The latest album from Australian singer/songwriter Grace Cummings, Ramona is a work of raw truth rendered in its most beautiful form. In a departure from the self-produced approach of her 2019 debut Refuge Cove and its 2022 follow-up Storm Queen—the Melbourne-based artist worked with producer Jonathan Wilson (Angel Olsen, Father John Misty, Margo Price) and dreamed up a lavishly orchestrated sound that… Read more »
Falle Nioke is a singer and percussionist from Guinea, now based in Margate, UK. He sings in English, French, Susu, Fulani, Malinke and his mother tongue, Coniagui. He plays a range of cultural African instruments to accompany his voice (Gongoma, Bolon, Cassi). Since arriving in the UK two years ago he has been working with… Read more »
The first thing people notice about Kathleen, it’s unavoidable in fact, is her voice. It’s rare you find a voice so unique, so bold, that it’s strange to believe Kathleen was a very private singer until her late teens. As confidence grew she began to sing more publicly and with that developed an interest in… Read more »
Moving to London 9 years ago from her hometown of Roskilde in Denmark – Dahlstrom has made a significant name for herself in those years for her warm, jazz-tinged, soulful R&B. This May she is release her long-awaited debut full-length album, Like Sand.
Five young Glaswegian proletariats evolve techno by performing wildly nrg-etic full live band rave anthems through the lens of stadium-curious post-punk. Correspondingly, VLURE (pronounced like the velvet-adjacent fabric) are equally at home hosting their own underground Euphoria parties, as they are on stage at Glasto. NME cites their gigs as, “offering an emotional outlet that… Read more »
Yard Act -‘Where’s My Utopia?’ What do you do when everything you’ve ever wanted suddenly lands in your lap, but the questions still keep on coming? Since first steering their golden Rover into swift public acclaim back in 2020, Leeds quartet Yard Act have become one of the great indie success stories of the decade… Read more »
Known for his rock-and-roll inspired solo albums, as well as his contributions to internet funk sensation Vulfpeck, Katzman has had this feeling bubbling in the recesses of his mind for some time now, weaving its way through his songwriting process and onto his recordings. The feeling itself is multi-dimensional: it’s a subtle sarcasm, but not… Read more »
Aaron Frazer, the co-lead vocalist and drummer of Durand Jones & The Indications, debuts with a new single/video, “Bad News,” via Dead Oceans/Easy Eye Sound. The Brooklyn-based, Baltimore-raised songwriter possesses a unique voice that’s both contemporary and timeless, which conveys a wide emotional palate and progressive worldview in the tradition of musical masterminds like Curtis… Read more »
SPRINTS’ debut album ‘Letter To Self’ embodies their substantial evolution over the past 3 years. Transforming pain into truth, passion into purpose and perseverance into strength, the Dublin four-piece have steadily grown in stature, releasing two acclaimed EPs and building a fearsome live reputation. ‘Letter To Self’ is the sound of SPRINTS consolidating and levelling… Read more »
First, there is S.G. Goodman’s voice: raw and completely unique. Equal parts grit and balm, it is all emotion. S.G. can fly high with plaintive tones or prowl the low valleys of longing, sometimes within the course of one line. And she possesses the power to stop you in your tracks like a bite from the… Read more »