Grace Woodroofe’s early demos won the admiration of Hollywood actor Heath Ledger. Now the Australian is bringing her debut album Always Want to the world at large. Preview the brilliant ‘Battles’ for free.

Parakeet is a brand new side project from Yuck bassist Mariko Doi and The History Of Apple Pie’s James Thomas. The duo’s self-released first single ‘Tomorrow’ is out March 5 and makes for a very promising introduction.

Brooklyn trio Hospitality have well and truly taken their time in releasing an album. Their self-titled debut is only just coming out next week, but if the rest of it is as good as preview track ‘Friends Of Friends’ then that time has been very well spent.

Sukie Smith’s 2011 album Gone Before Morning went unfairly overlooked, but the world is getting a second chance to pay attention with a re-release on the cards for March 12. Download her sly, jazzy cover of Oscar Brown Jr.’s 1963 track ‘The Snake’.

Thanks to her time spent studying opera singing, Tibetan-style, Brooklyn-based Doe Paoro’s voice is certainly out of the ordinary. Check out two tracks from her upcoming debut album, Slow To Love, which is shaping up to be quite the multifarious listen.