“We are going to a different place,” state Pendulum on their second album, and they’re absolutely right: this is going to more than tickle the top end of the albums chart come Sunday’s countdown…

The Wave Pictures are a deeply personal band – their lyrics full of intimate detail. You feel like they are singing with you, rather than at you, the songs full of secrets and stories they're bursting to tell…

There's a great deal of potential for Frightened Rabbit to balloon in popularity on the strength of their new material, and this is precisely the kind of hit that could straddle the divide between murky clubs and appearances on Jools Holland…

A cheery-of-mood (if not lyric) piano-led number, single three from last year’s Friend Or Foe album might not be Menomena at their most immediate, but ‘Rotten Hell’ will nevertheless open fresh ears given a concentrated listen…

Ten years ago Mogwai were at the vanguard of the Scottish acts pouring across the border. Now, they’re here to lead the counterattack against the Yanks…

It’s a strange crowd in Club Academy tonight: a mixture of Moldy Peaches fans from way back when, and lads; one that reflects Adam Green’s own transition from lovable, lo-fi Peach to apparent boozy Bavarian lothario…