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Bari McKnight’s CLOSE TO YOU Let Lust Coil Through the Contours of Contemporary RnB Pop  -

Like a page torn from the Weeknd's script where neon light spills across velvet shadows, Bari McKnight’s CLOSE TO YOU bathes the alt-pop spectrum in luxe lust

Alex Johnston Let the Sepia-Toned Twang of Country Folk Tell the Truth on Sitting Alone -

There’s been a lot said about the creeping endemic of isolation, but Alex Johnston frames it with a tender frankness in Sitting Alone, the title track from hi

Brighton's Standing Phase Poured Soul, Funk, and Alt-Indie Pop Euphoria into their Sonic Temple, 'Anchor' -

With Anchor, Standing Phase found the sweet spot where alt-indie style meets gospel spirit. The Brighton-based duo let their guitars cut clean and sharp enough

Born Pessimist Smashed Through Complacency with the Blues-Rock Swagger and Protestive Fire Behind the Bars of 'Crack the Concrete' -

The fatalism implied by Born Pessimist’s moniker might set you up for wall-to-wall gloom, yet Crack the Concrete hits with a defiant, kinetic energy that flip

Things Beyond Things Let the Venom Flow and the Rhythm Reign in Alt-Metal Sleaze Anthem, 'Bask in Disaster' -

Through a rampaging rhythm section that brings the hammer down with every gnarled nu-metal meets Sunset Strip sleaze rock note, Things Beyond Things unleash pur

Forever the Rebel and Kodie Shane Unleashed Glitz-Soaked Chaos in Alt-Rap Anthem PAPARAZZI -

Emo rap renegade Forever the Rebel charged up with Kodie Shane to drop the grit with glitz in their seductively luxe hit, PAPARAZZI. Forget Lady Gaga's track, t

Jhaos Let the Bass Hypnotise and the Bars Dominate in Hip-Hop Heavyweight 'Fluid' -

From the first low-end rumble of Fluid, Jhaos pulls you into a trance that refuses to loosen its grip. The bass moves like a slow, deliberate pulse, carrying th

KNARD Channelled Digital Whiplash and Rave Nihilism in the Industrial-Nu-Metal Mash-Up, Autonomy -

Before the first lyric even touches the track, KNARD uses raw, speaker-straining abrasion in Autonomy to gut the gloss from modern alt electronica. There's no w

Liverpool's Smiling Jackals bared their teeth to unleash the symphonically cerebral allegory, Monster -

With their sophomore single, Monster, Liverpool's Smiling Jackals pulled no punches while stitching a cerebral thematic weight to a sonic storm that sways betwe

Peter Horton crooned romanticism into the heart of indie with the radiant synth-soaked seminal single, ‘Róisín Dubh’ -

Peter Horton crooned romanticism right back into the heart of indie with his latest seminal single, Róisín Dubh. There’s nothing synthetic about the 80s aes

Maddy Low Invited Myth and Raw Pain into Dream-Folk Euphony with ‘Dragons’ -

With Maddy Low’s latest single, Dragons, imagine a dreamy synthesis of the soul of Joni Mitchell, Elliott Smith, and Leonard Cohen reimagined to resonate with

Stephan Folkes' 'Is This Paradise' is an Ethereal Art Form in Sonic Motion -

With a supersonically falsetto register that ricochets straight through the confines of alt-pop predictability, Stephan Folkes turned the ache of grief into a c

Speak Friend Channelled Sublime Spiritual Alchemy in the Sensually Experimental Gospel-Folk Single ‘An Eye Opened’ -

With Speak Friend's latest single, An Eye Opened, sensuality, spirituality and the sublime entwine as the duo conjures the ultimate aural hat-trick. The folki

Peter Horton crooned romanticism into the heart of indie with the radiant synth-soaked seminal single, ‘Róisín Dubh’ -

Peter Horton crooned romanticism right back into the heart of indie with his latest seminal single, Róisín Dubh. There’s nothing synthetic about the 80s aes

When Fear Gets Louder Than the Music: Age Restrictions, Moral Panic, and the Future of Artistic Censorship -

In the fallout of the newly introduced age restriction laws, a familiar unease has crept into the UK music scene. Creatives are being force-fed headlines soaked

Angelina Christina set indie RnB ablaze with the smoky jazz-infused declaration of self-empowerment, ‘You’re the One’ -

Buck’s Harbour Bottled Self-Effacing Humility in the Alt-Folk Indie Single ‘Stick Around’ -

Buck’s Harbour knelt at the altar of humility in Stick Around, the sardonic heartstring-puller that closes out the debut EP, Figuring Out How Not to Be a Jerk

Obsidian Cane & Gizella Took DnB to Bed in the Electronica Siren Song ‘Addicted’ -

bsidian Cane and Gizella took Drum n Bass to the peak of seduction and beyond with their subversively salacious single, Addicted. Eschewing the rave-y blueprint

Eachother unleashed pure rave possession with the kinetic tech-house rush of ‘COMA’ ft Eloquor -

There’s a special kind of mania running through Eachother’s latest tech-house anthem, COMA, featuring Eloquor. Some house tracks arrest, others possess; thi

Frances Ancheta Dissolved Neo-Pop Psychedelia into Acoustic Serenity in the Indie Folk Single ‘This Haze’ -

