New: Rex Orange County – UNO
If you look closely enough, you’ll see an emblem on the artwork for ‘UNO’ that reads, ‘County of Orange – Haslemere’. It is within this we find begin to find the sinewy essence that links Rex’s...
View ArticleIntroducing: White Kite
London four piece White Kite nail their soulful debut offering, 26, merging some gloriously 80’s-esque songwriting with more modern production stylings. Touches of SOHN and Blood Orange litter the...
View ArticleIntroducing: Magnus Bechmann
Big into this slightly cheesy but gloriously upbeat pop from Norway’s Magnus Bechmann, merging elements of Talking Heads with more contemporary influences like Two Door Cinema Club or Hot Chip – it’s...
View ArticleIntroducing: FELIVAND
I stumbled across the Soundcloud of Brisbane’s FELIVAND a little while back and got lost for a few hours. Whilst raw at times, there are some stunning ideas littered amongst the collection of tracks...
View ArticleIntroducing: Junior A
Definitely something vibey going on with Lithuania’s Junior A – landing somewhere between Glass Animals and How To Dress Well, with a hint of The XX thrown in. Glitchy pop productions with an...
View ArticleIntroducing: Alessandra
A former winner of the Denniz Pop Awards (previous winners include Swedish House Mafia and Tove Lo), recognising rising Scandinavian talent, Alessandra arrives with quite a weight on her shoulders, yet...
View ArticleIntroducing: SNOW CULTURE
Neon Gold signed Swedish duo Snow Culture explode on their debut single, No Sleep. Recalling the heady blog-pop days of the early 2010’s, they manage to take all the best elements of that bizarre...
View ArticleIntroducing: Nineteen Ninety Four
British hip hop feels in a pretty good place right now, what with Loyle Carner breaching the mainstream, alongside a plethora of powerful women making colossal inroads both commercially and critically....
View ArticleIntroducing: Dreamspook
Minneapolis’s Gabriel Jorgensen was somewhat of a blog-buzz artist a few years back under his Ancient Mariner alias. Now, in true blog-worthy style, he’s undergone a rebrand of sorts, and is stepping...
View ArticleIntroducing: Cailin Russo
LA’s Cailin Russo is already a household name to some, having made her name both through modelling and starring in two music videos from the one and only Bieber; her enviably social media following...
View ArticlePremiere: Francis Novotny – Hit N Run
With his intriguingly experimental debut track appearing online a few weeks back, Gothenburg’s (via Paris) Francis Novotny has followed up Run Away with a striking second song in the form of the...
View ArticleIntroducing: WWWater
Having already collaborated with Soulwax through releases under her own name, Charlotte Adigéry aka WWWater steps out with her debut track under the newly birthed moniker. The self-titled track serves...
View ArticleIntroducing: aiwake
With reworks of Abhi//Dijon and Basecamp under their belts already, it’s not too difficult to see the sort of territory that aiwake place themselves in. Whilst their debut track, Birds, is guilty of...
View ArticleIntroducing: Kidä
A track by LA’s Kidä cropped up on my radar a little while back, however when I went to post it, all traces of it had disappeared from the internet. Having stumbled across it again a few days ago it...
View ArticleIntroducing: mossy.
Making an impact on Soundcloud is relatively rare nowadays. Now when a new act drops their first few tracks, the Spotify streams tend to far outpace those on Soundcloud – hence my surprise at seeing...
View ArticleIntroducing: Goldmyth
Very into this swirling, gorgeously textured debut EP from Utah’s Goldmyth. Intimate songwriting merges seamlessly with flawless production, even ambitiously bringing a harp into the mix, Faded Dream...
View ArticleIntroducing: walkingshoe
Really love this songwriting from Chicago’s walkingshoe – sits somewhere between the slightly twee twang of Neutral Milk Hotel and the raw, heart-on-sleeve honesty of Nick Drake. Having previously...
View ArticleIntroducing: Pole Siblings
I’m such a sucker for Beach House style woozy indie-pop, and Finnish duo Pole Siblings (Sofia & Johan Stolpe) know exactly how to push my buttons. With a solitary track on their Soundcloud,...
View ArticleIntroducing: Stevie Talks
These two new tracks from Stevie Talks really mark a significant progression for the Cali based artist, especially the Tobias Jesso Jr.-esque Bitter. Almost Americana tinged songwriting, Bitter is...
View ArticleIntroducing: HÅN
It’s been a little while since I last shared the music of an Italian artist, hence my excitement at hearing HÅN and her spellbinding debut, The Children. Hailing from near Lake Garda, her first outing...
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