Metro
27 July 2008
Previous albums from Brooklyn duo Ratatat have had a colourful, time-travelling sound to them, and their third, LP3 (released earlier this month), delivers more of the same.

The List
17 July 2008
This genre-bending 32-year-old ex-punk has been proving the pundits right this year, after bringing out her self-titled debut album in May.

Metro
03 August 2008
The cult of New York-based indie-folk singer Nina Nastasia began when she released her debut album, Dogs, in 2000. John Peel picked up on the understated and delicate beauty of her voice, and invited her to play six times on his show.

The List
17 July 2008
Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, Wed 30 Jul; The Arches, Glasgow, Thu 31 Jul
‘I break an average of three drumsticks per show,’ nods John Baillie Jnr, one of the two drummers in crashing, Glasgow guitar-rock band Dananananaykroyd.

Metro
24 April 2007
Can a girl do no wrong? Chan Marshall, aka Cat Power, may famously lack self-confidence, but her gushing supporters may big her up if she feels a flaky moment coming on.

Metro
30 October 2007
Layering sugary vocals over guitar drones, Asobi Seksu (Japanese slang for ‘playful sex’) are earning themselves a name as the darlings of the New York indie scene. Frontwoman Yuki Chikudate sings in Japanese and English, while James Hanna and Ben Shapiro create a wall of intense, throbbing sound in the background.

Metro
03 April 2008
Attempting to pick up where Serge Gainsbourg left off, The Teenagers are three Frenchmen who consider themselves gifts to women, despite their songs being about loveless one night stands, underage cheerleaders and vodka soaked house parties.

Metro
26 June 2007
Named after a record player and a karate teacher, these boys only play at being Japanese. Actually from Brighton, that doesn’t stop them having a go at singing in French and layering it over rolling, streamlined rhythms of the Krautrock variety.