Sun and soul entwine into the sublime in Frances Ancheta’s transfixing indie folk-pop single, This Haze. Lifted from her latest LP, Saving Graces, exhibits he

U of Soul Delivered A Fusion-Fuelled RnB Soul Pop Gem With 'All About the Music'  -

Right from the intro of U of Soul’s latest seminal release, All About the Music, you’ll know you’re in the hands of a cultivated connoisseur of genre fusi

Audius Set Fire to the Silence: An Interview That Cuts Through the Noise of the Industry -

In this exclusive interview, Audius peels back the polished exterior of the pop machine to speak candidly about the decades he’s spent helping shape Australia

Ami Leigh’s Wingspan of Feeling: An Interview That Doesn’t Shy from the Shadows or the Spotlight -

With her genre-hopping catalogue and emotionally frank songwriting, Ami Leigh has never followed the expected route to musical recognition. She writes from the

Clay Goodman Injected Alt-90s Nostalgia with Hook-Heavy Shoegaze Swagger in Such Fun -

Alt-90s nostalgia oscillates through Such Fun, the seminal hit from Clay Goodman, who brought hooky euphoria to dazed and reverb-drenched shoegaze guitars by in

Jeff Batson served Americana sunny side up in 'Somebody's Somebody' -

There’s a particular golden hour glow that you only get from the true artists of Americana, and you’ll find it blazing through the newest single from Jeff B

RnB's new tempest of candour, rache., blew away the smoke and smashed the mirrors in her debut EP, Let Me Introduce Myself -

With her debut EP, Let Me Introduce Myself, rache. is making the melting pot of modern RnB simmer a little bit hotter. But it’s in Thinking of You that she bl

The Alicias Revitalised Alt-Rock with Volition Personified in JPJ Blues -

The Alicias have restored some much-needed kinetic indie alt-rock exhilaration to Manchester’s music scene with their single, JPJ Blues. Manchester felt a lit

When the World Got Quieter, So Did the Music: How Hyper-Individualism is Reshaping Sound, Connection, and the Industry Itself -

Individualism used to be a spirit of liberation in music. It gave birth to punk, to DIY scenes, to sonic revolutions that refused to bow to the mainstream. But

Clay Goodman Injected Alt-90s Nostalgia with Hook-Heavy Shoegaze Swagger in Such Fun -

Alt-90s nostalgia oscillates through Such Fun, the seminal hit from Clay Goodman, who brought hooky euphoria to dazed and reverb-drenched shoegaze guitars by in

Methyl Orange Painted Cinematic Synaesthesia Across the Alt-Electronica Cosmos with Back from the Future -

Methyl Orange launched synaptic fireworks with Back from the Future, an instrumental feat from the new LP, Lost for Words. Part electronica score, part sonic TA

WD-HAN Shattered Monochromatic Monotony with Riotous Alt-Rock in 'Technicolour' -

With WD-HAN’s latest single, Technicolour, a riot of riff-painted colour is poured into the dreary monotony of monochromatic minds. The track rips through the

Sharo Drifts Melancholy and Bliss Through the Synth-Pop Surf of California Sun -

In the opening rays of Sharo’s latest single, California Sun, you’ll be swept into waves of Cali synth-pop, where temperate oceanic soul and retrowave shimm

Rayrick’s Remix of Sapne Sets the Pulse of New York’s Electronic Future -

Your own pulse may keep you ticking, but the beat in Adhitavo’s latest single, Sapne (Rayrick Remix) makes you feel alive in a way that pure biology never co

Chris Juarez Sent Chaos Through the Wires of Avant-Garde IDM with ‘CARCK/////UNRIG'NALMIX:’ -

Chris Juarez throws you headfirst into the chaos with CARCK/////UNRIG'NALMIX:, his latest single before the arrival of his new LP, Solong,suckRs., due on Septem

Kestrel Drenches Dance Pop in Apricot Sunshine and Nu-Disco Nostalgia -

There’s no denying the kinetic pulse of Kestrel in Apricot Sunshine, her latest slice of sun-bleached dance pop, where euphoric echoes of 00s house radiate fr

N4T3 Dragged Alt-Rap into a Nu-Metal Inferno with Hip-Hop Visceralism in WANTS -

Joined by some of the most visceral voices in alt-rap, N4T3 laid down one of the most savage singles of 2025 with WANTS. Teeth are bared in every bar, biting do

FGA Shakes Up Summer with Alt-Rock Swagger and Sunburnt Distortion in ‘Island Time’ -

Texan musician FGA did what so few would dream to by pouring pure sun-bleached nostalgia into the woozy cocktail that is Island Time, a single that proves alt-r

The Waventiced Ripped Through the Alt-80s Spectrum with Riff-Heavy Goth Rock Nostalgia in David -

With their latest release, David, The Waventiced strayed far from the archetypal doom-draped aesthetics synonymous with the Sisters of Mercy yet channelled the

Randy Beth Made an Artform of Heartbreak in Her Ethereal Pop Ballad, 'overstay' -

New York’s indie pop artist Randy Beth packed enough emotional punch in her latest single, overstay, to aurally bruise listeners with the weight of retrospect

Giftorm Inject Nostalgia and Disorientation into Garage Funk-Psychedelia with ‘Don’t Know Where I Am’ -

Giftorm submerged nostalgia into a melting pot of garage rock, funk, and stoner-tinged psychedelia in their sophomore single, Don’t Know Where I Am. There’s