Category: NEW TUNES

  • REVIEW / SELF ESTEEM / A COMPLICATED WOMAN

    REVIEW / SELF ESTEEM / A COMPLICATED WOMAN

    When Rebecca Lucy Taylor burst out, upwards and in every direction, with the sensation that was ‘Prioritise Pleasure’, it was a refreshing tone of voice…

  • KLINGKLANG TECHNO FROM ANNIE-CLAUDE DESCHÊNES

    KLINGKLANG TECHNO FROM ANNIE-CLAUDE DESCHÊNES

    We’re ALWAYS up for music that klings and klangs, goes boink and rattles in an industrial way. There’s soul in those machines, y’know? And so,…

  • FRESH RAP FROM REDVEIL

    FRESH RAP FROM REDVEIL

    People only tend to mention backpack hip hop as a derogatory thing, but surely in 2025, we’re beyond that? The hip hop for the club,…

  • R&B BOP FROM YAYA BEY

    R&B BOP FROM YAYA BEY

    Yaya Bey is referred to as Neo Soul, which effectively seems to be a catch-all phrase for any R&B singer that has a vaguely retro…

  • FUZZY POP FROM SUBSONIC EYE

    FUZZY POP FROM SUBSONIC EYE

    Not quite grunge, not quite ’90s indie, not quite pop, Singapore’s Subsonic Eye have a new single out which scratches a number of itches, across…

  • MOURNING [A] BLKSTAR / FUTURE JAZZSOUL

    MOURNING [A] BLKSTAR / FUTURE JAZZSOUL

    Music collective Mourning [A] BLKstar have a new song out that’s a wonderful marriage of jazz and soul, but all forward-looking rather than relying wholly…

  • NOT BORING POST PUNK FROM LITRONIX

    NOT BORING POST PUNK FROM LITRONIX

    Our problem with a lot of modern period post-punk and New Wave music is that it is so boring and conservative. Not tuneful enough, nor…

  • GOOD MESSAGE FROM SPORTS TEAM

    GOOD MESSAGE FROM SPORTS TEAM

    We really like the message behind the new single from Sports Team. A lot of songs keep their messages coded, but ‘Sensible’ is not one…

  • DERADOORIAN GIVE COOL ESG CHUG

    DERADOORIAN GIVE COOL ESG CHUG

    Deradoorian are a new name to us, but we just heard ‘No No Yes Yes’ and we immediately started thinking about Dinosaur L, ESG, and all…

  • NEW JAZZ FROM MARY HALVORSON

    NEW JAZZ FROM MARY HALVORSON

    Jazz can be pretty impenetrable, what with it not getting much play on the radio and TV. However, the genre is in rude health and,…