Pressure from every direction, and a refusal to bend to it. That's the feeling TYBIRD pour into 'Out of My Mind', and the band's official music video is now out for the world to watch. The Southern California rockers, fronted by Ty Morgan, wrote the track in a bedroom during Morgan's senior year of high school, when teachers and those around him were pushing a traditional path while he chose to go all in on music. That frustration runs through the song, which opens on acousti

Before the chart placements and sold-out headline dates, Tom Hollister, Chris Buck and Adam Roberts were musicians playing together in South Wales. An early performance caught Steve Winwood’s attention and led to an invitation to record at his countryside studio. The group later splintered, then reunited years afterward with a renewed sense of purpose. That stop-start history gives the title Second Sign of Life an interesting place in Cardinal Black’s story. Their third studi

The title “Machine Against The Rage” sounds like it might promise a technological fix for a familiar problem. Eric Hirshberg uses it to propose something considerably more personal. The machine in his new song is a group of people willing to listen to one another, resist division and maintain connections that outrage can easily overwhelm. Released alongside his new album, More Is Not The Answer, on October 16, the track gives the ten-song collection a clear statement of purpo

Singer-songwriter Steve Stinson transforms heartbreak, personal upheaval and years of searching for purpose into his debut album, ‘Cocoon’, a nine-track collection blending blues, folk and Americana with deeply personal storytelling. Exploring the idea that life's most difficult experiences can become catalysts for positive change, Cocoon traces Stinson's journey through broken relationships, career uncertainty and international moves, examining how unexpected setbacks can ul

There is an entire art form dedicated to trying to impress somebody you're attracted to. Some people rely on charm, others on elaborate gestures, and a few appear convinced that persistence alone qualifies as a romantic strategy. On his latest solo single ‘2 Get 2 U’, alternative hip-hop veteran Bootie Brown turns that familiar game of attraction into a smooth, playful exploration of seduction, reminding listeners that few artists understand the value of personality quite lik

Wormogenic has a knack for making difficult feelings sound deceptively euphoric, and ‘16’ is a case in point. Blending shimmering synths with gritty guitars, driving bass and a darker electronic edge, the Florida-raised artist delivers a dream-pop track that feels as good to sing along to as it does to sit with. Beneath its glossy exterior, though, lies a more complicated story about growing up and never quite knowing how long happiness will last. Written after a birthday tha

A single piano figure opens 'Darling', unhurried and exposed, before the track reveals just how much Grégory Privat has built around it, all of it his own work. As the title track of his third solo album, 'Darling' carries the full weight of the record's central conceit: a musician working entirely alone, playing every instrument himself for the first time across an entire album. Grégory Privat's grounding in jazz and the Creole traditions of Martinique, honed over more than

Ali Handal has found an unusually literal setting for the central conflict behind “High Road.” In the Los Angeles guitarist and songwriter’s new music video, released today, Handal climbs into a boxing ring opposite comedian, podcast host and fellow guitarist Marc Maron. The gloves have been replaced by guitars, and the punches come in the form of traded solos. The video arrives less than a week after the October 9 release of Handal’s new album, Slow Burn, giving one of the r

London collective This Is The Deep share their gliding new single 'Never Easy', offering a further glimpse into the surreal, emotionally rich world of their anticipated debut album, Everything (Dick Herman, The Whale, and The End of the Beginning), due via 5dB Records. Drawing on the emotional turmoil and pop classicism of Carole King’s Tapestry era, alongside the melancholic string arrangements of Elbow, 'Never Easy' balances playful instrumentation with a quietly affecting

Alimba announces techno single 'Refracted Echoes' A child sits beside a radio with a mix tape running, recording the show. Some evenings the radio is at his father's station, where a huge CD collection waits to be explored. That child was Spiros Aliprantis, and he now records as Alimba from his home in Bedfordshire. Alimba has had a busy year; this October, he is set to release 'Refracted Echoes', a new techno single and a fitting next step after 'Resonance', his early 2026 a

