Five songs rooted in real places and real stories: a garage in Adelaide, a kitchen in Melbourne, a late-night kitchen table in California, a teenage bedroom in BC, and a London living room. Folk music made with something to say. Lyndo Jaco – All Over Again Lyndo Jaco…
Dream pop vocals over reverb-soaked guitars is basically one of the best combos in music, isn’t it? And alongside melodies that feel like half-remembered dreams you desperately want to return to. This week we are deep in the hazy, luminous end of the pool, so let’s go! Aurealis…
Today’s chill house bop is pretty special, with some beautiful beats, driving synthesisers and production to die for. Let’s dive in. FDM Prince x DJ B&W x Yazid On The Track – Electric Griot (Remix Club Edit) FDM Prince x DJ B&W x Yazid On The Track have…
Five rock tracks where emotion does as much work as volume. From a song written in 2001 and to a Swedish trio’s Deep Purple homage and a San Diego metal universe, rock pulls in five directions this week. Liri Dais – Counting Hours Lit Dais have crafted something…
From a Taiwanese-American songwriter’s acoustic forgiveness EP to a Saudi Arabian piano waltz, from Bradford folk-rock politics to Connecticut Southern rock about a pawn shop guitar, indie folk goes everywhere this week. KENTON – Never Born KENTON’s Never Born is the beautiful acoustic version of his Taiwanese-American forgiveness…
Four R&B tracks that lean into something specific: a White Plains industry veteran turning friction into form, a Blackpool neo-soul rising voice, a London-Ghanaian love song fusing Akan and Yoruba names, and a Louisiana Creole artist inventing her own genre. C’batch – Trapped (I’m Doing Fine) C’batch’s Trapped…
Five summer tracks that hit the brief in five different ways. From a Birmingham reggae project reimagining Robert Calvert to a cinematic Afrobeats single rooted in Nigerian folklore, this week’s picks all find a different angle on warmth. The Starfaders – Ejection The Starfaders’ Ejection reimagines Robert Calvert’s…
Pop with edges this week. From a tragic NYC noir-pop track named after Dionysus to a Nottingham dance-pop reclamation to a Dereham synthwave runway, five artists making the genre work harder than it has to. Kiki Kramer – dionysus Greek tragedy meets stunning NYC late-night noir, with Kiki…
This week leans into atmosphere and restraint, with alt-pop cuts that favour space, tone and slow-building emotion. There is a reflective edge throughout, with artists letting mood and texture lead. Daniel de Boer – The Way Daniel de Boer delivers a wonderfully restrained, atmospheric alt-pop track that lets…