independent

We’re seriously impressed with this sublime offering from Naima Adams. It’s a slice of dub-fused percussive soul from the Rome...

self-release

South east London-based singer-songwriter and musician Adam Kelly spent his childhood listening to his parents’ Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye...

Riverman Records

It’s not often we are blown away by a song for its sheer audacity but with ‘A+’, the lead track...

Voice of Vega/Absolute

He’s already well known as the guitarist of Stereophonics for the past 15 years and the lead vocalist/guitarist in Casino,...

Eagle Sima

We do love a summer anthem here at RotD, and we think this slinky collab by Dublin hip-hop/Afrobeats crossover artists...

Universal Music/Virgin Records

The final artist we recommend you check out at the Great Escape Festival is Danish pop star, Jada. Raised in...

Robbins Entertainment

Stockholm-based producer Lucas Estrada hooks up here with LA-based Billboard charting artist AJ Salvatore for this blissfully chilled re-imagining of...

Self-released via Republic of Music

Kicking off our first RotD of the New Year is Nigerian singer-songwriter Aadae with this gorgeous blast of off-kilter Afropop....

Range Records

With a sunny Easter Weekend fast approaching us, what better way to kickstart the break than with this feel-good banger...

Time Records

Electronic superstar producer Spada ends the year with this tremendous dance crossover single Oxygen. Released only last Friday, Spada’s produced...

BackTrack Music

When LA-based songwriter Adam Friedman performed What If on US TV's The Bachelor, Shazam went nuts with almost twice as many tags as...

Virgin / Mercury Music Group (Universal Music France)

We pretty much could’ve featured any track from the remarkable EP by 24-year old French musician Adam Naas, but we’ve...

Relentless Records/ Cinematic Music Group/ Pro Era

Premiered worldwide last night as Zane Lowe’s Hottest Record, this cool collaboration sees teenage Brooklyn rapper Joey Bada$$ hook up...

Relentless/Cinematic

Azealia Banks, Angel Haze, A$AP Rocky. You barely need venture beyond the letter A for proof of New York's undisputed crown as...

Young and Lost Club

Australian wunderkinds Snakadaktal may be fresh out of high school but they are already making massive waves in Oz and...

available to license/Despotz

Headshake brings us chorus after chorus in its own wonky pop styling, appealing to both those that lean towards the...

unsigned/Insomnia

This soulful pop song is the second release from ex LIPA student Juan Zelada. It was at LIPA that none...

Cooking Vinyl

Leonard Cohen’s shoes can’t be the easiest to fill, but in What Other Guy his son Adam Cohen sets to carve his...

Cooking Vinyl

Groove Armada will release their sixth studio album Black Light next month. Paper Romance is the single deservedly picking up...

Breakbeat Kaos

Collaborating again for the first time since their 2001 single Smash Sumthin' was a hit in the UK, Adam F...

City Slang

Taken from Nada Surf's forthcoming fifth album, Lucky, I Like What You Say sums up what we like about the...

Data

Dada is the brainchild of producer Matt Schwartz (The Drill, Deepest Blue). The vocals come from Sandy Rivera and the...

unsigned

Ada features 24-year-old Norwegian/ American Monica Birkenes, an acclaimed singer/songwriter who is based in London. We were sent this track by...

As a follow-up to the huge club and radio hit It Just Won't Do, Mundaya deserved an awful lot more...

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