self release

Rising singer-songwriter Juno James continues her rapid ascent with 'Cowboy', a poignant fusion of contemporary pop and country soul. Written...

self release

There’s something undeniably intoxicating about 'Own Me', the latest single from Reading-born singer-songwriter Cameron Hayes. Blending emotional vulnerability with a...

Mên An Tol Records

London-based band Mên An Tol continue to impress with 'Lucky', their second single from forthcoming EP 'This Land' (out 26...

Submarine Cat Records

We last featured Home Counties as one of our The Great Escape recommendations back in May, having followed the London...

Submarine Cat Records

Our final recommendation for The Great Escape this week is the London six-piece Home Counties. Pulling inspiration from a wide...

independent

Born and raised in Hong Kong, London-based Amelie Jat marks a new musical chapter with this sparkling dose of pop...

Third Bar Records

Released last week, ‘Contrast/The Garden’ is the euphoric double A-side offering of Northern Irish indie-rock artist David C Clements. It’s...

Arabian Knights Records/EMPIRE

Half-Saudi, half-Ecuadorian rising pop star Mishaal Tamer is next up among our artists to watch at the Great Escape festival...

Kartel Music Group

‘People’ is the first UK single from multi-national four-piece Yemen Blues. Led by vocalist and gimbri player Ravid Kalahani and...

Real Kind Records

Fresh from radio support from 6Music, Radio X and BBC Introducing for their recent singles ‘Circle’ and ‘Corduroy’, folk-pop duo...

Submarine Cat Records

Sharp-witted quips on the state of renting in London dart between zesty guitar work and funk-laced basslines of Home Counties’...

Arabian Knights Records/EMPIRE

Our first Ones To Watch 2024 of the New Year is rising Saudi Arabian artist Mishaal Tamer. His musical journey...

Since 93/RCA Records

Today’s Ones to Watch 2024 is the talented multi-hyphenate artist METTE. Like many of you, we were first aware of...

Bianca James Records

With a timeless and classic sound wrapped in a modern pop sensibility and cinematic flair, Toronto’s Bianca James produces glamorous...

unsigned

For those of you who don’t keep your ears on the burgeoning country/country pop scene here in the UK, here...

Germein

Continuing our look at artists you need to catch at the Great Escape festival this week is the Australian band...

self-release

It’s time to turn the speakers up to the max and bask in the gravity and exuberances of Amy Montgomery’s...

Tiny Tiger Records

Someone is the moniker of Dutch/British composer, producer and visual artist Tessa Rose Jackson. Through her art and music, she...

Permanent Creeps Records

Harnessing the emotive power of club and dance alongside industrial post-rock are Bristol-based six-piece DAMEFRISØR (pronounced dame-eh-frizz-yuor). Having built a small...

Self release via Kartel Music Group

Finishing our Ones To Watch 2023 this week is Anglo-Scottish rock band Daytime TV. Based between Edinburgh and London, the...

70Hz

Next up on our Ones To Watch 2023 is West Yorkshire-born, London-based artist Emmeline. With a poet/playwright father and a...

unsigned

Released today (16 June), Make It Romantic is the latest single from London-based country singer-songwriter Simeon Hammond Dallas. After graduating...

Paragon Records

This glorious indie-pop debut is from South African-born artist and songwriter Jess Meyer. Currently based between Ireland and the UK,...

Monty People

Camel Power Club is the solo project of multi-instrumentalist and producer Léonard Bremond. With echoes of LCD Soundsystem, Real Estate and...

Alcopop! Records

London-based genre-hopping punks Home Counties have been creating quite a stir over the last 18 months with their raucous brand...

Real Kind Records

Released late last month, Dialtone is the latest single from folk-pop duo Memorial. The single follows last year’s highly praised...

AWAL

Our last Ones To Watch 2022 for this week is the rising R&B star Tamera. The Gravesend-born artist first came...

unsigned

Earlier this summer, we were lucky enough to hear an early preview of material from singer-songwriter Rachel Clark, who performs...

