5dB Records

Released last week, 'Shine' is the latest single from Madeleine Rose Witney. Dreamy on the surface yet laced with unease,...

Club Carousel via Believe

Released yesterday, ‘BREAK’ is the new single from London-based artist Jack Mercer, aka VC Pines. We last featured him over...

Sign From The Universe

Last summer, we introduced you to Nashville-based 18-year-old Sadie Fine and her decidedly buoyant and big pop offering ‘Meat’. Since...

self release

Brisbane-based indie-rock band Dopamine delivers a gorgeous blend of synth-driven indie with nostalgic doses of late ’80s and early ’90s...

Sign From The Universe

Opening with a catchy piano motif before launching into a big band pop sound, ‘Meat’ is the bombastic new offering...

Robbins Entertainment

For those of you looking for something to kick start your Monday morning off or a return to a heady...

Believe

We first featured the woozy, electronic neo-soul sounds of London-based artist Jack Mercer, aka VC Pines, in February 2021 and...

AWAL Recordings

Premiered by Clara Amfo last night on Radio 1 as her ‘Hottest Record’, Push It Down is the exquisitely brilliant...

Harbour Artist & Music/AWAL Recordings

23 year old American singer-songwriter Lizzy McAlpine has been wooing fans and listeners alike with her beautiful song, ceilings. Taken...

Believe

It’s been nearly two years since we featured London-based artist Jack Mercer, aka VC Pines, and his silky smooth dose...

70Hz

Next up on our Ones To Watch 2023 is West Yorkshire-born, London-based artist Emmeline. With a poet/playwright father and a...

Akira Records

Starting our new week of Ones To Watch 2023 is emerging singer-songwriter Jasmine Jethwa. The south-east London artist first came...

self release

detached is the cheeky and sultry new offering from 22 year old Brixton-born, Oxford-raised alt R&B artist Jazmine Flowers. The...

unsigned

We quickly fell in love with the vocal of London-based artist Celine Love when this beautiful track popped into our...

Warner Music Poland/Global Records

Next up on our Ones To Watch 2022 is Romanian singer, composer and songwriter Minelli. Having released her debut solo...

Vinesto Music

Let us introduce you to pop newcomer 17 year old London-based artist Vinesto. Originally from Ukraine, Vinesto moved to England...

Self released

If you like your pop with a bit of a rock edge, you're in luck, as this accomplished record from...

Theory Records

London-based artist Jack Mercer, aka VC Pines, injects a silky smooth dose of neo-soul in this, his latest release. Having attracted...

Warner Music Canada

Zimbabwe-born Canadian hip-hop artist Charmaine certainly knows how to deliver some fierce bars in this confident debut offering. Flaunting her...

The Animal Farm

Luna Pines are a trio from Leeds who self-produce dreamy, chilled-out moments of alternative electronic pop that centre around mental...

The Animal Farm

It’s been a couple of years since we featured singer-songwriter Pete Gardiner here on RotD with his tracks Pretty Smiles, All...

Polydor / KIDinaKORNER

Released today (6 Sept) is this glorious tune from an artist we have been following for a while now. Named...

Microheart

We were immediately enchanted by this sombre yet uplifting ode to relationships from Norwegian singer, songwriter and producer SA Zeiner....

Sun St. East Records

Drenched in lashings of soulful harmonies, lush sweeping synth melodies and snappy percussion motifs is this gorgeous collaboration between three...

Parlophone

Irish artist Áine (pronounced awn-yah), hailing from the small county of Cavan in southern Ireland, was first spotted by Mark Cooper,...

300 Entertainment

Lockdown, is the latest single from LINES, a four-piece from Stockholm who formed after decamping to Berlin for a hedonistic...

unsigned

Get to know enthralling new indie/folk band Up Down Go Machine. Their bluesy acoustic guitar strumming catches fire with belting...

Virgin EMI

With another quality song to add to her impressive list of releases, Norma Jean Martine is an artist we’ve supported...

Vertigo / Virgin EMI

Norma Jean Martine first featured as an unsigned artist in our magazine's weekly Compass section in 2013. Originally from New...

NUA Entertainment

We’ve featured Pete Gardiner a couple of times, most recently in May with his first proper single All These Things,...

