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CMU Approved
Approved: Strandz public
CMU Approved • 1 min read

Approved: Strandz

After a strong end to 2023, South London rapper Strandz is ready for an even bigger 2024. Which a sound that draws on late 90s US hip hop and R&B, he puts a fresh spin on the genres with innovative production and his own distinct lyricism…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson •
Approved: Mal Not Bad public
CMU Approved • 1 min read

Approved: Mal Not Bad

Mal Not Bad returns with their first single of 2024, ‘Dodgeball’. Following on from last year’s ‘AP’, it gives another taste of their next EP, due later this year, and their first since 2022’s ‘Continuous Short Film Feature’…
Andy Malt
Andy Malt •
Approved: The Narcotix public
CMU Approved • 1 min read

Approved: The Narcotix

Set to release their debut album later this year, The Narcotix return today with ‘The Lamb’, their first new music since 2021. An intricate mix of layered vocal harmonies and syncopated guitar parts, it shows absolute confidence in their sound and ability…
Andy Malt
Andy Malt •
Approved: Astrid Sonne public
CMU Approved • 1 min read

Approved: Astrid Sonne

Astrid Sonne returns with ‘Boost’, the latest track from her upcoming new album ‘Great Doubt’. Spanning a range genres from instrumental hip hop to baroque classical, the track stands out from but also bridges the previously released singles…
Andy Malt
Andy Malt •
Approved: Mizu public
CMU Approved • 1 min read

Approved: Mizu

Mizu has announced that she will release her new album ‘Forest Scenes’ later this year - an experimental mix of live instrumentation, looping, electronic music and spoken word samples from the classically trained cellist…
Andy Malt
Andy Malt •
Approved in 2023 public
CMU Approved • 3 min read

Approved in 2023

Listen to every track we've featured in CMU's 'Approved' slot in 2023 – and see our top five tracks from this year's selection.…
Andy Malt
Andy Malt •
Approved: @ public
CMU Approved • 1 min read

Approved: @

Folk-pop duo @ are back with a new single that flips everything you think you know about them on its head. The dizzying track sees their usually gentle sound evolve into jittery hyper-pop…
Andy Malt
Andy Malt •
Approved: Avice Caro public
CMU Approved • 1 min read

Approved: Avice Caro

Avice Caro has released her debut single for tastemaker indie label Nice Swan Records, dreamlike folk song ‘At The End Of The Day (It’s The End Of The Day)’…
Andy Malt
Andy Malt •
Approved: Pecq public
CMU Approved • 1 min read

Approved: Pecq

Alt-pop duo Pecq return with new single ‘Out Loud’, a song “reflecting on the weight of repeatedly keeping things secret”…
Andy Malt
Andy Malt •
Approved: UTO public
CMU Approved • 1 min read

Approved: UTO

UTO are back with ‘Zombie’, the first track from their upcoming second album, an urgent electronic track that tells “a cursed love story between a human being and a monster”…
Andy Malt
Andy Malt •
Approved: Wrath Of Logarius public
Wrath of Logarius • 1 min read

Approved: Wrath Of Logarius

‘Formless black metal’ band Wrath Of Logarius are set to release their debut EP ‘Necrotic Assimilation’. Out now is new single ‘Soul Ascension’, which broadens their sonic palette from debut track ‘The Burning One’…
Andy Malt
Andy Malt •
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