RECORD ARCHIVE - records in February 2005
This is the lovely closing track from the forthcoming album by sometime Streets collaborator Kevin Mark Trail and it's quite...

Kevin Mark Trail
City Boy
This is the lovely closing track from the forthcoming album by sometime Streets collaborator Kevin Mark Trail and it's quite...
We listened to the Stix CD without remembering who they are, and decided Young & Foolish had to be a...

The Stix feat. Corinne Bailey Rae
Young and Foolish
We listened to the Stix CD without remembering who they are, and decided Young & Foolish had to be a...
Evermore are three brothers aged just 17, 19 and 21, who grew up on a farm in rural New Zealand....

Evermore
It's Too Late
Warner Music (Australia)/unsigned
Evermore are three brothers aged just 17, 19 and 21, who grew up on a farm in rural New Zealand....
We get a lot of mp3s from complete strangers at Record of the Day - and we're constantly surprised by...

Yanne
Sign
We get a lot of mp3s from complete strangers at Record of the Day - and we're constantly surprised by...
We've been championing Nate James since last May and really helped speed up awareness. Set The Tone is now on...

Nate James
Set the Tone
We've been championing Nate James since last May and really helped speed up awareness. Set The Tone is now on...
M Ward is an enigmatic Bright Eyes associate whose songs have been cut by Grandaddy, Cat Power and others. Transistor...

M Ward
Hi-Fi
M Ward is an enigmatic Bright Eyes associate whose songs have been cut by Grandaddy, Cat Power and others. Transistor...
Great news - JCB by folk hip hop heroes Nizlopi will be released as a single, almost exactly a year...

Nizlopi
JCB
Great news - JCB by folk hip hop heroes Nizlopi will be released as a single, almost exactly a year...
This Danish unsigned band won us over with a superior chorus and a powerful vocal. Slowmotion is the opening track...

Kiona
Slowmotion
This Danish unsigned band won us over with a superior chorus and a powerful vocal. Slowmotion is the opening track...
Reggaeton - if you don't know what it is yet, you will soon. There are some clues here and here....

Speedy feat. Lumidee
Sientelo
Reggaeton - if you don't know what it is yet, you will soon. There are some clues here and here....
Nine Black Alps achieved a buzz and bidding war without sounding like anything else around, and without a 'The' at...

Nine Black Alps
Shot Down
Nine Black Alps achieved a buzz and bidding war without sounding like anything else around, and without a 'The' at...
Another of those delightful tracks that was sent to us out of the blue as an mp3, by the artists....

Trader
Used To Lie
Another of those delightful tracks that was sent to us out of the blue as an mp3, by the artists....
The 19-year-old east Londoner came third in the influential BBC Online's 'Sound of 2005' behind The Bravery and Bloc Party....

Kano
Typical Me
The 19-year-old east Londoner came third in the influential BBC Online's 'Sound of 2005' behind The Bravery and Bloc Party....
We've been listening to Lamacq Live a lot recently and that's where we heard this. Some very enjoyable rapping over...

Apathy feat. Emilio Lopez
It Takes A Seven Nation Army To Hold Us Back
We've been listening to Lamacq Live a lot recently and that's where we heard this. Some very enjoyable rapping over...
No soundclip. We've been keeping tabs on this massive US hit for months and featured it in our magazine before...

Akon
Locked Up
No soundclip. We've been keeping tabs on this massive US hit for months and featured it in our magazine before...
Eight piece Lake Placid are the latest buzz alternative act out of Denmark. This Air is a very Scandinavian sounding...

Lake Placid
This Air
Eight piece Lake Placid are the latest buzz alternative act out of Denmark. This Air is a very Scandinavian sounding...
Cabin Crew and/or Sunset Strippers are heading for the top of the charts - will this be the last of...

C-Sixty Four
On A Good Thing
Cabin Crew and/or Sunset Strippers are heading for the top of the charts - will this be the last of...
The Bees' debut LP on Wall Of Sound was Mercury- nominated and there was nothing surprising about the quality of their...

The Bees
Chicken Payback
The Bees' debut LP on Wall Of Sound was Mercury- nominated and there was nothing surprising about the quality of their...
Apparently, Tears For Fears got together to discuss their reunion and said "Above all, let's make sure that this time,...

Tears for Fears
Closest Thing to Heaven
Apparently, Tears For Fears got together to discuss their reunion and said "Above all, let's make sure that this time,...
A big release for Smoove - the urban imprint named after the successful night at Ministry's London club. Hype! Hype!...

SLK
Hype! Hype!
A big release for Smoove - the urban imprint named after the successful night at Ministry's London club. Hype! Hype!...
When we featured the Sunset Strippers version of Waiting For A Star To Fall yesterday, we mentioned that Cabin Crew...

Cabin Crew
Star 2 Fall
When we featured the Sunset Strippers version of Waiting For A Star To Fall yesterday, we mentioned that Cabin Crew...