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Brighton string quintet The Miserable Rich release an EP of covers, including The Pixies' 'Gigantic' and The Eurythmics' 'Sweet Dreams'.…

Three Trapped Tigers' video for '6', from their second EP, shows an octopus and a peanut in a surreal fight, and is recommended by CMU.…

CMU approves the debut album from Them Crooked Vultures, which the band has streamed in full as individual YouTube videos ahead of its 16 November release.…

CMU approves 'Sentinel (Shadow Guard)', the first studio collaboration between DJ Food's Strictly Kev and DK, streaming on SoundCloud ahead of next month's EP.…

Yeasayer have released 'Ambling Alp' as a free download, taken from their second album 'Odd Blood', due next February.…

Jaga Jazzist announce their fourth album 'One-Armed Bandit' for 25 Jan and share its title track as a download.…

Placebo are offering a free digital bundle featuring tracks from their four European tour support acts, plus a live Placebo track and a PDF.…

MJ Hibbett & The Validators release their new single 'My Boss Was In An Indie Band Once' today, with a video CMU recommends.…

Converge's new album is streaming in full on their MySpace page, three years after 'No Heroes', with a track featuring Steve Von Till of Neurosis.…

Alphabeat release new single 'The Spell', a track that blends early 80s Madonna-style pop with Pet Shop Boys synth-pop.…

Frankie Rose, formerly of Vivian Girls and Crystal Stilts, has a 7" out this month on Slumberland Records with her project Frankie Rose And The Outs.…

Southampton band A Word Like.Attack, who put an electronic spin on post-hardcore, have released a third EP, 'Though We Aren't Birds, We're Still Given To Flight'.…