We are Augustines return to our shores with their latest single Chapel Song, having received critical acclaim from the likes of Zane Lowe and NME with their previous outing Book of James.

Successful Swedish musician Sebastian Arnström reprises his role as the brains behind ghostly ambient-electronica creation Simian Ghost, with their latest full length studio album under Heist or Hit Records, entitled Youth, set to be released on March 5th 2012. It’s the first full length album the band have done with this label, and Simian Ghost claim that 2012 looks to be the start of a breakthrough year for them.

Superficially ‘Build A Life’ is the perfect track to play when in the mood for a good stare at the rain on the windowpane and the harsh unforgiving concrete pavement beyond, but lurking beneath simplistic melodies and self-indulgence there lies an untapped reservoir of rage ready to tear St. Spirit’s carefully interwoven instrumental impotence a new one.

It was always expected that once the dust had settled on Oasis’ disbandment, floods of new rock n’ roll stars would rise up from the ashes like wannabe rehashes of the legendary Manchester band.

As hyperbolic as it sounds, Glasgow 4-piece Annie Stevenson seem to have all the capabilities to fill that hole in the music scene. From the opening chords of ‘Get Off the Street’ you realise that this band are the Kasabian-esque lad rock that 2010 has been waiting for.

Infused with that Glaswegian edge that has worked so well for their hometown’s rock heritage, you will find Annie Stevenson’s mix of slurring Pistols vocals and cheeky Fratellis pop absolutely irresistible.

‘Country Killer’ veers away from heaviness and more towards a softer indie sound much like The Coral.
‘TV took My Soul’ is a whirling mass of grunge, incorporated with the sort of riffs that wipe out any chance of this band being labelled amateur.
Final track ‘I’m the One you Hold’ is a heart-achingly good indie love song, set to make the girls swoon and the boys burn with envy. The production is weak but absurdly, the muffled, garage band feel actually adds to the authenticity of sound.

Therefore it seems it is time to throw Mumford & Sons out the window and burn your Dubstep CDs. Concrete British indie rock n roll has returned in the form of Annie Stevenson. This band is set to storm the music charts much like those four Manchester lads who came before them.

Defined by The Troubadour as a ‘powerfully melodic and intelligent, lyrically diverse and thought-provoking singer-songwriter’, great things were to be expected from my first listen of Pete Christie. Thankfully, I wasn’t disappointed. Residing in the Isle of Purbeck near Bournemouth, Christie is a true ambassador of the genres of Folk and Traditional music, writing honest and sincere lyrics which are lost with many of today’s modern singer songwriters.

London based electro popsters Rubicks are an outfit who've already caused quite some buzz due to high profile use of their music in Italian fashion house Valentino's latest campaign and a string of American, Canadian and European touring dates. Following 2009's IDIOT TIME EP and 2006's IN MINIATURE album, GIDDY UP is the four piece outfits latest release, another slice of slinky electro pop that slots them neatly into the Ladyhawke, La Roux, New Young Pony Club shaped musical hole.

With a blend of seductive female vocals, grinding bass rumbles, shimmering synth stabs and sinister guitar noise, GIDDY UP is superior sounding pop that takes its cues from the likes of Gary Numan, The Human League and Goldfrapp; dark and sinister in places yet shot through with a sugar sweet pop sensibility that lodges itself in your cerebral cortex and refuses to shift. Vanessa Anne Redd sings with a sultry by way of sleazy purr, delivering her vocals in ice cool style over a delicious electro pop soundtrack.

Released ahead of the band's forthcoming second album due this summer, GIDDY UP is a slice of superior sounding electro pop that finds Rubicks returning in fine form; certainly ones to watch.