self release

Rising singer-songwriter Juno James continues her rapid ascent with 'Cowboy', a poignant fusion of contemporary pop and country soul. Written...

self release

There’s something undeniably intoxicating about 'Own Me', the latest single from Reading-born singer-songwriter Cameron Hayes. Blending emotional vulnerability with a...

independent

Born and raised in Hong Kong, London-based Amelie Jat marks a new musical chapter with this sparkling dose of pop...

Arabian Knights Records/EMPIRE

Half-Saudi, half-Ecuadorian rising pop star Mishaal Tamer is next up among our artists to watch at the Great Escape festival...

Arabian Knights Records/EMPIRE

Our first Ones To Watch 2024 of the New Year is rising Saudi Arabian artist Mishaal Tamer. His musical journey...

Bianca James Records

With a timeless and classic sound wrapped in a modern pop sensibility and cinematic flair, Toronto’s Bianca James produces glamorous...

Permanent Creeps Records

Harnessing the emotive power of club and dance alongside industrial post-rock are Bristol-based six-piece DAMEFRISØR (pronounced dame-eh-frizz-yuor). Having built a small...

Monty People

Camel Power Club is the solo project of multi-instrumentalist and producer Léonard Bremond. With echoes of LCD Soundsystem, Real Estate and...

AWAL

Our last Ones To Watch 2022 for this week is the rising R&B star Tamera. The Gravesend-born artist first came...

Jawdropper Music via Ingrooves

Released last Friday, Sober is the first official track from West Yorkshire artist Lenny James. The first thing that strikes you...

63 Steps Records (via Ditto)

This melodic burst of jangle-pop optimism is from Manchester-born singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist James Holt. We last featured him exactly a...

slowplay/Caroline

Dreamer Boy is the alias of songwriter Zachary Arthur Taylor, who’s currently residing in Nashville. As a kid he grew...

63 Steps Records (via Ditto)

We’re keen supporters of the psyche pop sounds of Manchester-born singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist James Holt, having featured tracks Whispers and Alone...

Aneko Music/The Orchard

There is something inherently beautiful about the hazy sounds and whispered tones of singer-songwriter James Billet’s debut offering Faith Over...

Bad Future

Just before the festive season truly kicked in last month South African multi-instrumentalist James Deacon dropped this impressive alternative pop...

Bad Future

Back in April, rising 22 year old South African multi-instrumentalist James Deacon caught our attention with his gritty debut Not...

Operator Records

James Gillespie is a London-born, Scottish raised singer-songwriter who over the past two years has clocked up an impressive 46m combined...

Bad Future

Now here is an inspiring track to start your day from 22-year-old South African newcomer James Deacon. Growing up in...

Self-released distributed via AWAL

Back in June we featured the beautiful ethereal ballad, Whispers, from Manchester-born singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist James Holt. The track was produced...

Self-released via AWAL

Whispers by Manchester-born singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist James Holt has to be one of the most beautiful tracks we've heard all...

King Dick Records

It’s very early days for 21-year-old Southend-on-Sea newcomer Taylor James Eary, but this first release from him certainly marks him...

unsigned

Hailing from Liverpool, The Blame are a four-piece band who formed 18 months ago and are already showing enormous potential...

Believe Recordings

We’ve been keen supporters of James Vincent McMorrow since 2010, when he’d just released his excellent debut album Early In the...

Frenchkiss Records

The opening track from Use Your Time Wisely, the debut album from US trio Strange Names, is a sparkling slab of...

Universal Republic/ VirginEMI

If ever there were an artist who's shaping up to have a spectacular 2015, it's 23 year-old singer-songwriter James Bay. Currently...

Believe Recordings

After we featured the track Cavalier almost a year ago from his second album Post Tropical, James Vincent McMorrow saw his...

Virgin EMI

Brooklyn boys American Authors have already had this ridiculously-infectious track synced on major ad campaigns for Hyundai in the US and Centre...

Believe Recordings

James Vincent McMorrow's debut album, 2011's folk-anthemic Early In The Morning, managed to pull off the neat trick of combining platinum-selling...

Hidden Records

Like an apology extracted from a recalcitrant four year-old, the titular Sorry of this track by LA three piece The Moth...

Columbia Records

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

unsigned

There's no shortage of singer-songwriter talent around at the moment, but 23 year-old Daniel James from London via Northern Ireland...

RCA

We first featured Tyneside's then-unsigned Lulu James back in November 2011, when bloggers were rightly falling over themselves to heap...

Decca/Universal

Jay James Picton may have only discovered his talent for singing five years ago, but now he can count greats...

unsigned

After graduating summa cum laude from Berkeley after just two years of studying, Jhameel released his first self-titled album at...

unsigned

Displaying Lulu James's beautiful vocal control and natural sense of melody, Be Safe is a standout track from her forthcoming...

unsigned

Rope Mirage is a great introduction to an artist at the beginning of her career, but sets her standards high...

Believe/Sound Training

James Vincent McMorrow provides a stirring vocal in this powerful Steve Winwood cover. Higher Love has picked up top spot on...

unsigned

The Americans was formed by the London-born, Paris-raised Charlie Klarsfeld who now lives in New York with rest of this...

Believe Digital

James Vincent McMorrow's self-titled debut EP comes out next week via Believe Digital in the UK and the influential Vagrant...

Island

I Blame Coco’s debut album The Constant comes out next month, preceded by encouraging news from around Europe. A performance...

Island

Self Machine is a great choice of first single proper for Coco Sumner aka I Blame Coco to make the...

Lock Stock and Barrel

We thought this Shirley Bassey's cover of the Linda Perry-penned Pink hit should have been in the race for Christmas...

Elefant

Glasgow band Camera Obscura are currently enjoying long-deserved success with their third album Let's Get Out Of This Country selling...

All City/ Dat Sound

Shameless is a London-based Irish MC and was hailed by the NME as the pioneer of the grindie movement after...

Unsigned/Phrased Differently

Iain James is a singer songwriter whose soulful well-produced pop marks a refreshing and energetic change from the bout of...

(Unsigned)

Based in South London, Stuart James says he "combines the rhythms and lyrical flows of east coast MCs and west...

Parlophone

Jamelia's third album has many highlights but this is the standout moment. Beware of the Dog is a killer pop song....

Apollo

Route 33 comprises of Kevin J Ryan & Glenn Scott, the people behind the reputable production company RiotAct. Alex James...

Polydor

We recently caught 21 year old James Morrison playing support for Martha Wainwright and he blew us away. He’s a...

Mach-1/Smoove

Nookie was all over the Notting Hill carnival, of course. More surprisingly, it was at Reading and Leeds festivals, where...

Smoove

We first wrote about Nookie four months ago after a tip off from Urban Is King on our message board...

>4 / OneTwo

We've been championing Nate James since last May and really helped speed up awareness. Set The Tone is now on...

Anti Inc

After years of highs and lows, The Frames deservedly joined the A list in their home country of Ireland with...

unsigned

Introducing Nate James: future star, exceptional singer, and real songwriting talent who's itching to push the boundaries like a British...

unsigned

We got sent an mp3 of this with an accompanying email that simply said "Record of the Day... or throw...

Gut

No soundclip. Issac is an Australian who's teamed up with vocalist Sally Hollingdale to produce this seductive pop dance tune....

Doghouse / Dreamworks

No soundclip today - Thankfully not an American Idol spinoff project or one of those hideous American swing bands but...