Gaspar Narby by Aldo Filiberto
The next instalment in the Gaspar Narby ‘Collab’ EP is ‘Fragments,’ featuring another incredibly talented vocalist hand selected by Gaspar – the talented singer, Taura.
Much like the title of the track, the fragmented piece of pop pie is full of splintered production techniques, delivered up with delicate vocal slivers courtesy of Taura.
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Sounds like: Sufjan Stevens, Summer Heart, Bonobo
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Attawalpa – Done Hanging On
Attawalpa by Holly Whittaker
Very much a leftfield psychedelic visual and auditorial journey, former Jamie T guitarist Attawalpa shares the timeless hand-painted visuals for ‘Done Hanging On’, by modern visionaries Alex Gamsu Jenkins and Joe Taylor.
Sounds like: Jude Shuma, Alfie Templeman, Muck Spreader, Leonard Cohen
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Caspian Pool – Special Way Reloaded
Caspian Pool by Quentin Deronzier
Strongly influenced by 90’s French touch and techno, two French characters from Annecy, namely Low Bird (vocals) and Jimmy Q (guitars, synthesizers, production) – aka Caspian Pool, blast their contagious electronic cold wave in ‘Special Way Reloaded’.
Sounds like: FFO: Nimmo, The Chemical Brothers, Hercules & Love Affair, Goldfrapp, Joe Goddard, Chvrches, Digitalism, Holy Ghost!, Boys Noize, Little Dragon, Cut Copy, Icona Pop
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Lucia & The Best Boys – Forever Forget
Lucia & The Best Boys by Oli Erskine
The dreamy ‘Forever Forget’ is taken from Lucia & The Best Boys‘ new EP, ‘The State of Things’, and is a generous nod to the 80’s queens, Pat Benatar and Stevie Nicks.
Sounds like: Pat Benatar, Yonaka, Calva Louise, Courtney Love, Stevie Nicks, Kate Bush, Miley Cyrus
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Emanuel – Black Woman
Emanuel by Eric Miles
Toronto R&B artist and songwriter Emanuel shares his new single ‘Black Woman’. Written a year ago, the message hasn’t changed – it’s a healing, celebratory ode to the resilience of Black women.
Sounds like: John Legend, Dylan Sinclair, Son Little, Michael Kiwanuka
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Sirens of Lesbos – PALA
Sirens Of Lesbos by Dominik Hodel
Swiss sibling collective Sirens of Lesbos gear up to release their album, with the release of new single, ‘Pala’. It’s turned-on pop for a new psychedelic age.
Sounds like: De Hofnar, MYNGA, Talking Heads, Outkast
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Julia Church – Don’t Really Care What We Call It
South-African songwriter-producer Julia Church shares catchy pop gem ‘Don’t Really Care What We Call It’, a song about navigating those awkward feelings in a new relationship.
Sounds like: London Grammar, Emma McGrath, Violet Days, Birdy, GRACEY, Harlequin Gold, Millie Turner, Louise Burns, Tom Odell, Monogem
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Lissy Taylor – High
British singer-songwriter Lissy Taylor shares her alluring single, ‘High’. Echoes of Lana Del Rey ooze from untamed Lissy, amongst the soft guitar riffs, driving rock percussions, and jangling tambourine.
Sounds like: Lana Del Rey
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Felix Räuber – Autsider
Felix Räuber by Madlen Krippendorf
German multi-instrumentalist turned producer, Felix Räuber‘s bold new video aims to turn the preconceptions surrounding autism on its head, as it tells the story of an autistic character, deemed to be an outsider.
Sounds like: Aquilo, Solomon Grey, Son Lux, Nils Frahm, Ulrich Schnauss
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Wonderful bedroom pop producer Gaspar Narby releases the dreamy ‘Sleepless’ featuring the ethereal vocals of LEES.
