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The boss and killers unite. Sounds like a plot for a new Mob film, but it aint!

Everything old is new again, but only if it “Feels Right”! With vintage synth stabs, and a rockin bass, Darius & Dune have created a laid back, danceable, head boppin tune that lifts experimental electronic music to a higher level. 

If you’re looking for the perfect song to accompany you on a road trip this summer, Last Train Home, may just be the one! 

As England’s Euro 2020 campaign rolls into the knock-out stages, Woody & Kleiny x The Hoosiers continue to soundtrack the celebrations with their anthemic ‘Route 66’. After hitting #1 on the iTunes,  Amazon and UK Download Chart, the single is given a fresh boost as the hitmaker and two-time MOBO Award winner Naughty Boy drops his ‘La La La’ remix. 

Two of the UK’s most distinctive talents, Toddla T and Lady Leshurr, have teamed up to release ‘2Gether Now’, a modern update on The Farm’s 1990 Top 5 classic ‘All Together Now’, which has been adopted as an iconic football song. The track is released as part of JD Sport’s #JDPassItOn campaign on TikTok, which has already achieved a staggering 2.1 billion views.

If you’re a fan of country music, you’ve probably noticed an abundance of “Drinking Songs”, or songs which make reference to drinking. 

With all the hallmarks of a Disco/Pop anthem, Jessie J is back with a vengeance with her freshly released single, I Want Love. 

London-based newcomer Freddie Long has quickly built a grassroots following, amassing a million streams each for his first two EPs ‘These Darker Days’ and ‘Blessed Or Cursed’ and then another million alone for his most recent single ‘The Nowhere Times’. Complemented by mounting critical acclaim plus shows for The Great Escape and BBC Introducing, Freddie Long today releases his brand new single ‘In Your Arms’. It’s released via his own Banana Split Records label, with distribution from Sony.

Wherever AHI goes, people fall under his spell - an essential trait for an artist who has travelled everywhere from the creative hotspots of Nashville, Toronto and London to the desolation of the Ethiopian highlands. The seasoned soul of his voice brings his authentic, storytelling songs to life, each of which catalogues the spectrum of experiences that he’s lived through. His talents have been rewarded with a coveted Tiny Desk / NPR session, 14 million streams of his track ‘Ol’ Sweet Day’, and a Juno Award nomination.

It is not only tempting to compare Mammoth WFV's debut album to Van Halen's work; it is almost impossible not to. Much as you are going to want to listen to this with an open mind, from the opening riffs of the very first track "Mr. Ed," the homages to Wolfgang's late, great father are everywhere.

It has been five long years since fans of the Wisconsin-founded Garbage have been able to celebrate a new album from this legendary band. But it was five years that needed to happen, with 2020 in particular proving to be the most profound in leading to the creation of “No Gods No Masters.”

Ciao bella, is this a joke?

It’s easy to write off any winner of a Eurovision song contest and label these artists and songs as a novelty. After all, most of the past winners, with the exception of a few, notably ABBA in 1974, fade away into musical oblivion.

Don’t you just love a killer bass riff? If so, then you’re in for a treat, so sit back, relax and let Sleater-Kinney take you on a sonic journey through a path of wellness and out through the other side.

When you cross soulful vocals with a touch of Rage Against The Machine, and a stoic attitude, the result is a beautiful monster, which is exactly what Nothing But thieves have created in their latest release “Futureproof”.

A little bit of pop, a little bit of jazz, a little bit of dance, AJ Mitchell takes on all that in the titular song from his newest EP, ONE MORE FIGHT.

Often times, when we have something important to say, we take a big breath in…. then out it comes. In the first second of October Sky, we hear Yebba take a breath in before the vocals. I love the production team for keeping this in, as it sets up the introduction to Yebba’s heavenly vocals perfectly!

Right from the start of this track, you can sense you’re in for a chillin, cruisy ride. The intro features beautiful & soothing atmospheric guitars blended with distant vocal licks. If you close your eyes, you can almost feel the warmth and radiance of the sun on your face.

A spectacular breakout year for Swedish-American singer-songwriter Lexi Berg keeps on getting better. Her song ‘What If’ prompted a wave of discovery after featuring in the Netflix smash ‘Pieces of a Woman’, a film which gained countless nominations throughout awards season. She then released ‘Into The Sea’ as her debut for the Warner Music UK label EastWest Records, a single which Jo Whiley played on Radio 2 and which, with its dramatic Scandi-style video, earned rave reviews from followers as well as famous fans of Lexi’s music, including Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Pinnock, Bianca Jagger, Amelia Windsor and Rebecca Ferguson.

Setting eternally relevant themes to classic melodies with an ear for modernist production, Gavin James’ unassuming authenticity and songcraft has been the key to him unlocking 1.5 billion streams, 6 million monthly listeners at Spotify, and 32 international Platinum or Gold records. His million+ social media followers are similarly engaged by an artist simply being who he is. Today he shares his new single ‘Sober’. Watch the official lyric video below.

Unafraid to be unique, newcomer Brave James blends dreamy alt-pop, maximalist electro production and multi-layered psychedelic vocal harmonies as he whips up a whirlwind of multi-generational influences into a sound that sits right at home in 2021. Those traits both flourish and prosper in his debut single ‘Soldier’, which is out now. Listen HERE. Watch the lyric video HERE.

Over the course of their first two albums, ‘Silhouettes’ and ‘ii’, Aquilo earned the duo a legion of global fans, exceeded 250 million streams, and picked up Radio 1 airplay plus praise from the likes of The Line of Best Fit and Wonderland. Now the duo, Tom Higham and Ben Fletcher, commence a brand new era in their career as they today share the new single ‘Out In LA’. It’s the first track to preview their upcoming third album, which will follow later this year via AWAL.