In spite of getting locked into a cinema wearing only skin-tight white jumpsuits (imagine the humiliation), Epic26 managed to escape with just enough time bring out another single.

To The Stars is all a bit dancier than their previous stuff, but there’s no crime in dancing (unless you dance like this) and this will no doubt get people pogoing like nutters on smokey dancefloors. 

Meanwhile, they’ve only just gone and launched The Epic26 Show, with their beta Episode Zero now available for your viewing pleasure (or pain).  New episodes of the shwo will be released on the 26th of each month, and there are rumours that HBO are already considering buying the series. Expect the box-set out next year.

And if you want to catch them live, they’ll be playing this Friday at Glasgow’s Club 520 where, and “popping their Falkirk cherry” by playing 20 Rocks the very next night. They also have dates coming up in Inverness, Stirling, Ayr and Edinburgh - more at Epic26.com/live

Epic WIN.

STORM by Django Django (@thedjangos)

Sit back on your interplanetary moon cruiser, stick some Django Django in your hookah, and inhale the wonderfully weird musical rhythms.

They came out of the Edinburgh College of Art, and mix intergalactic space art, bittersweet harmonies, with dreamy bedouin drums, resulting in a astral galaxy tour for the senses.

Stop by at their Myspace page and say hello some time. 

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Kindly submitted by Rachel Campbell. 

To submit your track go to http://leithrecords.com/submit or drop it in our Soundcloud dropbox.

WAR by the HUNDRED METRE CLUB (@the100metreclub) :

War. What is it good for? Well, quite a lot in this case, with this steady pumper, reminiscent of Linford’s thiceps as he pumps them past the finish line.

It’s not yet been confirmed that the 100 Metre Club is a less aspirational version of the Mile High Club, where members have had their oats on a measly 5th floor hotel room, but we’re making enquiries. Nonetheless they’re got a humping, thumping groove on, with a glorious, grunting, gurning sprint finish, that’ll no doubt make you feel all sweaty but good all over. Don’t forget to wear protection mind.

Show them some love on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and Soundcloud.

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Btw, this track was shared with us direct via our Soundcloud account. Feel free to send us more tracks (with the option to download) and we’ll do our utmost damndest to get them featured.

THE WAY by THE FUSILIERS (@pvtcvincent)

Pure brutal beef pop from Leith. Nuff said.

More curious types can seek out the lowdown on their rock n roll antics by stalking them on Facebook, Twitter, MySpace. And if you’re feeling flushed, dig out your pocket money for their wares on iTunes and for other releases on Never Too Early Records.

Then have a wee snigger at their early band look:

REFUGEE ORCHESTRA by GOODBYE LENIN

Featuring the first ever band to send us in not just one CD, but two freshly pressed demos right to our offices at Leith Records HQ. After such an effort, it felt only right to make it worth the cost of postage. Plus it made us feel like a real record label, which we’re technically not, in spite of what the Sunday Times said about us.

It helps that the music is top notch, especially this tune in our humble opinions, which has a totally jangly and upbeat groove of its own. They’re from Edinburgh (which helps), and they’ve gigged all over, proudly counting a certain Ed O’Brien from Radiohead as one of the audience. Whether Ed was just there to cop off with tipsy teenagers was never confirmed.

Please take the time to absorb further melodies such as this at their MySpace and Facebook locations.

I DON’T LIKE HIP HOP by THE ORDINARY ALLSTARS : (@ordinaryallstar)

With pure jazzy funked up groove that makes you think it’s summer, even when it’s pishing with rain, the Ordinary Allstars are the greatest addition to the Edinburgh Hip Hop scene since the Proclaimers last attempted rapspeak.

Whether they really are the hybrid lovechild of the Ordinary Boys and the Allstars* however is yet to be confirmed.

Tweet, poke and fave them in all the usual places, and if you’ve been saving up your pocket-money, buy the track on iTunes.

SMOKE & MIRRORS by THE 10:04s (@the1004s)

This’ll pick up your Wednesday pm, a tasty slice of indie punk injection from the 10:04s.

Somebody somewhere probably said they’re a band to watch for 2010. And if they haven’t, you heard it here first.

Get stuck in to some pogo, wherever you may be.

And make sure you check em out live and on MySpace, Facebook and Twatter.