CARS LOVE GIRLS:Former members of Republic of Loose, brother and sister Bres and Orla's new buzz is about sweet-as pop and old-school r'n'b hooks and tunes.

Check out tracks from forthcoming debut album

Skip School

or catch their first live show at Dublin’s Crawdaddy on July 20th. Carslovegirls.com

ECHO LAKE

London five-piece making ethereal, dreamy pop jams that will remind you of fave shoegaze and ambient pop space cadets from the Cocteaus to Beach House.

New single Another Dayaccentuates the blissful drones and hypnotic reverb. Echolakeband.com

DZ DEATHRAYS

Hugely impressive at the recent Great Escape fest in Brighton, Aussie thrash duo Shane Parsons and Simon Ridley started out playing house parties in their native Brisbane before taking their riotous fuzzy punk rock to the next level with tunes such as Gebbie Street.

Myspace.com/dzdeathrays

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