As a kid, singer-songwriter Annahstasia Enuke says she used to hear actor Morgan Freeman’s voice in her head. His distinctly rich baritone narrated her younger years as pleasantly as it does on screen. “The way I see things is very cinematic,” she says, touching on a childhood growing up in Los Angeles and classifying her… Read more »
Born inside a family with a long artistic history, DORA (Madrid, 2004) began to show her natural mus cal talent from a young age. She grew up surrounded by music at home, listening songs from Ella Fitzgerald to Kendrick Lamar. After having a successful YouTube covers’ channel and playing around as the Lead Singer in… Read more »
For producer Barney Lister and vocalist Kojo Degraft-Johnson, music is a place to belong. Hailing from different ends of England and disparate cultures, they have come together as MRCY, creating a shared space of soulful self-expression that combines the timeless musical warmth of Marvin Gaye with the modern sensibility of Khruangbin, Anderson .Paak and Sault.
British-born Sam Wills is rapidly becoming one of the most hotly-tipped artists of the UK the neo-soul / r&b movement. His debut album ‘Breathe’ released in summer 2021 has clocked up well over 300 million streams worldwide with the single ’Traingazing’ becoming a viral hit on TikTok and Instagram. In the recent past Sam has… Read more »
The Belair Lip Bombs are Maisie Everett (Guitar & Vox), Mike Bradvica (Guitar), Jimmy Droughton (Bass) and Liam De Bruin (Drums), four close friends from a coastal town in Victoria, Australia called Frankston. The band has really hit their stride recently with the release of their debut album ‘Lush Life’. The record is 10 tracks… Read more »
Butcher Brown is a jazz-funk fusion band that blends jazz, hip-hop, funk, soul, and rock with elements of psychedelia and soul-jazz. The band’s latest album, Butcher Brown Presents Triple Trey is a forward-thinking and expansive release on Concorde that deconstructs big band jazz and reshapes it in the band’s eclectic image. Their live show has… Read more »
In 2021, as the world looked like it was burning down due to the COVID-19 pandemic and global protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd, Seattle-born rockstar Ayron Jones was achieving his dream. That’s when his song “Mercy,” from his debut major label record release, Child of the State, hit the No. 1 spot… Read more »
Sonically daring. Visually adventurous. Hypnotic art-punk with a bizarre post-punk edge. Six-piece ensemble Gut Health has emerged from the Naarm/Melbourne underground as one of Australia’s most compelling new acts. Backed by the leadership of their LGBTI-heavy band and peers, Gut Health harness an uncompromising ethos that both showcases and fosters open liberation and the healing… Read more »
A band born out of small towns and spare time. Scott and Oli have neighbouring studios at their building in East London and first began making music together out of the desire to make something positive and unpolished in a scene where most music felt quite mellow and intimate. Their debut single ‘Home’ has amassed… Read more »
Tiberius b’s sophomore EP DIN opens with the death of a friend. On “Delicate People,” thoughts race over silvery acoustic guitar riffs, articulating the many contradictions in loss—tears pour or vanish out of the blue, and existence is met with gratitude and disdain. Born in London but raised in rural Canada, these songs are an… Read more »