deryk shares breathless new single, ‘One Star’

Rising Auckland songstress, deryk has shared new song and music video, ‘One Star’, following her July debut, ‘Call You Out’. The new single arrives alongside the announcement of the 24-year-old’s debut EP, WOMb, set for release on October 2nd. Haunting vocals send chills over ‘One Star’s tender piano chords and throbbing percussion, as deryk depicts…

Rico Nasty is a digital doll on new single, ‘iPhone’

After appearing on the remix of 100 gecs’ ‘money machine’ alongside Kero Kero Bonito and Charli XCX earlier this year, Rico Nasty has shared new single, ‘iPhone’, produced by Dylan Brady. Animated with Dylan Brady’s signature hyperkinetic, metallic production, Rico raps about contemporary cyber culture on ‘iPhone’, wired with a pitched manic pixie tone reminiscent…

Name UL returns with new EP, The Deep Don’t Sleep

Wellington-based MC Name UL has shared his new EP, The Deep Don’t Sleep. The new EP marks Name UL’s triumphant return to his New Zealand homeland, after uprooting his life to live in London and pursue his career internationally in 2017. The new EP represents UL’s observations from his travels, as he returns home to…

Listen to two new K.I.D.S. era Mac Miller songs

On the 10th anniversary of his breakout mixtape, K.I.D.S., Rostrum Records have shared two new Mac Miller songs on the deluxe digital version of K.I.D.S., after the original project was only released to streaming services earlier this year. The two nostalgic, laidback cuts, ‘Ayye’ and ‘Back in the Day’ were both recorded during Mac’s Kicking…

Craterface share speedy new single, ‘BIG WHEELIN’

Newcastle based alternative rap duo, Craterface have shared ‘BIG WHEELIN’, the first single to be taken from their forthcoming mixtape, BURN AFTER LISTENING. The producer/rapper duo, consisting of rapper baby bruh and producer/vocalist Taki Local soundtrack the cheap thrill of taking your first car for a spin on ‘BIG WHEELIN’. The animated instrumental is driven…

BENEE shares whimsical new single, ‘Snail’

Following last months Kenny Beats and Bakar collaboration, ‘Night Garden‘, Auckland’s BENEE has shared new single, ‘Snail’. Becoming well known for her songwritings vivid imagination after viral singles including ‘Glitter’ and ‘Supalonely’, on ‘Snail’ BENEE’s wit runs wild once again as she embodies her favourite crawly critter. Written over New Zealand’s lockdown period, the springy synth-pop…

Glass Animals: Making their Dreamland a Reality (Interview) 

When asking about Glass Animals’ new album Dreamland, frontman Dave Bayley gets nervous. It isn’t a reaction expect from the man who wrote the critically acclaimed albums Zaba, and How to Be a Human Being, and has seen the plaque of platinum with “Gooey”. But Dreamland isn’t the norm for the UK pop band. It’s…

Father shares new EP, Tha Thingz I Do 4 Money

Awful Records boss, Father has shared a new EP, Tha Thingz I Do 4 Money. Since his 2014 breakout EP, Young Hot Ebony, Father has been steadily building his own brand of Atlanta hip hop within his independent label and collective Awful Records; pairing Atlanta trap origins with a slumped n slurred delivery tied together…