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Sunset Strippers - Falling Stars

Sunset Strippers
Falling Stars

Direction

Here we go again with multiple, simultaneous cover versions of a golden oldie. This is no bad thing - it...

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31 Jan 2005
Grace - Sleep All Day

Grace
Sleep All Day

unsigned

This is track three on the Grace's debut single and it suggests to us that there could be some major...

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28 Jan 2005
Aventura - Obsesión

Aventura
Obsesión

Hit Mania

Obsesión is one of the freshest, most original and simply the best international hits of recent years. It has already...

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27 Jan 2005
Doloroso - Radio Silence

Doloroso
Radio Silence

This band are unsigned, unpublished and unmanaged. But that situation is sure to change soon - they have a breakthrough...

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26 Jan 2005
Fake Ray - The Fumes Are Deadly

Fake Ray
The Fumes Are Deadly

North and South

North And South is the label set up by two former staff of X-Ray magazine including the editor Rich Sutcliffe,...

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25 Jan 2005
Apartment - Everyone Says I'm Paranoid

Apartment
Everyone Says I'm Paranoid

Fierce Panda

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

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24 Jan 2005
Edwina Hayes - I Want Your Love

Edwina Hayes
I Want Your Love

Radar

Edwina is a long term Record of the Day cause celebre. Her songs have a wonderful purity and an uncanny...

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21 Jan 2005
The Frames - Fake

The Frames
Fake

Anti Inc

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

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20 Jan 2005
Stereophonics - Dakota

Stereophonics
Dakota

V2

This band are unfairly maligned by certain critics and industry types - like Dido, everyone would love them if they...

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19 Jan 2005
Fredo Viola - The Sad Song

Fredo Viola
The Sad Song

unsigned

We discovered this via the b3ta newsletter - like them, we love the web - and discoveries like this are...

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18 Jan 2005
The Golden Dogs - Birdsong

The Golden Dogs
Birdsong

True North (Canada)

This Toronto five piece are like all those impeccably cool Canadian bands of recent times, but with better tunes. Tunes...

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17 Jan 2005
The Bravery - Honest Mistake

The Bravery
Honest Mistake

Loog

The Bravery are the most tipped band for 2005. We're often ambivalent about buzz bands but this time, we're delighted...

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14 Jan 2005
Karin Park - Superworldunknown

Karin Park
Superworldunknown

Sony (Sweden)

No soundclip. We first wrote and raved about Karin Park over a year ago, acting on a tip off from...

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13 Jan 2005
Verbalicious - Don't Play Nice

Verbalicious
Don't Play Nice

All Around The World/Adventure

When we first featured this future hit early last year, Adventure were looking for a joint venture partner for Brit...

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12 Jan 2005
Breed 77 - Shadows

Breed 77
Shadows

Alberts

The Breed 77 album has sold over 20,000 copies. They've had one top 40 single and another just outside. All...

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11 Jan 2005
Commander Tom - Attention

Commander Tom
Attention

Data

A fairly simple record this. It's licensed from Pulsive in Germany. It samples Superstar by Novy vs Eniac. There's not...

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10 Jan 2005
Fear of Music - Skin and Bones

Fear of Music
Skin and Bones

unsigned

We recently received three new recordings from Manchester's prodigious Fear Of Music. Wow. There were hints of great songwriting ability...

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07 Jan 2005
Lucie Silvas - Breathe In

Lucie Silvas
Breathe In

Mercury

Lucie's first single went top ten but this should do even better. The media plot is comprehensive and, more importantly,...

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06 Jan 2005
Raghav - Angel Eyes

Raghav
Angel Eyes

A&R/V2

This is the best Raghav single to date – it’s wickedly infectious and original and it has the potential to...

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05 Jan 2005
Willy Mason - Oxygen

Willy Mason
Oxygen

Grandma's Basement/ Radiate/Virgin

This is the song that's inspiring us as we start the new year. We hope it inspires you too -...

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04 Jan 2005