Some tracks ask for headphones. “Viva la Revolución” feels like it wants open windows, sunlight, and the volume turned up enough for the neighbours to hear...
Love songs are easy to write and hard to believe. Frankie 5Ø3 gets that, and “R0LL3RC0AST3R” lands because it sounds lived-in, not manufactured. Pulled from UN...
“Far Away” has that exact energy of saying yes before thinking too hard about it. It is loose, open, and a little bit fearless in the...
A certain type of track sounds even better after midnight. “Roll Up” from SH|333|N sits firmly in that space, where sound systems do half the storytelling,...
There is a magnetic pull in “Tangled In You” that hits immediately. Vydoo knows exactly how to make you feel tangled up in someone else’s world...
There’s something interesting about artists going back to where they started, not out of nostalgia, but to see what still holds up. On “Wrong Lane”, Lula...
There is a certain kind of debut record that sounds like a diary entry. Not in a sentimental sense, but in the way it captures a...
Every so often a record arrives that feels less like a performance and more like a conversation. Precipice, the new album from Manchester songwriter Helen Mac,...
Everyone has that running commentary in their head. The one that replays conversations, questions decisions and occasionally keeps you awake at 2am wondering if you replied...
Here is a strange but accurate way to think about AMBER’s debut single “St Tropez”. It is basically a romantic thriller. Not in the murder mystery...