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Led by Swedish singer Ottilia Zimmerman Kjulsten, London-based band Avante Black crept on the scene about a year ago with their indie track ‘Imaginary Love’. Since then, the group went a little quiet. However, Avante Black have now returned with a new...

Welcome to a new DiS irregular feature, in which we ask bloggers who are in the know about new music, to share their favourite new acts they've fallen in love with recently. We kick off with one our editor's favourite blogs... GoldFlakePaint has a terrific...

Summing up a year of music into a list may seem arbitrary and meaningless, but there's always something inexplicably exciting when we pit albums alongside each other and reevaluate each record's qualities. Of course, it's all in good fun and it's been...

It’s close to midnight on day one of The Great Escape 2015 and Brighton’s seafront is being battered by the elements. But despite the wild atmospherics of Britain in the first flushes of summer, several hundred of us are still outside; bodies tightly...

The BBC has unveiled its Sound of 2014 longlist, with 10 UK acts amongst the 15 names confirmed. The longlist was voted for by 170 music industry tastemakers including DJs, critics, broadcasters and bloggers - who were asked to name their three favourite...