Stumbling across the best new music
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 …
Photo by Welin Taking her time to set a scene with evolving instrumental textures and vocal processing, TIMEA’s latest track ‘Sick Of Playing Pretend’, steadily builds an atmosphere of purpose and emotion, coming to terms with her own feelings and echoing this in her production. The soft hum of pianos, vocoder melodies and rhythmically enticing …
Kru’s rise has been exponential in recent months. Across 2024 she’s garnered hundreds of thousands of plays and has begun to collaborate with both rising and established names. A great example of this is her new three-track EP in collaboration with producer Cha Cha Malone, INEVITABLE. From plucky bass tones and confidence-oozing performances to soft …
Go Hawaii’s return has been long awaited, the Italian duo released the debut album Trespass in 2022, and have since, at least on the recording side, taken a step back. They now release ‘Auburn’, bringing washed-out nostalgia and 90s indie feelings to the centre of their sound. A flurry of electric guitar melodies, starry synths …
There are occasions when listening to music that you find a genre blend that you can’t quite place anywhere else. Bronson Scott’s new track ‘Mistakes’ is one of those songs. The blend of old-school hip-hop positivity with a modern lyrical element of reflection and thankfulness allows his flows to sit perfectly in the bundle of …
LA rising talent Chloe Star has unveiled her latest single ‘Stand The Silence’, floating through the airwaves with a sense of melancholic grace, winding down from gritting, heavy performances into a sweet and honest acoustic poem. The track is raw and genuine, the soft buzz of recording noise behind the guitar giving it a bedroom …