Single: Wonderfun – Hometown Song
A glorious, knowing pop rock amalgamation, Hometown Song is a formidable musical force to be reckoned with.
Kinda Grizzly
Single: Lisa Cerbone – Pretend Like You Belong
An immediately striking piece of work from the Baltimore-based singer/songwriter, this is emotive, evocative and vivid.
Single: Skinny Dippers – Please Be Kind, Rewind
The spirits of classic and modern rock powerhouses live on in Skinny Dippers’ new indie folk/rock song, with charm in abundance.
Start-Track at the Show: Murkage Dave + Kamran Khan + Nadeem Din-Gabisi at Village Underground
Kinda Grizzly covers Murkage Dave at London’s Village Underground, featuring Kamran Khan, Nadeem Din-Gabisi, and other friends.
Single: LunAtlas – Vegur Fram á Við
The new single from the Geneva-based quintet LunAtlas is mesmeric, majestic and quite special.
Album: Justin Sconza – Fantasy
Short and sweet, well-rounded and perfectly formed: Chicago songsmith Justin Sconza’s classic songwriting will put a smile on your face.
Single: Asara – Cute
The debut single from Parisian multi-instrumentalist: Supremely rewarding sparkly, twinkly indie-pop with folky influences.
Single: Quentin – HELLO DENIAL
A superlative musical hybrid, “HELLO DENIAL” is a refreshingly fluid piece of work: A fierce, iconic, instant anthem for generations to come.
EP: Farmar – Can I Be Your Friend?
The new EP from Austrian award-winning songwriter and composer takes risks and never ceases to surprise and captivate.
Single: Tennis Courts – Vanessa Carlton
Brooklyn-based Tennis Courts hit the motherlode on this driving, emotive and evocative rocker.
Single: Soda Grove – Last Penny
Anthemic, widescreen, energetic, heartfelt and musically ambitious, Last Penny expertly ticks a lot of boxes.
Single: Somewhere – Kehai
The solo project of Japanese singer-songwriter Saku, this folk piece is infinitely endearing, endlessly charming, and as honest as it gets.
Single: Das Bisschen Totschlag – time
A brave, creative, cinematic fusion of components resulting in something that feels comfortingly familiar but also remarkably fresh and fiercely individualistic.
Album: parallel – frail
The new album from parallel is hazy, distinctive, melancholic and a resounding success.
Single: Feverishh – Empty World
Slow, thick and very, very loud, the new tune from Feverishh is not here to fuck around. Dedicate four and a half minutes of your time and there will be no doubt.
Interview: Murkage Dave
An urban wordsmith and singular musical visionary, his music is an amalgamation of many different styles and influences combined in a way that is uniquely, explicitly his.
Single: Alice Mary – Spiral
Bred during lockdown, Spiral is a tense, bewitching, introspective analysis of loneliness and anxiety and what can happen when we’re alone for too long.
Single: Lozenge – For Lack Of Trying
Essentially a song about not being inspired to do anything and feeling like shit because of it, this shoegaze trio comes across more nuanced than many.
Single: Runway Lights – Start A Flood
An absolutely snarling alt-rock beast of a song, which also serves as a touching tribute with striking lyrical content and a very important message.
Single: dréa szn – The Picnic Song
A musical behemoth as well as an emotional one, dréa szn’s emotive new single is sincere, heartfelt and huge.