Hurts

Almost exactly a year on from their debut single, Hurts can look back on the last 12 months with some pride: a duet with Kylie, an audiobook with Anna Friel, a free Christmas single download, and a much-celebrated debut album, still only four months old at the time of writing. Their Tokyo Duo Exchange gig will be the first chance Japanese fans get to see them in the flesh since it's release, and with their Summer Sonic appearance in 2010 still fresh in fans' memories, their weekend residency at Duo Music Exchange should be a celebratory occasion.