LA singer-songwriter Junior Wright has released “Away”, a restrained new single exploring grief and the process of accepting someone’s absence. The track centres on Wright’s voice alongside piano and cello, with the sparse arrangement deliberately leaving space around the vocal performance. The song began with its central vocal melody, which Wright later developed into a complete lyric. A pianist subsequently shaped much of the accompanying arrangement around his words and de

Karabo went from winning Idols South Africa Season 11 to writing a theme song for Disney Africa's The Lion Guard, so he knows a good moment when he hears one. 'Only 4 U' is out now. INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK | X | YOUTUBE | SPOTIFY For Fans of Giveon, Lucky Daye, Leon Thomas, Alex Isley and Manana If those names are already on your rotation, add Karabo's 'Only 4 U'. It sits in a New Age TrapSoul R&B space, with digital drums, keys, strings and bass underneath a voice that

Robert Hinrichs turns personal upheaval into a burst of synth-driven pop on ‘The Road’, a track that balances reflective songwriting with an increasingly euphoric sense of release. Drawing on funk, new wave and electronic production, it pairs bright synths and propulsive rhythms with the theatrical pop sensibilities of Scissor Sisters and Mika, while retaining a distinctive experimental edge. Written in the aftermath of a difficult relationship and a fresh creative start, the

Fox De La Rose takes a refreshingly open-minded approach to album-making on Nothing Is Written In Stone, a nine-track release that moves between pop, rock, Britpop and cinematic soundscapes without settling into one particular lane. Rather than sticking to a signature sound, the project lets each song find its own direction, with songwriting and storytelling providing the common thread. The album explores the experiences that shape us, from loneliness and regret to learning w

What connects an American modernist poet to stolen extraterrestrial gin and a visit to Andy Warhol’s New York? In Desire Machines’ “Searching for the Soul of Marianne Moore”, the answer is left open. Marianne Moore is the starting point for a song that borrows from several cultural worlds without settling into any one of them. The lyrics move from science-fiction settings to the art scene of 1974, eventually introducing a giant eagle with laser vision. Moore herself remains t

Photo: Ben Welsh Multidisciplinary singer-songwriter Amana Melome' has released 'RECALIBRATED', a new collection that revisits material from her recent album 'Recalibration' through a more celebratory and dance-focused lens. The project moves through deep house, jazz-house, funk, disco and dub reggae, with producers from several countries reshaping the original songs while retaining their core themes. The opening version of 'SO DONE!' comes from Joel Holmes and Cee ElAssaad,

US project evolution 9 have released “Sweet Number One”, a new single with roots stretching back to the mid-80s. Songwriter and keyboardist Dave Follweiler originally wrote and demoed the track after being inspired by Lehigh Valley band St John’s Alliance. Although he initially offered the song to the group, it remained unreleased until Follweiler recently returned to the material and completed a new studio version. The finished recording features Follweiler on keyboards and

Seth Tabatznik’s ‘Infinite Beings’ is a quietly expansive piece of folk songwriting, balancing intimate reflection with a sense of something much larger. Released as the second single from his forthcoming third album, the track finds the London-born, South Africa-based artist turning inward, exploring questions of identity, purpose and acceptance through an arrangement that gradually opens into something more widescreen. At the heart of the track is Tabatznik’s songwriting, d

A New England summer provides the setting for “Plants (Still Grow)”, the recent Kimaya Diggs single that offers a useful entry into her new album, Green. The song brings intimacy and memory into contact with the natural world, locating the record’s questions about belonging in a season and a landscape with personal meaning. The accompanying video, directed by Eli Howe, was filmed largely in Diggs’ backyard. That location is central to the album’s origins. Diggs associates its

Ava Della Pietra’s growing catalog includes “3am,” “Single For Life,” and “2 Can Play,” with songs exploring relationships, self-discovery, and young adulthood. Her October 2 release, “Happy For You (Acoustic)”, returns to that territory through an experience that resists a clean response. The song concerns a crush who falls for someone else. Its narrator wants that person to be happy, yet remains attached to the possibility of a different outcome. The writing holds both reac