Glaswegian emo crew Think:Fire deliver a skilful yet distinctly pedestrian début in the form of the Swings And Roundabouts EP.

Misery Signals are set to transmit all across Europe in the spring of 2008 as they announce a tour with support from Emmure and August Burns Red.

Stone Gods rise, phoenix-like, from the ashes of defunct comedy rock sensations The Darkness, and deliver their first record with a new singer - the Burn The Witch EP.

Oxford prog-pop band Youthmovies (who share a front-man with indie-press darlings Foals) have released a video to accompany their forthcoming single, “The Naughtiest Girl Is A Monitor”.

A Life Once Lost have a fully loaded arsenal of musical ideas, and they unleash them all in a Southern-tinged thrash-fest on fifth album Iron Gag.

Floridian hardcore outfit Poison The Well aren’t content to crawl around Europe in support of Dillinger Escape Plan, and have booked eight headline dates for the UK in April.

New York City’s Full Blown Chaos combine the aggressive stomp of hardcore with the furious speed of thrash on their album Heavy Lies The Crown.

Homoeroticist spazzcore group Gay For Johnny Depp bring their raucous live shows and individual brand of celebrity worship to British shores in support of new album The Politics Of Cruelty.

Tairrie B and My Ruin are back with their fifth full-length studio album, Throat Full Of Heart - and they’re not taking any prisoners.

UK indie label Boss Tunage releases a charity album in memory of Darren “Wiz” Brown, former front-man of Mega City Four and Ipanema.