Lizard Called Me - Genre-blurring alt rock from Havering. lizardcalledme.co.uk has gig listings, news and photos. Or head on over to purevolume.com for MP3 tracks.

Loopit.org - Southampton collective, performing real-time looping and sampling around the area. Supporters of the 'Open Music' movement, you can find out more, and hear hours of recordings and other tracks at www.loopit.org.

Nayfumble - Featuring tablas, guitar, keys and strings, you can find out more about this Berkshire band, and hear examples of their melodic and textured songwriting at nayfumble.com.

Smerin's Anti-Social Club - Brass driven fat groove band from Southampton & Bristol. They're great fun live and always gigging, so check out their pages for details of upcoming dates and to hear a few tracks: antisocialclub.co.uk.

Waiting for Superman - Meaty alt rock band from Southampton. Big chords, big choruses, big noise. Point your browser at waitingforsuperman.co.uk for news, photos and downloadable tracks.