NYC collective The Phenomenal Handclap Band are an 8-piece band, with a variety of special guests.

Led by Daniel Collás and Sean Marquand, (producers/musicians/pals/DJs), the band released an incredibly amazing remix album for “15 to 20″/”You’ll Disappear” recently, out on Friendly Fire Recordings.

We have been spinning Relation non-stop the past few months and it never fails to invite inquisition from the crowd whenever it gets played.

Vampire Weekend infected the music world virally with an image of a girl staring blankly into the camera, linking to a website ithinkyouarecontra.com which then led to an enlarged image of the girl.

Thieves Like Us are back in the studio for the first time in 3 years and have a brand new EP called Really Like To See You Again.

They have been de- icing their sequencers and the first results are in. Try “thinking of 1982 with more low end and less tape hiss.”

Simian Mobile Disco release a brand-new album ‘Temporary Pleasure’ through Wichita Recordings on 17 August 2009.

The album will be preceded by the single ‘Audacity Of Huge’ on 03 August 2009. 

Acclaimed indie artist Alexi Murdoch sets the tone for Focus Features’ new movie Away We Go, directed by Oscar winner Sam Mendes.

The Sounds are due to release their 3rd full length album Crossing The Rubicon on June 2nd on Original Signal Recordings.
Their first single “No One Sleeps When I’m Awake” is a clear signal of their intent with this new album.

Freeland will release Cope, his first artist album in six years, on his own independent label Marine Parade.

It is co-produced by Marine Parade’s latest producer-DJ star Alex Metric (Autokratz, Locarnos, Ladyhawke, Hard-Fi and more)

Datraock’s highly anticipated sophomore album RED will be released September 1st, with their first single “Give It Up” already available now.

We got hooked on them with their self titled debut sometime back and we cannot wait for this.

Cicada is releasing a new album Roulette in May!!

They came to exist originally as the remix and production duo of Alex Payne and Aaron Gilbert, and in no time released a series of acclaimed remixes of artists as diverse as Depeche Mode, New Order, Electric Six, and even our favorites The Enemy.