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The Playlist, 17th June 2013
The week's best music from the UK industry's tastemakers.
10 tracks featuring Eliza Doolittle / Rainy Milo / White Lies / Half Moon Run / Mausi / Nina Nesbitt / Nine Inch Nails /
The Playlist, 10th June 2013
The week's best music from the UK industry's tastemakers.
10 tracks featuring Rizzlekicks / The Strypes / Professor Green ft. Miles Kane / Everything Everything / Liam Bailey / Unknown Mortal Orchestra / Guards /
The Playlist, 3rd June 2013
The week's best music from the UK industry's tastemakers.
10 tracks featuring Disclosure / Matt Corby / Elliott Power / Lewis Watson / The Orwells / Claire Maguire / Jagwar Ma /
GoNorth Playlist
A selection of the best new artists to play at the annual GoNorth festival and conference taking place in Scotland on June 5-6.
10 tracks featuring Prides / Homework / Casual Sex / Garden of Elks / Fake Major / Mike Nisbet / Kobi /Advertisement
The Playlist, 20th May 2013
The week's best music from the UK industry's tastemakers.
10 tracks featuring Katy B / Robin Thicke / John Newman / Kenzie May / Deap Vally / Bullet For My Valentine / Temples /
The Playlist, 13th May 2013
The week's best music from the UK industry's tastemakers.
10 tracks featuring Dizzee Rascal / Chester Watson / Travis / Kodaline / Sub Focus / Say Lou Lou / Circawaves /
The Playlist, 7th May 2013
The week's best music from the UK industry's tastemakers.
10 tracks featuring The Family Rain / Chase & Status / Disclosure / Queens Of The Stone Age / Muse / Bring Me The Horizon / Peace /
The Playlist, 29th April
The week's best music from the UK industry's tastemakers.
10 tracks featuring MSMR / Laura Marling / Savages / Amplify Dot / Naughty Boy / Basement Jaxx / .FE /Advertisement
The Playlist, 22nd April
The week's best music from the UK industry's tastemakers.
10 tracks featuring Daft Punk / Chester Watson / Clean Bandit / Empire Of The Sun / David Guetta / Suede / Polica /
Converse Get Dirty
Converse’s Get Dirty campaign features an 11 city tour celebrating the ‘uncompromising mindset of throwing yourself in headfirst’. The below playlist showcases the impressive artists playing the tour - which hit London’s legendary 100 Club last week...
10 tracks featuring The Cribs / Drenge / China Rats / Ghostface Killah / Doom / Bishop Nehru / Gallows /
The Playlist, 15th April 2013
The week's best music from the UK industry's tastemakers.
10 tracks featuring Palma Violets / Chris Malinchak / Half Moon Run / Tyler, The Creator / Daughter / Jamie N Commons / Findlay /
The Playlist, 9th April 2013
The week's best music from the UK industry's tastemakers.
10 tracks featuring Clarence Clarity / Empire Of The Sun / Jamie N Commons / Jessie Ware / Parquet Courts / Spectrals / Primal Scream /Advertisement
The Playlist, 2nd April 2013
The week's best music from the UK industry's tastemakers.
10 tracks featuring Noah And The Whale / Vampire Weekend / Savages / Imagine Dragons / Swiss Lips / Monsta / Pulp /
The Playlist, 25th March 2013
The week's best music from the UK industry's tastemakers.
10 tracks featuring Lulu James / 30 Seconds To Mars / Ofei / Ryan McDermott feat. Hit-Boy / Paramore / Mausi / AlunaGeorge /
The Playlist, 18th March 2013
The week's best music from the UK industry's tastemakers.
10 tracks featuring Iggy Azalea / Mat Zo & Porter Robinson / Truls / Yadi / Wiley / Phoenix / Sohn /
The Playlist, 11th March 2013
The week's best music from the UK industry's tastemakers.
