BBC 6 Music started its Complete Mercurys series last night.  During the series, 6 Music will be giving us complete guides to all of this years Mercury nominated albums and it started off the other day with King Creosote & Jon Hopkins and Anna Calvi.

Listen to the documentaries HERE and look out for Metronomy’s show in the near future.

Eat Your Own Ears faves Double Denim are putting the finishing touches on another great single, this time for Liverpool’s Outfit. Two Islands manages to mix droning waves of guitar fuzz, delicious synth lines and a truly epic build into what must be one of the year’s best singles so far. Take a listen:

DD007 A1: Outfit // Two Islands by Double Denim Records

Check out this pop-up show Slow Club played a few weeks ago on a particularly rainy england day. They brought some sunshine to Soho Square in London regardless. We’ve got our hands on a copy of the new record and we’ll be posting some initial thoughts track by track this week, so keep your eyes out for that.

Clock Opera release their next EP ‘Lesson No. 7’ on October 3 through Moshi Moshi/Island Records.  The three track EP will include tracks “Lesson No. 7,” “Seven Hours” and a Tom Vek remix.  The title track, the furious and relentless ”Lesson No. 7,” is now available to stream via SoundCloud and it has left us very excited for their show on September 14!

Clock Opera – Lesson No. 7 (Full Version) by clockopera

Zola Jesus recorded a live session for Daytrotter.com, performing songs “Avalanche” and “Trust Me.” “Avalanche” is taken from her next album ‘Conatus’ which is set to be released on September 26, the same day as her one-off show at Toynbee Hall.

Listen to and download the Daytrotter session HERE.

If you can’t make it to see Electrelane tonight, or even if you are and you want to get yourself in the mood, watch this video of Electrelane’s stunning performance at France’s Route du Rock festival in its entirety.