By The Sea
Music
Blind faith: Liverpool’s kings of dream pop on why Argos made them start a band
Number one
Sunstack Jones: Glimmering, breezy soundscapes from the Liverpool band putting their music first
Singular sound
“There’s no pressure to be The Beatles here” – Liverpool’s Hooton Tennis Club talk DIY lo-fi and Mersey’s exploding music scene
Living with it
Everybody Has Been Burned Before: Tim Burgess on life, nature and clocking a quarter of a century with The Charlatans
Made like this
Cutting the click-through crap with Gorgeous Bully’s lo-fi melancholy
Gloves are on
Spit out the chips but hang onto the music, Alex Calder’s here to stay
Spectrum, E.A.R. and the closest we’ll ever get to a Spacemen 3 reunion
Peter Kember, space rock enigma
Fresh from supporting Real Estate, James Harris is part of an emerging Grand Rapids scene
Youth Camp: From Michigan to the world
The Manchester band dealing the unexpected
Temple Songs: Sound and Silence
Signing to a major, calling the record Manhattan and staying hands-on throughout
SKATERS: Island Life
Into the groove with the Birmingham band, ahead of their debut album
JAWS: Prepare for attack
Even if his fans swing off light fittings
Theo Verney: Not Hanging Around
Plug in and wash out with the rising Londoners
Whistlejacket: Go Melt
Not like Bill and Ted’s Bogus Adventure – and that’s a good thing
Here come Bullies
Of longing and lo-fi, the Canadian talent plays overseas for the first time
Calvin Love: European Love
Time travel with the NY label #1 on our Recently Played
The Panorama of Captured Tracks
As live as you like, on record
Punk In the Trunk