Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
14%
The XX – XX
14%
Miike Snow – Miike Snow
6%
Florence & The Machine – Lungs
6%
La Roux – La Roux
6%

Yeah yeah, all the big news this week is about Matt Sharp’s other band (or what used to be his band), but this is where it’s really at. While Rivers Cuomo is still trying to be the 21st Century equivalent of Loverboy, Matt Sharp continues to demonstrate his superior songcraft with what was once considered [...]

You know both Sean and myself bang on about this great band over here in the UK. The Joy Formidable are without doubt my favourite live act right now, the energy and chemistry they exude on stage is second to none.

Even opening the bill for Editors at a sold out UEA in Norwich did [...]