New Artists

Introducing: Algiers – Atlanta doom soul trio

An experimental gospel no wave soul pulp band, slurping Francophilia – Gainsbourg and Dutronc, Saint…

Introducing: Hundred Waters – scattered and skittered dream pop

Hundred Waters are a promising Gainesville, Florida band who specialise in scattered and skittered pop…

Rhye
Rhye – ‘Open’

‘Open’ is the debut single from Rhye, a duo whose names are unknown but hail…

Oliver Tank
Introducing: Oliver Tank – Sydney pastoral electronic producer

I’ve been finding a lot of value in gentle music for the early mornings lately.…

Quakers Geoff Barrow
Introducing: Quakers – Portishead’s Geoff Barrow’s big rap ensemble project

Portishead’s Geoff Barrow has a new hip-hop project on Stones Throw called Quakers which features…

No Ceremony – ‘Hurtlove’

‘HurtLove’ is a modern proposition for a song. It might be built on reverberating piano…

Introducing: Dott – Glowing Galway garage pop

Catchy and super fun debut garage pop single from Galway band Dott who are made…

Isla De Los Estados – ‘Balanceo’

From Argentinean band Isla De Los Estados, a three-piece from Buenes Aires comes this pretty…

Introducing: Evian Christ

Not even two weeks into 2012 and we’ve already got ourselves a couple of anonymous…

Introducing: Faws – anonymous Dublin-based minimal electronic productions

Having first appeared on Bandcamp on Christmas Eve, there’s very little information available about Faws,…

Azealia Banks
Azealia Banks – ‘Liquorice’

The seal around Azealia Banks has been broken. There’s no going back to the underground…

The Recommender’s top 5 new artists of 2011

The last of the top 5 new artists guest posts for 2011? I may have…

LYFSTYL’s top 5 new artists of 2011

Continuing the top 5 new artists guest posts now. Toronto-based LYFSTYL is one of my favourite…

Veronica Cream Team’s top 5 new artists of 2011

Almost at the home stretch of the top 5 new artists guest posts now. So…

Ones to watch 2012 – Alabama Shakes

It was Jim who first brought Alabama Shakes to my attention.Then I got the email…

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Donal Dineen’s top 5 new artists of 2011

Following the recent closure of his long running Small Hours show on Today FM, Donal…

Elastic Witch’s top 5 new artists of 2011

Two years ago, I ran a series of guest posts from people involved in Irish…

Gugai’s top 5 new artists of 2011

Two years ago, I ran a series of guest posts from people involved in Irish…

Jenny Huston’s top 5 new artists of 2011

Two years ago, I ran a series of guest posts from people involved in Irish…

Squarehead’s top 5 new artists of 2011

Two years ago, I ran a series of guest posts from people involved in Irish…