The Black Lips are bad ass. Nuff said.  We've released Good bad, Not Evil and 200 Million Thousand. You're welcome. Read More

Wind. Rain.Mist. Whispers. Secrets written in blood. Sliding doors in parallel universes.  Castratii are a paradox, a wonderful vision of a life that might have been, andstill could be. Enveloping shrouds of ambient musical strands, woven together into a swingingbridge that... Read More

Cut Off Your Hands are New Zealand's best. better than their apples and sheep and cheeses and wine. Yes, even better than the All Blacks. Their debut LP, You and I, came out in late 2008 on Speak n Spell and in 2009 through French Kiss in the United States. They tour hard and play... Read More

Dappled Cities are a 5 piece from Sydney, Australia and they are an act that have proven over the last ten years together that not only can they write superb songs, but they can also maintain longterm relationships.The band have released 3 albums through Speak n Spell. 'A Smile','... Read More

Connecting the musical dots between Dunedin, Auckland, Chicago, New York City, and London, Die! Die! Die! are a three-piece band originally from Dunedin that have a reputation as one of the best bands to emerge from that part of the world in over a decade. With an emphasis on pummeling... Read More

When we first heard Bullets by Birmingham four pieceEDITORS we were smitten and it was simple, they had to be on Speak n Spell.They formed in mid 2003 and with nods to some classic pop bands of theeighties, R.E.M, Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen and not forgetting Bowie,the band... Read More

Fionn's first LP, The End Of History, estbalished the Irish bard as Folk's new Pied Piper. Over delicately a picked guitar he let flow stories of astonishing beauty, jaunty wit and sardonic humour.  The album was a stunning evocation of a World of both yore and present, is much... Read More

Tony Dekker is the singer/songwriter behind the musical project Great Lake Swimmers.  He explores the worlds of indie folk, roots music and alt-country pop, with a focus on lyrics and the craft of songwriting. Great Lake Swimmers have toured extensively in Canada, the United... Read More

Using an ambitious blend of blues, electronica and psychedelicprog-rock, Californian five piece INNAWAY have delivered a mesmerizing selftitled debut album that successfully delves into new musical territories whilstmaintaining sophisticated pop stylings. Innaway break through convention... Read More

"Hey what are you guys doing tonight? I heard there's a party on down in that derelict substation in Stockholm.""Yeah, we've just loaded up on moonshine and swizzelsticks and are heading down now.""AWESOME, apparently Lo Fi FNK are playing some pop beats and we're pretty sure there... Read More

My Latest Novel have created one of the most breathtaking releases of2006. Their debut album "Wolves" is not just a collection of songs,but as their name suggests, a story, that twists and turns and is beautifullyillustrated with four part harmonies, tempo changes, sweeping strings... Read More

Patrick Wolf’s work has never been what you’d call timid. With His audacious debut album, Lycanthropy; His defiantly different second album, Wind in the Wires; and His third, the spirited The Magic Position, Wolf has pushed boundaries and people’s buttons.Visceral, Impulsive... Read More

Named after an infamous and possibly mythical academy for pick-pocketersin South America, School of Seven Bells is a New York group comprising formerguitarist of Secret Machines Benjamin Curtis and sisters Alejandra and ClaudiaDeheza from On!Air!Library!Curtis connected with identical... Read More

Sleeping States is the musicalproject of Bristol-based Markland Starkie, a uniquely talented artist whohas been boldly evolving and flowering for the past few years. An upbringinglearning various musical instruments and classical theories fused with a DIYpunk, experimental-noise... Read More

Sunny Day Sets Fire are a multinational quartet, based outof London that make insanely catchy indie pop. Sounding like a cross betweenthe Flaming Lips, and other UK exponents of psychedelic folk, Fields and LoneyDear, debut EP “Brainless”, sports a smorgasbord of whack instruments... Read More

We need not remind you of the songs and feats thathave made this capricious group the worldwide phenomenon they are.With their sounds gracing festival stages, radiowaves and television screens across the planet, Courtney Taylor Taylor et alhave long been fettered by hordes of psych... Read More

The Dears are from Canada. Their music is epic and we love it. Have you got 'No Cities Left' yet? Why not? Read More

From the lee of chapels and broken crypts bursts a pure Psych-garage frenetic freak out. A wave of Gothic Surf rock crashing on the shore of a very British kind of rockabilly.This is the kind of music to scare you onto your well-heeled feet, and stay there.World, meet South London... Read More

Hailing from Odense, Denmark, The Kissaway Trail is the new sensation on the Danish music scene, but it is not just the Danes who have discovered the obvious talents of these five young guys. After listening to two of the band’s songs on MySpace, Etch n Sketch in Australia and... Read More

Have you heard the song "The Rat"?  It was one of the most brilliant songs of the early oo's. Check this out."Somebody is pissed, somebody else is reeling from remorse, andeverybody's going full throttle on what has become the signatureWalkmen hyperjam. Hamilton Leithauser,... Read More

“This'llmake fans of Lightning Bolt, Battles and Aphex Twin cream themselves." NME “Dischord+ Warp = a listener's dream come true.” Drowned In Sound ThreeTrapped Tigers are an instrumental noisenik outfit from London who exhibit theprecision of electronica, the raw intensity... Read More

White Rose Movement are apost-punk/electro band from London, England. They mix the post-punk style andattitude of early bands of the genre such as Joy Division and The Chameleonswith a more new romantic image reminiscent of bands like Duran Duran andDepeche Mode, as well as more... Read More