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Continuing to impress us with her warm and heartfelt pop odes is the talented London-based singer-songwriter Valencia Grace. Released today...

Valencia Grace
Skin
Continuing to impress us with her warm and heartfelt pop odes is the talented London-based singer-songwriter Valencia Grace. Released today...
Our final Ones To Watch 2023 is rising artist and songwriter venbee. It’s been something of a breakout year for...

venbee
messy in heaven
Our final Ones To Watch 2023 is rising artist and songwriter venbee. It’s been something of a breakout year for...
Our last Ones To Watch 2023 for this week is the talented London-based singer-songwriter Valencia Grace. Inspired by the strong, powerful...

Valencia Grace
Final Dance
Our last Ones To Watch 2023 for this week is the talented London-based singer-songwriter Valencia Grace. Inspired by the strong, powerful...
We last featured fast-rising Irish singer-songwriter Robert Grace as an unsigned artist back in June 2020 with Fake Fine, a punkish slice...

Robert Grace
Break The Silence
We last featured fast-rising Irish singer-songwriter Robert Grace as an unsigned artist back in June 2020 with Fake Fine, a punkish slice...
Finishing our Ones To Watch 2021 for this year (but to be continued in Jan) is the talented Trinidad-born, Romford-raised...

BERWYN
VINYL
Finishing our Ones To Watch 2021 for this year (but to be continued in Jan) is the talented Trinidad-born, Romford-raised...
Today’s Ones To Watch 2021 is singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Josie Man. Having released her debut single Colours at the...

Josie Man
Grow
Today’s Ones To Watch 2021 is singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Josie Man. Having released her debut single Colours at the...
After being blown away by the sheer audacity and addictiveness of CHINCHILLA’s debut EP Awakening in April this year, the...

CHINCHILLA
The Lockdown Getdown
Columbia Records, Sony Music Germany
After being blown away by the sheer audacity and addictiveness of CHINCHILLA’s debut EP Awakening in April this year, the...
Finishing our Ones To Watch 2020 is breakout Swedish popstar AWA. The Stockholm-born, London-based artist first caught our attention when...

AWA
Like I Do
Finishing our Ones To Watch 2020 is breakout Swedish popstar AWA. The Stockholm-born, London-based artist first caught our attention when...
In late October, 23 year old Croydon raised artist Osh’s life changed. A clip of him freestyling over a remix...

Osh
My Yé Is Different
In late October, 23 year old Croydon raised artist Osh’s life changed. A clip of him freestyling over a remix...
It’s been a tremendous year for English-German singer-songwriter Alice Merton whose stunning debut track, No Roots has been a phenomenal...

Alice Merton
No Roots
It’s been a tremendous year for English-German singer-songwriter Alice Merton whose stunning debut track, No Roots has been a phenomenal...
Do you remember Daniele Luppi and Danger Mouse’s 2011 epic project Rome co-starring Norah Jones and Jack White? The Italian...

Daniele Luppi & Parquet Courts
Talisa feat. Karen O
Do you remember Daniele Luppi and Danger Mouse’s 2011 epic project Rome co-starring Norah Jones and Jack White? The Italian...
A contender for one of 2016's truly great songs, Rag’n’Bone Man is flying up the Official Singles Chart with this...

Rag'n'Bone Man
Human
Columbia Records / Best Laid Plans
A contender for one of 2016's truly great songs, Rag’n’Bone Man is flying up the Official Singles Chart with this...
A glance down the list of France's most Shazamed acts worldwide in 2016 reveals that 24-year old Jain sits in...

Jain
Makeba
A glance down the list of France's most Shazamed acts worldwide in 2016 reveals that 24-year old Jain sits in...
Bobby and Kara are K.I.D, a duo from the Toronto suburbs, who met in a local convenience store and bonded...

K.I.D.
Errors
Bobby and Kara are K.I.D, a duo from the Toronto suburbs, who met in a local convenience store and bonded...
We’ve kept close tabs on new British star BETSY for some time, especially after her debut EP Fair was a Top...

BETSY
Lost & Found
Warner Bros. [UK] / Columbia [US]
We’ve kept close tabs on new British star BETSY for some time, especially after her debut EP Fair was a Top...
Once in a while, a song comes along out of the blue and completely defies the usual expectations of how...

Ruth B
Lost Boy
Once in a while, a song comes along out of the blue and completely defies the usual expectations of how...
We’re big fans of Sydney-based trio RÜFÜS and are delighted that their profile is steadily building here in the UK....

