RECORD ARCHIVE - records in April 2013
Best known for bringing the Ghanian dance craze 'Azonto' to an international audience with his single of the same name,...

Fuse ODG
Antenna
Best known for bringing the Ghanian dance craze 'Azonto' to an international audience with his single of the same name,...
Dutch-American singer-songwriter Laura Jansen releases her second album Elba - her debut release in the UK - on June 17. Recorded...

Laura Jansen
Golden
Dutch-American singer-songwriter Laura Jansen releases her second album Elba - her debut release in the UK - on June 17. Recorded...
Six foot two tall and with a striking blonde crop, Australian-born Boston adoptee Betty Who makes brash, 80's-inspired electropop that sounds...

Betty Who
Somebody Loves You
Six foot two tall and with a striking blonde crop, Australian-born Boston adoptee Betty Who makes brash, 80's-inspired electropop that sounds...
Channelling CSNY and the Mamas & The Papas - with a sprinkling of Fleetwood Mac for good measure - unsigned...

Zervas & Pepper
Sure Fire Bet
Channelling CSNY and the Mamas & The Papas - with a sprinkling of Fleetwood Mac for good measure - unsigned...
London-based, genre-busting three-piece MONSTA have been rising stars of EDM ever since debut single Holdin' On was released via OWSLA, the label...

MONSTA
Messiah
London-based, genre-busting three-piece MONSTA have been rising stars of EDM ever since debut single Holdin' On was released via OWSLA, the label...
Crossover UK dancehall tracks don't exactly grow on trees, so Stylo G's Soundbwoy - his first release since signing to 3...

Stylo G
Soundbwoy
Crossover UK dancehall tracks don't exactly grow on trees, so Stylo G's Soundbwoy - his first release since signing to 3...
Fresh from supporting Biffy Clyro on the UK leg of their March tour, City and Colour - better known to...

City and Colour
Thirst
Fresh from supporting Biffy Clyro on the UK leg of their March tour, City and Colour - better known to...
Rising New York girl/boy duo MS MR herald the release of debut album Secondhand Rapture with new single Hurricane, another classy...

MS MR
Hurricane
Rising New York girl/boy duo MS MR herald the release of debut album Secondhand Rapture with new single Hurricane, another classy...
With Dave Grohl drumming for them, Pharrell Williams writing with them, and Beastie Boys producer Mario C remixing them, DC-based...

RDGLDGRN
Million Fans
With Dave Grohl drumming for them, Pharrell Williams writing with them, and Beastie Boys producer Mario C remixing them, DC-based...
Last seen in 2011 on the soundtrack for Attack The Block, Basement Jaxx have made us wait a few years...

Basement Jaxx
Back 2 The Wild
Last seen in 2011 on the soundtrack for Attack The Block, Basement Jaxx have made us wait a few years...
Street-cool girl group M.O first appeared on SBTV back in October, becoming the most viewed debut A64 in the channel's history....

M.O
Ain't Got Time
Street-cool girl group M.O first appeared on SBTV back in October, becoming the most viewed debut A64 in the channel's history....
Finally unfettered from Bandcamp, New York garage rock outfit Parquet Courts' debut album Light Up Gold gets a UK release today,...

Parquet Courts
Borrowed Time
What's Your Rupture? / Mom + Pop
Finally unfettered from Bandcamp, New York garage rock outfit Parquet Courts' debut album Light Up Gold gets a UK release today,...
It has been a long journey for The Good Natured since we first featured them as an unsigned act back in 2008, but...

The Good Natured
Lovers
It has been a long journey for The Good Natured since we first featured them as an unsigned act back in 2008, but...
First featured by RotD in November last year, Bristol's The Ramona Flowers have come on in leaps and bounds in...

The Ramona Flowers
Lust and Lies
First featured by RotD in November last year, Bristol's The Ramona Flowers have come on in leaps and bounds in...
Anyone doubting that Hot Natured are one of the most exciting prospects in electronic music right now would do well to...

Hot Natured feat. Anabel Englund
Reverse Skydiving
Hot Creations / FFRR / Warners
Anyone doubting that Hot Natured are one of the most exciting prospects in electronic music right now would do well to...
Self-styled 'crack house' pioneer Zinc has established himself over the past two years with his uniquely London vision of the...

Zinc feat. Sasha Keable
Only For Tonight
Self-styled 'crack house' pioneer Zinc has established himself over the past two years with his uniquely London vision of the...
Bubbling up from down under are Brisbane alt-pop five-piece Ball Park Music, whose latest track Surrender could well see their...

Ball Park Music
Surrender
Stop Start (AUS) / unsigned (ROW)
Bubbling up from down under are Brisbane alt-pop five-piece Ball Park Music, whose latest track Surrender could well see their...
Though not yet enjoying the sales figures of his friend and touring partner Ed Sheeran, Brighton-born singer-songwriter Passenger (real name Mike...

Passenger
Let Her Go
Though not yet enjoying the sales figures of his friend and touring partner Ed Sheeran, Brighton-born singer-songwriter Passenger (real name Mike...
We first featured Tyneside's then-unsigned Lulu James back in November 2011, when bloggers were rightly falling over themselves to heap...

Lulu James
Closer
We first featured Tyneside's then-unsigned Lulu James back in November 2011, when bloggers were rightly falling over themselves to heap...
LA duo PAPA were another act making a big noise at this year’s SXSW, with queues still snaking around the...

PAPA
Put Me To Work
LA duo PAPA were another act making a big noise at this year’s SXSW, with queues still snaking around the...
This Is What It Feels Like sees enormously popular trance DJ and producer Armin Van Buuren joining the Positiva stable in...

Armin Van Buuren feat. Trevor Guthrie
This Is What It Feels Like
This Is What It Feels Like sees enormously popular trance DJ and producer Armin Van Buuren joining the Positiva stable in...