Cyberpunk alt-rock quartet Zeropunk are nowhere near as good as they think they are… but they think it hard enough that they might just get away with it.

Hard-to-pigeonhole prog-pop-electro-rock quartet Pure Reason Revolution are back; prepare to be smashed flat with moody bliss between Hammer & Anvil.

Yes, Mum Locked In Castle is their real name. Luckily their music isn’t as awful as that name would suggest, but it’s only likely to excite Incubus’ legal team.

Synthetic rockers The Culprit might be a little too glossy for this jaded hack, but their eponymous album might turn the heads of younger less cynical listeners.

Senser released one of the most important British records of the nineties. If we’re lucky, new album How To Do Battle might do the same thing for the noughties.

Back from a lengthy spell in the wilderness, UK rap-rock trailblazers Senser return with “Resistance Now”, a promising standard-bearer for the forthcoming album.