Dizzee Rascal : Songs about dirtee dancing and indie romancing

To tackle unemployment, jobseekers should be offered a placement in a Dizzee Rascal video. Why can't Steve the engineer from Darlington feature in the brilliant tongue-in-cheek video for Dirtee Disco? Irene, psychology graduate from Stoke-on-Trent, could easily fit the role of a dancer. If it worked for One True Voice victim Daniel Pearce, who lays some too-smooth-for-the-dole-queue croons over the top of this typically Dizzee party-time rap, it could work for anyone.

Slow Club – Giving Up On Love
With a barnstorming chorus from Rebecca Taylor, nonchalantly cool verses by Charles Watson and a video featuring comedy star Mackenzie Crook, it seems Slow Club have finally blossomed into a proper band. Giving Up On Love is the kind of thing that's earned the likes of Los Campesinos! success in the last couple of years (BBC 6Music loves it) and if they keep writing songs like this then their headline date at London's Koko on 1 June will be no big deal at all.

The Divine Comedy – At the Indie Disco
Little does Neil Hannon know that most indie discos – with their cider, shoegazing and requisite three tracks from Pulp – are now filled with the sound of bum-shuffling dubstep and silly amounts of fertiliser-based drugs. Or maybe he does. With winsome lyrics and saccharine keys, this is nostalgia-flavoured stuff.

Dizzee Rascal Joins ‘NME Breakthrough’ Comp For Unsigned Bands

If you want to be in with a chance of winning and performing at the July 16-18 festival in London’s Victoria Park alongside the likes of Dizzee,Bombay Bicycle Club, Hot Chip, The Maccabees and Mystery Jets, and the iconic and never tame Grace Jones. This is one of most eclectic line-up’s of any of the festivals this year and your in for one of the biggest treats. For bands who want to play and be part of this you really should sign up to NME Breakthrough now!
NME Editor Krissi Murison, who is also on the panel for the Loveboxcompetition, praised the bands who have signed up to the service already saying:
“The quality of artists who have signed up to the service already is incredibly impressive. With more signing up each day it’s clear that me and the other judges are going to have our work cut out in finding the best of the bunch to play at this year’s Lovebox.”