On Thursday we posted rounding up some of the less well-known new releases we'd been enjoying. We've been so inundated with more cracking tunes that we had to do the right thing and let you know about them as well.First up we have MM faves the Big Pink, and their new single Dominos, which is pretty much on repeat on Radio 6 at the moment, and comes from their excellent debut album A Brief History

The song is from 2007, the video from 2008, but its part of the 2009 album X.Enc - and for many different reasons, it is one of the songs of my life since its first release. 'I'm Ill', from British trio NEiLS CHiLDREN , has a lyric with the special power of being part of everybody's romantic life in some moment, but somehow fitting in a really particular way. The post punk instrumental (and also the voice) reminds me of the Cure when they could still deliver surprisingly warm hits with a dark glint. [...]

I ' M F R E E . Of exams, that is. I've got my life and my time back and it feels pretty good man. So I guess it seems like as good a time as anyto give the official 2STEPSFORWARD4STEPSBACK 6 Month Review 2009. It's been a crazy diverse year so far with an amazing bunch of debuts, comebacks and unexpected gems. There's been a pretty staggering array of albums, singles and remixes, but these are the ones really worth remembering, or checking out if you missed 'em. [...]