Webcuts Music

It’s hard to believe that he’s been gone 7 years now. This collection attempts to define one of last great songwriters of the 20th Century.

You are one of the most successful alternative bands in English history and although seen as Britpop’s poster-child your career was actually multi-faceted ranging from madchester lite pop, to mining the best British rock from the ’60s to ’90s with addtional excursions into post-grunge and art-rock. However you face a dilemma. Whilst you’ve buried the hatchet [...]

A star-studded cast pay tribute on this anniversary compilation, but who invited Times New Viking?

As a companion piece to their subscriber-only 20th Anniversary 14 disc box set curated by such luminaries as REM’s Peter Buck, Jonathan Lethem and David Byrne, the people at Merge Records have seperately released SCORE! 20 Years of Merge Records: THE COVERS! which will be available in stores on April 7. Much Like the Dark [...]

It’s the future of pop… or is it? Featuring The Cardigans, Faker, The Ting Tings, The Presets, Ladytron, MGMT et al.

North America’s finest show their charitable side with this awe-inspiring collection. Just call it “No Alternative Part 2″.

Joining forces with EMI, Webcuts is giving away copies of the dandy new electronic/remix compilation – futurePOP 2.0.

Long-overdue retrospective from the label that brought you the Happy Mondays, but don’t hold that against them…

Fortuna Pop!, 2008 Fortuna Pop! is the pre-eminent label for those special acts that can’t find a home anywhere else. Think of it as a shelter for the abandoned, misunderstood band either bursting with unrecognised talent or just looking for a place to crash. The sticker on the CD says “25 SMASH HITS from the [...]

Matador, 2008 Memphis native Jay Reatard (Jay Lindsey) has been making a name for himself since the late 90s, in bands like The Reatards and Lost Sounds, mixing up garage rock and synth punk. Recently signed to Matador Records under his own name, his output with them to date has been a succession of hit [...]