From the increasingly rare honesty in performance through to its consistent reflection in each album track, this is pop music without bullshit and without boundaries; more about heartfelt harmonies and searing melodies that carry openly sincere words. The band have just released their sophomore album Add and Subtract on August 24th. As hardworking as any

We Are Augustines are my discovery of the year. When I first heard Headlong Into The Abyss on some random sampler I was hooked and I knew this song would be the soundtrack to my spring. We Are Augustines consist of former members of Pela who released a critically acclaimed album in 2007. Rise Ye

After a three year break Billy Talent are back with their fourth full length which surprisingly doesn’t bear the name Billy Talent IV but rather Dead Silence. The album takes me back to all those nights in 2006 when I danced to Red Flag at Knaack club (which no longer exists today). Tonight Billy Talent will headline at Max-Schmeling

Spring Offensive are currently on their biggest headline tour to date, touring Germany, Belgium, Switzerland and Italy after releasing their latest single Not Drowning But Waving which is available on 7″ at their shows. In November they will play two shows in Berlin as well as two very secret living room shows. In the middle of

An enticing mix of sensual, reverb-drenched guitars and edgy, rhythmic art-pop, Belfast-based Yes Cadets feature singer/guitarist Alan Haslam, singer/ drummer Lisa Mageean and bassist Steven Matthews. The trio began playing together in 2009, crafting a distinctive sound inspired by everyone from LCD Soundsystem and The Knife to The Cure and My Bloody Valentine. They rapidly

One of 2009 SXSW success stories Local Natives make soaring, sky-scraping harmonies, dreamy orchestral melodies, and throbbing tribal beats that bash their way into your soul. Theirs are songs you can dance to almost as well as you can swoon to them. Drawing a line from the vocal stylings of Crosby Stills Nash & Young

It’s probably needless to say anything about The Tunics at this point because I’ve talked about them so much in the past that your ears (or rather your eyes) must be hurting. But I’m going to do it anway… Back in November 2011 the band moved to Berlin for good. Following the recording of new

“I think people are surprised when they come to see us live.” says Peter Liddle, heavily tattooed frontman of London’s Dry the River. “They expect us to be really calm and quiet but in some ways we’re the opposite.” You can see why people get confused: this five-piece band has all the hallmarks of the

I Am Giant are a new band from London. Well they’re not really Londoners as they’re actually from New Zealand. They’re also not really new as most of their members have been in other bands before. I Am Giant are what you could call a supergroup, looking at their portfolio their name is not even

Who Needs Who, the new album by Dark Dark Dark, is a stirring and rich body of songs that sees the band breaking ground, and settling into the strengths of a quintet that has worked incredibly hard, both on the road and in their personal lives. The band’s commitment to their music has proven to