Stopcryingyourheartout.com — I put this mixtape together for my own entertainment towards the end of the last Beady Eye tour. It got a few plays backstage after gigs on the last UK dates, (I remember it being on after a fantastic gig in Blackpool with Hippy Mafia) and then I pas... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: Laetitia Sadier - Find Me the Pulse of the Universe (MP3) When mentioned a while back that former Stereolab member Laetitia Sadier will release her second solo album, Silencio, on July 24 via Drag City. The... more info

Guardian Music — Has Eurovision whetted your appetite for more European pop – of the sort that doesn't make you scream zut alors!? Over the coming weeks, we'll be exploring the sounds of seven European countries, starting with France – so today, here's a whistles... more info

Guardian Music — Record labels – here's your chance to sign the band described by its singer as 'writing/drinking/moaning about the world'Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich has started a band, Ultraísta, with a debut single issued this week.According to Pitchfork, U... more info

Guardian Music — They're chic, they're from Paris. They've got hints of Ladytron and Stereolab. Can they really be the future of surf music?Hometown: Paris.The lineup: They're not telling.The background: They are models and they're looking good. Actually, they're not... more info

Guardian Music — These mavens of motorik like to draw on rock history – and they certainly look the part, like members of a 1972 krautrock bandHometown: London.The lineup: Tom Dougall (vocals, guitar), Dominic O'Dair (guitars), Maxim Barron (bass, vocals), Alejandr... more info

Guardian Music — A former Eurovision songwriters brings forth a swooningly lovely piece of froth that will make you wish you were a Francophone Belgian-born Benjamin Schoos (sometimes known by the pseudonym Miam Monster Miam) is quite the multi-tasker. As well as mak... more info

Nialler9 — Hundred Waters are a promising Gainesville, Florida band who specialise in scattered and skittered pop music somewhere between the dream pop and eclecticism of Twin Sister, Stereolab and Múm. Their debut self-titled record also arrives at the end of... more info

Guardian Music — A late album of the year contender from two Odd Future members ditches doomy crunk for smooth R&B stylingsHometown: Los Angeles.The lineup: Sydney Bennett and Matthew Martin.The background: The biggest surprise about Odd Future was how totally they d... more info

Altsounds — 16th January 2012 marks the release of the eponymous debut album by Brighton four piece Foxes!, released on new label Big Salad Records. 'Foxes!' is a charming mixture of C86, post punk, folk, casiotone and twee. Foxes! sound is very much their own,... more info