Drawn to the confessional nature of songwriters such as Patti Smith, Elliott Smith, and Tracey Chapman, alt-rock upstart Sabrina Teitelbaum, aka Blondshell, has applied a similar approach with her vulnerable and often uncomfortable lyricism. Pulling at the threads from bands of grunge’s golden era – where pain and performance are inextricably tied – her angry, cathartic brand of guitar music hits like a bombshell…
Before she was 10 years old Dylan stood on her kitchen table, strumming a homemade pink plywood guitar, pretending she was headlining Wembley. Now having played the venue five times, including opening for Ed Sheeran, Dylan might soon have to aim even higher…
West London’s Finn Foxell is doing alt-rap in his own way. Blending whatever styles speak to him in the moment, and collaborating with whoever inspires him, Foxell brings a sense of fun to the genre – along with one of the most devoted fanbases around…
A glossy acoustic guitar picks at the heartstrings, vibes are in the air and three 20-something girlfriends are united in their independence. No, this isn’t 1999 but 2022 and, if FLO have anything to do with it, old school R&B is back for good. Having already garnered respect from the likes of Missy Elliot, Victoria Monét and SZA, the London trio look like they’re already well on their way to achieve their aim to “Go down in girl group history”…
Poised for superstardom at the age of just 17, London-based singer Joyce Cisse (aka flowerovlove) manages to juggle her budding careers as a musician and a model with her affinity for nature. Championing womanhood and self-love, the Gen Z star’s ambition and trajectory is much like that of a flower: beautiful and unstoppable. And that’s all while leading a double life. During the week, she’s still at school…
Gabriels’ divine brand of retro gospel soul has seen them frequently touted as one of the buzziest new acts of recent years. But ‘retro’ is a tag that doesn’t sit well with their singer Jacob Lusk who feels that the genre has become so antiquated that it’s in a state of rebirth. “It’s only retro because you don’t hear people using real instruments or really singing any more,” Lusk said in a recent interview. “It’s not retro. I’m talking about real life, happening-right-now kind of stuff.”…
For all their throwbacks to the heyday of 90s raving, Piri & Tommy are very much at the frontline of contemporary pop. The (IRL) couple met via sliding into DMs, sent each other voice memos and their first single ‘soft spot’ soon amassed streams well into the millions. All of this is to say nothing of their ubiquity on TikTok…
Sans Soucis works free from the constraints of genre, blending alt-R&B, effervescent electronics, a Joni Mitchell-esque emotional edge and robust contemporary pop. Wanting to spread an air of hopefulness with their music, she aims to tap into the joy so many of us lose between childhood into adulthood…
“Our sound? The Rolling Stones meets The Mamas & The Papas” replied Brighton-based friends and lifelong musicians Georgie Fuller and Will Turner when asked to describe what the music of their band, The Heavy Heavy, can be compared to. Most bands would be irked about having to name such comparisons, but The Heavy Heavy wear their influences on their sleeve. It’s precisely this which makes their era-bending brand of retro-rock so timeless…
Ivor Novello Rising Star Willow Kayne is one of the UK’s most vivid, genre-blurring pop provocateurs. The Bristolian started her musical career in her bedroom, putting her poetry to music from beats she’d sourced on YouTube. From there, the singer/producer began creating her own music from scratch using a torrented copy of Logic and a MIDI keyboard…