Jawdropper Music via Ingrooves

Released last Friday, Sober is the first official track from West Yorkshire artist Lenny James. The first thing that strikes you...

Humming Recordxs

German duo ÄTNA are back with another excellent track. We’ve been following them since late 2019, and with each release,...

Tank

With a track that’s full of soulful licks, smooth sounds, and funky vibes, meet London-based producer, artist, and songwriter Faye...

63 Steps Records (via Ditto)

This melodic burst of jangle-pop optimism is from Manchester-born singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist James Holt. We last featured him exactly a...

The Secret Warehouse Of Sound

With its refreshed Bossa stylings meets indie-folk vibes, Until We Meet Again is the beautiful new single from London-based Brazilian...

slowplay/Caroline

Dreamer Boy is the alias of songwriter Zachary Arthur Taylor, who’s currently residing in Nashville. As a kid he grew...

63 Steps Records (via Ditto)

We’re keen supporters of the psyche pop sounds of Manchester-born singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist James Holt, having featured tracks Whispers and Alone...

Aneko Music/The Orchard

There is something inherently beautiful about the hazy sounds and whispered tones of singer-songwriter James Billet’s debut offering Faith Over...

Decca

It’s Valentine’s Day, so what better way to celebrate this day than with this beautiful duet from Ronan Keating and...

Bad Future

Just before the festive season truly kicked in last month South African multi-instrumentalist James Deacon dropped this impressive alternative pop...

unsigned

Grabbing your attention right from the start with its stuttering beats and hypnotic groove is this soulful number from London-based...

37 Adventures

Two months ago we featured the debut track PaperCuts from north-west London producer Measure For Measure. The track went on...

Five Seven Music / Eleven Seven Label Group

Now here’s a song with masses of potential to become a future hit. Instantly engaging with a heartfelt and positive...

37 Adventures

Let us introduce you to west London producer Measure For Measure, who crafts an unashamedly pop and quirky number in...

Waterheart Records

Now here is something special to brighten your day from electronic duo STORME. We have been following them since April...

Solitaire Recordings

Now here is something sounding undeniably cool from Connecticut’s multi-instrumentalist Jon Searles, aka Jonathan Something. Released last Friday and featuring...

Bad Future

Back in April, rising 22 year old South African multi-instrumentalist James Deacon caught our attention with his gritty debut Not...

Petite Meller

Back in 2015, we openly gushed about French singer-songwriter Petite Meller’s early singles Baby Love and Barbaric here at RotD....

Operator Records

James Gillespie is a London-born, Scottish raised singer-songwriter who over the past two years has clocked up an impressive 46m combined...

Bad Future

Now here is an inspiring track to start your day from 22-year-old South African newcomer James Deacon. Growing up in...

The Equation/Platoon

Drenched in smooth and soulful tones, Honesty is the latest release from Grammy-nominated British producer and songwriter Maths Time Joy....

Self-released distributed via AWAL

Back in June we featured the beautiful ethereal ballad, Whispers, from Manchester-born singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist James Holt. The track was produced...

Paper Plane Records Int.

English born, German-based singer-songwriter Alice Merton burst onto the global stage last year with her infectious 1m selling debut single...

Island

Having produced tracks for the likes of Not3s and Young Adz, producer Remedee steps out into the limelight with this slick debut....

Independent

Los Angeles-based Sharaya Summers is an emerging singer-songwriter whose gorgeous 70’s throwback sounds have captured the hearts of many a...

Waterheart Records

After impressing crowds at the Great Escape festival earlier this summer, which led to them signing to Primary Talent, London-based...

Five Seven Music

Fronted by vocal powerhouse Stars (aka Anastasia Walker), Bang Bang Romeo are an alternative alt-rock trio from Doncaster who we...

Calm Places Records (Self Released)

Premiered by Clash earlier this week, Hideout is the forthcoming new single from Bristol-based singer-songwriter Natalie Holmes. Powered by the...

