London; Shepherd's Bush Empire, LondonDante never reserved a circle of hell for brand extension managers. But if the wily old Florentine had possessed the foresight, it might have resembled a more fiery version of the event at which the Naked a... more info

Guardian Music — This Aussie duo purvey a jaunty line in club-lite synth-pop, boasting shimmery and sunny songs with euphoric surgesHometown: Mandurah, Australia.The lineup: Tim Ayre (vocals and keyboards), Jean-Christophe Capotorto (keyboards and guitars).The backgr... more info

From Mato, From London — Treefight For Sunlight Copenhague (DIN) Glorioso. Eufórico. Luminoso. Extático hasta un punto que esto no es música, es droga blanda. Arreglos barrocos y puntillistas. Delirios vocales. Feliz sin complejos. Esta es música para brillar con ella. T... more info

Guardian Music — (Fiction)This New Zealand band are named after some words in a Tricky song that, they've said, sum up "everything that's brilliant and stupid about music culture". Something which, as an enthusiastically hyped band who tick every modish box going, th... more info

Guardian Music — (Fiction)Beneficiaries of much NME hype, not to mention a gong for best up-and-coming band at the magazine's recent awards, Auckland's Naked and Famous may find it hard to translate all that stuff into tangible success outside New Zealand. It's not t... more info

Stereogum — This has been played on BBC radio a bit, but unless you’re a regular listener you probably haven’t heard this Cornelius remix of Congratulations favorite “Brian Eno.” Because of the pace of the original (plus the line “I’m always one step... more info

Altsounds — Austin based quintet The Octopus Project has announced a West Coast tour including dates with iconic new wave group, Devo, and surf rock outfit Man...or Astro-man? In October, The Octopus Project was honored to join the line-up at Moogfest 2010 with ... more info

Press Play — I'm a huge fan of this Australian band.  Their videos are way out there, but in a cool way.  I've been revisiting this album a lot lately and highly recommend it.  Especially if you like MGMT.  (I think Empire is better.) YouTube more info