First Listen: Stella Wembley – Loving The Alien + Remix
Stella Wembley has released her new single and remix for the classic David Bowie track 'Loving The Alien'. Stella has always had an original way about her. Not just musically but as a complete brand in the independent music scene. Forever conscious of what she does creatively, she gives an aura of confidence and risk within her music that is a rare thing nowadays. Going left when others would go right. And, for her, it works.
First Listen: La Femme – Y tu Te Vas + Tour Info
La Femme has today released their new single titled 'Y tu Te Vas', from their upcoming album 'Teatro Lucido', dropping November 4th.
First Listen: Ali Comerford – Cool Girl
Ali Comerford has today released her new single titled 'Cool Girl'. that frigid life lesson we all learn when we continue to cross the line between what's tight and what's right, Ali shows us with a brilliantly encapsulating song that fuses old school acoustic instrumentation with modern pop flair in a subtle yet memorable way.
First Listen: Selbor – Lava In The Sky
Selbor has today released his new single titled 'Lava In The Sky'. Welcoming in that "just entered the club" kind of way, the song seeps into your hips and demands a wiggle.
Part retro and...
First Listen: daddi ru – Dissociating
daddi ru has released their new single titled 'Dissociating'. daddi ru is a visual artist in the fact that they have that type of music that presents in colors. Beautifully crafted and meant for the heart through the ears, daddi ru present themselves as a feeling as much as sonic art.
First Listen: Mae Krell – tooth fairy
Mae Krell has today released her new single titled 'tooth fairy'. Mae shows an intricate and subtly detailed way about her music. Wise beyond her years and introverted with a penchant for poetic clarity,...
First Listen: GOOF – Undercover + Q&A
An interesting part of life is having feelings for someone else, but unsure how to properly communicate it. As much as we want to express it, fear of rejection and ridicule unfortunately comes to mind. However, this feeling is properly expressed in the latest track by Chicago’s GOOF.
First Listen: The A.M.s – Smoke
The A.M.s have today released their new single titled 'Smoke'. Beautifully intimate or intimidatingly beautiful. You take your pic. It's in there somewhere. But what we can all agree on is that The A.M.s quietly take the reigns and give you a portrait of originality with 'Smoke'.
First Listen: Believers – Endless Choice
Believers is the brainchild of both Wesley and Tyler Powell, a collab brother duo that have combined their love for 90s indie shoegaze with great success. With two albums under their belt already they...
First Listen: Alexis Castrogiovanni – Ex Girl
Alexis Castrogiovanni has today released her new track titled 'Ex Girl' from her upcoming EP 'Someday My Thoughts Will Be Like a Range of Mountains', dropping September 21st.
First Listen: Wonderkind – Heartbreak Dance/Hindsight’s 2020 + Q&A
If there’s one good thing about living through a cultural decline, it’s that humans seem to be significantly less concerned with adhering to strict structures. Louisville, KY artist Wonderkind is making the kind of music that defies any sort of categorization. On two new singles, “Heartbreak Dance” and “Hindsight’s 2020,” the artist pulls out all kind of card tricks to make songs that would feel at home in any of the past four decades.
First Listen: Yuni Wa – Digital Love
Yuni Wa has today premiered his new single titled 'Digital Love'. Yuni is an artist that explores those parts of the mind and music that few artists dare to tread. This is no more evident than in 'Digital Love'.
First Listen: Marbles – One Of A Kind
Marbles have today released their new single titled 'One Of A Kind'. A slight and subtle summer pop song, what we get under the surface is one of those tracks that is as welcoming as it is catchy.
First Listen: How’s About Charlie – Coming Back
Folk music has a long history of being a catalyst for cultural change. There’s something almost inherently human about the sound of the acoustic guitar; it’s familiar, warm, and poignant. And Providence, RI, band How’s About Charlie understands the simple power of acoustic instrumentation and powerful lyrics on their newest single “Coming Back.”
First Listen: MC Bravado – I’m Good (ft. Koncept & Not.Fay)
MC Bravado has released his new single titled 'I'm Good' with Koncept and Not.Fay. MC Bravado is one of those artists that speaks from the heart and shows his human side in his music. I'm good shows that he is indeed good. The feeling is fused in the music and reaches for those aspirations that we all deserve while not always knowing it.
First Listen: Dalton Deschain & the Traveling Show – Two Poltergeists
Dalton Deschain & the Traveling Show has released the new song titled 'Two Poltergeists'. Dalton is an artist that gives originality a new definition. One of those artists proudly centered in the underground because that gives him a better overall picture of the outside of the box.
First Listen: The Company Stores – Old Dog
The Company Stores have today premiered their new single titled 'Old Dog', from their upcoming album called 'The Family Album', out September 23rd.
First Listen: IOTA – Sometimes
IOTA has today released their new track titled 'Sometimes'. A love letter to a comrade now gone, we get an appreciation for life via a musical poem and love letter to those we have lost and will lose. Life is short. And, to be honest, this song came at the right time for me, personally. Feeling my own mortality through stupid choices I've made while my life has handed me a new existence. that may sound confusing, but we're all going through that very same thing. Just on different levels and through different circumstances.
First Listen: Caroline Romano – Chopstix
Caroline Romano has today released her new single titled 'Chopstix'. With a mild and intimate stroke of melodic genius, Caroline gives #indie a smile and a smirk with a background sense of snark with...
First Listen: Monolithe Noir – Askre
Monolithe Noir has today premiered their new single titled 'Askre', from their new album 'Rin', also releasing today. Given a stoic sound of dark reflection and introspection, 'Askre' is one of those songs that can put you ion a trance. Think mid-eighties The Cure or Sigur Rós with a heaping dose of originality.
First Listen: KiKi Holli – Play To Lose
KiKi Holli has today released her new single titled 'Play To Lose'. That slow climb to the top musically with a soulful voice leading the way, 'Play To Lose' is one of those songs...
First Listen: Natalie Duncan – Found Myself + Remix
Natalie Duncan has today premiered her new single titled 'Found Myself'. With a remix and instrumental, you get a gamut-spanning musical trinity of a song that signifies the transition of an artist and the progression of an art form.
First Listen: Leezy – Cocaine Kisses
Leezy has released her new single titled 'Cocaine Kisses'. Dark with deep introversion and retrospection, 'Cocaine Kisses' is a song from someone who lived it. The life is in the lyrics, and they are real. Beautifully crafted with music that sets the mood. I feel the song bursts through near death to find life waiting in the wings. Finding that secret place in all of us and telling us we need to embrace it to let it go.
First Listen: Kate Bond – We Just Want To Be Loved + Q&A
When first listening to Kate Bond, it’s easy to get stopped in your tracks. The Bradford born now Newcastle based soul songstress reignited her passion for music when moving to the North East for university, and since her first single ‘Beauty Sleep’ last year, has been played on BBC Radio 1 and Radio 6, with her debut also featuring on BBC Radio 1’s Best of 2021 Introducing show.
First Listen: mUmbo – Don’t Even Mind The Rain
mUmbo has released their new single titled 'Don't Even Mind The Rain'. Subtle with a hook yet powerful in that musical stance and layered instrumentation under an angelic vocal track, 'Don't Even Mind The Rain' is one of those songs that grow on you over time. The kind you miss when it's not there to quench your thirst. The kind you listen to parts of over and over again and wonder how everything was so nicely pieced together.