Self-released via AWAL

Whispers by Manchester-born singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist James Holt has to be one of the most beautiful tracks we've heard all...

Waterheart Records via The Orchard

Released last week, this gorgeous single from London-based electronic pop duo STORME, comprised of vocalist Amanda Liedberg and producer Gabriele...

Astralwerks / Caroline International

Headlining the Omeara in London tonight is Swedish sensation Albin Lee Meldau, a singer-songwriter from Gothenburg who we have been...

The Smallest Label

It’s been a while, over six years in fact, since we featured Newcastle indie three-piece Little Comets, but it’s great...

Columbia Records

It’s been a tremendous year for English-German singer-songwriter Alice Merton whose stunning debut track, No Roots has been a phenomenal...

7Hz via Warner ADA

The first thing that grabs your attention with Dangerous is the raw and beautiful voice of 19-year-old singer-songwriter, Amy Montgomery....

hndgmcht. Music international/Rough Trade

German based indie-folk band You&Me made an enterprising and seasonal launch for their latest single Wrong War. Planned by Geheimtipp...

Mermaid Records

Full of rock swagger and attitude, Velvet Volume are three sisters from Aarhus in Denmark who having been making music...

Defcon 2 Records

We alerted you to Bang Bang Romeo just ahead of their performance at The Great Escape in May, as we’d...

Audio Network

South Londoner Clement Marfo is an artist that you’re probably already be familiar with. Championed by Zane Lowe and many...

self-release / independent

Imagine everything that you ever loved about dance music during the 1980’s and 90’s, all distilled into one perfect four-minute track...

IzmaLuma Records

Two Ways Home are a London-based alt-country duo who we featured in 2015 with a brace of excellent songs -...

King Dick Records

It’s very early days for 21-year-old Southend-on-Sea newcomer Taylor James Eary, but this first release from him certainly marks him...

unsigned

Hailing from Liverpool, The Blame are a four-piece band who formed 18 months ago and are already showing enormous potential...

Decca

Released today (November 18), and heralding a marked change of direction to which she's perfectly suited, welcome back Imelda May with...

Believe Recordings

We’ve been keen supporters of James Vincent McMorrow since 2010, when he’d just released his excellent debut album Early In the...

RCA

Blasting out in cool clubs for months, UK DJ and producer Jerome Price now sets his sights on crossover attention...

Polydor

French music is punching well above its usual weight on the worldwide stage right now. Paris-based Møme is the alter-ego...

Mayfly Recordings - available ROW except Nordics

Its duration might clock in at a swift two minutes, but this astonishing song by Albin Lee Meldau is causing...

Island Records

Recently premiered on Radio 1 as Annie Mac’s Hottest Record In The World, Petite Meller follows up Baby Love (one...

unsigned

Back in March, we first introduced you to Two Ways Home, an unsigned Anglo/Austrian band, with a track from their...

Coco&Co

We’re off to Scandinavia again for this rather dreamy, mystical release from musician Thea Hjelmeland. The singer-songwriter was raised by...

unsigned

This hot energetic pop dance track from CHIMES is a debut single filled with promise and positive energy. It's notched...

S-Curve/Arista UK

We’ve been hearing this ridiculously infectious song by Andy Grammer all week on Radio 2. Now added to their B-list,...

Island Records

Track Of The Day today (June 11) at Radio 1 and now added to the station’s C-list, we first became...

unsigned [UK]

Australian trio Germein Sisters decided to form a band properly in 2012 after spending most of their childhood together jamming...

Decca Records

Quite unlike anything you may have previously heard from Melody Gardot, this gritty bluesy groove ranks amongst her finest work...

3Beat Productions Ltd/Smash The House

Released globally today (May 8), this former Beatport No.1 track sees Greek/Belgian dance music duo Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike...

Frenchkiss Records

The opening track from Use Your Time Wisely, the debut album from US trio Strange Names, is a sparkling slab of...

Blue Bear Records

Playing in session later today for Robert Elms at BBC London, Megan O’Neill is an Irish girl who moved to...