RÜFÜS
Say A Prayer For Me
We’re big fans of Sydney-based trio RÜFÜS and are delighted that their profile is steadily building here in the UK....
We first featured RÜFÜS in spring 2014 with their brilliant track Sundream, taken from their debut album Atlas. As the...

RUFUS
Like An Animal
We first featured RÜFÜS in spring 2014 with their brilliant track Sundream, taken from their debut album Atlas. As the...
Set to play the Radio 1 Dance Stage this coming weekend at Reading & Leeds Festival, Australian trio RÜFÜS released their debut...

RÜFÜS
Sundream
Set to play the Radio 1 Dance Stage this coming weekend at Reading & Leeds Festival, Australian trio RÜFÜS released their debut...
As one third of the legendary Swedish House Mafia, Steve Angello helped define dance as a global musical force to...

Steve Angello
Wasted Love (ft. Dougy from The Temper Trap)
As one third of the legendary Swedish House Mafia, Steve Angello helped define dance as a global musical force to...
Electro-based polished pop of the highest order here with one of four great tracks on the EP Worlds Apart from New...

Betty Who
High Society
Electro-based polished pop of the highest order here with one of four great tracks on the EP Worlds Apart from New...
Every once in a while, a debut single comes to our attention from a totally unknown artist and simply floors...

Elin Bell
Over And Out
Columbia/Sony Music Entertainment AB
Every once in a while, a debut single comes to our attention from a totally unknown artist and simply floors...
Regarded by many hip tastemakers last year as one of 2013's great tracks, this exceptional song by Mapei now finally...

Mapei
Don't Wait
Columbia Records/Downtown Records
Regarded by many hip tastemakers last year as one of 2013's great tracks, this exceptional song by Mapei now finally...
Hailing from the Swedish capital Stockholm, sisters Klara and Joanna Sderberg are the duo better known as First Aid Kit....

First Aid Kit
My Silver Lining
Hailing from the Swedish capital Stockholm, sisters Klara and Joanna Sderberg are the duo better known as First Aid Kit....
Danger Mouse and James Mercer both have quite a pedigree already, of course, but describe Broken Bells as their main...

Broken Bells
Holding On For Life
Danger Mouse and James Mercer both have quite a pedigree already, of course, but describe Broken Bells as their main...
Inclusion in a bands-to-watch list is one thing, but making a 100 Cultural Things You Should Know list - and...

Say Lou Lou
Better In The Dark
Inclusion in a bands-to-watch list is one thing, but making a 100 Cultural Things You Should Know list - and...
Some Ibiza anthems seem almost destined for greatness, while others sneak in from the left field. With its carnivalesque beats and...

Ninetoes feat. James Newman
Silver & Gold (Finder)
Some Ibiza anthems seem almost destined for greatness, while others sneak in from the left field. With its carnivalesque beats and...
18 year-old Chlöe Howl burst out of the traps earlier this year with her free-to-download Rumour EP, a three-song set whose...

Chlöe Howl
No Strings
18 year-old Chlöe Howl burst out of the traps earlier this year with her free-to-download Rumour EP, a three-song set whose...
Featuring highly promising newcomer Bebe Black, Benga's Icon is the first single to be released from his forthcoming second album...

Benga ft. Bebe Black
Icon
Featuring highly promising newcomer Bebe Black, Benga's Icon is the first single to be released from his forthcoming second album...
Color The Trees is a superb dose of Scandi-pop, delivering an addictive vocal, with a tone reminiscent of the likes...

Firefox AK
Color The Trees
Four Music/Columbia/Razzia Records
Color The Trees is a superb dose of Scandi-pop, delivering an addictive vocal, with a tone reminiscent of the likes...
Formed in late 2008, Queens band Freelance Whales were a hit at CMJ late last year, followed by busy SXSW...

Freelance Whales
Hannah
Formed in late 2008, Queens band Freelance Whales were a hit at CMJ late last year, followed by busy SXSW...
The follow-up to 2007's Cease To Begin, Band Of Horses release their third studio album next month. Infinite Arms, their...

Band of Horses
Compliments
The follow-up to 2007's Cease To Begin, Band Of Horses release their third studio album next month. Infinite Arms, their...
Miike Snow are Swedish producers Bloodshy & Avant (who wrote and produced Toxic for Britney, and hits for Madonna, Kylie...

