Hotly tipped Psychedelic garage rockers SPLASHH have recently released their debut album ‘Comfort’ through Luv Luv Luv records. This summer will see the quartet play many festivals, with performances at Beacons and both Reading & Leeds festivals etched in their diaries. 

http://www.splashh.co.uk

Splassh – Sun Kissed Bliss

23 year old guitar wielding troubadour Travis Bretzer arrives fresh out of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada with a barrel full of fresh alt-pop songs. With an EP recently released through hip New York label Mexican Summer under his belt, you can safely expect to hear a lot more about him in the coming months.   
  
http://travisbretzer.bandcamp.com/

Travis Bretzer -  Find Another Guy

Fresh faced quartet As Elephants Are will draw comparisons to both Bombay Bicycle Club and The Maccabees – little wonder that they’ve been catching the ears of Jen Long, Ally McCrae, XFM’s Lliana Bird and many others.  With a performance on the BBC Introducing stage at Reading& Leeds festivals already under their belts, the boys will be playing various UK dates in the coming months.      

https://www.facebook.com/aselephantsareband


As Elephants Are - Crystal

Blue Moon is the side project of Finn from Hatcham Social and is so new that it neither has a website or a facebook page set up yet. 

Blue Moon - Pocket of Strength

Bristol based Guitar and drum duo Brockley Forest have built a strong following round their hometown of Bristol.  With a passion for lo-fi garage rock, the duo cite The Kills as an influence and have previously supported Fidlar. They are currently working on a second EP. 

http://www.brockleyforest.co.uk/


Brockley Forest - Out of Control

Self described “lo-fi chic pop DIY band” Candy Says hail from Oxford and can often be found in their bungalows garage with a couple of microphones and an old Macbook. Over the summer they popped up on festivals bills, such as Truck, Dot-to-dot and the annual Lodestar festival – and in the coming months will be popping up in various venues around the UK. 

http://candysays.it/ 

Candy Says - Favourite Flavour

Folk-pop troupe Eliza & The Bear have been winning plaudits for their uplifting and grandiose melodies.  Having recently completed their own headline UK tour and performed a handful of Arena dates with Paramore – the coming months look very rosy for this young quintet.

http://elizaandthebear.com/

Eliza & The Bear - Brother Boat

Joanna Gruesome - Secret Surprise

Scuzzy garage punk duo Playlounge have been ripping it up at venues for the past couple of years.  Recently they headed out on a European tour alongside Artrocker favourites Johnny Foreigner and will be calling into various venues in the coming months, including one that’s part of the annual SWN festival. 

http://slaylounge.wordpress.com/

Playlounge - Grandma Death

Five piece indie rock band Shy Nature formed in late 2012 and will set the pulses of Mystery Jets and Vampire Weekend fans racing.  Having won radio support from Huw Stephens and Jen Long already, they have also recently performed in front of some 2000 people at London Forum supporting The Breeders – the band will soon be heading into the studio to work on their debut album.

http://www.shynature.com 

Shy Nature - Fine

Speedy Ortiz - No Below

Immingham rock ‘n’ roll trailblazers Ming City Rockers like to keep things fast paced.  Big fans of Iggy pop and songs that have three or less chords, the quartet have already won support from Amazing Radio’s Charlie Ashcroft and Radio 1’s Huw Stephens and will be looking to build on that in the coming months.   

http://www.mingcityrockers.co.uk/

Ming City Rockers - Crossroads

South London’s Filthy Boy have recently released their debut album ‘Smile That Won’t Go Down’ through Stranger records. Winning comparisons to Franz Ferdinand, Nick Cave and The Coral; they have also found radio support from Radio 1’s Rob Da Bank. 
http://filthyboy.co.uk/


Filthy Boy – Jimmy Jammies

Fast rising indie pop band The 1975 are currently one of the most hotly tipped bands in the UK.  Last single ‘Chocolate’ made it to the Radio 1 A-list and having found most of the dates on their last UK tour selling out, they embark on another much larger tour of the UK this month. 
http://the1975.com/


The 1975 – The City (No Ceremony remix)

Liverpool based indie pop quartet Vasco Da Gama have just released their third EP ‘Geography’ and it’s half shouted vocals and twee math-pop ways that will surely draw comparisons to both Dananananaykroyd and Los Campesinos! The band tour the UK late April and into early May. 

http://vascodagamalive.bandcamp.com/


Vasco Da Gama – Brigadiers

Young Galaxy are a Canadian indie pop band who have previously been nominated for the Polaris Music Prize, their countries version of the Mercury. The band are now on the verge of releasing their fourth album ‘Ultramarine’.  They arrive in Europe this month and tour alongside CHVRCHES. 
   
http://younggalaxy.com/ 


Young Galaxy – Fall For You (Ghosting Season remix)

After forming Wampire, Rocky Tinder and Eric Phipps steadily began to make a name for themselves in the same Portland, OR, scene that has produced label mates STRFKR as well as Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Making a sound that has been described as being ‘Murk-pop’ they have won comparisons to Ariel Pink and have recently released their new album ‘Curiosity’ through Polyvinyl Records.

http://wampiremusic.com/ 


Wampire – The Hearse

London based five piece Sulk create British infused pop songs that are inspired by 90’s Guitar Psychedelia, ‘Madchester’ and early Brit-pop. Fond of uplifting harmonies and the odd use of the tambourine, the songs on the bands recently released debut album ‘Graceless’ have gained comparisons to The Stone Roses, The Charlatans  and early Verve.  

www.sulktheband.com


Sulk – Flowers

Scanners have recently released their third album ‘Love is Symmetry’ through hip LA label Dim Mark records and have recently played industry showcase SXSW and completed a European tour.    

http://www.scannersmusic.co.uk/


Scanners – Control

Pop duo Hook & The Twin played our New Blood festival back in January, earlier this year and release their new album ‘Never Ever Ever’ at the tail end of June.   

http://www.hookandthetwin.com/ 


Hook & The Twin – That Must Be The Day

Gum are a London based, four piece musical pop group that started life on Thursday 15th of September 2011. Since that day they have been championed by BBC Radio 1’s Rob Da Bank and Amazing Radio’s Shell Zenner.  The band release a new single in July.

https://www.facebook.com/Gumpopmusic  


Gum – Anna Sang & Alison

Texan based Psychedelic rockers Black Books have recently released their self titled debut album through Believe Recordings. The band recently left their hometown of Austin to support The Flaming Lips at both their Roundhouse gigs and play each leg of the Dot To Dot festival.  Photography Stuart Leech.
 
http://blackbooksmusic.com/


Black Books - White Noise

Drum and guitar duo Ghost Outfit have recently seen their debut album ‘I Want You To Destroy Me’ through hip Manchester label Sways Records. The band plan to tour the UK later this year.  
 
http://ghostoutfit.bandcamp.com/


Ghost Outfit – WASTE

Brighton based Traams have recently released a cassette based EP through Fat Cat records and will also play at the forthcoming Tramlines festival.  

http://TRAAMS.TUMBLR.COM


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