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Seattle band Throw Me The Statue, signed to Secretly Canadian, are featured with the track 'About To Walk'.…

Kindness, with a first gig in Nottingham, are featured through covers including a version of Madonna's Papa Don't Preach and the video for Gee Wiz.…

A Grave With No Name's track Khonner blends Mogwai-style and Galaxie 500-style sounds, with spoken word samples and echoing vocals, as the band tours London.…

London-based multi-instrumentalist King Charles impresses with debut single 'Time For Eternity', drawing comparisons to Syd Barrett's solo work.…

Tara Busch's debut album Pilfershire Lane, released on Tummy Touch Records, is a psychedelic pop record built on vintage analogue sounds.…

Sydney act teenagersintokyo, signed to Back Yard Recordings, release the double A-side 'Isabella/Long Walk Home' on 5 Oct, recorded with producer David Kosten.…

New York duo Zaza make woozy, shamanistic dream-pop on tracks such as 'Repetition' and 'Sooner Or Later', recently signed to US indie Kanine.…

The Drums' tracks 'Let's Go Surfing' and 'I Felt Stupid' are praised, with NME having given the band a hyped new band review and UK dates announced.…

Supergroup Monsters Of Folk, featuring Conor Oberst, Jim James, M Ward and Mike Mogis, are praised for their Travelling Wilburys-style folk-rock tracks.…

New York band Silk Flowers mix gloomy industrial synths with pop hooks, with a featured track that borrows a looping synth line from Vince Clarke.…

London trio Trailer Trash Tracys release debut single 'Candy Girl' on No Pain In Pop on 14 September, a woozy blend of 60s pop and shoegaze.…

Swedish trio Satan Takes A Holiday make poppy garage rock in the lineage of The Stooges and The Hives, with the track Heartbreaker showing their energy.…