Marti is an alternative-pop and R&B artist from Barcelona based in South London and has become a new exciting artist in the UK music scene. His music draws from inspiration from his Spanis background as well as modern UK pop. He explores themes of love, and personal growth through his songwriting and connects with audiences who can relate to the idea of expressing themselves.

His first breakthrough came from singles such as ‘Daffodil’ and ‘Sugar (Honey Ice Tea)’, with each track showcasing a different side to him, but all still incorporating the same themes of love and growth as mentioned above.

His previous two EPs, ‘Conversations for Dreamers’ (released in 2024), and ‘A Brief Note That Ended Up Being About You’ (released earlier this year), introduced his audience to songwriting which explores self-exceptance and vulnerability, themes he has continued to explore in this new EP.

His new EP, ‘Boy From Barcelona Baby’ reflects on Marti as a person and his life experiences, having moved to London when he was 9 years old and not being able to sepak any English. In an Instagram post, he described this EP as him coming to terms with the fact that he is “a little different”. He said, “I want to do things my way. I want to be loud, excited, joyful, eccentric, and most importantly I wanna tell the truth. About who I am, About why I am who I am, and about why i move my hips with such ease.”

He hopes that anyone who listens to this EP is able to “find the comfort in [themselves] and tell [their] story without shame or fear of standing out.”

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Marti has also announced a headline tour for February next year called the Boy From Barcelona Baby Tour with four dates taking place around the UK. The tour will start on February 22 in Glasgow at SWG3 Poetry Club, with shows then happening in Manchester and Bristol, before finishing the tour on February 26 at London’s Camden Assembley.

Marti has performed at major showcases in his career such as The Great Escape and Live At Leeds this year. He has also opened for Alessia Cara around Europe, supported Ben Ellis around the UK recently, and will be supporting Arthur Hill on tour around Europe with the first show taking place in Paris tomorrow. In August earlier this year, Marti did his first tour, with two solo shows in Manchester and London.

If fans are interested in seeing Marti live, they can buy tickets here.

Fans can also listen to Marti’s new EP ‘Boy From Barcelona Baby’ here.

From the underground warehouse scene, Green Star have emerged to share their haunting artistry in the rock scene. With strong experimental and shoegaze influence, their latest music video reflects the sombre artistry of the band. Their single comes with shots of vocalist Lilah Bobak running through foggy English fields in a gloomy aesthetic reminiscent of several pieces of popular British media including British TV show Skins.

The London gloom aesthetic is of great importance to the band’s image and sound, with their life in England inspiring the production of ‘Bleeding Swirls’. 

The band was formed in 2024 by Spanish musicians Pedro Soler and Albert De Torre who initially played together in the ambient-noise band Soft Nukes. The two then met Bobak on the website joinmyband.com and they began incorporating an experimentalism to their sound. Since then they have taken the scene by storm, amassing over 3,000 listeners on Spotify and a dedicated fanbase on social media with their debut single ‘Blades Of Steel’ earlier this year.

In an interview with The Rolling Stones, the band share their lyrical influence, stating that “Everything seems like it’s collapsing, but at the same time, there’s, some certain light always there.” Their sound reflects this with a rough noise edge and tender ambience which has been prevalent since ‘Blades Of Steel’.

The band shared their creative thoughts and inspirations for ‘Bleeding Swirls’ in an interview with Dork magazine. When explaining their relationship with noise rock, they share “It embodies disruption, intuition, and a certain rawness that helps us communicate—it’s a visceral language.” Lyrically their music challenges an existentialism, a theme they describe as “introspection and searching”. With the band originating in the warehouse scene, they share how their sound ties in with their lives, explaining “the city’s often gloomy nature heavily influences how we write and envision the world in which our music exists.”

Their music videos also exist in this space, with Bobak’s background in dance and Soler’s in filmmaking, this creative magnetism runs through their projects. Their artistry can further be seen in the music video for their single ‘Four-O-Five’.

Today (7 May) they will be hosting a release show with So Young Records at The Social, London as part of their UK tour which commenced on 4 May in Leeds. Tickets are available here.

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On SoundCloud the artist released a privated additional note ‘Stream Introduction’ where she explains the concept of the EP and its significance to her growth. She states, ‘I wrote this EP about my dreams of having a little house with my future partner and my dreams of having lots of land, a small house and having animals’. The concept is reflected in the album cover of the artist sitting on a picturesque stretch of grass with a little cottage-like house in the distance.

Chinouriri’s previous album ‘What A Devastating Turn Of Events’ in 2024 gained immense popularity in the indie scene with the most popular track ‘So My Darling- Acoustic’ reaching over 67,000,000 listens since its release.  The album talks love, trauma and belonging, inspired by her upbringing in a Zimbabwean household in Croydon.

The artist explains in an interview with Teen Vogue her experience being raised by her parents who were teenage soldiers in the Rhodesian Bush War, “There’s a sense of pride and real toughness from being a soldier…but I think the trauma that it leaves — no matter what the outcome is — from war is one of the worst things I’ve been able to witness firsthand.”. This heartbreaking vulnerability comes through in the album, and we follow her soft, dreamy tone similarly into ‘Little House’.