Virgin EMI

Norma Jean Martine is an Anglo-American London-based artist we’ve kept an eye on since she first impressed us three years...

NUA Entertainment

Pete Gardiner is a London-based artist that we featured last August with his quirky debut song Idols. Since then, he's...

Decca

For this historic day celebrating the 90th birthday of our longest-reigning monarch ever (and showing that we truly do embrace...

Decca Records

Back in August 2012, we first featured The Lumineers with a little song called Ho Hey. We’d spotted it blowing...

Dusty Desert, a division of Planet Punk Music

We reveal our Record of the Year tomorrow but before that, let’s revisit one that got away from last February...

Virgin EMI

We first wrote about Norma Jean Martine in the Compass section of our weekly magazine back in 2013. At the...

NUA Entertainment

Pete Gardiner hails from Newtownards in Northern Ireland and this witty song all about our 21st Century obsessions with the...

Dusty Desert, a division of Planet Punk Music

We love it when a band, artist or producer gets in touch with us directly and asks us what we...

Columbia Records

Some Ibiza anthems seem almost destined for greatness, while others sneak in from the left field. With its carnivalesque beats and...

The Aesthetic Recordings

Another injection of dream-pop serotonin from Manchester's Bipolar Sunshine, aka Adio Marchant, whose blog-bothering Rivers we featured back in May. Now...

Bipolar Sunshine

Top of your hitlist for The Great Escape should be Bipolar Sunshine, who plays the NME Stage at the Corn Exchange...

OWSLA

The M Machine takes EDM to the next level with this pulsating single. Full of unexpected twists and moments of...

RCA Victor/B-Unique

Kodaline are riding a wave of runaway press and radio support which will no doubt gain further momentum in the...

Neapolitan

From the groove-induced bassline to the brooding Prince inspired vocal delivery, Ill Fit is the sign of a band on...

B Unique/RCA Victor

Four-piece band of childhood friends Kodaline are taking a fresh stance on melancholy with their debut track, All I Want. The melody...

Decca

American rustic-folk trio The Lumineers have blown up in the States and are set to head over to the UK,...

unsigned

15-year-old musical wizard Theo Altieri wrote and produced Text Me Back around fellow Swindon artist Daine Angel's rap. Theo's song If...

unsigned

Dazed and Confused said 'the world is her oyster' and Nadine Shah is well on the road to fulfilling that...

Warner Bros

MTV Brand New for 2012 nominees Clement Marfo & The Frontline are causing, ahem, Mayhem with this great genre mix-'em-up...

Oxcart

Singer Billy McCarthy puts his heart on his sleeve in this beautiful song, which is as heart breaking as it...

Oxcart

We Are Augustines are finally getting recognition in the UK with the release of this fantastic track. The Brooklyn band...

Island/Universal

An unforgettable voice that could silence a room - that's how we'll remember Amy Winehouse, and that's why we're featuring...

Polydor

In Cocoon, South London duo Alpines offer an accomplished pop song, with dark electronic soundscapes supporting a compelling ghost like vocal delivery. A clear pop...

unsigned/Tri-Sounds

Popping up on Tri-Sounds, a boutique imprint run by Sweden's Cosmos, Marshall Chess and Eddie Piller, Jack In The Box...

unsigned

Running Around marks the return of Fanzine in triumphant fashion, with its heartwarming mix of Pixies-style lo-fi guitars and Weezer’s...

unsigned/Riverman

We first featured Evaline last year with the 'skillfully layered and accessible rock' of Beneath The Fire. It seems that...

Dew Process

We first featured Guineafowl from Sydney back in October last year, and we're glad to see they are getting a...

unsigned/Peartree

Hopscotch Machine Gun Madness is the (unwieldy but eye-grabbing) title of A Genuine Freakshow's second single from their debut album...

Peartree / PIAS

A Genuine Freakshow are a Reading-based seven-piece who Mark Ellen at The Word magazine described as 'thrilling... sheets of Pink...

unsigned

Evaline are a young Californian six piece who have supported bands as diverse as Deftones, 30 Seconds to Mars, Dir...

unsigned

Guineafowl from Sydney are another of our picks to catch this week at the One Movement For Music event in...

unsigned/ Ghost Arc

Forming in early 2009, Let's Buy Happiness from Newcastle came together when 21 year-old Sarah Hall was asked to front...

