I’ve recently got back from New York, and was pleasantly surprised to see the amount of good press Barcelona band Delorean have been getting off the back of their Ayrton Senna EP. It’s about time someone gave them recognition, as they’ve been one of the only Spanish bands to be consistently innovative over the last few years. It’s just a shame that the Spanish press doesn’t have the same eye for a good thing as they do across the Atlantic.

Last month I talked briefly about PPM records having a great website. This month, one of their acts, The Gun Outfit have released one of my favourite records. It’s remarkable for being unapologetically influenced by north west coast bands like Nirvana without sounding like, er, Bush. No small feat.

Continuing on the early nineties vien, my favourite new spanish band are called Cuerpos.They write dirgy two chord art rock songs, drenched in distorsion and capped by howled female vocals.

Also, Pavement have recently been announced as the headline act of  Primavera Sound, which, along with ATP, is the most credible festival in Europe. All of this leads me to think that this is probably the best time to be nostalgic for the early nineties before someone trots out a grunge version of the Sugababes.

RCRDLBL.COM lets me listen and legally download songs from featured bands on its site. And surprisingly enough, many of them are bands with members I know. This makes me happy.

GIRLS is a San Francisco band consisting of two members: Christopher Owens and JR White. Their sound is quirky folk rock which reminds me of the spirit of 90s alt-band PAVEMENT.

I went to LA club The Echo last Sunday and thoroughly enjoyed NITE JEWEL, the brain child of Ramona Gonzalez. Her music is kind of an atmospheric disco:  a combo of danceable beats and shoe gaze rhythm. Here’s her video:

While on Pitchfork, I came across an amazing remix of the Fleetwood Mac song “Seven Wonders” by a DJ who goes by the name PICTUREPLANE. The song is called “Goth Star” and it is now a fixture on mix cds I make for anyone. It’s my jam!

JAY REATARD is a name which keeps coming up in discussions with friends.  It’s a name you don’t forget.  It made me curious. While I really wanted to not like it at first, after downloading songs from different albums he has a noise pop style he is working, which I appreciated.