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CMU Selects - the last week’s standout releases
Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise this week, from Gilla Band, Working Men’s Club, Shygirl, Ezra Collective + Slayyyter…
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🎧 Approved: Bricknasty
Dublin collective Bricknasty sound like the version of the city that doesn’t make the tourist brochure. New single ‘honey bee’ is warm, funky and characteristically idiosyncratic, a different mood from the faith, addiction and political fury of their 2025 EP…
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🎧 Approved: Paerish
Parisian four-piece Paerish make shoegazy, melodic alt-emo with a deep obsession with film and pop culture. New single ‘Vapor Cloud’ is riff-heavy and comes with a nocturnal, anime-inspired drift video. Album ‘Rita’, produced by Will Yip, is out 16 Oct…
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CMU Selects - the last week’s standout releases
Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise this week, from Willie J Healey, Ceebo & Blanco, RIO KOSTA, DIIV, Shay Lia + KAYTRANADA…
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🎧 Approved: Girl Ultra
Mexico City’s Girl Ultra makes chrome-plated synth-funk with an 80s new-wave edge, co-produced with Chromeo. New single ‘Te Caigo’ is a manifesto for acting on desire rather than waiting around. The video involves a pink thong, a ballet fight and a Mexican lawyer…
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🎧 Approved: Venus Grrrls
Northern four-piece Venus Grrrls make goth-grunge with a Nineteenth Century literary obsession and have a slightly coven-like fanbase. New single ‘Mother Knows’ is written about the myth of Mary Shelley having sex on her mother’s grave…
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CMU Selects - the last week’s standout releases
Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise this week, from Pretty Sick, Headie One, BAMBII, Che Mario, Ray Laurél + H.LLS…
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🎧 Approved: The Black Wizards
Porto trio The Black Wizards make garage rock with a political edge and a sharp sense of humour. New single ‘Wishing Well’ is frantic proto-punk, and their fourth album was recorded in five chaotic days after the original sessions fell through. Rough edges intact, the album will arrive on 4 Sep…
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🎧 Approved: Fat Dog
South London seven-piece Fat Dog make chaotic, euphoric electro-punk-art-rock with very few rules. New single ‘Shit Love’ is stabbing synths and manic vocals. Second album ‘Cancel Me (I'm Tired)’ is out 2 Oct. They headline Brixton in the same month…
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CMU Selects - the last week’s standout releases
Our selection of five releases that cut through the noise this week, from Love Spell, Charli xcx, Bricknasty, Greg Freeman + The Strokes…
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🎧 Approved: Frankie Rose
Brooklyn’s Frankie Rose makes glacial post-punk and 80s synth-pop that sits alongside Cocteau Twins or early Cure. New single ‘Manifest’ is at the darker end of that: industrial, brooding and from an album about grief…
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🎧 Approved: RenzNiro
Manchester’s RenzNiro blends vaporised grime, experimental electronics and world-building lyricism into something singular. Five projects in, ‘No Weapon Shall Prosper’ is the one that undeniably makes the case…