Another slice of downtempo electronica with melancholic pop tendencies and delicate melodies, Gaspar further explains,
“Sleepless, the EP’s first single, is the third song I write with LEES. She’s one of my closest friends and such a gifted writer; she just knows how to tell vivid stories through catchy melodies. This song is about the beautiful memories that haunt you, the ones you’d like to forget but never want to let go. It’s an uplifting sad song, basically!”
The ’Collab’ EP is out on 11 December via Radicalis.
Sounds like: Sufjan Stevens, Summer Heart, Bonobo
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Marble Empire – Hold Me Up
London-based multi-instrumentalist & producer Marble Empire (aka Matt Berry) shares his new single ‘Hold Me Up’.
Written about going back to his ex-girl despite disliking her, the song is pleasantly upbeat and warm in his delivery.
Sounds like: Ben Khan, Kaytranada, Mura Masa
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Phil Good – Everything’s Good
Everything is far from ok at the moment, but perhaps we need a bit of light relief ahead of the weekend.
Cue Phil Good and his overtly optimistic attitude to what’s going on at the moment. Remember, someone always has it worse than you, so appreciate what you have. You can watch the Joren Cull-animated visuals below.
Sounds like: Honne, Joseph Salvat, Miike Snow, Glass Animals, Joywave, Just Kiddin’, San Holo
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Artio – All Things End
Unique band Artio share new single ‘All Things End’, released on Monomyth Records.
Embracing newly learned production techniques and taking an almost more mature approach to songwriting, with a feisty prowess not seen too often in modern bands.
Sounds like: Skies
Phoebe Ryan – Reality
US based Phoebe Ryan shares her former ‘Reality’ with us, taken from a time when she was very dishonest with herself.
The visuals for the wistful and fantastical story is inspired by the psychedelic production of The Flaming Lips‘ 2006 album ‘At War With The Mystics’, a formative album for Ryan’s music career.
Sounds like: Grimes, ROZES, EXES
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Sea Girls – Do You Really Wanna Know?
Our favourte band in the UK right now, Sea Girls, share the visuals for ‘Do You Really Wanna Know?’.
Blurring the lines between reality and fansity, and touching on the topic of mental health, the video – directed by world class animator Francesca de Bassa – takes the band’s own self isolated photography and brings them to life as kaleidoscopic, animated collages.
Sounds like: Marsicans, The Maccabees, Bombay Bicycle Club, Swimming Tapes, Slow Riot, Two Door Cinema Club, Sundara Karma
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Gia Woods – Naive
Gia Woods is an emerging voice in the LGBTQ+ community, as well as in the pop sphere.
As a queer, Persian woman, born into a traditional Persian household in Los Angeles, Woods grew up a loner and used this time to make music. Her latest single, ‘Naive’ touches on the subject of discovering what you want out of an intimate relationship.
Sounds like: Zolita, WENS, Sizzy Rocket, L Devine
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Milq – Summer Again
Canadian self-proclaimed “boy band” Milq share their nostalgic tune, ‘Summer Again’.
With extremely strong echoes of LANY and joan., their new single is inspired by the romanticising of young love and past experiences.
Sounds like: LANY, joan.
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Kidnap – Start Again (Macious Remix)
Remix connaisseur Macious has turned himself to Kidnap‘s classic track, ‘Start Again’.
As one of his biggest musical inspirations, the opportunity to remix the nostalgic original came about during a time when Macious was going through some exhausting changes. It’s offered as a free download.
Sounds like: Lane 8, Rüfüs Du Sol, Ben Böhmer
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Sirens of Lesbos – How Many Miles
Sirens of Lesbos by James Bantone
Swiss jazz/soul collective Sirens of Lesbos shares ‘How Many Miles’.
Originally written about travelling the world with their future children, the song has since taken on an unexpected, larger meaning due to current travel restrictions. For those eager eared, it features some reworking of lyrics from The Fugees‘ ‘How Many Mics’.
Sounds like: De Hofnar, MYNGA
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Gaspar by Jurrga
Swiss-born, London-based Gaspar Narby offers a sweet taste of bedroom, lo-fi pop with his new single, ‘Sirens’.
