Sneaky Pete's

Experimental pop group Field Music are the wonky keystone of a Sunderland scene that also birthed Maximo Park and The Futureheads, however their textural understanding and awesome musicianship make them peerless.

If Edinburgh rap sounds unlikely, then forget you preconceptions. Their guest slot of the last Simian Mobile Disco record, they tore stages up supporting Dizzee, and their B’more style wins new fans every time they play.

Dead blues shaken alive, razor sharp and ramblin’, soul, sonic science and dead on pop surgery. Wooden, earthy, stratospheric and swinging … Californian music of beautiful contrasts for conflicted times.

In another time and place Sheffield’s Frankie &co. could be top of Stax’s roster. Leeds lot Sky Larkin are similarly brimming with pop nous, hooks and style.

Montreal epic-rockers, now on Jagjaguar, whose psyched-out vision has been helped to fruition by members of The Dears, Godspeed You Black Emperor and Stars.

Pantha du Prince, also known as Hendrik Weber, is a minimal artist signed to Rough Trade Records. His music is often characterised by a hypnotic, intricate combination of melodic chimes and dark, heavy techno beats, but does not confine itself to a single sound or strain of minimal techno. Arrangements are lush and textural, energising yet melancholy; a plethora of sounds and ideas unified by a consistent underlying tech-house beat. Dreaming music.

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“This is considered, classy and ultimately the new cool … I want this, I want music that’s been thought about.” – Guy Garvey, BBC 6Music