Polydor

It’s almost 18 months since we last featured German musician, DJ and producer Zedd with a track that went on...

unsigned

When a male and female vocal blends harmoniously, the result can often be life-affirming. Isabella Mariee from Austria and Cotswolds...

Propeller Recordings

If you have a ticket for their sold-out London gig at The Lexington tomorrow night (January 28), you’re in for...

RCA/Epic

So, how exactly do you follow up one of the biggest global smashes of 2014? Simply really, you do it...

Universal Republic/ VirginEMI

If ever there were an artist who's shaping up to have a spectacular 2015, it's 23 year-old singer-songwriter James Bay. Currently...

Believe Recordings

After we featured the track Cavalier almost a year ago from his second album Post Tropical, James Vincent McMorrow saw his...

Atlantic Records UK

It's great to welcome Rumer back with what sounds initially like a simple upbeat disco track. However, listen carefully and there's...

Play It Again Sam

Moody, introspective and smokily atmospheric, this gorgeous track by Melanie De Biasio is like some other-worldly slice of jazz beamed...

Glassnote Records

Prior to his forthcoming debut UK album release Heart Murmurs, Minneapolis musician Jeremy Messersmith has already found favour recently at Radio 2...

Sommarhjärta

Wonderfully lo-fi but with an incredible melody that shines right through the track, Summer Heart is actually just one bloke...

Unsigned

Hailing from the fine city of York, Summer City first saw this track break through on Radio 1 daytime last...

Defected Records

Minimalist electro-dance here, from the label who brought us Storm Queen's massive 2013 UK No.1 smash Look Right Through. GotSome...

Virgin EMI

Brooklyn boys American Authors have already had this ridiculously-infectious track synced on major ad campaigns for Hyundai in the US and Centre...

Tape

We're late on FEMME, who launched her AA-side single Fever Boy/Heartbeat at White Heat last week, but we're also pleased to...

Believe Recordings

James Vincent McMorrow's debut album, 2011's folk-anthemic Early In The Morning, managed to pull off the neat trick of combining platinum-selling...

Hidden Records

Like an apology extracted from a recalcitrant four year-old, the titular Sorry of this track by LA three piece The Moth...

Columbia Records

Some Ibiza anthems seem almost destined for greatness, while others sneak in from the left field. With its carnivalesque beats and...

Ministry of Sound

They say three's a crowd, but the stellar line-up for Safe With You, on which dance behemoths Alex Metric and...

Communion

Following on from Homesick, their explosive debut on Communion featured here in June, Llandudno four-piece Catfish and the Bottlemen return with another...

unsigned

There's no shortage of singer-songwriter talent around at the moment, but 23 year-old Daniel James from London via Northern Ireland...

Communion

Great Escape delegates: make sure you catch Llandudno four piece Catfish and the Bottlemen, who trade in that rarest of...

37 Adventures

Last seen in 2011 on the soundtrack for Attack The Block, Basement Jaxx have made us wait a few years...

RCA

We first featured Tyneside's then-unsigned Lulu James back in November 2011, when bloggers were rightly falling over themselves to heap...

Red Bull Records

I Am Electric is a massive guitar laden track which with a huge video game sync is showing massive crossover...

Asylum

Fresh from supporting Plan B on his UK arena tour, London D&B collective Rudimental unleash the massive Waiting All Night from their forthcoming...

Positiva/Virgin

Fresh from huge hits with Avicii and David Guetta, Dutch superstar DJ Nicky Romero delivers yet another big room banger,...

Universal/Island

Proving that fourth singles need not be a lacklustre end to an album project, Of Monsters & Men release King And...

Positiva/Virgin

Two of EDM's finest join together for one of dance music's most anticipated records of recent years. Both Scandinavian producer Avicii...

Ministry Of Sound

Bingo Players' Rattle has grown to become one of the biggest tracks of the past 12 months. Having started life...

Sunday Best

Long Night Of Life is a pulsing house-pop gem from an outstanding debut album with vocals from cult electronic folk...

