16th February 2015

 

1 SHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS- LITTLE BOYS WITH SHINY TOYS

(Soul/Funk/Rhythm and Blues/Jazz/Formed in 1996/Key part of the revivalist movement recapturing the essence of mid-1960s and mid 1970s)

 

2 BEACH SLANG- ALL FUZZED OUT

(Three-piece post-punk band)

 

3 BEN HOWARD- SMALL THINGS

(UK/Folk/Singer-songwriter/Acoustic)

 

4 PHOTAY- NO SASS

(Experimental/Chillwave/Ambient/Electronica)

 

5 LO FANG- YOU'RE THE ONE I WANT (Grease soundtrack cover)

(Post-dubstep/Classically trained/Los Angeles/Indie/Soul/Matthew Hemerlein/Completely different version)

 

6 KARAVAN- WE WANT MORE

(Beatbox/Pop/A Capella/French language)

 

7 ALL TVVINS- THANK YOU

 

8 KLO- FALSE CALLS

(Australian girl/boy duo/Chloe Kaul and Simon Lam/Melbourne)

 

9 OH WONDER- LOSE IT

(Indie electronic duo/Due album out September 2015)

 

10 KENDRA MORRIS- WAITING

(Florida/Soul/Gospel organ)

 

11 DAN DEACON- LEARNING TO RELAX

(Experimental/Avant-Garde/Future shock/Electronica)

 

12 ELLA EYRE- IF I GO

(UK/Pop/Singer-songwriter)

 

13 LETTS- EMERALDS

(Folk)

 

14 DAVID LEMAITRE- JACQUES COUSTEAU

(Germany/Bulgaria/Said tto be a mix of Jose Gonzalez and Beirut/Elliot Smith and Nick Drake)

 

15 EMILIE NICOLAS- FAIL

(Norway/Experimental Indie pop)

 

16 PATTERN IS MOVEMENT- SUCKLING

(Math rock/Chamber pop/Male duo)

 

17 PLANNINGTOROCK- LET'S TALK ABOUT GENDER BABY

(Elements of The Knife, Glasser and Ladyhawke/Experimental/Electronic/Bolton, UK)

 

18 SUNDOWNERS- INTO THE LIGHT

(Psychedelic pop/rock/5 piece)

 

19 MONTMARTRE- OUT OF VIOLENCE

(Poland/Electropop/Synthpop)

 

20 TEEBS- PIANO MONTHS

(Downtempo/Experimental/Lo-Fi/Mtendere Mandowa)

 

21 INDIANS- LIPS LIPS LIPS

(Denmark/Søren Løkke Juul/Alternative/Multi-instrumentalist)

 

22 ARINA DOMSKI- TI AMERO

(Ukraine/Pop)

 

23 ANA BASTON- #POHER

(Ukraine/Pop)

 

24 SHAKEY GRAVES- ONLY SON

(Folk/Americana/Lo-Fi/Mellow/Singer-songwriter)

 

25 BRANDY CLARK- JUST LIKE HIM

(Country/Washington/Americana/Nashville)

 

26 IVORY CIRCLE- BEAT THE DRUM