I never expect much when pressing play… the inbox is relentless, and most things blur into one another before the first chorus arrives. But ‘Day Or Night’ didn’t do that. I stood out. It shined… There’s something in the opening that immediately earns your attention — a melodic assurance that doesn’t announce itself loudly but simply settles, the way a well-arranged piece of music does when it knows exactly what it wants to say. Rob Lalain is a self-taught musician who handles

Gabriel Audee Makes Radio-Ready Pop — and Posts About the Illuminati… Gabriel Audee is not your typical pop artist. Sharp-dressed, quietly gay, and utterly unbothered by the raised eyebrows his X feed tends to generate, the New York City-based producer and songwriter occupies a space in music that very few artists have the nerve to claim: genuinely catchy, radio-ready pop that doesn’t ask you to leave your brain at the door. While his peers are crafting breakup anthems and ch

Natalie Jean has never been an artist who plays it safe, and Unbreakable Spirit — her latest album — makes that abundantly clear from the jump… The Haitian singer-songwriter has built a genuinely international career on her own terms, charting on iTunes, Billboard, Apple Music, and Amazon while recording and performing across four languages: English, French, Spanish, and Haitian Creole. She’s received a Grammy Participation Certificate for her contribution to Aaron Lazar’s Im

Purpose-driven music has a reputation it doesn’t always deserve. Too often the label becomes shorthand for something earnest but underpowered — good intentions carrying the weight that craft should… ‘Joina’, the new single from South African artist iSandi, is a firm reminder that the two are not in competition. Here is a track that knows exactly what it wants to say and has the musical intelligence to say it with conviction. The subject matter is unflinching. ‘Joina’ addresse

Julia Kate is 21, studying songwriting and music business at Berklee College of Music, and has already quietly built an impressive catalogue — two EPs, a string of singles, and a growing fanbase that’s been following her evolution since her first release with producer Johnny What (who has worked with Juice WRLD and Pentatonix, among others). She gigs around Los Angeles when she’s home from school, plays the Troubadour and the Hotel Café, and writes with the kind of emotional

Michelle Sara left Romania at 19 to chase something bigger, landing in London where she’s currently studying for a music degree. That kind of leap — uprooting yourself at 19, building something in a new city — takes a particular kind of self-belief, and it comes through in her music. She writes about love, loss, and self-discovery with an emotional precision that feels well beyond her 22 years, drawing on a songwriting practice she only really unlocked in 2020, which she desc

Some songs carry more weight than others before you’ve even pressed play — and knowing Vi Talli’s story makes ‘Running’ hit that much harder. The Ukrainian artist was on the verge of releasing her debut album back home in 2022 when Russia’s invasion changed everything. She and her younger sister fled, found refuge in France, and Vi did what she’d always done: she performed. Streets, cafés, small clubs — wherever someone would listen. Music had always been her first language,

Liverpool has a habit of producing artists with a strong sense of their own voice, and Samuel Evanson fits that tradition comfortably… He’s been building steadily — earning features from Clash and Wonderland, picking up an International Music Video Award for ‘He Gave Me Nothing’, and developing a reputation as a live performer with real emotional depth. His sound doesn’t fit neatly into a single genre box, which is part of what makes him interesting: it’s defined more by feel

Some bands sound better on record; others make more sense the moment they step onto a stage. The Howlers fall firmly into the second category. Have a listen to some of their songs on Spotify while you read about their live show at Nottingham's Bodega on February 13th! There’s something cinematic about their sound — dusty guitar tones, swaggering rhythms and vocals that feel dragged straight through the smoke of a late-night bar. Their music leans into desert rock textures wh