Decca/Universal

Jay James Picton may have only discovered his talent for singing five years ago, but now he can count greats...

Island

Little Talks has already become a massive worldwide hit having sold over 1.5 million units. Upon release the album went...

unsigned

After graduating summa cum laude from Berkeley after just two years of studying, Jhameel released his first self-titled album at...

679

Swag-brimming rapper Elro releases mixtape highlight Scrabble, following single Bad News which was Mike Skinner-endorsed all the way to release on his newly...

Propeller

A maximal soundscape with epic tom heavy drums combine with sweet boy girl vocals to make for a great indie-pop...

Metric Music International

With a hypnotic glam groove and alluring vocal, Metric's return heralds a strong offering with this grandioso single. Their previous...

Asylum/Black Butter

Rudimental mark themselves out as a massive part of the drum 'n' bass and dubstep revolution with this smash anthem. In...

Island

This enchanting piece of Nordic folk from Of Monsters And Men might be the first taste of the band in the...

unsigned

Displaying Lulu James's beautiful vocal control and natural sense of melody, Be Safe is a standout track from her forthcoming...

Propeller

Following the fantastic Steve Lamacq Rebel Playlist-winning I Will Dance (When I Walk Away), Katzenjammer are set to release shanty...

Lizard King

ME broach the gap between challenging and pop perfectly thanks to the band's superb sense of melody, prevalent through this...

Organs/Turnstile

This smouldering single from Perfume Genius provides the perfect soundtrack for a day of the year that in all likeliness...

Warner Bros

MTV Brand New for 2012 nominees Clement Marfo & The Frontline are causing, ahem, Mayhem with this great genre mix-'em-up...

Cool For Cats

We were blown away with this stunningly beautiful, sumptuously unconventional debut from Mercy. Sleepwalker is a collaboration between ex-19-Entertainment managed...

unsigned

Rope Mirage is a great introduction to an artist at the beginning of her career, but sets her standards high...

Dirty Hit

Clever and catchy, the fantastic Worry sets a statement of intent for Little Comets, a band whose incredible debut album...

Virgin

Read All About It is a big R&B pop track that has hit written all over it. The deeply personal...

Believe/Sound Training

James Vincent McMorrow provides a stirring vocal in this powerful Steve Winwood cover. Higher Love has picked up top spot on...

ParadYse/Transgressive

Theme Park were launched into music industry limelight when they put Milk online. It received a huge amount of interest...

Lizard King

Like A Fox is led by an operatic vocal and a driving guitar riff in this powerful debut. [Me] were formed in...

Virgin

You may recognise Emeli Sandé's name from her credits as an in-demand collaborator and songwriter for the likes of Tinie...

Ministry Of Sound

Time Takers' hook-laden Whistle Song is going to be one of the big dance tracks in the summer resorts around...

Dharma

Winner of the BBC 2 Young Folk Award in 2009, Megan Henwood’s debut album Making Waves comes out later this...

Tape Club

London based four-piece electro/shoegaze act Bronze Medallists recently released their their debut single through Tape Club, a London indie label...

unsigned/Propeller

Katzenjammer are four multi-instrumentalists and vocalists from Oslo whose unique offerings sprint breathlessly from Balkan pop to swing, folk and...

Propeller

Team Me’s EP is the first official release from the Norwegian collective, consisting of five songs recorded in Oslo and...

Canned Records

Coming across like a breezy vintage lounge-pop standard, Claire Nicolson's second single was written by and recorded with Claire’s brother,...

unsigned

The Americans was formed by the London-born, Paris-raised Charlie Klarsfeld who now lives in New York with rest of this...

Wall Of Sound

C’mon started life as an instrumental collaboration between the unlikely pairing of Tiesto and Diplo, and has been reborn thanks...

Believe Digital

James Vincent McMorrow's self-titled debut EP comes out next week via Believe Digital in the UK and the influential Vagrant...

Island

I Blame Coco’s debut album The Constant comes out next month, preceded by encouraging news from around Europe. A performance...

