Discovering the new music underground around the globe
Hip-Hop/Review JAKEWITHSPACES! - DOPEFUMEMIDI
Emerging from the hazy digital underground, known for bending expectations and pushing the boundaries of beat making, JAKEWITHSPACES! has crafted a sonic realm that feels like surfing through a corrupted hard drive in the middle of a lucid dream. From a parallel internet—where dusty samples, glitched-out MIDI textures, sci-fi aesthetics, and off-centered grooves collide in chaotic harmony.
Pop/Review Adai Song - The Bloom Project
Adai Song (also known as her EDM persona ADÀI) is an internationally acclaimed singer, producer, songwriter, and DJ based between New York City and Beijing. A Berklee alum and former faculty member at Berklee NYC, she is also a Recording Academy voting member and a New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)-funded artist. Her work explores the future of C-pop by blending Chinese and Pan-Asian musical roots with bold electronic production and feminist storytelling.
Pop/Review No Band Left - Wonderland
No Band Left is the songwriting project of composer Dexter Britain. Known for his cinematic and orchestral classical-crossover work, Dexter has spent more than a decade creating music that tells stories without words. With No Band Left, he turns back to where his journey began. The project blends electronic and cinematic pop, balancing expansive production with an emphasis on melody and lyric. At its heart are themes of escape, belonging, and the search for something beyond the everyday.
Electronic/Review sugarstealer - 2552
Songwriter/producer from Lancaster, UK. sugarstealer’s “2552” is a bold statement record—one that seems to straddle the line between immersive listening and club-minded machinery. On one hand, it rewards deep, repeated listens; on the other, many of its sonic decisions clearly consider how tracks might live in a DJ’s crate.
Pop/Review Lusaint - Apothecary (Pt. 1)
With over 200 million streams globally, Manchester-based singer-songwriter Lusaint is one of the most exciting newcomers to hit the UK with her melodic blend of soul, jazz, blues, and pop influences mixed with her distinctive tone and captivating melodies. Notion Magazine quoted Lusaint as an "overnight success." Lusaint began releasing original music in early 2023 and already has garnered support from the likes of BBC Radio 1, BBC Introducing Manchester, and publications such as Rolling Stone Magazine, Wonderland, Notion, and Knuckle Mag.
Classical/Review Karen Salicath Jamali - Mary's Blessing
Karen Salicath Jamali has been a multi-award-winning composer, pianist, and producer since 2015 and a professional American artist, painter, sculptor, and photographer for the last 30 years. Born in Denmark and living and working in NYC & Florida, she is a voting member of the Recording Academy.
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Folk/Review Eve Goodman & SERA - Natur
Eve Goodman and SERA began working together after they were selected as BBC Horizons Artists in 2019. Both were folk singer-songwriters with rising solo careers, and both had grown up in Caernarfon. Being part of Horizons brought them together, and after just one writing session, they found common ground in their connection to and curiosity around nature.
Jazz/Review Siwane - Ya Saki
Siwane is the synthesis between the talented vocalist Mounia Siwane and some of the most exceptional jazz musicians from Lyon, France. The project is a passionate voyage through time. The compositions, written by guitarist Stani Jardel, are influenced by popular melodies from the Al-Andalus era, the historical, Muslim-ruled area that comprised most of the Iberian peninsula between between 711 and 1492. This is very special music, which mixes the antiquity of the original melodic material with modern, jazz-based language.
House/Review Neurolapse - No Crown No Kingdom
Neurolapse - No Crown No Kingdom
Metal/Review Hedmark - Deer Cross The River
Hedmark is a one-man post-black metal band from Norway.
Pop/Review Shervin Boloorian - My Free Heart
Shervin Boloorian is a world-class singer and songwriter based in his current home of Bali, where he is also a sound therapy trainer, natural sound artist, and author. His multilayered identity is as diverse and unique as his musical talents. His deeply touching, silky vibrato singing style, even if he were to serenade you about the harshest subjects, extends a feeling that all can still be well in this world.
Rock/Review Transgalactica - The Great Escape: Famine
Transgalactica is a father-and-son progressive rock and metal band from Kraków, Poland, one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
Rock/Review Scott Walker - This Is What Love Can Feel Like
Scott Walker, hailing from Wichita Falls, United States, is a talented singer-songwriter who has poured his heart and soul into his latest original single, "This Is What Love Can Feel Like." The track, written, recorded, and produced by Scott himself at his home studio in Wichita Falls, Texas, showcases his musical prowess and deep emotional connection to his artistry.
Folk/Review Gideon Unna - What Is Love (feat. Kaley Halperin)
Gideon Unna is an Israeli musician, songwriter, and singer, known for his unique style that blends Israeli music, Jewish spirituality, and traditional melodies. He began his musical journey as an independent artist, gaining popularity with his personal songs that convey messages of love, spirituality, and human connection.
Folk/Review Benjamin Quartz - Pyromane
Benjamin Quartz - Pyromane
Hip-Hop/Review Exzenya - V.I.P.
Exzenya is a globally based, genre-defying artist blending pop, R&B, rock, jazz, Latin, soul, techno, indie, and more. Her sound is as fluid as her passport—bold, emotional, and unpredictable. From lush harmonies to raw vulnerability, every song is handcrafted with intent, range, and story. Her songs introduce a voice that’s unapologetically human—no autotune, no AI, no shortcuts. Every lyric is written by Exzenya. Every vocal is sung live in paid sessions with her vocal coach.
Pop/Review Brendan Pegg - Hard to Find
Brendan Pegg is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He studied music in Boston, Massachusetts, where he played guitar in numerous bands.