Recorded on a 4-track cassette deck (which made the final cut), the track is inspired by a near miss car crash Gaspar had with his friend, who was driving at the time. In his dreams, the accident always happened, but luckily for us, this is just a dream.
Gaspar’s EP, ‘Transatlantic’, is out now via Radicalis. Listen below.
Sounds like: Sufjan Stevens, Summer Heart, Bonobo
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Joshua Worden – Easy to Say Feat. Casey Harper
Joshua Worden recently hit a deeply introspective period and his new selection of releases shows this.
With an educational background in Jazz Guitar and English Literature, his music is stripped back and takes a slower pace these days, dabbling in R&B, pop, trip-hop, and chillwave. Listen to ‘Easy To Say’ featuring Casey Harper.
Sounds like: Kllo, Kudu Blue, Rhye, Blood Orange, Moses Sumney, The Internet
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Logan Prescott – How We Wanted
Dallas-based Indie Pop artist Logan Prescott shares the uber dreamy pop single ‘How We Wanted’.
Tender guitars, dreamy synths and an all encompassing 80’s boyband vibe. Perfect for fans of LANY and joan.
Sounds lik: LANY, The 1975, COIN, joan
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Junípero – New Beginnings
The Mexican dream-pop scene is bubbling away like a reactive volcano.
Junípero is the project of Joán Melendrez and Janelle Saucedo, who enjoy experimenting with transcendent thunderous and melodic sounds. Listen to their debut single ‘New Beginnings’ below.
Sounds like: Beach House, Explosions In the Sky, Mogwai
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DiRTY RADiO x Jafunk – The Baddest
From dreampop to nu-disco tinged funk, DiRTY RADiO team up with Jafunk on ultra smooth new track, ‘The Baddest’.
Despite never meeting, the two worlds have somehow collided into a kaleidoscope of sounds. With summer written all over it, click play right now.
Sounds like: Pat Lok, Jean Tonique, Keljet, Gigamesh, Moon Boots, Tobtok, Moullinex, Pomo, Anderson Paak, Mac Miller
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Blu DeTiger – Figure It Out
Meet Blu DeTiger, touring bassist for Caroline Polachek, The Knocks, and Fletcher, and a credible artist in her own right.
Her art-pop single ‘Figure It Out’ is so bright and colourful that you need to put on those sunnies sharpsih.
Sounds like: Kitten, Sofi Tukker, The Knocks
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Far West – Can’t Let Go
Far West is, as you’ve guessed it, from the West Coast of the US, in California.
They have a unique take on bellowing indie/synthpop, reminiscent of the early ’00s. The new single ‘Can’t Let Go’ has big synth leads with a poppy vibe, and is written about trying to let go of something that isn’t good for you.
Sounds like: Passion Pit, Bombay Bicycle Club
Night Tales – Feel Nothing
Australian electronic duo Night Tales – aka amaliza (Australian-born Kamaliza Salamba, formerly of Olympic Ayres) and Third Floor (UK-born/Aussie-based Aaron Bannie) drop their 3rd single of 2020 titled ‘Feel Nothing.’
It’s a positively-led dance number with a tender touch, written about a relationship that is emotionally spent.
Sounds like: Duke Dumont, Just Kiddin, The Magician, The Aston Shuffle, Hayden James
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Makk Mikkael – fear
Montreal based artist Makk Mikkael (MacKenzie Michael) has been writing music from a young age. Since then, she has explored different cities in her home country of Canada, to finally settle in Montréal.
The heartbeat of her new single is a minimalistic down-tempo electro track with ethereal vocals and driving rhythm, which soon goes off-kilter as the ‘fear’ takes over.
Sounds like: BABii, Men I Trust
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Bronze Whale – Hold. Wait. Fall. Feat Poles
First Bronze Whale are walking, next they are stopping.
Stripped right back, the minimal electronic track features fellow label mate and longtime friend, Poles. It’s about being dragged back into a relationship even when you know it’s toxic. Needing to see it through regardless of what it takes from you.
