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Los Bitchos Craft Deranged Tropical Rock on Alex Kapranos-Produced Debut

Their debut album - fittingly called Let the Festivities...

Liz Ohanesian

Lauren Dejey Evokes Major Goddess Energy on Debut EP Kali Ma

Some people find Kali Ma to be enormously fearsome and dangerous to mess with, while others find her empowering. South London-based Lauren Dejey loves the labyrinthine perspectives and possibilities yielded by a goddess so mired in myth and magic, and draws on some big goddess energy on her debut...

Cat Woods

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Billie Marten Turns a New Leaf on Flora Fauna

Not yet 22, the British singer-songwriter spent her mid-to-late teens releasing...

Lindsey Rhoades

PREMIEREZelha Captures the Awkwardness of Rejection in "Empty Calls" Video

Getting rejected isn't fun for anyone. Being the rejecter, though, isn't exactly pleasant either. Most of us have been in that awkward situation where someone liked us and we didn't like them back. On her latest single "Empty Calls," London-based pop artist Zelha reflects on the difficult process...

Annie White

Anna B Savage Premieres "Corncrakes" Ahead of Candid Debut LP

This species was a convenient symbol for a relationship she had at the time, which...

Annie White

PREMIERECiara Vizzard Powers Through Bad Luck in "Victory"

A lot of us are going through a rough time right now, to put it mildly, and UK-based pop artist Ciara Vizzard can relate. Several years ago, she lost two family members over the course of a week, and a few months later, someone set her car on fire. "I felt so attacked," she remembers. Needing a...

Annie White

GRAMN. Snaps Performative Allies Out of Complacency on "Mini Milk" and Delivers Potent Debut EP

Listening to MEDIUMN, the debut EP by UK trio GRAMN., it's hard to imagine a time when 27 year-old vocalist Evan Williams, who goes by Aux, didn't think of herself as a singer. After auditioning for the British Academy of New Music on a whim, she began working with soul duo Equals as an "honorary...

Eleanor Forrest

London Producer Raphaella Conquers Heartbreak on Latest EP Real

London-based musician Raphaella is what you might describe as a triple threat. Working in the music industry as a producer, writer and singer, the 29-year-old has collated an impressive back catalog of work, which includes collaborations with Rudimental, and most recently, Little Mix. On her latest...

Eleanor Forrest

PREMIERERuby Hive Practice Seeing from Unusual Perspectives with "The Bird Song"

"Every day's the same when you're locked up in a cage/There's nothing here to do and my wings just feel like glue," sings London-based indie pop band Ruby Hive in their second single "The Bird Song." Surprisingly, the song was written long before the coronavirus quarantine and was meant "to...

Annie White

INTERVIEWViking Witch Isabella Steinsdotter Shares Empowering Single "Hidden Child"

However, she recently debuted her first single, "Hidden Child," a song about reclaiming your body in the aftermath of a sexual assault. The music and its accompanying...

Annie White

ONLY NOISEWaterloo

Waterloo always sounded like an exotic place to me, an English garden oasis dotted with fountains and plum trees and those little stone statues of naked angel-babies. The name suggested a swan pond, croquet matches, and crustless triangle sandwiches served at 3 p.m. for tea. Little did I know that...

Madison Bloom

TRACK PREMIEREThe Hamiltons "Take the Hit"

An instant pop classic with an old-fashioned twinge, The Hamiltons' latest single "Take the Hit" is a timeless piece that'll have you swooning. It's a unique genre-mashing track in that it'll transport you from smack dab in the 60s to the mid-90s over the course of a few lulling notes and jazzy...

Nicole Ortiz