‘Little House’ begins with a fun dance track reminiscent of a teen coming of age film from the 2000s. Think Angus Thongs and Perfect Snogging with a hint of Wild Child. This is the kind of song imagined as a romantic montage over the top of Chinouriri’s candy-sweet vocals, fitting with the song written as loving dedication to her partner Isaac.   

Following this is ’23:42′, which shows the artist’s breathy voice bouncing along a synth beat. It has a slightly sadder tone with pained lyrics ‘What the hell am I doing thinking you’re right?’ ‘What the hell am I like?’. The artist debuted the track in Copenhagen on Sabrina Carpenter’s Short N’ Sweet tour. 

@rachelchinouriri 23:42 in Copenhagen Out with my ‘Little House’ EP Tomorrow xxx #rachelchinouriri #newmusic ♬ 23:42 – Rachel Chinouriri

Her third track ‘Judas (Demo)’ is immediately soft and sombre with a thin acoustic guitar and light sorrowful vocals. The heartfelt track reminds us of how the artist is able to pull us into the throes of emotion, placing us in the dark image ‘in the dead of night’ as she pours out ‘I’m too young to die’. The magnetic evolution throughout the album has been praised by fans. 

wow rachel chinouriri does not know what a bad project is. her debut album was perfection. and this ep exceeded all my expectations. https://t.co/dpnpFLgbvp

— looms ⋆˚✿˖° (yj spoilers) (@mollygordonsgf) April 4, 2025

The EP closes on ‘Indigo’, a hopeful slow building dedication to love, finalising a beautifully crafted collection of songs.

Following Simpson’s The Masked Singer win, he shared the announcement of his EP to his fans on Instagram, where he posted a video singing ”Use Somebody” and takes off the Rhino mask he wore on the show. During the video, an on-screen statement from the musician is shown, stating ”Well this has been a hard secret to keep… Reading all of your comments each week has been awesome. Ive been so blown away by all the support. So I’ve decided to release a few songs I sang on the show, as an EP named ‘KIFARU,’ the Swahili word for rhino.I hope you like it. Big love x”

During the final of The Masked Singer and prior to Charlie Simpson’s win, other disguised contestants were revealed. 49-year-old pop-star, Natalie Appleton, from girl group All Saints, was revealed as Fawn, whereas Phoenix was revealed as Kaiser Chief’s frontman, Ricky Wilson. After Simpson was unveiled as the man behind the rhino mask, The Masked Singer panellist Rita Ora asked Simpson, ”So can I ask you, were you taken back by the experience?” to which he responded ”I was terrified the entire time because the thing I was scared most about was remembering lyrics, because I often forget lyrics to my own songs on stage.”

During his Unmasked interview, he explains that the experience was a ”rollacoaster of emotions” and reflects on his time on the show.

 The Dad-of-two is renowned for his distinctive vocal tone and astounding music career, during bands and as a solo artist, releasing twelve studio albums overall. Charlie Simpson is most well-known for being a part of Pop-Punk band, Busted, from Southend-On-Sea, Essex. Alongside Simpson, the band consists of James Bourne and Matt Willis. During their career, the band has had four UK number one singles and released four studio albums, self-titled album Busted (2002), A Present for Everyone (2003), Night Driver (2016) and Half Way There (2019). Selling over five million records, the band also won two Brit awards. Charlie Simpson also fronted London Rock band, FightStar, with band members Alex Westaway, Omar Abidi and Dan Haigh. FightStar released four studio albums as a band before their hiatus in 2015, Grand Unification (2006), Be Human (2009), One Day Son, This Will All Be Yours (2007) and Behind the Devil’s Back (2015). Simpson also succeeded in a career as a solo artist releasing four studio albums, Young Pilgrim (2011), Long Road home (2014), Little Hands (2016) and Hope is A Drug (2022). 

   KIFARU is available to listen to on all streaming platforms.

As stated in NME frontman Harrison Swann said of the new track “[Drummer] Chloe [MacGregor] took the lead on this one bringing a big breakbeat style drum part, and we just ran with it. Vocally it felt natural to sit back and let the other parts sit more at the front. With the sharp guitar and heavy bass lines, we didn’t wanna compete with each other, so it helped having small repeating phrases, fitting in the gaps. We were trying to build an atmosphere, something dynamic, rather than tell a story.” Swann then added: “We wanted something that had a bit of bite to it, that was really gonna show what we’d actually been listening to for inspiration. It’s hands down our favourite to play from the EP, and it just feels different. It feels like it really comes alive when we perform it. Whether that’s been at festivals, or small cap venues. I love it.” You can listen to the new single below.

