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🎧 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.…
CMU Approved
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🎧 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…
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🎧 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…
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🎧 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…
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🎧 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…
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🎧 Approved: Cosmic Crooner
Cosmic Crooner evokes a bygone sophistication while sidestepping nostalgia, carving out his own space in the lounge-pop lineage. His latest single channels the golden age of bossa nova, weaving layered percussion, the playful rhythm of the cuica, and influences reminiscent of Jorge Ben Jor…
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🎧 Approved: Ethel
Paris-based songstress Ethel blends intimacy and ethereality in her unique take on alt-pop, crafting ambient, moody soundscapes perfect for late-night introspection. Her latest single, ‘Availability’, adds a funkier edge to her repertoire, while exploring the ache of connection just out of reach…
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🎧 Approved: L-Vis 1990
After six years away from the alias, L-Vis 1990 is back with new energy - and a renewed mission to champion the culture that shaped him. His new single ‘Good Vibes’, with Newham’s MC Eklipse, serves up heavy bass, low-end pressure and that grimey edge that cuts through…
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🎧 Approved: TYSON
Emerging from the fringe R&B scene during the pandemic, TYSON has gradually and artfully carved out her own space in the landscape of modern soul. Balancing the introspection of new motherhood with a shedding of her late 20s uncertainties, her new EP ‘Chaos’ is brimming with clarity and purpose…
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🎧 Approved: Gia Ford
Gia Ford is the new indie it-girl to watch, captivating with a darkly atmospheric allure all her own. Her music has a timeless edge, blending dream-pop with touches of rock and synthwave. Her latest single, ‘Earth Return’, swells with her signature soft, smoky and theatrical vocals…
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🎧 Approved: HONESTY
HONESTY, the Leeds-based collective, bring a fluid, immersive energy to the stage, embracing a refreshingly genre-less, expectation-free ethos. They create soundscapes that feel both introspective and expansive - a careful balance between the personal and the cinematic.…
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🎧 Approved: Somebody's Child
Dublin’s Somebody’s Child merge the yearning spirit of post-punk revivalists with a cinematic indie-rock edge. Their new single, ‘Time Of My Life’, is a two-chord anthem that encapsulates the bittersweet nostalgia of life’s fleeting moments…