Miike Snow
Black & Blue
Miike Snow are Swedish producers Bloodshy & Avant (who wrote and produced Toxic for Britney, and hits for Madonna, Kylie...
Jazmine Sullivan's album Fearless is one of our favourite US debuts in the last year. Her powerful and convincing voice...

Jazmine Sullivan
Bust Your Windows
Jazmine Sullivan's album Fearless is one of our favourite US debuts in the last year. Her powerful and convincing voice...
The cute quirkiness of 'The Show' serves as a introduction to Lenka. Formerly a teen actress who trained with Cate...

Lenka
The Show
The cute quirkiness of 'The Show' serves as a introduction to Lenka. Formerly a teen actress who trained with Cate...
2008 Staff Picks: RotD of the Year: If the mark of a great single is to bear up to repeated...

MGMT
Time To Pretend
2008 Staff Picks: RotD of the Year: If the mark of a great single is to bear up to repeated...
With a Top 10 single and album in the US already, Sara Bareilles' big radio hit is off to a...

Sara Bareilles
Love Song
With a Top 10 single and album in the US already, Sara Bareilles' big radio hit is off to a...
MGMT is Andrew Vanwyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, a Brooklyn-based duo who signed to Columbia last year."This space-rock gem mocks the...

MGMT
Time To Pretend
MGMT is Andrew Vanwyngarden and Ben Goldwasser, a Brooklyn-based duo who signed to Columbia last year."This space-rock gem mocks the...
We first featured Candie Payne back in November last year with the wonderful I Wish I Could Have Loved You...

Candie Payne
One More Chance
We first featured Candie Payne back in November last year with the wonderful I Wish I Could Have Loved You...
The Pack are a five-piece from California who are already creating a strong buzz with radio stations across the US,...

The Pack
Vans
The Pack are a five-piece from California who are already creating a strong buzz with radio stations across the US,...
Bimbo Jones are producer duo Lee and JB (aka Dead Stereo & Element) with singer/songwriter Kathy Ellis, this is their...

Bimbo Jones
Harlem One Stop
Bimbo Jones are producer duo Lee and JB (aka Dead Stereo & Element) with singer/songwriter Kathy Ellis, this is their...
Matisyahu’s album, Youth, entered at no.4 in the Billboard 100, and entered the US iTunes chart at no.1 making him...

Matisyahu
King Without A Crown
Matisyahu’s album, Youth, entered at no.4 in the Billboard 100, and entered the US iTunes chart at no.1 making him...
Neil Diamond's first studio album in 4 years, 12 Songs was released in the US last year to commercial and...

Neil Diamond
Delirious Love
Neil Diamond's first studio album in 4 years, 12 Songs was released in the US last year to commercial and...
We featured this track recenly having championed the the band for the best part of two years. Dare You To...

Switchfoot
Dare You To Move
We featured this track recenly having championed the the band for the best part of two years. Dare You To...
We've been championing Switchfoot for the best part of two years now. Dare You To Move is the follow-up to...

Switchfoot
Dare You To Move
We've been championing Switchfoot for the best part of two years now. Dare You To Move is the follow-up to...
No soundclip. Wherein Nas affirms his status as one of the few A list rappers who consistently pushes the envelope...

Nas
Bridging The Gap
No soundclip. Wherein Nas affirms his status as one of the few A list rappers who consistently pushes the envelope...
Do get a copy of the Tom Baxter album if you haven't already - it's crammed with great melodies and...

Tom Baxter
My Declaration
Do get a copy of the Tom Baxter album if you haven't already - it's crammed with great melodies and...
A really exceptional rock track that we featured ages ago, shortly after Columbia had started working it to radio in...

Switchfoot
Meant To Live
A really exceptional rock track that we featured ages ago, shortly after Columbia had started working it to radio in...
A clear highlight of her album and the obvious follow-up to Stole which wasn't, but we're delighted to see it...

Kelly Rowland
Train On A Track
A clear highlight of her album and the obvious follow-up to Stole which wasn't, but we're delighted to see it...
No soundclip today - The devil doesn't have all the best tunes - Christian music has plenty of them too....

Switchfoot
Meant To Live
No soundclip today - The devil doesn't have all the best tunes - Christian music has plenty of them too....
Killer Mike is from Atlanta and was discovered by Big Boi from Outkast. His album recently debuted at #10 in...

Killer Mike
A.D.I.D.A.S.
Killer Mike is from Atlanta and was discovered by Big Boi from Outkast. His album recently debuted at #10 in...
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