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Layla Kaylif is an English–Arab singer-songwriter once described as a “Pop Poet” (The New Paper, Singapore) and hailed as “one of the UK’s most intriguing under-the-radar voices” (Curious For Music). Her music moves between alt-rock confessional and spiritual pop, weaving poetic lyricism with a darkwave atmosphere. Her latest single, “Closer,”…

JW Paris swings back into the spotlight with “Anything,” hitting like a pint thrown across a packed Camden bar. Premiering in October 2025, the track doubles down on everything the London trio does best with the grit, smugness and that unmistakable dirty Britpop snarl that feels ripped straight from a…

Austin-based alternative rock band Arctic Wave returns with a vengeance on their blistering new single “Circus,” released October 24, 2025. The song is a gut-punch of a wall of fire and distortion, alongside raw emotion and observation of all the mess we have made. Written by the band’s founder and…

Rising alt-pop-rock artist Sabina Beyli returns with “Bad Habits,” out October 24, 2025, digging straight into the patterns we swear we’ve left behind but somehow find ourselves repeating. At 22, Sabina has already built a reputation for blunt emotional honesty smoothened in sweeping hooks, and here she leans fully into…

Italian multi-disciplinary artist Piergiorgio Corallo steps into the music world with In via di sviluppo, his debut album released November 10, 2025 via CD Baby. Known as a painter, sculptor, and photographer, Corallo brings that same tactile, layered sensibility to his sound with his alt-rock guitars against the electronic pulses…

“Truth Over Lies” is a soaring, impassioned protest anthem from San Francisco-based artist Michellar, released October 31, 2025. The track was born during a songwriting retreat in Idyllwild, California, where Michelle Bond, Michael Levine, and Matthias Schmidt shaped the song’s lyrical and sonic foundation. Drawing unmistakable influence from U2 and…

“Down in the Dirt” comes as another hard-hitting strike from Yorkshire’s Feral Family, the band whose intensity is a state of being. Raised on the quiet seaside yet fueled by dystopian sagas and desert-noir mythology, they’ve built a sound that feels like it could collapse a landscape and rebuild it…

Seattle’s La Need Machine returns with “Rock and Roll Show,” a single that doubles as a love song and a declaration of devotion to the music that has carried them through every high and low. On the surface, it sounds like a heartfelt, warm, earnest tribute to a partner, full…

Following the late-2025 release of his second album Gift In The Shadows, UK singer-songwriter Charlie Freeman, known as FREE/MAN, returns with the Reconnection EP, a smaller but deeply intentional offering that acts almost like a spiritual palate cleanser. Where the album wrestles openly with darkness, forgiveness, and the long road…

Cronos Matter returns with “Guiding Light,” released just this November 1st, 2025, leading into the band’s cinematic rock sensibility while grinding into sensitivity and spiritual searching. The project, often described as “future-born” for its atmospheric rock, ambient textures, and storytelling, leans closer to a tender ballad form. It’s a song…