Cheap Thrills/unsigned

The product of a chance encounter in a Paris basement club, NYC-based Du Tonc are UK producer/DJ Mighty Mouse and Matthew...

Zirkulo / PIAS / Atlantic

British/Hispanic synth-folk act Crystal Fighters' highly anticipated sophomore album Cave Rave, conceived over two months in their Basque Country spiritual home and...

Partisan Records

Texan-born, Brooklyn-based Emily Wells very nearly passed us by. The press release description of her distinctive 'feline' vocal seemed like a...

Island / Communion

With debut album Sistrionix dropping on June 24, all the indications are that LA blues-rock duo and long-time RotD favourites...

unsigned

A fortunate few early-rising Great Escapees were treated to an impressive Alternative Escape debut from unsigned 'noir-Americana' act New Desert Blues in...

Earstorm Records

The Haunted House EP is a characteristically uncompromising return from Aussie electro duo Knife Party, the post-Pendulum project of Rob Swire...

Warner Bros

Cross-fertilising indie and electronica since 2010's well-received eponymous debut album, Northamptonshire's Fenech-Soler appear to have found a virulent new strain of...

Because / Warner Bros

Label: Toby Baker, Warner Bros  Publishing: Because Editions / Sweet Science / Universal Music Publishing Online: Caz Beashel, Inside...

Glassnote / Island

Among the standout acts at The Great Escape last week were Little Green Cars, whose polished performances to packed houses at the...

Tidal Recordings

Another act worth adding to your schedule for The Great Escape this weekend are unsigned Bristol five piece Coasts, whose...

Decca

After two sold-out shows at the Slaughtered Lamb in March, Charleston super-couple Cary Ann Hearst and Michael Trent - aka Shovels...

Warner Bros

Feels like we've waited a long time for this one, and not just because everyone who has heard Tegan &...

Communion

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

Razzia / Family Tree Music AB

Pegboard Nerds are Scandinavian DJ and production duo Alexander Odden and one-time Safri Duo/DJ Encore producer Michael Parsberg. Early singles...

Tummy Touch

Dear Georgiana is the new solo project of Brooklyn-based Southern belle Lauren Balthrop, who releases her eponymous debut album through...

Bipolar Sunshine

Top of your hitlist for The Great Escape should be Bipolar Sunshine, who plays the NME Stage at the Corn Exchange...

Polydor

Six albums deep, and after the moderate success of 2007's Lost Without U, all the signs are that Robin Thicke is...

Parlophone

The staggering numbers attached to the runaway success story that is David Guetta still raise eyebrows. 42 million Facebook likes; six videos...