Anjuna Beats

Starting life as a DJ bootleg by duo Myon & Shane 54, On A Good Day (Metropolis) has become one...

Decca

Imelda May's first album Love Tattoo recently went quadruple-Platinum in Ireland. May's star is also rising in the US, where...

Dramatico

Caro Emerald's Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor was released in her native Holland in January. It has spent...

Sony International

Just Hold me is the second UK single from Grammy award-winning Norweigian singer Maria Mena. This follows previous single All...

Island

Self Machine is a great choice of first single proper for Coco Sumner aka I Blame Coco to make the...

Decca

We first featured the delightful Cool Down Rewind last April just before Kirsty Almeida was signed to Decca. It's also...

Dramatico

The first single from 'The House', which will be Katie Melua’s fourth album, is this epic William Orbit-produced track. Written...

Poplife/Island

Dandy Andy, a collective of musicians, DJs and producers based in Paris, release My Lonely Valentine on the recently launched...

Relentless/ Virgin

Wiley's take on White Town's 1997 No.1 Hit 'Your Woman', 'Never Be Your Woman' comes out on Relentless in March...

Hey You!/Autonomy

St Albans 6-piece Saving Aimee look set to capitalise on the firm live support and devoted fanbase they have created...

SRC/Island

Melanie Fiona's debut album The Bridge is due out later this year. There’s a buzz about the Canadian artist both...

Slam Dunk

You Me At Six have sold nearly 30,000 copies of their debut album Take Off Your Colours since it was...

unsigned

Fresh from one of her first London shows at the Discovery Showcase at Tabernacle, Kirsty Almeida is gaining attention from...

Verve

We featured the brilliant 'Goodnite' from 24-year-old Philadelphia artist Melody Gardot's debut album 'Worrisome Heart' last year. That record was...

Blue Thumb/UCJ

Imelda May's first single is this delightful blend of rockabilly, blues and jazz. Jools Holland is a big fan and...

unsigned

From the demos we've heard so far, Melox Marvels - the project of London-based Chris Hutchings - is turning out...

Itsuka/Continenta

Part of a 90's-inspired revival in Northern European pop music, Iceland's Sometime are a five-piece group who release this as...

unsigned

'Everyday' reflects the depth of Northern Irish producer and songwriter Mike Mormecha, especially given how different and unique the work...

Slam Dunk

The plot is building nicely for Surrey quintet You Me At Six ahead of the release of their debut album...

Planet Clique

Boutique electro label Planet Clique release the taster EP of new girlband Red Blooded Women. The trio is already picking...

UCJ

A skillful blend of chilled-out blues, folk and jazz, Melody Gardot's debut album, Worrisome Heart, was released to critical acclaim...

unsigned/Ventilation

We found this track from Copenhagen five-piece Passtime Poets on a demo we were given at Midem. Hollywood, straight from...

Data

Australian dance-indie group Van She Tech handle the updating of the official reissue of this classic dance hit from 1992....

unsigned

We've been supporters for some time of young singer songwriter ClaireToomey. We featured fantastic songs One Last Look and Found...

Lock Stock and Barrel

We thought this Shirley Bassey's cover of the Linda Perry-penned Pink hit should have been in the race for Christmas...

Elefant

Glasgow band Camera Obscura are currently enjoying long-deserved success with their third album Let's Get Out Of This Country selling...

All City/ Dat Sound

Shameless is a London-based Irish MC and was hailed by the NME as the pioneer of the grindie movement after...

free2air

Meck's follow up to #1 Thunder In My Heart borrows the fantastic riff from Felix's 'Don't You Want Me’. The...

Unsigned/Phrased Differently

Iain James is a singer songwriter whose soulful well-produced pop marks a refreshing and energetic change from the bout of...

Lizard King

Drive By Argument are a Scottish five-piece, who recently signed to Lizard King and are next year’s priority act for...

(Unsigned)

Based in South London, Stuart James says he "combines the rhythms and lyrical flows of east coast MCs and west...