Sounds like: James Blake, Chet Faker, Flume, Droeloe, Weeknd, OTR, CLN
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Nao Yoshioka – Up and Away feat. PHER
Rising Japanese star Nao Yoshioka is showcasing her modern R&B and soul.
Born in Japan, now living in the US, Nao has been perfecting her craft and working alongside legendary musicians in the scene to create an authentic & powerful new album ‘Undeniable’, out now. Listen to her slow and sensual single, ‘Up And Away’ featuring PHER.
Sounds like: Aaliyah, Solange, H.E.R, Marie Dahlstrom, Oscar Jerome, Ella Mai, Alicia Keys
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Madnap – Silhouettes Feat. Little Shadows
After relocating to Los Angeles in 2017, producer/songwriter/remixer Madnap – aka Kyle Fitzgibbons – shares ‘Silhouettes’ featuring Little Shadows.
The emo-tinged, trap-pop track is his favourite to date, and perfectly captures the Madnap sound in 2020.
Sounds like: yetep, Rome In Silver, Manila Killa, LIONE, juuku
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SamYell – Lose Yourself
California native Samyell has a creative superpower that he is meant to share with the world.
Produced by Osinachi Nwaneri (T.I., Ciara, Black Eyed Peas), ‘Lose Yourself’ will make you do just that.
An infectious nighttime, jazz infused R&B anthem, it urges you to “get lost through temptations of money drugs and false promises.”
Sounds like: The Weeknd, Babyface, Timbaland, Ginuwine, Pharrell
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Mona Vale – All This Time
Songwriter/producer and multi-instrumentalist Jamie Hoddle – aka Mona Vale – has created an altogether chilled track called ‘All This Time’.
Starting in the pop realms and soon developing into an indie form of ambient electronica, the song is about the early stages of a relationship, setting nostalgic emotions on fire.
Sounds like: XY&O, Nightly, Great Good Fine Ok, Maribou State
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Melyz – Bad Together
Swiss artist Melyz shares her provactive new single ‘Bad Together’.
with a hint of R&B club vibes, the song takes a darker approach than previous releases, as it considers how toxic and destructive a relationship can become when it gets too passionate.
Sounds like: Banks
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Elina Eriksson – Discover Her
Swedish LGBTQ songwriter/producer Elina Eriksson shares her debut single, ‘Discover Her’, after finding out that a girl she was living with during her time in London, was cheating on her.
Clean and simple in its cut, the nostalgic-pop song has a positive feel throughout, despite the song’s adverse lyrical content.
Sounds like: IDER, Kllo
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Arche – My Only
French indie pop quartet Arche shares the visuals for their first official release, ‘My Only’ – an atmospheric slice of weird, psychedlic dream-pop.
The video features the boys in mismatched outfits, amongst a vintage, nineties backdrop. Watch below.
Sounds like: Tame Impala, Tropic Harbour, Summer Heart, DIIV
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R.LUM.R – How This Feels
Introducing Nashville creative, R.LUM.R. His music is R&B, underscored by a hip-hop attitude, pop dalliances, and a progressive rock vision.
In ‘How This Feels’, R.LUM.R urges an honest interpretation of the song by its listener. It is taken from his forthcoming album, due this fall via Island Records.
Sounds like: The Weeknd, Blood Orange, LA Bouquet
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JVLY – me&her
Australian artist JVLY shares his smooth’n’mellow tune, ‘me&her’, which features some co-production from Swiss producer DRKTMS.
In the song, JVLY channels some serious dream-pop vibes (think Men I Trust) with buzzy analogue synths, that he neatly stumbled upon whilst trying out his brand-new analogue synthesizer.
Sounds like: Men I Trust, Kllo
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Noah Kenton – Walk Feat. Jahn Rome
L.A.-based artist Noah Kenton continues his musical journey with the crossover alt-R&B bop ‘Walk’.
