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Looker are a mostly female pop-punk group from New York City. They tell us that they’re heading for the UK in April of this year.

I sort of hesitate to use the word ’spunky’, but their poppy vocals and raw guitar parts inspire that kind of description. There’s something familiar about the Looker sound, like I’ve heard the style before, but can’t point out a specific band they sound like.

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Rob got in touch to recommend his flatmate Context, a rapper from Norwich.

Rob says “Context calls his type of music ‘Dub Hop’. It’s hip hop in essence because he is an MC, but then his production incorporates dubstep, drum and bass, ‘dance’ etc… It’s for sale in iTunes under ‘Hip Hop’ though for ease of categorisation”

He says that Context is fresh new music - “I am not really a fan of hip hop music myslef, but this stuff is really different. Its ticks so many musical boxes - getting ready to go out, feeling angry, relaxing - the lot!”

I took a listen to his MySpace and was actually blown away by what I heard. Imagine Mike Skinner, but much, much darker. The beats are intense, and there’s a brooding electronic bass sound running through everything that carries a lot of menace.

Check out Context’s MySpace for some sample tunes, and there’s also a link to download his Dialetics EP is you want to take some tracks away on your iPod.

Remember, if you know an act who’s worth shouting about, let us know by recommending them.

Today’s recommendation is a band called Boathouse, as recommended by Northern Irish Photographer, Phil O’Kane. Phil’s recommendation is below:

Since 2006 Boathouse have been touring local venues throughout Northern Ireland, each night attracting larger audiences. With a myriad of instruments beyond guitar, bass and drums they fill the air with the sounds of a glockenspiel, accordion, keyboards, trumpet and flute and the emotive vocal talents of Gerry McCrudden and Amy McGarrigle.

Before the summer they recorded a session for BBC Radio Ulster’s Across the Line, three of those tracks are available to listen to on their MySpace, and they should have an EP available in the coming months.

The second track on the recording, ‘What I Remember‘, begins with the innocent sound of a few notes being tapped on the glockenspiel while the rest of the instruments slowly rise to the vocal level bringing out the powerful lyrics so clearly.

They have a two gigs planned in Belfast before the end of the year: Lavery’s Bunker on 26th Nov and Common Grounds Café on 21st Dec, honestly they shouldn’t be missed.

Thanks to Phil for the recommendation. By the way, if you haven’t subscribed to Phil’s blog yet, I highly recommend it. He’s a great photographer.

If you know of a great band that we haven’t heard of, why not recommend them and we’ll write about them here on Unreality Music.