Stumbling across the best new music
Síomónn Wan recently unveiled a new album, Rhythm Phantom Poem Requiem, providing a vast, genre-untethered exploration of expression and fantasy. The Leeds artist has, so far in his career, built a reputation for whimsical live shows and releases but holds a sense of depth with the album mixing in commentary and emotion alongside the bizarre …
Northern Californian Kayo is on a mission to bring trap soul to the masses. Though his voice is R&B and hip-hop, he is also inspired by rock groups, which adds an individualising element to his production style. With his latest track, ‘Inked Up’, Kayo sets the scene from the get-go. The soft acoustic tones and …
DJ, artist, fashion up-and-comer, Sky Jetta’s credentials are considerable and growing. Worked with Nike and Burberry, was featured in Vogue and Essence and opened for Diana Ross and Eminem, all before the release of her debut single ‘Free’. Now, alongside a fresh new music video, that single has been released for all to see. Blending …
New Jersey-based artist Tabitha Booth is a singer-songwriter with a powerful force both live and recorded. Over her career, she’s caught the attention of festival bookers and the press and now releases a fresh EP Highway To The Heart. Starting with the title track, Tabitha sets the tone with an atmosphere of reflective lyricism and …
Teasing the project across the course of the year, releasing tracks like ‘Nightshade and Cocaine’ and ‘Ski Mask’, both of which saw a flurry of attention, Love Ghost and Skold have unveiled their album collaboration. The new project crosses a variety of genre flavours, marching through Love Ghost’s emo and grunge essence and Skold’s electronically …
The collective Mola Oddity stems from three individuals, Birdy K, Yider and Asr. The trio have made their presence known in Asia, releasing a string of singles as deep-sea creatures with unique traits. As they’ve grown, they’ve shown their hand as obscure, thoughtful and creatively challenging. After unveiling their debut album The Other Side of …
The last track from indie-tinged MC Palblu is ‘want u to know’, bringing together bright and breezy pop with high-energy drum and bass breaks. It’s an illuminating single, with easy-going production, carefree vocal performances, and a joyful song that came out of a tough time for the artist. Ryan Gonsalves, the man behind Paleblu, explains, …
The latest from London pop-rock newcomers Good Time Locomotive is ‘Stay Close’, collaborating with Barfly. The song has a nostalgic edge thanks to the fantastic combination of heavy riffs and moments of rap delivery. Melodic, layered singing contrasts these melancholic moments with a story that turns from dark and reflective to confident and forward-looking choruses. …
Electro-pop rising star LION is pushing the boundaries of his local Melbourne scene, providing audiences worldwide with distorted, sliding, roaring synthetic melodies and enticing, dynamic vocals. With the new track ‘Break The Binary,’ LION comes out of the gates charging, choppy, processed vocals filling the airspace alongside chest-thumping kick drums and heavy lead melodies. Each …
The compositional abilities of Klsr cannot be questioned. Across 2024 he’s consistently broken boundaries with sound design and then come back to break them again. This is no different in his latest, ‘YOU+’ The exploration of light and texture through his process makes for vast and hard-to-tie-down developments, the music almost becoming larger than itself …