Have a butchers at our IM chat with Seattle singer-songwriter Perfume Genius, Mike Hadreas, about his dalliances with Alcoholics Anonymous, crack cocaine, Joanna Newsom and rollerblading.

For the next of our New Breed series we took the Transparent boys to Borders on Charing Cross Road where we discussed new bands, limousines and Platform commenters.

Fantastic cosmic disco from mysterious Parisian duo Acid Washed.

I spent a day with The Drums as they picked songs, ate crisps, and played a radio session.

Le Loup are a band from D.C. that are really into “pretty things”, Family, and Bongos. They just happen to make really good music in between.

The guy who lived in my room before me makes dance music. He left some condoms under the bed when he moved out, too.

There’s a hip hop remix album of Bob Dylan’s songs doing the rounds on the internet, and it won’t cost you a thing.