London band Keroscene announce debut single “Cotton Candy”. The track marries the noisiness and dark quality of 80’s UK indie and no wave with a more spacious melodic Cocteau Twins-referencing palette.
Keroscene 
(Soundcloud)
London band Keroscene announce debut single “Cotton Candy”. The track marries the noisiness and dark quality of 80’s UK indie and no wave with a more spacious melodic Cocteau Twins-referencing palette.
Keroscene (Soundcloud)
“Weights and Ties”, the new single from The Wytches, adeptly blends a classic 50’s/60’s major-minor progression with noisy crackling walls of guitar. It’s a familiar but effective formula and one The Wytches execute quite well. “Weights and Ties” is out December 29th on Heavenly Recordings.
The Wytches (Facebook)
The 40-esque minimalist beat pop of “Amnesia” is the third and final track from London newcomers R I T U A L’s “The Fall” EP. “Amnesia”, which features a verse from American rapper Chester Watson, exists in a spacious piano stab-soundtrack nexus between Nothing Was The Same-vintage Drake and UK R&B-derived indie like Bondax.
R I T U A L (Soundcloud)
Tune in to the expansive and breathtaking track “Limitless” from Swedish hyper-pop duo Korallreven which is off of their latest EP “Second Comin’.” Reviewed by Erin Shay.
Korallreven 
(Soundcloud)
GXNXVS, who recently released the stunning track “Benjamins” with co-producer CVIRO, remixes Theophilius London’s banger drum-inspired dance track “Tribe” from the Kanye-produced “Vibes” EP into a strikingly effervescent cool-as-rain R&B jam. Reviewed by Erin Shay.
GXNVVS (Soundcloud)
Daughter’s remix for band bestie Warpaint’s “Feeling Alright” is the return remix to Warpaint’s hyperdrive re-do of the Daughter track “Winter”. Daughter’s “Feeling Alright” mix is replete with atmosphere and cinema and ruddered by decisive piano stabs and whirling pieces of percussive guitar.
Daughter (Facebook)
Rating 8.5
We loved earlier this year Stwo’s Drake-directed beat “With You”. Here, Bristol UK emcee Luui speaks through a set of cadence-perfect bars creating a stunning intersection of narrative and instrumental.
Luui (Soundcloud)
The broody modern pop of “Come Together” is new from Laurel. Excerpted from forthcoming EP “Holy Water”, “Come Together” features a thematically ideal verse and backing vocals from Sivu. Look for “Holy Water” on December 15th.
Laurel (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.4
CHLØË BLACK, who wow’d us with one of 2014’s best tracks “27 Club”, turns in a beautifully simple version of Kanye magnum opus “Runaway”.
CHLØË BLACK (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
There must be more to UK new-comers Fine Print than meets the eye. A few weeks back the anonymous collective caught our attention with their debut track “About You” and now their latest “Can’t Lie” gives us something more to latch on to. While more than ever it seems R&B has become the standard go-to inspiration for so many new artists (of all genres), Fine Print so far stand apart from the crowd, with nothing short of grade A pop songs. Something that time and time again has proven the ability to outlast that new car smell which too oft fades away with hotly tipped projects.
Fine Print (Soundcloud)
Rating 8.3
Seemingly without fail, Sweden is the place of origin of yet another innovative pop offering. “Stuck in a Second” from WILDHART is an enjoyable balance of atmospheric sounds and experimentation with equal parts forward-thinking song structure and memorable melody. Sample below.
WILDHART (Facebook)
Rating 8.2
The beginning of a new month and the release of another new treat from London based collective Oh Wonder. Peak in to the future of a band that you will want/need to know more about in 2015 with latest track “All We Do”.
Oh Wonder (Facebook)
Rating: 8.8
