And now for something completely different. The National Trust is a British organisation that looks after areas of historical importance or beauty. They procure castles and forests, that kind of thing. They certainly don’t often release albums. Why, then, are they in the album section? Read More

Dealing in Antiques – For a Finnish band, they sure sound British. Read More

Treats starts off with the sonic blast to the face that is the Brooklyn male/female power-electro duo’s debut single ‘Tell ‘Em’. A rapid-fire blast of drums followed by overdriven guitar shakes you into fun-packed Sleigh Bell action which proves to be the most exciting album of 2010. Read More

A union of defunct indie favourites The Czars’ frontman John Grant and acclaimed band Midlake, Queen of Denmark is a US indieboy’s wet dream. Grant provides the sharp classic songwriting while Midlake back him with blasts of fuzz and noise to stop it becoming just another album that drifts by. Read More

Confidently bursting forth with the same hip-shaking blend of electro and indie that saw We Are Scientists hit the big time, Ireland’s Two Door Cinema Club pedal breezy, catchy and danceable tunes which will move you in a club and sit happily on a home stereo. Read More

MAXIMILLIAN HECKER: I AM NOTHING BUT EMOTION

When given its full name, I Am Nothing But Emotion, No Human Being, No Son, Never Again Son, it’s clear German singer/songwriter Maximillian Hecker is something of a thinker. Luckily, he’s also something of a songwriter. Read More

Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time, conceived of by a strictly PG pairing of Jerry Bruckheimer and Disney, is a new exotic action-adventure film that’s loud, fast and has almost all the ingredients of a good summer popcorn film. The question is does the film – based off the multiplatform video game – work?

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MGMT struck gold with their 2007 debut album, Oracular Spectacular. With the singles ‘Kids’ and ‘Time to Pretend’, they stumbled across the perfect formula for a band to break through to the mainstream. Read More

When multi-millionaires Radiohead released In Rainbows under their pay what you want scheme, they caused a shift in music distribution. Taking this initiative, the not-so-rich indie bands are hot on their heels and armed with just a website and a Paypal account. Anyone can do this, but for it to work you have to be good. Luckily for The Indelicates, they’re fantastic. Read More

THE BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE: WHO KILLED SGT PEPPER

The Brian Jonestown Massacre hit the mainstream consciousness in 2004’s Dig: a film that documents band leader Anton Newcomb’s slow disintegration from one tour and recording disaster to another. Read More