NME’s 25 New Bands You Have to Hear

The magazine curates a mixtape of its favourite new sounds, which includes Gross Magic, Outfit, TEED, Iconapop, King Krule and Howler.

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The Weeknd

Abel Tesfaye follows up his House Of Balloons debut mixtape with the second part of the trilogy Thursday for free download. In doing so, Tesfaye cements his reputation as R&B brightest new star, a specialist in creating sultry and alluring post-nightlife music. Canadian rapper Drake pops up to show his support.

The Weeknd - Thursday by The_Weeknd

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Ms Mr

Brighton music blog The Recommender introduces us to Ms Mr, a promising young pop band from New York who would prefer to stay anonymous for the moment. Their songs which recall Florence Welch and Adele and a hint of Sophie Ellis-Bextor are anything but. Here’s a Patrick Wolf cover…

Ms Mr - Time of My Life (Cover) by The Recommender

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Lecs Luther

Ireland’s answer to the Tumblr-loving, attitude-filled, no compromise mindset of Odd Future has been found in the debut rap of Dublin’s Lecs Luther.