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Taking all the best parts of modern pop music and the rising force of pop punk, Beren Olivia creates the anthem of the year with her newest single, ‘So Emotional’.

If medieval, fantasy-and-legends-driven music were made today with the instruments and technologies now available, it would sound exactly like ‘King’, the newest single from ‘Florence and the Machine’.

The music world was shocked and saddened on Saturday to learn that legendary musician, Taylor Hawkins had passed away aged 50. Most well-known as being drummer for the rock band Foo Fighters, Hawkins tragically passed away in Bogota, Colombia, when the group was on tour.

The 80s happened over forty years ago, but the music and culture that came from it are still strong in our hearts, as made evident by the gorgeous new single by Brothertiger and Yvette Young titled ‘Torn Open’, that pays homage to the sounds and ideas that fuelled the late 80s and early 90s, flavoured with complex jazz harmony.

The Canadian pop-punk giants are back yet again, with an electrifying and popping new single titled ‘Ruin My Life’ featuring the talents of Deryck Whibley.

Sometimes, you just need a soft, groovy pop track to lift your spirits. Florrie is there just for that, all thanks to her newest single ‘What If I’m Wrong’.

It is a project that has been in the works for over 11 years. Matthew Heafy, Trivium guitarist and vocalist, has had the dream of a black metal band for a long time, and now, it is finally happening. Rashomon, the debut album for Heafy's new band Ibaraki, will land on May 6 via Nuclear Blast.

It’s 2006 again, a new Avril Lavigne song is blaring on your cheap radio, titled ‘Bite Me’, and all seems right with the world again.

The New-York based multi-instrumentalist has returned with a new single, arguably his most ambitious yet, titled ‘Could It Be You’, alongside Luke Titus, to propel listeners in a groovy, experimental soundscape.

Songs of old are long past, but their spirits are still very alive, even in our youngest generations – Laufey brings the sound of traditional vocal jazz to the modern soundscape in one of the greatest studies of the genre I’ve heard in my lifetime.