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Kassassin Street

Kassassin Street are a 5 piece band from the seaside town of Portsmouth in Hampshire, England. They are: Rowan Bastable, Nathan Hill, Ryan Hill, Andy Hurst andTom Wells.They have had some success with their debut EP, aptly entitled EP, which has been played on the likes of BBC Introducing and Amazing Radio. On their website the lads describe themselves as being influenced by ‘psychedelic art and…

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The Travelling Band 'The Big Defreeze'

@TravellingBand 'The Big Defreeze' by Sean

And now for something delightfully chirpy… From the band that established themselves as feel-good folk/pop songsters in 2008’s Under the Pavement and further developed their signature style on 2011’s Screaming is Something comes The Travelling Band’s third LP in 6 years. Time well spent for the aptly named group from Manchester. The evolution continues on The Big Defreeze.

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Carnival Youth

Meet @CarnivalYouth

Carnival Youth are a Latvian Based Indie band most commonly compared to Bombay Bicycle Club in reviews, although the lads say this only ever comes from British people and they don’t mind as BBC are quite cool. They have recently released their ‘Never Have Enough’ EP and played at Guilfest, on the punk stage, after having travelled overnight from the Positives Festival in Latvia. Now that’s…

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Super 73 'Remember. Bulletproof.'

@metallife80 reviews @WeAreSuper73 'Remember. Bulletproof.'

Super 73 are a melodic, multi textured alternative rock band hailing from Middle England. They formed in late 2012 and consist of duel guitar slingers and vocalists Mark Whinkless and Steve Potter, Andy Winfield on Drums and vocals and Rob Ellis on bass and atmospherics.

Remember. Bulletproof is their first EP and consists of four songs – five if you count the radio edit of There or Thereabouts,…

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D'lys - Find Me An Angel (Album)

@Dlysmusic - Find Me An Angel (Album) reviewed by @musictj

D’lys, a UK based singer, has shared the stage with the likes of Leo from ‘The Streets’, Joss Stone’s band ‘Yes Sir Boss’and Yasmine Hamden. She is getting regular plays on BBC Radio, frequently described as “superb”. Her latest album ‘Find Me An Angel’ is now available.

Initially it was her vocals that struck me. She has a wonderful tone that strikes you from the first note of the title song,…

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Faye Patton – 'Dangerous Loving'

Dave reviews @FayePatton – 'Dangerous Loving'

While there are a lot of Jazz musicians I like, I’m certainly no authority on the subject. So it was with a bit of uncertainty that I gave this album a listen and I’m glad I did.

In this age of reality show contests and auto –tuned pop divas it’s nice to hear a real singer – songwriter willing to bear all with a natural skill. Faye Patton takes the listeners back to a bygone era of the Jazz…

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Jungle 'Julia'

@kristinemaria reviews Jungle 'Julia' @XLRecordings

We’re excited about this weeks free iTunes single because they are local to us! Jungle are based around a duo known as J and T, who expand to a collective for their live performaces. They have just released their debut album on XL Recordings. Recorded between their own studio in Shepherds Bush and the XL studio in Ladbroke Grove. West London is a cool place to grow up (I am soon abandoning it…

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Harkive- Kristine

@KristineMaria submits to this years @Harkive #harkive

So there’s this little project that’s been running for a few years looking at how we consume music, it’s called The Harkive.

In an ever changing digital landscape music consumption has drastically changed over the past 15 years: from the launch of the iPod in 2001 and the migration to streaming with services like Spotify; we no longer buy a record, play it to death and hand it down to our kids.…

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Milky Chance 'Down by the River'

@KristineMaria reviews @MilkyChance 'Down by the River'

Photograph by David Ulrich

Milky Chance are a weird one. I can’t decide if they’re folk, jazz, electronic, all of the above or none of these at all. Comprised of vocalist and musician Clemens Rehbein and DJ Phillip Dausch. Having gone to school together the pair also performed as part of Jazz group Flown Tones before breaking off as duo Milky Chance in 2012.

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Lewis Watson 'Stay'

@KristineMaria reivews @levvis_ 'Stay'

Looks can be very deceiving…. as with the case of Lewis Watson. I was expecting something heavy, rocky, maybe a little bit poppy. I definitely didn’t expect folk and the deep vocals that accompanied that. Having grown up in Oxford, England; Watson is 21 and started his musical career at 16 when he got his first guitar and uploaded covers to YouTube.  5 years on he is touring up and down the…

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@NiallBlackburn reviews @ThomasJSpeight Thomas J Speight, a Londoner with a penchant for folky pop songs, has released a new single after signing to Killing Moon Records.

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Eliza Shaddad 'Waters'

@KristineMaria reviews @ElizaShaddad 'Waters'

Based in London, but of Sudanese and Scottish decent, Eliza Shaddad has a plethora of influences from Nina Simone to Skunk Anansie, and  De la Soul to Nick Drake. Drawing on many different styles and sounds and her 2 juxtaposing cultural backgrounds Shaddad has an intense sound. ‘Waters’ is a particularly heavy folk track that lends itself more to her Scottish roots.

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Indiana

@comptonbassett1reviews @IndianatheGirl #twsh #musicreviews

There has been much hype surrounding up-and-coming Nottingham singer Indiana, whose new single ‘Solo Dancing’, was released recently, entering the top ten of both the iTunes singles and album chart as well as getting to number #1 on the Alternative single chart. This success combined with the interest shown by BBC Radio 1 B-list and Rinse FM A-list has lead to a swelling of her audience and a…

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Audible1 ft Adjua 'Good Time Rhymes'

@musicTJ reviews @Audibleone ft Adjua 'Good Time Rhymes' @EHarmonymusic

I listened to this song before stepping out of the house this morning and wasn’t convinced by it. Bearing in mind it was about 7am and I had a busy day ahead of me, I decided to give it another listen at the end of the day.

On putting it on at the end of a nice summer’s day, all I could think of, was the need for an ice cold beer in my hand. Once that Reggae bass line hit, I just wanted to sit…

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First Aid Kit 'Stay Gold'

@FirstAidKitBand 'Stay Gold'

Despite the very American folk sound to First Aid Kit, they are actually Swedish. Hailing from Stockholm this duo have been on the scene for a while and have a current like total of 197k on Facebook.  So with that to prep you, what’s so great about this track?

‘Stay Gold’ has a beautiful lilting feel perfect for those lazy summer…

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Daithí 'Case closed' (feat. Senita)

listen to @DaithiMusic 'Case closed' (feat. Senita)

 Daithí is an Irish electronic musician from Ballyvaughan, Co. Clare (my mum’s neck of the woods!), named after the last pagan King of Ireland. He shot to fame in Ireland in 2009 after coming 6th on The All Ireland Talent show where he played the electric fiddle. He has since been on various other shows and is now signed to Sony Ireland. This particular track has been out for over 6 months and…

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read @niallblackcburn review @MessagetoVenus 'The Envelope' Puerto Rican in origin, but living in America, Message to Venus formed in 2008 and released their first extended play in 2011.