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🎧 Approved: lullahush public
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🎧 Approved: lullahush

Ivor Novello Rising nominee and Athens-based Dublin artist lullahush blends folk and electronica into a striking vision of modern Irish identity. His latest single, ‘Maggie na bhFlaitheas’, twists a Celtic reel into a beautifully unclassifiable hybrid…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: Ryder public
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🎧 Approved: Ryder

From viral sensation to Skepta collaborator, Ryder brings a fresh perspective to production - one that thrives on reinvention and unpredictability. His new single ‘WTF’ with BXKS pulses with the bass-heavy bounce of Brazilian funk, built for movement and mayhem…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: Mappe Of public
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🎧 Approved: Mappe Of

Mappe Of operates at the fringes of folk, threading organic instrumentation through intricate, electronic textures. His latest single, ‘Happiness In The Singularity’, pushes that fusion further, layering glitchy synths over wistful melodies in a meditation on digital permanence…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: Witch Post public
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🎧 Approved: Witch Post

Witch Post is Alaska Reid and Dylan Fraser, two artists from different Livingstons - one in Montana, the other in Scotland. Their new single ‘Dreaming’ blends moody indie with warped pop. Named after carvings once used to ward off spirits, Witch Post instead invites something in…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: Salami Rose Joe Louis public
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🎧 Approved: Salami Rose Joe Louis

A genre traveler at heart, Lindsay Olsen - aka Salami Rose Joe Louis - blends jazz, soul and synth-driven electronica into something uniquely her own. Floating atop gently revolving Polybrute arpeggios, her latest single ‘Inside’ is sombre yet luminous…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: Raveena public
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🎧 Approved: Raveena

Born to Indian immigrant parents and raised in Queens, Raveena was shaped by Bollywood ballads, jazz standards and 70s soul. Her latest single, ‘Sun Don’t Leave Me’, inspired by the LA wildfires, reflects the grief of watching something beautiful fade - whether nature, love or a moment in time.…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: Leatherette public
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🎧 Approved: Leatherette

Italian post-punk band Leatherette bring a guttural, King Krule-esque vibe, blending the restlessness of post-punk with the charm of new wave. Their new single ‘Itchy’ is a feverish and fuzzy breakup song.…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: Neil Francis public
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🎧 Approved: Neil Francis

Chicago-bred singer, songwriter and pianist Neal Francis channels the swagger of 70s icons. His latest single, ‘Need You Again’, is pulsing with the loose-limbed energy of late-70s proto-house, unspooling in sinewy riffs and rubbery funk grooves…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: Sophia Kennedy public
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🎧 Approved: Sophia Kennedy

Baltimore-born but now splitting her time between Hamburg and Berlin, Sophia Kennedy thrives in the space between mischief and melody. Her latest single ‘Rodeo’ is pure mischief - a ride of looping piano, shimmering synth bass and eerie, luminous choirs, jolted by a sudden, Kate Bush-esque scream…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: Attawalpa public
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🎧 Approved: Attawalpa

Attawalpa, aka British-Peruvian artist Luis Felber, crafts esoteric, textural indie ballads steeped in self-exploration. His new single, ‘Always The Girls’, is an ode to feminine energy, blending psychedelia with grand, sweeping strings that add catharsis, steering it beyond ‘soft boy’ territory.…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: SASAMI public
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🎧 Approved: SASAMI

SASAMI, a classically trained musician known for blending genres, pushes boundaries with her new single, ‘In Love With A Memory’. A haunting duet with Clairo, their vocals are a delicate interplay that feels suspended between the living and the spectral…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: Nature TV public
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🎧 Approved: Nature TV

Brighton’s Nature TV are easy breezy, blending soulful indie-pop with 70s-soaked rhythms. Their latest single manages to capture a sense of warmth while still exploring the melancholy of wanting more.…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
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