10 tracks featuring Frank Turner / Wretch 32 / Calvin Harris / Robert Delong / A$AP Rocky / Rascals ft. Professor Green / Krystal Klear /Advertisement
The Playlist, 4th March 2013
The week's best music from the UK industry's tastemakers.
10 tracks featuring Palma Violets / Willy Moon / Rainy Milo / Primal Scream / MØ / Depeche Mode / Bloc Party /
The Playlist, 25th February 2013
The week's best music from the UK industry's tastemakers.
10 tracks featuring Phoenix / The Strokes / Haim / Baauer / Jakwob / Tom Milsom / Lewis Watson /
IMPALA European Independent Album of the Year nominees
Following its successful launch in 2011, the IMPALA European Independent Album of the Year Award is back for its third edition, with voting now taking place on an 18-album shortlist to decide this year’s winner.
This European Mercury-style award celebrates the musical talent and diversity of independent European releases. It promotes exceptional artists and the independent sector alike.
Who will succeed Adele, winner of the 2012 award with her album 21? The winner will be selected by a jury of IMPALA Board members, who have four weeks to vote.
You can listen to select tracks from the nominated albums below, or check them out on IMPALA's own Spotify playlist.
The full list of nominees is:
Afterhours – Padania (Germi)
Alt-J – An Awesome Wave (Infectious)
Compact Disco – Sound Of Our Hearts (CLS)
Cro – Raop (Chimperator)
Django Django – Django Django (Because Music)
El Perro Del Mar – Pale Fire (Ingrid)
Enter Shikari – A Flash Flood of Colour (Ambush Reality)
First Aid Kit – The Lion's Roar (Wichita)
Frenkie – Troyanac (Menart)
John Talabot – ƒIN (Permanent Vacation)
Jukka Poika – Yhdestä puusta (Suomen Musiikki)
Kaizers Orchestra – Violeta Violeta Vol. III (Petroleum Records)
The Kyteman Orchestra – The Kyteman Orchestra (Kytopia)
Libar – Libar (Menart)
Netsky – 2 (Hospital Records)
Norberto Lobo – Mel Azul (Mbari)
Shaka Ponk – The Geeks and The Jerkin' Socks (Tôt ou Tard / Wagram)
The xx – Coexist (XL Recordings)
10 tracks featuring Afterhours / Alt-J / Compact Disco / Cro / Django Django / El Perro Del Mar / Enter Shikari /
The Netherlands Playlist
Music Week presents ten tracks from some of the hottest artists coming out of The Netherlands today.
10 tracks featuring Birth of Joy / DeWolff / The Kyteman Orchestra / Posij / Bombay Show Pig / Conforce / Dirt Crew (Break 3000) /
The Playlist, 18th February 2013
The week's best music from the UK industry's tastemakers.
10 tracks featuring James Blake / The Family Rain / Chvrches / Justin Timberlake / Ruen Brothers / FTSE featuring Kenzie May / Nina Nesbitt /
The Playlist, 11th February 2013
The week's best music from the UK industry's tastemakers.
10 tracks featuring Imagine Dragons / Black Books / SIVU / My Bloody Valentine / MSMR / Arlissa / Clean Bandit /
The Playlist, 4th February 2013
The week's best music from the UK industry's tastemakers.
10 tracks featuring Dinosaur Pile-Up / Tom Odell / Daughter / K.Koke ft. Rita Ora / Tegan & Sara / Miles Kane / Chloe Howl /
The Playlist, 28th January 2013
The week's best music from the UK industry's tastemakers.
10 tracks featuring Drenge / Flume / Gin Wigmore / Jackie Onassis / Baby Strange / Hot Natured / Gabrielle Aplin /
The Playlist, 21st January 2013
The week's best music from the UK industry's tastemakers.
10 tracks featuring Example / Hurts / Palma Violets / Keaton Henson / Wolf Alice / Justin Timberlake ft. Jay Z / Devendra Banhart /
