Another great year if you were listening. All acts either brand new or new to me, or finally fulfilled their promise (helllo, Whitehlands) o...

Another vintage year for global pop hits. All new acts - well, new as in haven't been on the year-end list before. New Estate have been ...

Two things to know about Portable Radio: they like The Beach Boys a lot and Paul McCartney is their favourite Beatle. Counting To Three is a...

New Zealand's shitgaze aesthetic, following The Midnight Steppers, is alive with Cuticles making uneasy listening essential listening. C...

No question Spiral XP have the first two Ride EPs and Whirlpool by Chapterhouse. Deja Vu (maybe that's tongue-in-cheek self-referential)...

The Chicago wing of the Elephant 6 fan club? Maybe - they share Masters of the Hemisphere's skewed pop, Apples in Stereo's narcotic ...

The talk-singing reminds me of Sue Tompkins' (Life Without Buildings) antsy defiance, matched by fidgety post-punk guitars and taut spru...