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🎧 Approved: Kerala Dust public
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🎧 Approved: Kerala Dust

Kerela Dust’s sound is able to exist in a liminal space: loose-limbed synths, stretched transitions, but with that undeniable nocturnal mood that is fit for the club but still able to comfort in the comedown hours. However, unlike the others, new single ‘WHITE NOISE’ has no interest in slowing down…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: Cinema Stereo public
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🎧 Approved: Cinema Stereo

Nashville’s Cinema Stereo deal in widescreen rock that feels rooted rather than retro - big melodic instincts, 70s barnets, songs built to carry. New single 'So Sorry, My Dear' is all driving and open-hearted, complete with guitar solos built for being played on their knees…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: Knumears public
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🎧 Approved: Knumears

Los Angeles screamo band Knumears pull in the classic hallmarks of the genre, and push it forward with the kind of conviction that only comes from actually loving the form. New single ‘My Name’ folds old-school 90s skramz intensity into a punchier modern hardcore edge…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: Kibo public
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🎧 Approved: Kibo

Kibo’s maximalist narrative style is built on rapid-fire delivery, absurdist humour and a distinctly London way of turning everyday life into legend - what he calls “Kwengletarianism”. New single ‘Chancer’ leans into that playful self-myth…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: Lowertown public
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🎧 Approved: Lowertown

Lowertown’s world has that charming lo-fi intimacy and Tumblr-born romanticism. New single ‘I Like You A Lot’ is a rare love song from the pair. Set to a spry drumbeat and tape-worn guitars, it details the physical sensations and mental spirals of infatuation…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: Girl Scout public
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🎧 Approved: Girl Scout

Girl Scout’s jazz school chops and a penchant for scrappier music gives their songs a loose, lived-in feel, where melody comes first and polish is optional. New single ‘Keeper’ pulls away from the scuzziness of last month’s ‘Operator’ and sinks into something foggier and more exposed…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: ugly ozo public
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🎧 Approved: ugly ozo

Isle of Wight trio ugly ozo dwell in a languid space between grungey bedroom pop and doom-gaze. New single ‘hi, how are you?’ was written during a stretch of burnout and emotional numbness, and it carries that weight…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: Namasenda public
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🎧 Approved: Namasenda

Swedish pop visionary Namasenda is in her own Eurobeat-tinged, angelic pop world. New single ‘Cola’ is a glossy, digi-soaked rush of avant-pop, pairing accelerated guitar arpeggios with elastic rhythms and a tectonic low end for a sleek, hypnotic, all-around bop…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: GUV public
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🎧 Approved: GUV

GUV grew up moving between Toronto and England and carries a very real strain of UK lineage that separates him from other hardcore kids sporting bowl cuts. New single ‘Blue Jade’ leans hard into punchy shoegaze, smearing hummable melodies beneath a thick gloss of distortion and texture…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: tofusmell public
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🎧 Approved: tofusmell

Tofusmell, the project of Winnipeg musician Rae Chen, carries echoes of 90s indie folk, Elliott Smith, early Sufjan Stevens, but Chen isn’t chasing their shadows. New single ‘(Me Tomorrow)’ gently stretches their framework. It’s unassuming, almost lulling, until the final moments…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
🎧 Approved: Odd Beholder public
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🎧 Approved: Odd Beholder

Odd Beholder is the project of Swiss artist Daniela Weinmann, who makes electro wave and dreamily dark indie pop that documents the oddities and quiet failures of contemporary life. New single ‘Like A Chore’ emerged from a specific moment she witnessed while working as a teacher to finance her music…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
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