Syd rediscovers her voice as a solo artist on third album, Beard

Syd has returned with her first new album in four years, Beard. Marking the follow-up to the The Internet front woman’s 2022 album Broken Hearts Club, her third album features contributions from Raphael Saadiq, Big Sean, Rodney Jerkins, James Fauntleroy, Van Hunt, Blu June, and Jordan Ward, and finds the R&B star revealing her most authentic solo project…

Nia Archives drops breakbeat driven breakup album, Emotional Junglist

British producer, singer-songwriter, and DJ Nia Archives has shared her sophomore album, Emotional Junglist, the follow-up to her acclaimed, Mercury Prize nominated 2024 debut album Silence Is Loud. Over 15 tracks with guest appearances from Jorja Smith and Sampha, Emotional Junglist blends Archives’ signature skittering jungle drum patterns with reverberating pop-punk guitar textures, pulling sonic elements…

Aotearoa rapper NOÉ recruits Vallé for slick new collab ‘POP OFF’, from forthcoming EP EGO TRIP 

Following his first two releases of the year, ‘NO LIE’ and ‘DANGEROUS’, Te Whanganui-a-tara based Aotearoa rapper, producer, and singer-songwriter NOÉ (pronounced “noi”) has announced his forthcoming EP, EGO TRIP. Due for release on August 21st, today he’s shared the project’s latest single, ‘POP OFF’ featuring Vallé.  Off the back of the introspective approaches of…

Tkay Maidza joins forces with Jenevieve for dreamy new duet, ‘Romanticize’

Zimbabwe-born, Australia raised artist Tkay Maidza has shared a new single, ‘Romanticize’ ft. Jenevieve, the latest offering from a forthcoming new album due for release later this year following the rapper/singer-songwriter’s acclaimed 2023 sophomore album, Sweet Justice. Pivoting from the high-charged club-rap energy of her last two singles ‘Must Be’ and ‘Pressed’, on ‘Romanticize’ Tkay expands her…

Romi Wrights shares final single from forthcoming album, ‘Storm Has Passed’

On Thursday, July 30th, Pōneke-based soul musician Romi Wrights will release her long-awaited debut album, ANDY, via Aotearoa’s Mānuka Recordings. Titled after and dedicated to the loving memory of the artist’s late best friend Andrea Orani, best known in Aotearoa’s music community as DJ and community organiser Andyheartthrob, today Wrights has shared ‘Storm Has Passed’,…

Eartheater explores motherhood on transformative new album, Heavenly Body: If I’m the Bottle You’re the Message 

Eartheater, the project of avant-garde electronic-pop musician Alexandra Drewchin, has unveiled her seventh album, Heavenly Body: If I’m the Bottle You’re the Message, via her own label Chemical X.  The 11 track album chronicles the transformative period of the artist’s pregnancy with her firstborn daughter, resulting in a project that’s deeply personal as much as…