Synthpop R&B Dance Soul Chill Downtempo – A New Music Playlist by Indie30
An Indie30 curated new music playlist on Spotify containing 30 brand new independently released regularly updated tracks in synthpop, R&B, “indie” dance, soul, chill downtempo, electro, funk, lounge, rap, jazz etc). 2021 companion here.
Karen Nyame aka KG Drops Sensei EP
Hot on the heels of her two epic EP’s in 2019 with Scratcha DVA, veteran London underground artist/producer/DJ/radio host Karen Nyame aka KG has unleashed her new solo four tracker called Sensei. It’s a 18 minute ball of rolling energy characterised by its on fire syncopation and euphoric mood. In addition to the immediacy of […]
FRED P RETURNS AS BLACK JAZZ CONSORTIUM
Photo: Marie Stagatt “Can you listen to this piece of music over and over and not get tired of it? Can you come back to it five or even ten years from now, and will it still be fresh? Will it still excite you? Will it still inspire you? I know the music I love […]
BLUE MATERIAL GETS PERSONAL
Blue Material, the latest project belonging to Montreal singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Thom Gillies (Vesuvio Solo, ex-TOPS) released his self titled debut album back in April and this delicate gem, new single ‘Personal’, was supposed to feature on it. Shrouded within a hazy and gloriously fragile 70’s veneer, its a mixture of lo-fi pop sheen and […]
COEO REWORK JAPANESE CITY POP FOR TONIC EDITS SERIES
Munich based House duo Florian Vietz & Andreas Höpfl aka Coeo have just released the latest edition of Toy Tonic’s Tonic Edits series. For volume six they chose to explore their passion for city pop, Japan’s unique and urban interpretation of American disco during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Rekindling their love of the […]
MISSIONS ANNOUNCES DEBUT ALBUM, SHARES VIDEO FOR FIRST SINGLE “TRUTHER”
photo by hampton and katie mills Last week saw Los Angeles via Austin electronic artist Josh Mills aka Missions, share the long awaited decade in the making first single ‘Truther’ from his forthcoming debut solo album Subcreature. A dichotomous affair, it’s as open, inviting and expansive as it focused, introspective and restrained, Mills combines a […]
NEW & NOTABLE: KOKOROKO (ENG) – KOKOROKO EP
London eight piece Afrobeat, soul and jazz inspired outfit KOKOROKO led by trumpeter Sheila Maurice-Grey, released their debut self titled EP a couple of weeks back through globally inclusive label Brownswood Recordings, Influenced by but by no means limited to the music of West Africa and the politics of resistance, it sports the whirlwind, catch […]
ALBUM OF THE WEEK #1: HELADO NEGRO (USA) – THIS IS HOW YOU SMILE
April 20, 2019 This Is How You Smile Helado Negro (USA) RNVG International Our Mini-review, tracklist, album stream and links to buy at our Album of the Week Page here. ALBUM VIDEOS Please Won’t Please Helado Negro (USA) From the album, ‘This Is How You Smile’, RVNG International. Audio Stream This Is How […]
BARRIE ANNOUNCE THEY ARE HAPPY TO BE HERE
Brooklyn pop quintet Barrie are set to release their debut album this coming May titled Happy To Be Here. With a string of sensational, über cool singles released last year behind them including the amazing ‘Canyons’ which parked itself in the Number 43 spot in our Top tracks of 2018, we’re happy to report that […]
BALTHAZAR ANNOUNCE FEVER, DROP TITLE TRACK & VIDEO
Belgian avant-garde pop quintet Balthazar have returned from their self imposed hiatus with a brand new single ‘Fever’, the shuffling and funk infused title track from their forthcoming album to be released in January. Fever will be the fourth long player from the Jinte Deprez and Maarten Devoldere led outfit and their first since 2015’s Thin […]