public
🎧 Approved: Nature TV
Brighton’s Nature TV are easy breezy, blending soulful indie-pop with 70s-soaked rhythms. Their latest single manages to capture a sense of warmth while still exploring the melancholy of wanting more.…
Kaya Robertson
168 posts
•
public
public
🎧 Approved: Floodlights
Australian band Floodlights blend post-punk grit with atmospheric storytelling, their sound restless and searching. With a vocal delivery reminiscent of David Byrne, they capture the emotional undercurrents of everyday life, driven by a deep sense of place and poetic exploration…
public
🎧 Approved: Courting
Fresh off their first US tour and gearing up for their third album, Liverpool’s Courting defy easy-categorisation; proving themselves as one of the most exciting rising indie bands. Their new single, ‘After You’, fills the room, the weight of the guitars balanced by a hypnotic lyrical ease…
public
🎧 Approved: Jeshi
Jeshi taps into grime’s DNA with his latest single ‘SCUMBAG’, linking up with JD. REID to flip Dizzee Rascal’s ‘Stand Up Tall’. He’s recharged the grime classic with a gritty, glitchy rework, proving that the genre’s evolution is in good hands…
public
🎧 Approved: Brooke Combe
Brooke Combe’s vocals, with their old-soul depth, feel as though they pre-date her. Drawing on classic 70s grooves with a touch of Northern soul, it’s no wonder she won the Play Next Rising Award. Her latest single, ‘This Town’, is a defiant rejection of goldfish-bowl living in her hometown…
public
🎧 Approved in 2024
Listen to every track we've featured in CMU's 'Approved' slot in 2024 – and see our top tracks from this year's selection.…
public
⏩ Releases & Tours: Dec 2024 (Week 50)
Each week CMU rounds up standout releases and tour announcements from the last seven days. This week: Big piig, Röyksopp, Shygirl, Saint Etienne + more, while tour announcements include Mustafa, Turnover and others…
public
🎧 Approved: Monobloc
Monobloc excels at delivering music that feels warm and wistful, almost nostalgic, a merging of pop sensibilities, with a distinctly metropolis post-punk attitude. Their latest single, ‘Take Me’, serves as both the final release of their breakthrough year and a defining statement for the band…
public
🎧 Approved: KILIMANJARO
London-based Zambian-Scottish DJ and producer KILIMANJARO thrives at the intersection of weight and bounce. Anchored by his signature Afro-centric percussive energy, his latest single, ‘The Seeker’, overflows with dark, atmospheric synth patterns…
public
⏩ Releases & Tours: Dec 2024 (Week 49)
Each week CMU rounds up standout releases and tour announcements from the last seven days. This week: DITZ, Blawan, Sam Fender, Sky Ferreira, Skepta + more, while tour announcements include Luke Sital-Singh, Greentea Peng, The Black Keys and others…
public
🎧 Approved: jasmine.4.t
Manchester-based singer-songwriter and trans woman jasmine.4.t brings a fresh perspective to indie-folk, with a sound full of glowing, quiet intensity. Her new single layers delicate lyrics over soft strums and swelling strings, creating a genuinely lovely folk song…
public
🎧 Approved: MOULD
Bristol’s MOULD have a sound that masterfully shifts between reckless urgency and unpredictable tension. Their latest single, ‘CHUNKS’, starts with a math-rock riff before exploding into a post-punk anthem, chaotic yet controlled, capturing a frenetic exploration of disillusionment…