Gappy Tooth Industries

Having formed in 2023, this Oxfordshire band draw on diverse influences to create a galaxy of original songs about space exploration, dystopian futures, distant moons, and Earth-bound pollution. They also once played a gig to honour 50 years since the Tom Baker story 'The Android Invasion' was filmed, so they get special bonus points. "Somewhere between Eurovision power ballad, Norwegian black metal, Hawkwind wig-out and West End rock opera" Nightshift

Reading outfit The Dazed Minded trade in indie sleaze garage rock, and have garnered plenty of praise since their inception in late 2023: "Throughout playful, melodic, vocal lines adorn Oh Boy, helping create a track somewhere between The Von Bondies, Skegss, and Courtney Barnett. It's highly infectious!" Independent Artist Advice; "Packed full of bright harmonies and the slick rise and fall of sonic energy, intricate clean guitar notes dance alongside the vocals while the steady shuffle of drums keeps the pace up throughout. It's a superb showcase of the band's infectious songwriting flair and performance panache, marking spectacular entrance from this thrilling new act." Plastic Mag; "Guitars that wander between the restrained and the raucous, riffs that punch and kick, dynamics that ebb and flow to create a perfect sonic dynamic, heavenly harmonies, an almost pop infectiousness, and an endless groove. This is the sound of muscle and melody dancing in unison." Dancing About Architecture

Turkish Oxford resident Gorali makes slightly proggy loop-based electronica, with the odd bit of inventively melodic guitar to sweeten the maximalist noise. We witnessed their set for the excellent All Will Be Wired, drawing heavily from album Qualia, and the set stayed in our heads. Gorali's music is about circularity, with loops melting into electronic glitches, revealing unexpected rhythms with familiar reference points, that explore the nature of memory.