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Let's talk about what it actually costs to choose yourself… Not in the motivational-poster sense, not in the way that self-help language has smoothed the edges off something genuinely difficult, but in the specific, material, years-of-your-life sense. Ari Lee spent ten years neglecting her passions. She has said so plainly, without softening the number or qualifying what she means by it. Every distraction felt like a test. Every vice was a question she kept failing to answer

Lindsey Wood - ‘Someday Love’

Find Sakai: Instagram, TikTok, Website, Spotify “It feels so good to release the DYLMN EP. It’s a vulnerable thing, sharing something you’ve poured yourself into with the world. It’s a delicate dance.” When Marié Sakai describes the release of Sakai’s debut EP Do You Like Me Now? in those terms, she is describing the subject of the record itself, which makes the statement more resonant than most artist quotes tend to be. This is an EP about wanting to be seen and fearing what

A rarity in music An artist arrives at songwriting not through ambition or aspiration but through sheer necessity, the songs coming because not writing them was no longer an option. Chris Arthur did not set out to make an album. He set out to survive the end of a relationship, and the songs poured out of him, in his own words, like he was bailing water out of himself so he would not drown. The fact that those songs are now Underneath The Scar, a debut album arriving August 6t

Instagram, X, Facebook, TikTok, Apple Music, YouTube, Spotify, IMDB “It’s time to lock in, believe in yourself, and get ready for whatever it is you’re hoping for”: a message delivered through genuinely compelling music! The particular quality that distinguishes Lauren Akosia as an artist is the seamlessness with which her work across television, theatre and music informs and enriches each other, the emotional intelligence of a trained classical performer finding its fullest

Behind Every Swipe, There Is Also Biology. What if your dating profile isn’t the only thing making decisions? That’s the playful premise behind MirrorMouth’s latest single, ‘My Genes Are Shouting’, an alternative pop release inspired by evolutionary biology and one of humanity’s oldest mysteries: attraction. Rather than treating romance as something entirely spontaneous or culturally constructed, the song explores whether our preferences may also have been shaped by millions

Here is the thing about ‘Sex Sold Politics’: it should not work as a pop single, at least not by conventional metrics. It blends contemporary pop with tribal rhythms and healing frequencies and shamanic soundscapes and a central argument about feminine power and softness as strength. On paper that sounds like a lot to hold. In practice it holds everything with remarkable ease, and the result is one of the more genuinely distinctive releases of the year so far. German artist L

UK country music has spent years trying to find its footing, torn between reverence for the Nashville blueprint and the desire to be something distinctly its own… London-based singer-songwriter Marta is one of the artists quietly solving that problem, and ‘In Another Life’, her latest single, is a convincing demonstration of exactly how she is doing it. Facebook | Instagram | YouTube The song started with one line: “you were the love of my life in another life.” From there, M

There is a version of French pop that exists purely as aesthetic: the beret, the cigarette, the existential shrug, the whole studied apparatus of cool deployed in service of not very much. And then there is the real thing, rooted in the chanson tradition, where the song is a vessel for actual thought and actual feeling and the lyric carries genuine weight. Sylvain Zebo belongs emphatically to the second category, and ‘Test’, his latest single, is another demonstration of why.

Here is a name worth knowing if you do not already: MIIA, the Norwegian alt-pop artist who released ‘Dynasty’ at seventeen years old and watched it hit number two on the US Viral 50 in under three weeks. That was 2016. Nearly a decade later, ‘Dynasty’ still pulls around 200,000 daily streams and over 300 million total plays. Whatever she has been working on since, it had better be good. Based on ‘Necessary Evil’, the wait has been entirely justified. This is a genuine left tu

Right, so: twenty-seven tracks, recorded in a Costa Rican jungle cabin surrounded by mango trees above a surf break, by an artist raised between American and Costa Rican worlds who spent six years in his mother’s village getting around by bicycle and making music in a home studio that smells like ocean air and afternoon rain. Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Spotify, BandCamp, Website If that setup sounds too good to be true, prepare to be corrected, because Country Love Song is t

Elare André – ‘Music For All Occasions’ The title of Elare André’s debut full-length album is, as the artist himself is at pains to explain, intentionally ironic. MUSIC FOR ALL OCCASIONS is emphatically not music for all occasions: it is not background listening, not mood utility, not content designed to accompany a specific activity or emotional state. It is music that exists on its own terms, rooted in queer identity and emotional complexity and the kind of genre-dissolving

Sam has a particular kind of artistic honesty that can only be achieved by removing the safety nets entirely: no producer softening the rough edges, no label executive asking for another take, no studio polish covering the moments where the voice cracks or the note misses its mark. Instagram, Spotify, Website Sam Gelston’s new album See Through Now, written, performed and recorded in its entirety in his bedroom, is built from exactly that philosophy, and the result is one of

Miles Jeppson Ushers in the ‘GREEN’ Era: A Nostalgic Alt-Pop Movement Rooted in Youth, Identity, and Culture‘… ‘GREEN’ is less about revisiting a past era and more about translating its emotional language into a modern context. Jeppson isn’t replicating nostalgia—he’s reshaping it, using familiar textures to build something that feels current, cohesive, and culturally aware. There’s a particular kind of precision to Miles Jeppson’s ‘GREEN’—not in the sense of technical over-p

‘Good Morning LA’ ultimately works because of its restraint. By allowing the track to unfold gradually, Miller creates a sense of depth that extends beyond its runtime, leaving the listener with something that lingers rather than resolves… ‘Good Morning LA’ finds Walter Miller recalibrating his approach, trading immediate impact for a more gradual, emotionally driven build. Known for leaning into the scale of rock performance, Miller instead begins here with restraint, allowi

‘A Night With A Sazerac’ stands out for its commitment to immediacy. By prioritising feel over perfection, White creates a project that feels grounded in real experience, allowing its emotional arc to unfold naturally… Rose White’s ‘A Night With A Sazerac’ is a project that leans into immediacy, using its recording process as a defining feature rather than a background detail. Captured largely live and within minimal takes, the EP prioritises performance over refinement, resu

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,

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

With ‘Just a Girl’, Molly Stone proves that pop can be politically sharp, emotionally intelligent, and unapologetically fun. It’s the sound of a songwriter fully in control of her own narrative. Instagram , Spotify , YouTube Molly Stone’s ‘Just a Girl’ is a fiery slice of clever pop songwriting — a blend of sweetness, sharpness, and lyrical bite that turns everyday frustration into empowerment. Co-written with Leve and produced by REYA, the track flips the narrative on gende