Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 19 July 2024. Beachwood Sparks pioneered the indie-country genre, pushing Americana into experimental territories with their fusion of twangy country vibes and psychedelic sounds. Their unique niche in the indie music landscape is marked by ethereal melodies and introspective…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 12 July 2024. Composer Helen Leach, known for her enchanting compositions that evoke rich landscapes and deep emotions, releases her album titled Diary of the Bee. This new collection features a series of rich, tonally traditional compositions. With all…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 5 July 2024. Featuring the triple j playlisted and Rolling Stone praised “Sunday Drive”, Eves Karydas steadies to embark on a new trail, burning all the tapes and moving on. Written across Stockholm and Meanjin / Brisbane, recorded in…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 28 June 2024. The Felice Brothers first emerged from the Hudson Valley nearly two decades ago with a gloriously ramshackle sound that drew on everything from Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan to Walt Whitman and Flannery O’Connor. In just…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 21 June 2024. Lake Street Dive have pushed the possibilities of pop music as a unifying force, not only through their eclectic sound—a boldly original cross-pollination of soul, folk, jazz, classic pop, and more—the five-piece’s all-embracing ethos has also…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 14 June 2024. John Grant began thinking about a new album in the autumn of 2022. Earlier that year, John had been introduced to Ivor Guest, producer and composer at Grace Jones’ Southbank show, the finale of her Meltdown…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 7 June 2024. There has never been a figure in pop culture like Peggy Gou. The self-managed South Korean-born, Berlin-based producer and artist has ascended from underground sensation to global icon by sticking to her own unwavering vision, becoming…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 31 May 2024. “The night,” Arooj Aftab confesses, “is my biggest source of inspiration.” By trial or intuition, the GRAMMY® winning artist has come to understand that these still moments of cover uniquely enable healing, desire, shelter, love –…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 24 May 2024. With a credo adapted from science fiction author Octavia E. Butler, an album title from a collection of metaphysical poetry, and an expansion in consciousness brought on by personal crisis, guitarist and songwriter Shana Cleveland learns…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 17 May 2024. Over the last six years, Zayn has been writing his fourth studio album at his home studio. Room Under the Stairs marks his most personal release to date, reflecting where he is in his life while…
