Named after a song by The Fall, friends of The Horrors, soundtrackers of a Hedi Slimane fashion show and with a drummer who featured in the lower reaches of our NME Cool List 2006 (slightly above her out of Fields and slightly below – oh yes – her out of The Concretes), These New Puritans’ credentials feel impeccable in a sort of two-years-ago kind of way. What’s more, ‘Elvis’ was the lead track on their ‘Now Pluvial’ EP, which saw the light of day way back in October 2006. Isn’t January supposed to be the out-with-the old-in-with-the-new time of year? Obviously not…

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	BRIAN WILSON : THAT LUCKY OLD SUN THAT LUCKY OLD SUN - 74/100 [ WIRELESS BOLLINGER ] by Thomas Mendelovits Knowing what we do about Brian Wilson, it should be thanks enough to ... 12 NOV 2008
	THE VERVE : FORTH 'FORTH' (ON YOUR OWN/MEGAFORCE) 4/5 STARS [ SPIN ... ] by Mikael Woods If the drugs don't work, why are we still high? "There's no ... 25 AUG 2008
	ANGUS & JULIA STONE : JUST A BOY JUNE AUSTRALIAN TOUR ANGUS AND JULIA STONE @ THE TIVOLI, BRISBANE [ FASTER ... ] by Stewr There’s something about the curtain raise that never fails to excite ... 11 JUN 2008
	HOLLY THROSBY : A LOUD CALL HOLLY THROSBY 'A HEART DIVIDED' [ THEVINE.COM.AU ] by Marcus 'A Heart Divided' is the gentle first taste of Holly Throsby's ... 19 MAY 2008
	SHE & HIM : VOLUME ONE SHE & HIM - VOLUME ONE - 84/100 [ WIRELESS BOLLINGER ] by Thomas Mendelovitis Pop moves in mysterious ways – or at least it does in cycles. I’m ... 30 APR 2008
	HAYDEN : IN FIELD & TOWN HAYDEN - IN FIELD & TOWN - 78/100 [ WIRELESS BOLLINGER ] by Dan Osmolowski Canadian singer-songwriter Paul Hayden Desser has managed to keep his ... 24 APR 2008
	M83 : SATURDAYS = YOUTH M83 - SATURDAYS = YOUTH - 8.5/10 [ PITCHFORK MEDIA ] by Brian Howe Saturdays=Youth-- the new album from French musician M83 (aka Anthony ... 15 APR 2008
	THE KOOKS : KONK THE KOOKS - KONK [ FASTER LOUDER ] by erikalynn16 Never before has an album gone so far to change the modern music ... 14 APR 2008
	SUPERGRASS : DIAMOND HOO HA DIAMOND HOO HA - 71/100 [ WIRELESS BOLLINGER ] by Justin Pearsall In an interview with Pete Paphides from the Times Online podcast, ... 8 APR 2008
	NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS : DIG, LAZARUS, DIG!!! DIG, LAZARUS, DIG!! - 90/100 [ WIRELESS BOLLINGER ] by Ed Butler "Prolix! Prolix! Nothing a pair of scissors can't fix!" bellows ... 1 APR 2008