Listen Before You Buy

Given their name, it won’t come as much of a surprise that Saturday Sun are a bit like Nick Drake. They also look to the likes of finger-picking legends like John Martyn, and more broadly to post-rock and alternative artists, for their influences.

Listen to and download Carousel’s new track, “Open Road”. It’s never too early to be prepared for summer.

Silver Tongues have a wide array of influences and confidently hop between genres. My only confident prediction for the direction they head in is that it’s likely to be unpredictable, although I’d also hazard a guess that it’s likely to be an enjoyable ride.

Listen to and download the new track from Contrakids, “Younger”.

Watch the video for SolarSolar’s song “Walking Like Children”, taken from their forthcoming album “Pilot”.

I can tell you virtually nothing about The Sayitaints. Still, if you like any of The Postal Service, James Blake, Sigur Ros or Bjork, they’re probably up your street.

You may well have heard of Nedry before, since their debut EP, “Condors”, kicked up a veritable cack-cyclone of press interest. That said, my sources inform me that an LP is on the way, so there’s no time like the present for making sure you’re all keeping your eyes and ears out for this genre-bending London threesome.

Needle are mellow. To these ears at least, Julie’s voice is a breathier Emma Pollock, or (who’d have thought it?) Hope Sandoval. Another immediate similarity is Cowboy Junkies, with even a passing resemblance to Yo La Tengo.

We have London-based Bobby Tank to add to the roster of artisan producers out there taking dubstep in a more innovative direction. There are moments in amongst the vocal slices and slap bass samples when you could almost be listening to Justice or Daft Punk.

Listen to and download the new track from Contrakids, “All The Way Back”, which samples Justin Timberlake’s “What Goes Around… / …Comes Around”.

Icky Doome makes dark, heavy IDM and intends to get darker and heavier. Sure, it’ll blow your subwoofer, but it’s totally worth it.

Listen to and download SolarSolar’s cover of Wild Beasts’ “Albatross”.

Listen to and download “Velvet Sea” below, a new song from The Vliets.

Watch the new video for Needle’s track, “The Scenery”, taken from their hot-off-the-press EP “Saint Timothy’s”.

Listen to the whole of “Here It Is”, the new EP from Pinemarten.

Watch the new video for My Plastic Sun’s “Give It All Away”, the stand-out track from their self-titled debut EP.