Parlophone

Jamelia's third album has many highlights but this is the standout moment. Beware of the Dog is a killer pop song....

Better Get

Summer Holiday are a three-piece from Halifax but are based in London. The first signing of new label Better Get...

Apollo

Route 33 comprises of Kevin J Ryan & Glenn Scott, the people behind the reputable production company RiotAct. Alex James...

Warners

It's no secret that we're big fans of The Crimea. We've loved this song for a long time. A prior...

Polydor

We recently caught 21 year old James Morrison playing support for Martha Wainwright and he blew us away. He’s a...

UCJ/ Concord

Forty years ago, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 released Mas Que Nada, the first Latin-pop crossover hit and the only...

ATO/unsigned for UK

See The World is taken from the recently completed album How We Operate, produced by Gil Norton (Pixies, Foo Fighters)....

Apollo Recordings

Matt Jagger has thunder in his heart again and this smash is set to launch his new Apollo/Universal imprint with...

Free 2 Air

The revival of disco in dance music is upon us. So what a find from the enigmatic DJ Meck, who...

Motivo/AATW

We discovered this at Popkomm 2004. AATW had been talking to Italy's Motivo about it since then and finally, just...

Smokin' Rebel/Sanctuary

To say Jo was the most talented member of S Club 7 doesn't really do her justice. She really is...

Mach-1/Smoove

Nookie was all over the Notting Hill carnival, of course. More surprisingly, it was at Reading and Leeds festivals, where...

(Wall Of Sound/Data)

Stuart Price AKA Jacques Le Cont AKA Les Rhythmes Digitales - a man of many aliases, and even more CV...

Smoove

We first wrote about Nookie four months ago after a tip off from Urban Is King on our message board...

Exceptional

It's dance music but not as we have known it recently. Retro but fresh, full of energy and not pigeonholed...

unsigned

We first featured teenage singer songwriter Claire in July of last year. Now her career is moving up the gears...

Right On/unsigned

We finally saw Melissa for the first time at this year's SXSW. How many boxes does she tick? Who cares...

>4 / OneTwo

We've been championing Nate James since last May and really helped speed up awareness. Set The Tone is now on...

Fierce Panda

We haven't been able to stop singing this song and we'd just decided it must be a hit when we...

Anti Inc

After years of highs and lows, The Frames deservedly joined the A list in their home country of Ireland with...

Gotham/BMG Australia

Merril is best known for the excellent Mouth, an international hit in 1997. This is from her new album which...

Motivo (Italy)

This is probably the most exciting track we heard at Popkomm (thanks to Michel Petre for the tip off). How...

unsigned

Claire is 17 year-old singer songwriter from Croydon who will inevitably be bracketed with Avril Lavigne but is clearly rootsier...

Spank

We didn't like this at first because it's unbelievably brash, but brash can be good, especially when backed up by...

Record Collection/WEA

This is one of those singles that we somehow failed to hear until its week of release. It's simply too...

unsigned

Introducing Nate James: future star, exceptional singer, and real songwriting talent who's itching to push the boundaries like a British...

Right On (US)

Formerly with Atlantic, now on her own label Right On, Melissa has sold nearly 30,000 albums across three releases. Shatter...

Curb/WEA London

No soundclip. We found this track absolutely jaw- dropping when we first heard it and it still sounds great today, on...

Idol Media (Netherlands)

Our Dutch week continues with a six piece hip hop act from Amsterdam who count Big Star, Dave Clark Five,...

unsigned

We got sent an mp3 of this with an accompanying email that simply said "Record of the Day... or throw...

XL

Basement Jaxx are developing a knack of launching albums with massive pop records that are, at the same time, immensely...

Gut

No soundclip. Issac is an Australian who's teamed up with vocalist Sally Hollingdale to produce this seductive pop dance tune....

MCA

Something corporate and something very commercial from an act whose progress in the UK alone should see them survive the...

Doghouse / Dreamworks

No soundclip today - Thankfully not an American Idol spinoff project or one of those hideous American swing bands but...