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Fun return for Staines boys Hard Fi tonight. 'Good For Nothing' sounds like the shackles of expectation have been thrown off and they are back to their genre melding finest. Big samples and a big hook keep it loose and the right side of ramshackle.

New Digitalism for tonight's Hottest. '2 Hearts' shows a more focused approach from the German duo with more attention to song writing evident across the whole album. Which is also called, 'I Love You Dude'. Awesome.

Lots of music and lots of people who know about it give Ed Sheeran a very defined presence as a new artist on tonight's show. Whilst the timing of tonight's Hottest Record may be right that doesn't mean it's on. Fans will be well aware of his talent and now the rest of you are aswell.

After releasing several fairly high profile remixes for Ellie Goulding and others and a few underground heaters, Jakwob has returned with what feels like an official first single. Featuring the vocals of Smiler and an unknown singer called Nicky, 'Right Beside You' is full of flavour. Could be a staple this summer.

Recently finished version of early demo from this intriguing new voice. Jai (pronounced Jay) Paul is part Dilla / part D'angelo but also full of individuality. An exciting prospect on the horizon.

Recorded in a church in North London and consisting of the writers trademark - simplicity, 'Box of Stones' is the latest Hottest Record from Benjamin Francis Leftwitch. If you're listening to this then search further from tomorrow night for his performance from Maida Vale with Fleet Foxes.

It was a question that had been asked so many times we weren't sure if an answer would ever be forthcoming. But after 6 years of nothing, we have brand new Tom Vek. For the uninitiated, 'A Chore' is a great introduction and for everyone else it justifies why we asked the question in the first place. Brilliant!

Let's be honest, it's been a while since Camden has been regarded as the centre of new music outside of the amount of venues and it's proximity to London Town. But Tribes have set out to change that with this confident new single 'We Were Children' not necessarily a Brit-Pop revival but certainly not ashamed of it either.

One for our own yard tonight - INDJWT regular Toddla T returns with a new slice of his next record featuring Shola Ama. 'Take it Back' gets a Moombahton make-over from one of the key players in the scene Dillon Francis.

More gnarly dimly lit alley way beats and sinister rhyme flows from the world's hottest rappers right now. Tyler and Hodgy Beats creep across this broken track and fill us full of excitement and dread in equal amounts. Affecting stuff.

Arctic Monkeys dropped by R1 HQ tonight to deliver thier new single, 'Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair' for the Hottest Record dept. Quirky and sinister but with enough hooks thrown in to make it instantly memorable, it is full of dimly lit rock n roll swagger and wry humour. Truly one of the modern great bands.

A little later than expected because it came out earlier than we expected...does that even makle sense? Anyway, Beastie Boys urge us all in great hip-hop tradition to 'Make Some Noise'. You know what to do.

One of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 1Xtra's big shouts for 2011 is UK Rapper Smiler. Now ith an official version of future smash, 'Spender' up on the Hottest Records blog.

Two of the UK's most prolific and esteemed producers team up on this out-of-the-box- remix for Missy Elliot. It's a big old banger with slightly progressive leanings. Seriously, pretty epic stuff.

Tonnes of Foo related Fooness on the eve of the new Foo album. We Foo it up with the Foos and play 5 new Foo tunes. One of these was a Hottest Record 'Arlandria'. Foo#+%$Β£ing great!