New band of the day – Alt-J (No 1,275)

This Cambridge four-piece not only write clever music and boast more references than a jobs agency, they've also set tongues wagging with their rapturously received first albumHometown: Cambridge.The lineup: Joe Newman (vocals), Gwil Sainsbury (bass) Thom Green (drums), Gus Unger-Hamilton (keyboards, backing vocals).The background: Alt-J, who met at Leeds University and have, since graduating, been living and recording in a basement in Cambridge, are named after the Mac keyboard command for the ...

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