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Deadbeat Girl - These Walls

Deadbeat Girl is the moniker of New York-via-Florida singer, songwriter, and producer Val Olson. “These Walls” from Val’s debut EP What Will It Take conveys the feeling of being locked out in your community in a beautifully melancholic and moving way. Val explains: I grew up feeling like I

Codice Ego - Errors and Repairs

Getting up again after you fall is the key to being resilient. The Italian indie rock band Codice Ego addresses this principle in their new track “Errors & Repair,” inspired by band member Dario Pelizzari overcoming an illness. Fast beats and melodic guitars that contrast with singer Giulia Oddi’s

Kid Moxie & NINA

Kid Moxie & NINA - Crime

The synth-pop mavens Kid Moxie and NINA came together for a transatlantic collaboration and recorded the EP Lust. Their latest single, “Crime,” is a seductive track that plays like a movie in your head, which is exactly what the duo had in mind. NINA says: “ [‘Crime’ is] a mysterious yet

Hannah Rose Platt

Hannah Rose Platt - Feeding Time For Monsters [Video]

Deathbed Confessions is the name of the debut album by Bristol-based singer/songwriter Hannah Rose Platt, so you know it is not going to be the sunniest record. After the first single, “Dead Man on The G Train,” about a Brooklyn subway murder mystery, she goes several flights down into

Detalji - Keep Me Alive

The release of Truly, the debut album of Finish singer and producer Detalji is going to to be especially exciting, because the three singles released so far are laying out different styles highly danceable pop music. While the last two songs focused on raising the energy on the dancefloor, the

Uma - Muay Thai

Uma is a now Barcelona-based artist who draws inspiration from her free-spirited family. Her new song, “Muay Thai,” looks back at childhood memories of her parents. Unlike last year’s ethereal folk song “Granada,” her latest track ventures more into the synth-pop territory. “Muay Thai” is the title track on

Ayleen Valentine

Ayleen Valentine - epitaph [Video]

“When no one’s there, you can pretend they care,” sings LA-via-Miami singer and producer Ayleen Valentine in her new song epitaph. It is not a good state of mind she is in, but the very fact that she turned it into a tender and energetic pop song radiates hope.

Le Couleur - Sentiments Nouveaux

The Montreal trio Le Couleur is back with their first new song since the 2020 album Concorde. “Sentiments Nouveaux” is a bilingual, lush, synth-heavy track that wants to make you move. Or, as the band puts it: “With ‘Sentiments nouveaux,’ we are looking for a sensation, an exaltation, we want

Lara Jones - Fig

Lara Jones is a saxophonist by trade, but in the title track for her new EP Fig, she goes all out on high-energy electronics. The track is almost an instrumental, but Lara used recordings of her voice to make a point. She explains: “I wanted to be bolder with this

Gorgeous Dykes - When It Hurts

When you listen to In the Meantime, the new EP by LA singer/producer duo Gorgeous Dykes (Ana Ayon and Lucy Bayne), you will admire their fearless approach to music. The EP “is a soundtrack for women and working-class dreamers who know what they want and aren’t afraid to

Dance Lessons - Good Enough

The London trio Dance Lessons is up to something. Ann, Nat, and Tom make bright, blissful, and danceable music with an edge, serrated pop, as they call it. Their third single, the elegantly produced, upbeat “Good Enough,” celebrates love without strings attached. Singer Ann also produces Dance Lessons – still a

Savannah Conley

Savannah Conley - Don't Make Me Reach [Video]

“Don’t Make Me Reach” perfectly captures the emotions that flow at a particular moment in a relationship. “Makes me want to start some shit just for the hell of it,” sings Nashville singer/songwriter Savannah Conley because nothing else is working anymore. Does she still care? Wait for the

Excited About: Ibeyi back on Stage in the U.S.

Excited About: Ibeyi back on Stage in the U.S.

Ibeyi made a splash at SXSW 2015 on the heels of their self-titled debut album. The music of the French-Cuban twin duo was instantly mesmerizing yet difficult to put into a genre: Lisa-Kaindé Diaz plays the piano and sister Naomi traditional Cuban percussion, but they also threw in subtle electronics,

Nabihah Iqbal - This World Couldn't See Us

The London-based multi-faceted artist Nabihah Iqbal took a deviation for her second album Dreamer, now announced for April 28 via Ninja Tune. A burglary of her studio wiped out every progress she had made, and together with other personal circumstances, she had to rethink her approach to music. Nabihah recalls:

The Famous Daxx

The Famous Daxx - Surrender

The new song “Surrender” by London-via-Munich artist The Famous Daxx is an intriguing art pop piece about a surrealist cult threatening a community. For Daxx, the entire creation process is part of the artistic allure of music, and she seeks out female musicians for her recordings. “Surrender,” is on the

Ayisa - Hallucination

Ayisa - Hallucination

This looks too good. Is this even true? But LA pop singer Ayisa wants you to go for it because great things don’t have to be a “Hallucination.” The disco-tinged track is from her new 6-track EP Pink Diamond, out now. The song was a spontaneous inspiration, as Ayisa

Eaves Wilder - Are You Diagnosed? [Video]

This song is fun, you might think, but London-based singer/songwriter Eaves Wilder tackles a serious topic from her own perspective. While her new track “Are You Diagnosed?” is a sweet romp at first listen, it is about the broken system that is supposed to treat mental illness in Britain.

Lauren Lakis - Take My Hand [Video]

“Take My Hand” by Austin-based shoegazer Lauren Lakis is about “forgetting what you thought you knew, letting go, bravely opening your mind to something radically different.” The song hits you with a wall of sound, like the emotions of doubt and empowerment when you are about to leave your comfort

Lia - The One (Not)

“The One (Not)” is about the moment of clarity when a house of cards collapses, and you realize you should have listened to your friends all along: this relationship is going nowhere. Leah Hartnett, aka LIA, from Cork, Ireland, chose a classic pop music theme for her debut single, and

Ollella - Head In The Clouds

“Nobody seems to listen / volume’s too loud” is a contemporary truth in music and elsewhere. In her new track “Head In The Cloud,” Seattle-based musician Ellie Barber aka Ollella cuts through the noise with a remarkable production that is bound to keep your attention for the three minutes of