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…
Indie pop with edges this week. Trip-hop hedonism from Teesside, queer LA dancefloor liberation, London bedroom-pop protest, indie-industrial home-recorded synth, and a 2003 Windsor jangly throwback that still streams better than most new releases. Five takes, none alike. MOSS – opener opener hits the sweet spot MOSS have…
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…
Sometimes electronic week is one track, fully realised. m0n0 jay handed her viral debut to French producer ATH for a wonderful deconstruction, and the result trades fuchsia neon for industrial trance built strictly for 3 AM basement raves. m0n0 jay – L.L.L. (ATH Remix) m0n0 jay’s L.L.L. (ATH…
Two hip hop tracks that say a lot about who these artists are. A Texas video universe built around cinematic Southern rap, and a London UK-rap track born from a year sober and choosing ambition over the bar. Ajoshd – Ballin’ Outta Control Ajoshd built a full fake…
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…