White Denim 'Anyone that is sporting white denim with pizza, grass, grease and make-up stains on them I can totally respect.'
Eugene McGuinness 'It's kind of weird that one of the first things they mention in articles is where you're from'.
Wild Beasts 'There should always be a fear of what you're going to do next. Just keep going into the dark and keep going into unknown territories.'
Operator Please 'I think a common misconception about us is that we apparently have parents in the music industry, which is total bullshit.'
The Rakes 'It is four years after we started so you're going to feel slightly jaded and a bit wiser. I mean, I don't quite feel like Mick Jagger or Bono yet.'
Sam Sparro 'It's heavily influenced by funk and electro from the late 70s to the mid 80s as well as New Wave and New Romantic stuff and modern dance music and pop and soul.'
Speck Mountain 'It is an album about unrelenting hope in the midst of a great disappointment with our existence. '
Dels 'People have started to brand what we do as 'chip-hop' which is quite funny.'
Guillemots 'I saw some YouTube stuff of Jean-Michel Jarre recently, and - I mean, he's the man - but I don't want to go that way onstage.'
The Whip 'I saw Button Moon recently and was a bit gutted, I remember it being another world out there, but it was just a tin of beans and a Lenor bottle on string.'
Let's Go Sailing Let's Go Sailing consists of one Shana Levy and a host of musician friends who play on and off at gigs.
Kid Captain This is a band who certainly embrace the sound of past greats with influences being worn loudly on their collective sleeve.
The USA If not because we've pretty much fallen for them after hearing so little material, then because they've named their forthcoming tour the 'minibar tour'. Genius!
Paper Planes These demos are bloody good, notwithstanding the fact they've only been together for a matter of weeks.
Magic Arm The alter-ego of Manchester-based electronic folksy troubadour Marc Rigelsford.
Bear Hug Many influences can be picked out, from Interpol to British Sea Power and even hints of David Bowie.
Trailing Laces The music is observational without feeling contrived as the band weave their obvious frustration with day to day life in to some fantastic sounding tunes.
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