To Kill A King"s debut album was finally released into the world yesterday and here in TGE HQ it's been practically wearing out our speakers. "Cannibals with Cutlery" dances between gentle, acoustic-led tracks to bouncy pop numbers and into rousing, stadium-sized anthems, showing off every dimension ...

Describing themselves as "clever girls' (even though only 8.33% of the band are female), Velociraptor hold all the solutions to life's troubles on their Facebook page; for example, if you've "got bubble gum caught in your chest hair and had to shave it all off" you can now "hide your shame with (the ...

Contrary to popular belief, New York's new pop-punks Skaters don't actually skate. "It's a coordination thing", explains frontman Michael Ian Cummings. However the skills this three-piece lack in the skate park are more than made up for in musical talent. Rising from the ashes of Dead Trees, The P ...

The story goes that Foam Lake chose the birthplace of their mother and resting place of their grandparents to use as their alias. The basement-born band is made up of four brothers who hail from deepest Canada. So that's the basics out of the way. More importantly is the sound these guys have bee ...

Lab Coast's first year as a band started as a self-proclaimed "ramshackle channelling of 90s junk-pop" - though this may conjure regrettable memories of Blink 182 concerts and the skater-grunge movement for some of us, the Canadian foursome have been quick to mature their sound into an unshakeably c ...

Since their inception in 2007, electronica masters Darkstar have been dominating the non-genre of post-progressive dub-step pop, delivering eerily atmospheric tunes that have rightfully hailed them as the new Animal Collective. The London three-piece are just as cosmic as their name suggests. James ...

Following our announcement of the first bunch of wonderful artists set to play TGE13, we caught up with Dutch singer-songwriter, Blaudzun, to get to know him a little better. Here's what he had to say... Q. The name Blaudzun is derived from an old Danish cyclist. Tell us what, if anything, inspired ...