Cutting his teeth as an indie-pop singer-songwriter, he traversed to a colourful, crossover sound after his interest in production allowed him much more creative freedom.
The track also features Maryland lyricist Jahn Rome, who brings a welcome, rhythmic energy to the track.
Sounds like:
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Tim Rose – Left on Read
DIY musician Tim Rose shares his video for ‘Left on Read’, the third release in a series of visuals culminating into a short film and showcases his obsession with smooth and soulful guitar licks.
The track considers dating through your smartphone and the pitfalls associated with getting to know someone through technology.
Sounds like: Parliament, Shawn Mendes
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Jordan Esker & The Hundred Percent
Meet Florida fourpiece, Jordan Esker & The Hundred Percent.
They’ve just released their EP, ‘My Own Misreable’, which is gospel/synth-rock meets organ-led emo/soul and a kind of heartbreak only fans of The National will understand.
Sounds like: The National, Sea Girls
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LKA – I’m Fallin’
Finnish artist LKA has teamed up with HANNAH on her new single, ‘I’m Fallin”. It’s a welcome retreat from the cold weather.
Written about a crush, the stripped-back song showcases LKA’s fruitful vocals, and swirling, tropical production.
Sounds like: MØ, Grimez, Paperwhite, Calypso
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Nat Reed – Flow
Boston-based Nat Reed is an exciting new R&B artist.
Her ethereal sensuality works magic with the minimal electronic production used in her music, which creates an otherworldly experience for the listener.
Listen to ‘Flow’ below.
Sounds like: Beyonce, Solange, Banks, Jorja Smith, FKA Twigs, Mabel
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SUMif – In With Me
San Francisco-based electro pop up-and-comer SUMif sets off 2018 alight with her new EP called ‘Pretty Cage’.
SUMif has already opened for indie and electro-pop darlings such as VÉRITÉ, Lauv, Ella Vos, Kučka, and Little Boots, and hopefully a headline slot will be hers very shortly.
‘In With Me’ is the lead single.
Sounds like: REMMI, CAPPA, Monogem, Evvy, Noosa, Sizzy Rocket
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namaka – Cellophane
We don’t hear very much Swiss indietronica, but namaka‘s new song ‘Cellophane’ proves we should be listening to more.
Their music is both feminine and masculine; production both analogical and digital, as the band tackle the conflict of man vs machine in the most delicate and rough ways possible.
Sounds like: Bat For Lashes, Daughter
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Western Scene – Strange But True
Do not be deceived, ‘Strange But True’ by Western Scene is not a Christmas song, despite the countless bells and chimes in the song. Instead, it is a call for decent music.
Formed by front man Tom Pritchard in Los Angeles, Western Scene is an indie rock band through and through, spending years self-producing music that has been written and recorded in bedrooms and studios across the coast.
‘Strange but True’ is out now via Grand Jury Music.
Sounds like: Band Of Horses, Midlake, Lake Jons
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Every now and then our posts border into the tech side of electronic music.
One such track that we are currently fans of is ‘Wired’ by Swiss producer, Pablo Nouvelle – the title track from his forthcoming album, which features the soulful vocal tones of Lulu James.
‘Wired’ immediately sucks you in upon first listen. It’s a moody journey that is led by a continual melody with elegant strings and club-enthralling production.
It is the title track from his forthcoming album, out
Sounds like: Henri, Flight Facilities, Ben Pearce, Jonas Rathsman, Tube & Berger
Ella On The Run
Sultry-pop sensation, Ella On The Run, returns with the brilliant video for ‘Walk Away’.
It has been directed by Rafe Gibbons (Will Joseph Cook), and features varying kaleidoscopic images and mirrored sequences of Ella On The Run, as she grapples with the temptation of a forbidden love.
Ella On The Run proves once again that a straightforward, but strong attitude, prevails.
Sounds like: Banks, Salt Ashes, FKA Twigs, Tove Styrke, Snow Patrol, Lucius, Tove Lo
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