Brisbane, Calabasas, Dublin

Brisbane, Australia's Morning Harvey are poised for a giant, commercial 1992 debut -- they're really grand pop, would've fit beautifully on the '90s-era Creation Records roster. Have a listen to some of their older things at Bandcamp.

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Guys, hate to say it, but Willow Smith's a grower.

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This one's a beauty; Lakker, from Dublin, have got an album set for release on May 12. Tundra will be put out by R&S Records, and "contains field recordings from motorway tunnels in Japan, church bells from Schöneberg, a female choir from Dublin and Inuit throat singers." "Three Songs," above, features the voice of Eileen Carpio.