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15th November 2017

Top of the flops

The BBC’s new primetime music show ‘Sounds Like Friday Night’ has been met with mixed reactions from across the industry and the wider public. The six part series, conceived as a cross between Top of the Pops and Saturday Night...

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1st December 2016

The Sound Of 2017?

The BBC Music Sound of 2017 revealed, comprising 15 new artists tipped for commercial success next year, and no doubt triggering a wave of think pieces on if such polls are relevant in the modern age. The long list...

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14th December 2015

TOTT 2015 #5: GET INUIT

Storming in at #5 is Get Inuit Coming straight out of Kent, and sounding like a strangely cohesive mix of Weezer, Wheatus and FIDLAR, Get Inuit offer a glistening ray of shimmer and warmth to hold your hand and...

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19th November 2015

ARDYN

Today’s track comes from Gloucestershire based brother and sister duo Ardyn, who in the form of ‘Help Me On My Way’ boast a mature and developed type of dark indie pop. The song is a progression of sweet sounding keys and choppy guitars...

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2nd March 2015

ALL TVVINS

Having debuted their new single ‘Thank You’ on Zane Lowe’s radio show a few weeks back, Irish duo All Tvvins (aka. Conor Adams and Lar Kaye) look set to make 2015 their own and it’s easy to see why....

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28th January 2015

BBC Swiftly Descends On Norwich

The BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend will take place at Earlham Park in Norwich this year from 23rd – 25th May. Taylor Swift (pictured) has been confirmed to be performing at the event as well as BBC Introducing-discovered-Norwich-based act...

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9th October 2014

DALARO

Newcastle-based indie pop pups Dalaro are certainly onto a winner if their swoon-inducing latest single Empty Apartments is anything to go by. Having already received Radio 1 airplay from Huw Stephens and Greg James, the romance tinged, subtle euphoria...

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8th September 2014

YURS

As the leaves start to descend and the temperature inevitably plummets, what better way to savour the last remnants of Summer than with the sprightly and fulgent duo, YURS. Their inaugural offering ‘Race’ is a perfect sized slice of...

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1st July 2014

SAMANTHA DURNAN

Fresh from Radio 1 play, Middlesbrough born singer songwriter Samantha Durnan has been garnering a bit of well-deserved buzz of late. As well as the recent Radio 1 air time, she’s also been played on BBC 6 Music and...

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