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Our pick of the new music that's coming your way.  1. spider and the fliesmetallurge (mute irregulars) Spider Webb and Tomethy Furse, as keyboard player and bassist of The Horrors respectively, have been involved in some of the noisiest records in recent memory. Here, the duo splinter off on an occasional investigation of a different kind of racket – electronic, technoid, “dance-y”, but reassuringly every bit as cacophonous as Horrorsville. AP  listen 2. tuxedomoonthe big olive (crammed discs) Celebrating their 30th anniversary this year, Tuxedomoon’s new album Vapour Trails proves that the American quartet’s imaginations haven’t dimmed. This album track showcases their evergreen jazz fusion where elements never sound forced together, but rather seem to settle into their own natural orbits. PC listen 3. primary 1outside (phantasy sound) Primary 1’s lithe electronic funk has already lubricated remixes of Mutya Buena and Operator Please. Gearing up to drop their debut single on Erol Alkan’s Phantasy Sound label, you can get a taste of what to expect from these hotly-tipped Londoners from the androgynous android funk of Outside. PC listen 4. mika miko zombies take 1 (ppm) The LA art-punk scene, based around a thriving downtown venue named The Smell, gathers pace with the re-pressing of Mika Miko’s 666 EP. Released on PPM (the label founded by Dean Spunt from No Age), it perfectly captures the blistering Bikini Kill meets Erase Errata racket of this frenetic all-girl band. NN listen 5. sistersatellite (regal) They may have virtually been London Fashion Week’s in-house band, but Sister couldn’t sound less “now”, crafting vintage-rich songs that bring to mind comparisons with The Velvet Underground, Patti Smith and The Stooges. Their debut single on Regal, Satellite, is currently getting serious radio play; watch the video here. AC watch 6. the mae-shi run to your grave (moshi moshi) Set to dispel the post-New Year blues with its release in January, Run To Your Grave will be the first UK release for LA pop avant-gardists The Mae-Shi. Employing the same euphoric, kitchen-sink approach to songcraft as Architecture In Helsinki, Run To Your Grave is a joyfully overstuffed collision of electro bleeps, indie riffs and raucous harmonising. CP listen 7. john vanderslice emerald city (affairs of the heart/barsuk) John Vanderslice has been towering above most singer/songwriters for so long now that it seems redundant to mention it. Or it would be, if only he got the attention he deserves. Sixth album Emerald City, currently streamed in its entirety on his MySpace page, harnesses 24-carat melodies to lyrics as politically engaged as they are emotionally astute. CP listen 8. pyrelli can’t be asked (all city) This single from the debut album by Sway’s associate is chunkier and meatier than his mentor’s oeuvre. Where the MOBO-winning rapper relies on deadpan wit, Pyrelli here rides the jumpy electro rhythm for all it’s worth, splicing it with R&B hooks and upbeat bobbly flow. SY listenTips by: Paul Clarke, Amber Cowan, Nick Neyland, Andrew Perry, Chris Power and Steve Yates.  conversations
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