Written by Lianne Iran It’s a new era for UK-based girl group Say Now. The trio, consisting of members Amelia Onuorah, Madeleine (Maddie) Haynes, and Ysabelle (Yssy) Salvanera, released “Hot & talking” last Friday, notably with Pinkpantheress credited as executive producer. The release of the single was coupled with the announcement of the release date […]
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Written by Jeanne Sharp Sometimes you just have to lash the dynamite to your heart and light the fuse. Mandy Lee, known for her work as the frontwoman of indie-pop act MisterWives, is doing just that with her solo electropop project, Cherry Bomb. In September, she announced the release of her debut solo album The Pursuit
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Apocalyptic Circus Pop, Fantasy R&B, Emo R&B, Siren Pop, Dystopia (J)pop, and Korean Rock…by a Black woman! Plus, more incredible emerging artists and my aural immersion of the month.
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Success has a bad habit of moving the second you get close enough to touch it. For Night Talks, a band that’s spent more than a decade making music together, that problem has had plenty of time to make itself known. There are always younger artists, faster-moving peers, new milestones still unreached, and another version of where you thought you might be by now reminding you you’ve yet to arrive at your desired destination – wherever that may be at the moment. Look sideways for too long, and suddenly the things you once felt proud of can start looking strangely small.
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Juzawni is building from the inside out. Long before he talks about scale, he talks about weight: whether a voice can carry enough of it to be heard, whether a feeling deserves to be expressed, and whether standing on your own has to mean standing alone. Those questions have become a strong part of the foundation beneath his music, even as he’s still figuring out just how big the world attached to it can become.
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Written by Matilia Juzawni was 19 when a coworker heard him singing at one of his nine-to-five jobs and told him something that would get him thinking seriously about music for the first time: She thought he had a beautiful voice and that more people needed to hear it. He’d been singing for as
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In this World Of conversation, Rivkah Reyes talks about the difference between love and winning, making uncomfortable things entertaining & what it means to finally be the one at the front of the band
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In this World Of conversation, Mia Denee reflects on the musical foundation she grew up with, learning to create before she felt completely ready, the pressure of sharing work that belongs to her and what she hopes people understand about the independent artists building careers without much backing.
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