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If you follow at least half of the most promising bands in Scotland right now on Twitter, you’d know there was something going down at the O2 ABC on Friday night.

Four of these bands - The Cut, The Ninth Wave, WHITE and Baby Strange - took to the stage, with the la...

Lipstick Machine (Toronto) is the self-proclaimed "illegitimate love child of the 60's and the 80's." Blending distinctive vocals and crooning guitars and a rhythm section that is smooth as melted chocolate, makes for a divine ode to the post punk era. Sway away your b...

The title of the piece explains it. Here are some Canadian bands we think (hope) you'll love.

VCR (Toronto) are a lot of fun and a lot of noise and a lot of shit. They blend a brash punk rhythm, with incandescent hooks and abrasive vocals to make a compilation of b...

The Birmingham four-piece brought their trance inducing alt-rock sound to a sold-out King Tuts.

Jaws do melancholy very well. Their latest release, Simplicity, is an album that manages to take on the themes of anxiety, uncertainty and depression and transform them, over...

D.I.D have hit us in the jugular for the third time this year. Brand new track I Meant To Hurt You came out on Friday and they've just announced the release of their sophomore album, The State We're In, coming December 2nd.

D.I.D have been teasing us for the past two ye...

They waited two years to share it, but JAWS have finally dropped their second album, Simplicity. The sophomore is a far cry from the Birmingham lads' fuzzy-edged debut, Be Slowly. This LP brags a natural maturation from '2012 indie kids' to 'heavy-weight...

SWEET WHITE are five lads from Aberdeen with a bittersweet alt-rock sound that grabs you by the heart strings and doesn't stop pulling. 

Scotland caught onto the band after the release of their debut EP, Monet - which included their most popular single at...

The Temper Trap have been an almost-hit since 2009. Their eclectic debut album, Conditions, set their career alight, taking them from a small group of alt-rock dreamers, to an internationally appreciated pop-music unit. Their 2006 track, Sweet Disposition, was their al...

BRONCHO are a unit of alternative rockers from Oklahoma, in the U.S. The lo-fi-esque quartette ventured to Glasgow on October 3rd, as part of their ‘Double Vanity EU tour’. They played one of Glasgows' most popular basement venues, packing out the intimate floors in a...

DANCEHALL are a punk-infused, garage rock band from London. According to their Facebook page, the trio have been around since January, but their definitive sound implies that this band - whether individually or not - have been brewing creativity for a bit longer than t...