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🎧 Approved in 2024
Listen to every track we've featured in CMU's 'Approved' slot in 2024 – and see our top tracks from this year's selection.…
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⏩ Releases & Tours: Dec 2024 (Week 50)
Each week CMU rounds up standout releases and tour announcements from the last seven days. This week: Big piig, Röyksopp, Shygirl, Saint Etienne + more, while tour announcements include Mustafa, Turnover and others…
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🎧 Approved: Monobloc
Monobloc excels at delivering music that feels warm and wistful, almost nostalgic, a merging of pop sensibilities, with a distinctly metropolis post-punk attitude. Their latest single, ‘Take Me’, serves as both the final release of their breakthrough year and a defining statement for the band…
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🎧 Approved: KILIMANJARO
London-based Zambian-Scottish DJ and producer KILIMANJARO thrives at the intersection of weight and bounce. Anchored by his signature Afro-centric percussive energy, his latest single, ‘The Seeker’, overflows with dark, atmospheric synth patterns…
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⏩ Releases & Tours: Dec 2024 (Week 49)
Each week CMU rounds up standout releases and tour announcements from the last seven days. This week: DITZ, Blawan, Sam Fender, Sky Ferreira, Skepta + more, while tour announcements include Luke Sital-Singh, Greentea Peng, The Black Keys and others…
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🎧 Approved: jasmine.4.t
Manchester-based singer-songwriter and trans woman jasmine.4.t brings a fresh perspective to indie-folk, with a sound full of glowing, quiet intensity. Her new single layers delicate lyrics over soft strums and swelling strings, creating a genuinely lovely folk song…
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🎧 Approved: MOULD
Bristol’s MOULD have a sound that masterfully shifts between reckless urgency and unpredictable tension. Their latest single, ‘CHUNKS’, starts with a math-rock riff before exploding into a post-punk anthem, chaotic yet controlled, capturing a frenetic exploration of disillusionment…
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⏩ Releases & Tours: Dec 2024 (Week 48)
Each week CMU rounds up standout releases and tour announcements from the last seven days. This week: James Blake, Brian Nasty, Sally C, Eliza Rose + more, while tour announcements include My Bloody Valentine, 808 State + more…
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🎧 Approved: Cosmic Crooner
Cosmic Crooner evokes a bygone sophistication while sidestepping nostalgia, carving out his own space in the lounge-pop lineage. His latest single channels the golden age of bossa nova, weaving layered percussion, the playful rhythm of the cuica, and influences reminiscent of Jorge Ben Jor…
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🎧 Approved: Ethel
Paris-based songstress Ethel blends intimacy and ethereality in her unique take on alt-pop, crafting ambient, moody soundscapes perfect for late-night introspection. Her latest single, ‘Availability’, adds a funkier edge to her repertoire, while exploring the ache of connection just out of reach…
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⏩ Releases & Tours: Nov 2024 (Week 47)
Each week CMU rounds up standout releases and tour announcements from the last seven days This week: Kendrick Lamar, Nils Frahm, Paula Tape, Cosmic Crooner + more, while tour announcements include Jamiroquai, cleopatrick, The Pogues + more…
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🎧 Approved: L-Vis 1990
After six years away from the alias, L-Vis 1990 is back with new energy - and a renewed mission to champion the culture that shaped him. His new single ‘Good Vibes’, with Newham’s MC Eklipse, serves up heavy bass, low-end pressure and that grimey edge that cuts through…