Ark

Manchester artist Josephine strikes out into a league of her own on her first EP release for Ark Recordings, from...

Kitsuné/Cooperative

It has been a great 2010 so far for Two Door Cinema Club. Following on from their BBC Sound of...

Island

Codeine Velvet Club, a project formed by Fratellis' Jon Lawler and Scottish singer Lou Hickey, released their self-titled debut album...

unsigned

Catherine A.D.'s Fleetwood Mac cover gives a restrained yet beautiful reworking to the already poignant original. It is taken from...

Columbia/J

Jazmine Sullivan's album Fearless is one of our favourite US debuts in the last year. Her powerful and convincing voice...

Atlantic

Second Chance is Shinedown's ninth consecutive top 5 hit at rock radio in the US. Their run of radio hits...

unsigned/Bonnier Amigo, Sweden

A gold-selling artist in Sweden, 25-year old Pauline (full name Pauline Kamusewu) is about to release her second album there....

unsigned

'A Warning' is a perfectly-judged epic rock track from Ciné, fronted by songwriter Paul Aiden. It's well-crafted, accessible numbers like...

(Loaded)

Formidable remixers Freemasons look like having their fifth straight Top 20 hit with this, their next single. A track...

Tallgrass/Charisma

We first featured the wonderful Mr Blue by Catherine Feeny back in October 2005 and it seems it's finally getting...

unsigned

Divine Brown won two Canadian Urban Music Awards for New Artist of the Year and Single of the Year, and...

Tallgrass/ Charisma

We first brought you Catherine Feeny's marvellous track Mr Blue when she was unsigned back in 2005. Key US synchs...

unsigned

Jeannine Glasgow's delicate soulful vocals run through this beautiful and very promising demo track. The West Londoner has been making...

unsigned/Anjunabeats

This remix of Cara Dillon's version of Black Is The Colour was been a popular club track since it first...

unsigned

Kine Nesheim is an 18-year-old pop singer from Norway. Her MySpace tells us that she writes her own songs, and...

Apollo

Borrowing brilliantly from Bizarre Inc.'s '90s rave classic Playing With Knifes, Montreal trio Big Bass are aiming at a broad...

Rounder/UCJ

Half the Perfect World, the follow-up to Madeleine Peyroux's million-selling breakthrough album Careless Love, affirms her talents as one of...

unsigned

This track can currently be heard as part of a TV, cinema and radio advertising campaign for Miller Genuine Draft...

Tallgrass

We featured Catherine's music after a great In The City gig last year. This is from her second album, Hurricane...

Shoeshine

Karine Polwart's solo debut Faultlines swept the board at the Radio 2 Folk Awards last year, winning her a best...

unsigned

We missed Catherine Feeny's In The City gig but we heard good things about it from people with ears, and...

Universal Island

Unsatisfied is a deeply satisfying piece of songwriting - the best Nine Black Alps track yet. We keep hearing it...

Doghouse/Must Destroy

We first heard Feable Weiner via the SXSW website over a year ago (the track was San Deem Us Ready...

Island

Nine Black Alps achieved a buzz and bidding war without sounding like anything else around, and without a 'The' at...

unsigned

Yes, we are suckers for this kind of track but isn't it lovely, as Stevie Wonder once almost sang?...

Doghouse/Must Destroy

We've just heard that Must Destroy have licensed Feable Weiner for UK release and we're very excited. First because San...

Doghouse (US)

Feable Weiner are a four piece from Tennessee signed to Doghouse, the indie that developed The All American Rejects before...

Adventure/Sanctuary

Christine McVie's new album sounds like something from another era but we mean that entirely as a compliment. It's just...

UCJ

Continuing our week of highlights from the label of the moment, Universal Classics & Jazz, comes a new signing...

EMI (Norway)

This was one of the biggest airplay hits of recent times in Norway and we think it has considerable international...

Rough Trade

Libertines singles just get better and better and this one epitomizes all that's great about them. Tracks that are concise,...