Reetoxa revisits the long aftermath of deployment on ‘Timor Leste’
Reetoxa’s ‘Timor Leste’ is a restrained reflection on an experience that has remained vivid for Jason McKee long after the event itself. The song draws on his 2006 deployment to East Timor aboard HMAS Manoora, revisiting memories of conflict, uncertainty and the psychological impact that continued after returning home. But ratherContinue Reading
MALIK. pushes Pakistani club music into new territory on ‘IRIDESCENCE’
MALIK.’s IRIDESCENCE is a club record with a wider argument running through it. Across six tracks, the Lahore-based producer moves between bass music, dubstep, UK garage, drum & bass, jungle and hardgroove, but the EP is far more focused on testing how those forms can be reframed through a contemporary Pakistani perspective.Continue Reading
Disco Proof keeps things direct on the club-focused ‘Left Right’
‘Left Right’ finds Disco Proof simplifying the brief. Where previous releases have explored more atmospheric and emotionally textured areas of electronic music, this new single is built much more clearly for the club. Its central idea is deliberately uncomplicated: if you can tell left from right, you already understand theContinue Reading
DownTown Mystic finds a fresh groove on ‘Maybe Love’s A Crime’
DownTown Mystic has always drawn strength from the fundamentals of American rock’n’roll, but ‘Maybe Love’s A Crime’ shows how much life can still be found inside those traditions when the right musicians get hold of them. Robert Allen’s latest single takes a noticeable turn from the material surrounding 2026’s Mystic HighwayContinue Reading
Occurrence revisit their first decade on retrospective EP ‘Anniversary’
Anniversary records are often exercises in preservation, but here, Occurrence take the opposite route. For Anniversary, the New York trio of Ken Urban, Cat Hollyer and Johnny Hager return to five songs from their earliest releases and deliberately pull them apart. Vocals are rerecorded, synth parts are replaced or expanded, arrangementsContinue Reading
The Elusives finally step out of the shadows on ‘Run Away Into the Night’
For a band that has spent years operating quietly at the edges, The Elusives arrive at their official debut single with a sense of long-delayed momentum. ‘Run Away Into the Night’ introduces the Irish trio’s current form, pairing the longstanding creative partnership of Paul Gilligan and Joe Brady with vocalistContinue Reading
Meaney and the Misfits let time catch up on ‘Walk You to the Altar’
‘Walk You to the Altar’ takes one of childhood’s simplest phrases and gives it an unexpectedly heavy emotional life. Built around the recurring refrain “Ready or Not”, Meaney and the Misfits use the language of hide-and-seek as a thread through fatherhood, memory and the speed at which life moves. WhatContinue Reading
Tallulah Rendall transforms vulnerability into a place of return on ‘Only Human’
Tallulah Rendall’s new album ‘Only Human’ is built around the unusually open admission that healing is rarely graceful, linear or complete. Across its twelve songs, she moves through shame, panic, grief, self-worth and belonging, drawing directly from experiences that include a toxic relationship and the death of her father. The album isContinue Reading
Drew Thomas questions the cost of ambition on ‘American Dreams’
On his latest cut ‘American Dreams’, the third single from Drew Thomas’ forthcoming EP looks at fame, money, beauty and success through a deliberately sceptical lens, asking what happens when the pursuit of an idealised life begins to demand too much in return. The song’s imagery is immediately direct: billboards,Continue Reading
FUET! tear down the performance on ‘It’s All A Show’
On their new single ‘It’s All A Show’, Madrid five-piece FUET! channel frustration, exhaustion and self-erasure into a track about the pressure to become whatever version of yourself a particular room seems to demand. The song forms the first half of a two-part story completed by June release ‘Roll WithContinue Reading