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New York duo Pete Cafarella and Nate Smith first gained attention in America's nu-rave scene, wearing orange hoodies and scoring a cult hit with jerky 2007 electro-stomper Noise Won't Stop. However... Lees meer

Buy it from Buy the CDDownload as MP3Frightened RabbitThe Winter of Mixed DrinksFat Cat2010From Phil Spector to Arcade Fire, pop has often found much success in strapping a set of songs to a wind t... Lees meer

Buy it from Buy the CDDownload as MP3EfterklangMagic Chairs4AD2010Following collaborations with the ­Danish National Chamber Orchestra and the Britten Sinfonia, ­Copenhagen's principal indie-elec... Lees meer

Buy it from Buy the CDDownload as MP3Field MusicField Music (Measure)Memphis Industries2010After their 2007 second album Tones of Town, Field Music's brotherly duo, ­Peter and David Brewis, took t... Lees meer

Buy it from Buy the CDKeshaAnimalRCA2010Ke$ha Herbert is the 22-year-old Nashville-born daughter of a woman who penned hits for Dolly Parton and has apparently tried her hand at gospel and country ... Lees meer

Vampire Weekend aren't the only band making African highlife music the unlikely heartbeat of indie pop. A Los Angeles 12-piece including former members of We Are Scientists and the Fall, Fool's Gol... Lees meer

Fyfe Dangerfield's band Guillemots make adventurous songs that throw in not just the kitchen sink but associated plumbing as well. His fabulous solo debut is the opposite, though. Recorded in just ... Lees meer

The Ivy League-educated New Yorkers' second album continues their unlikely but successful mission to place African music at the epicentre of indie rock, even introducing steel drums to the band's s... Lees meer

With only four albums in two decades – two of them with the much-acclaimed Mazzy Star – and a handful of appearances with Massive Attack and the Chemical Brothers, Hope Sandoval isn't one to ru... Lees meer

Despite the short-lived reunion of the Police, Sting's solo career continues to journey far from that sound. Following 2006's experiments with an Elizabethan lute, this wintry offering sees him cov... Lees meer