Champions League

They keep coming from Champions League, another cockles warming piece of balearic flavoured escapism.

Del Sur

A nice slice of tropipop from beach fixated youth Michael Collier otherwise known as Del Sur.

Vancouver Sleep Clinic

Seriously affecting stuff from 17 year old Brisbane wizard Tim Bettinson.

X priest X

A step on from their excellent debut release 'Samurai', Florida's X Priest X have recently aired this demo.

Sapphire Slows

Hypnotic electronica from solo Tokyo based act Sapphire Slows. She's on the Not Not Fun label which is always a good sign.

Employee of the Year

Parisien duo Employee of the Year exhibit the kind of laidback poise that is the cornerstone of the best in gallic electronica.

The Landing

A follow up to 'Strange Charm', full of wonderment from The Landing.

Wild Ones

Ultra dulcet electronic pop from this Portland band. Inhabiting a sweet spot somewhere between Pure Bathing Culture and Twin Sister. Not a bad place to be.

Garden City Movement / Tropics

Tropics has brought his expert touch to bear on this remix of Garden City Movement's 'Entertainment'.

Gardens and Villa

New in from Gardens and Villa who hooked us with their track 'Chemtrails' a good while ago.

Little Spoon

Radical goings on in Rochester, New York with the peerless work of Cameron Potter otherwise known as Little Spoon.A multitude of sounds come together here to make something that is both leftfield and extremely hooky.

The Diamond Age

Propulsive and jangly indie pop of a very chipper vein from new Southampton concern The Diamond Age.

Calum Howard

An amazingly accomplished debut release from Calum Howard, it didn't take long to realise this lush constantly evolving track was something special.

Contron

The lowest of lo-fi. Idiosynchratically titled, ramshackle but stratospherically charming compositions from Floridian Connor Parker aka Contron. 

Lion Bark

Following up on the excellent 'Two Prongs', Brighton's Lion Bark have written another killer ditty which it has to be hoped is named after a particularly iconic breed of cattle.

Voltage Black

An endlessly intriguing confection of retro-futurist electronica and experimental pop music is the thrust of the new double A side from London outfit Voltage Black.

Paradise/Woman's Hour

Marvellous remixing work provided by Woman's Hour on this reworking of Paradise's upcoming 'Stars Shine Bright' single.

Michael A Grammar

Another day and another superior Melodic records release this time from Brighton's Michael A Grammar. A psych pop masterclass.

Quiet Sun

Jack Hyde excels in ambient beatsmithery under the Quiet Sun moniker. His remix of Kirrin Island is very decent too.

Patterns

Soaring melodies characterise the wonderful new track from Manchester's Patterns.

Lockhart

Parisian producer Lockhart has struck again, surely an act seriously deserving of wider attention.



His Guest Mix for us is available here .

Skinny Dream

Southend's Skinny Dream return with another piece of narcotic classicism.

Delorean/Slow Magic

A sterling reworking of Delorean's 'Destitute Time' by the ever reliable Slow Magic.

Au.Ra

Excellent tidings this monday in the form of a new single from Au.Ra, bringing psych fuzz by the bucketload and maintaining the form of previous releases.

Garden City Movement

From the BLDG5 label which recently brought us the fantastic Ground Floor
compilation comes this languorous delight, the work of Garden City Movement.

Bimini

Brooklyn's Bimini mine a vast heritage of credible US alt-rock on these tightly crafted gems from their new EP.

Major Leagues

Faultless lo-fi jangle from Brisbane band Major Leagues.

CYMBALS

Rumbustious, dreamy pop music from the new LP due on the venerable Tough Love label in early 2014.

Pascaal

Future facing electronica from the Austin based producer's EP 'Fragile'.

Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger!

Top of the range squall from another Italian act of note.

Be Forest

An absolutely captivating cut from the new LP of Italian band Be Forest. The album is due in early 2014 and has installed itself as a listening priority for the new year on the strength of this.

GOVS

Yet more wondrous antipodean music, the work of Josiah Birrell aka GOVS.