This Pride Month, we’re feeling especially proud. That’s why we’re speaking with rising LGBTQIA+ artists all month about their music, influences, and what ‘pride’ means to them. Today, it’s emerging pop talent Shobsy. A singer/songwriter from Dublin, Shobsy’s music combines anthemic stadium pop nostalgia with contemporary soundscapes. From the moment
5 minutes with / Alt-Pop / Electropop / exclusive interview / Interview / LGBTQIA+ / Pop / Pride
It’s possible that Michael Alden Hadreas, better known as Perfume Genius, may well be one of the most underrated voices in baroque and art-pop. It’s also possible that this is exactly the way he intended it to be. Since first breaking onto the scene in 2010 with soft, confessional piano
Alt-Pop / ambient / artpop / baroque pop / dub / experimental / Neo-Classical
Canadian ‘futurepop’ outfit Purity Ring arrived at a sort of turning point for electropop. It was 2010, eurodance had infected mainstream pop and the EDM boom was reaching its peak. Moreso, the rise of the internet as a space for sharing and discovering music had generated a storm of microgenres,
Alt-Pop / dreampop / Electropop / syntpop / trap / witch house
Welcome to the second half of 2022. Congrats, we made it! Going into the end of the second quarter of the year, there’s a ton of amazing new music to look forward to. This week, we roundup our favourite new releases from VTSS going pop to Vladislav Delay’s latest industrial
Alt-Pop / ambient / experimental / French-touch / House / Industrial / NOISE / Techno
In Amber, the upcoming new album from Hercules & Love Affair, seems to be breaking new ground for the iconic dance act led by Andy Butler. Lead single Grace showcased Butler’s voice like never before, while Poisonous Storytelling saw Butler reunite with frequent collaborator and best friend ANOHNI on what
M.I.A is a born again Christian. In a recent interview with Zane Lowe discussing her freshly announced upcoming album, MATA, the Sri Lankan-English alt-rapper spoke about how a vision of Jesus Christ changed the trajectory of her current creative journey. “It’s very, creatively, it’s a very crazy thing because it
“I don’t wanna go to school, I just want wanna break the rules,” proclaimed Charli XCX in 2014. This was no frivolous remark. If only we’d understood just how serious she was, perhaps her path as a pop star wouldn’t be regarded as the oddity it is today. Truthfully, XCX
From cosmic minimal techno to spectral ambience from Thom Yorke, we roundup our favourite releases of the week. Listen below. Follow our Roundup Selections playlist on Spotify to stay updated on what we have on repeat. Thom Yorke – 5.17 Radiohead’s Thom Yorke has always explored more wrought
Alt-Pop / ambient / experimental / minimal techno / Nu-Disco / Synthpop / Techno
Nia Archives is one of those recent GenZ phenomenons to arise from the TikTok algorithm, together with artists like Cookiee Kawaai and PinkPantheress, to whom Archives is often compared. These comparisons are not totally unfounded. What these young artists have in common is how their practice is pushing classic dance
Alt-Pop / Breakbeats / Jungle / R&B / UKG
The future as prophesied by works of science fiction has never felt more likely to transpire. In the past year alone, we’ve come closer to the sort of tech-dystopias as foretold by H.G Wells than ever before. There’s Zuckerburg’s unveiling of the Metaverse, a chilling new reality that once seemed
