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

Having built a loyal community of fans through playing gigs, the hard graft of London based Hoodlums has paid dividends with sold out headline shows across the capital. From these attention-grabbing live shows, festival slots at Rockness, Hop Farm and Secret Garden Party naturally followed with the band being offered to support the likes of Suede, Keane and The View shortly after.  Expect to hear a lot more about Hoodlums in the coming months.

http://hoodlumsband.com/

Hoodlums – Summertime Euthanasia

Math-pop band Olympians released their Adventure Gun EP earlier this year through Barely Regal Recordings. Having formed due to their love for technically proficient bands such as Youthmovies and Don Caballero, the four-piece from Norwich have honed their sound, building a psychedelic twist into their penchant for technical exuberance.

http://www.onwardolympians.com/

Olympians – Filling My Heart With Wild Dreams

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

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/


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

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

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/


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