It’s rare that you can find an instant soulful classic when it comes to music these days. ELIS NOA provide the perfect, gentle interlude to the overproduced creations on the market at the moment with their recently released refined single ‘Weights’. The classically trained Austrian pair are quickly rising in
chilled pop / Interview / Pop / RnB / singer-songwriter / Soul
Grimes has admitted to being the one responsible for hacking popular indie pop culture and satire blog Hipster Runoff nearly a decade ago. In 2012, the blog infamously went down, with owner and founder Carles reporting that his “server disk has crashed and remote backups were sabotaged,” believing foul play
“I don’t wanna go to school, I just want wanna break the rules,” proclaimed Charli XCX in 2014. This was no frivolous remark. If only we’d understood just how serious she was, perhaps her path as a pop star wouldn’t be regarded as the oddity it is today. Truthfully, XCX
Earlier this year, we pegged Shamir’s eighth album, Heterosexuality as one of our most anticipated albums of the year. Over the past few years, the Philadelphia born singer-songwriter has been rising as a powerful new voice in alt-pop. As his Bandcamp bio makes clear; “Shamir is Shamir and remains Shamir
From contemporary acid techno to a remastering of a forgotten 90’s techno gem, we roundup our favourite releases of the week. In no particular order: LSDXOXO – SMD The new single from Berlin-based breakout LSDXOXO is another techno scorcher that combines their Philly techstep and queer club influences with
Pop-punk and emo culture are experiencing a resurgence. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this new wave seems to come off the back of the current wave of Y2k nostalgia. Legacy acts like Avril Lavigne and Travis Barker are making lauded comebacks, while contemporary pop artists like Willow and current it-girl Olivia Rodrigo have
UK pop star Charli XCX has released a music video for her latest single, Beg For You with Rina Sawayama. The single, which is the third to be released off her forthcoming album Crash, interpolates September’s early 2000s hit Cry For You. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, XCX said of the
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From scuzzy bubblegum pop to drum’n’bass from a techno superstar, we roundup our favourite releases of the week. In no particular order: Caroline Polachek – Billions On her new single, alt-pop star Caroline Polachek delivers a rapturous, sensual, and romantic slow-burner that’s more witchcraft than love song. Recalling Pagan
From Flume going pop, to Loraine James testing the climate of ambient, and to Kavinsky making a comeback with a power ballad… these are our must hear selections of the week. In no particular order: Jana Rush – Lonely (ft. DJ Paypal) Last year, Jana Rush released the excellent
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The moment that Japanese-American singer Hikaru Utada (aka Utada) crossed over from moderate success in her home country to full blown J-pop sensation came at around the same time she decided to start producing her music herself. In taking this creative control, Utada crafted a new direction for her sound
