Eastbourne based pop-punk clan ROAM today announce they are to kick off 2015 by playing three shows in January to celebrate their new EP release (and debut release through Hopeless Records), with pals Trash Boat coming for the ride.

"She is on the very top level of singers and songwriters out there and I can't take her off my jukebox." Mark Knopfler

London based singer-songwriter Helene Greenwood has been around music from an early age. Born and raised in Dover, she grew up listening to her grandfather playing Scott Joplin & Bach, whilst her father played her the likes of Doris Day, Stranglers, Kate Bush & The Beatles. 

We caught up with Helene at a London 'trendy wine bar' and chatted about New York, hangover music and chocolate mousse, here's how we got on....

London based Rumble-Bop Trash Blitz 5-piece band Oh! Gunquit released a brand new single “Sinkhole” backed with instrumental “Stampede” via new One Little Indian imprint Winwin Records on 1st December.

New Northern label Mono have announced that their debut release is a limited edition, double a-side split single from Tessera Skies and Ajimal, encapsulating the originality, passion and ingenuity that will frame the label and set it apart from their peers.

Zola Blood, the latest act to emerge from the much-loved and revered Pond Life Songs, announced their arrival this July with the release of the hugely ambitious tracks Grace and Meridian. 

TEXAS celebrate their 25th Anniversary in style with the release of their latest album 'Texas 25' which celebrates the very best of the multi-million selling (over 30 million album sales so far), multi-platinum, Ivor Novello Award winning band.

Atlas Losing Grip lose vocalist, Rodrigo, ahead of the release of new album "Currents"The band have also unveiled their first batch of European album touring with new vocalist, Niklas Olsson

From i-D to the Guardian, Noisey to Gigwise, it's safe to say that everyone seems to love LA's most enigmatic new act, OOFJ. After creating music for both Lars Von Trier's masterpiece 'Melancholia' and top IDFF winning documentary 'Ai Wei Wei - The Fake Case', the band's musical credibility was solidified a long time ago.

Nervous Nellie feature two sets of Swedish brothers (two of them grew up in Chicago) and are currently based in Stockholm. They've recently released their new album ‘When the Nightmare Gets In”.

Owner of Seattle’s beloved Spin Cycle record shop Jason Grimes and electronic artist Tim Held have come together to launch a new independent label, Spin Cycle Records.

We arranged a meeting with Jason and Tim in the 'Easy Listening' section of the record shop (it was a quiet, rainy Wednesday in Seattle), we pulled up some crates, cracked open a couple of 'coldies' and chatted about singing dogs, social media and celebrity clientele, here's how we got on....

• Do you have a pulse?
• Do you like music?

If the answer to EITHER of these questions is 'yes', then please read on....

One of the most popular and enduring British rock bands of the last 25 years, with 18 Top 40 singles in the UK and a string of gold and platinum albums around the world, Thunder are set to release their landmark tenth studio album, ‘Wonder Days’, on earMUSIC on February 16th 2015.

''Sitting somewhere between Balam Acab and Clams Casino, the first taster from 808INK is brilliant.''  Noisey

Country Music is the second album by prolific experimentalists Vision Fortune, and their first for ATP Recordings. Recorded during an intense two-month research residency, generously funded by the Cuatroquesos Foundation, in the idyllic yet remote region of Tuscany, Italy, Country Music is both a significant development and audible departure from the sound of the band's debut Mas Fiestas con el Grupo Vision Fortune.

THE POWER OF LOVE performed by The Courtesans set for release on 29 December
Written by Holly Johnson, Peter Gill, Mark O'Toole, Willian Nash and Brian Phillip
Produced by Howard Toshman

Absolutely not the Christmas number 1 of 2015: London-based all-female doompop troublemakers The Courtesans have covered Frankie Goes To Hollywood's timeless Christmas piece, 'The Power of Love', first heard 30 years ago.

"A soup of layered voices embossed it with the kind of majesty so often missing from pop" - The Line of Best Fit

Previous live member of The War on Drugs and Sharon Van Etten collaborator.

Bella Union are excited to announce the release of How To Die In The North, the new album from maverick songwriter BC Camplight, on 19th January.