Talk Show made the difficult decision to scrap the music they’d previously spent a year writing and took a new direction. The band expanded their musical horizons beyond the new wave and post punk influences that had shaped past tracks such as “These People”, instead delving into old soul records, electronic music as well as DJ sets on Boiler Room, MF Doom, the Beastie Boys and ‘90s dance music made by the Chemical Brothers and Underworld.  They then took their ideas to Joe and Al which led to an open-minded collaboration; with the band excited to be working with electronic music legends, and wanting to be encouraged to push their sonic boundaries.

The first taster from the upcoming Ep ‘Touch The Ground’ was released late last year in the form of the single “Underworld”. Talk Show first worked with Joe Goddard last year on a two-part collaboration with house DJ Eli Brown. Brown shared the track “Trouble”, which Talk Show then moulded their own version of with help from Goddard. Fans can pre-order the ‘Touch The Ground’ EP here.

The band are fronted by vocalist/guitarist Toby Jepson, with bassist Nic Wastell, drummer Phil Martini and guitarist Sam Wood. They delivery energetic rock combined with thoughtful, insightful lyrics. The quartet create passionate, honest music that reflects inspirations from the ‘70s and ‘80s, but is very much modern in style. You can listen to one of the tracks “Totally Screwed” from the upcoming EP below.

When Wayward Sons first formed in 2017 the return of former Little Angels singer Jepson was welcomed throughout the hard rock scene. Following the overwhelming success of the aforementioned band, with millions of sales as well as a no. 1 album and numerous hit singles. The singer subsequently has remained busy with movie work and has also performed with Fastway, Gun and Dio’s Disciples, and produced albums for Saxon, Fastway, The Virginmarys and Toseland. However, Jepson’s heart was always in writing and performing and so he formed a new group Wayward Sons. Fans were introduced to the band via a debut album entitled Ghosts Of Yet To Come that was greeted with outstanding critical acclaim upon its release in September 2017. It earned them a ‘Best New Band’ gong at the Planet Rock awards, with further success coming with its follow-up, The Truth Ain’t What It Used to Be and Even Up The Score.

The band have played several headlining tours and performed at festivals such as Download and Ramblin’ Man Fair, and also shared stages with bands such as Saxon, Inglorious, Steel Panther, Living Color and UFO. The EP is available for pre-order here and can view the full tracklisting below.

Wayward Sons Score Settled Tracklisting:

1 Beaten to The Punch
2 Can’t Take It Anymore
3 Real Go-Getta
4 Standby Heart (from ‘Don’t Wanna Go’ 12″ picture disc)
5 Radio Denial (from ‘Don’t Wanna Go’ 12″ picture disc)
6 Totally Screwed (from ‘Totally Screwed’ 7″ flexi-disc)
7 Backslide (Live In the Studio) (live version of Japan bonus track on ‘Ghosts Of Yet To Come’)

The EP is due for release on April 1 and is set to be a landmark in what is destined to be another massive year for the band. This new release will come ahead of a summer of big festival appearances that will surely certify their reputation as one of the most entertaining live bands in the UK.

“All These Dreams” follows on from the release of the EP’s title track earlier this year. The single was premiered as Jack Saunders’ ‘Power Play’ on BBC Radio 1 and was accompanied by an official music video directed by Prosper Unger-Hamilton (A.G. Cook, Alt-J) which you can watch below:

Pollock as quoted in NME said of the EP: “It’s fun to amalgamate different genres, often I love re-contextualising things like vocal styles etc. I think I also enjoy confusing people. For this EP I wanted to take pop rock to a maximalist and super saccharine place.

“Like with a lot of our previous music there’s a fair amount of pop hooks for people to hold onto and there are also moments for glam guitar stuff to poke through but I suppose my Emo past has also made a resurgence and I haven’t felt like suppressing those urges.”

Also speaking about the EP’s title track, Pollock added: “‘Oblivion!’ came together so quickly, I wrote the whole thing in about two days in the summer last year. I had been revisiting a lot of my favourite music from around 2003 and was feeling quite nostalgic at the time. It definitely plays into the rockier aspects of our ‘sound’ but ultimately I think it’s a wonderful pop song.”

Sundara Karma’s last album was 2019’s ‘Ulfilas’ Alphabet’ and though fans will no doubt be excited about the forthcoming EP they will be anxious to know when the next album is coming.

Oblivion! EP Track list:

1. Oblivion!
2. All These Dreams
3. DESIRE
4. Everytime
5. Godsend

AJ deleted his instagram earlier this year and then revealed a mystery mobile number, asking his fans to text him for more news, keeping them updated with teasers and news about the upcoming EP. He said, “This one’s for the real day 1 Lil tracey / AJ Tracey / GTraceo fans. I made sure the ones who stuck with me get something in return.”

Secure The Bag! 2 OUT NOWhttps://t.co/foblp2hUEG

— aj (@ajtracey) November 29, 2020

The nine track record has taken us back to his roots of Ladbrook Grove with pure grime and transatlantic rap and having grown a huge fanbase over the years, this will no doubt show his growth as a talented rapper. NME reported him saying about his recent success, “Would you believe / I killed the shows overseas / Spread the sound like a disease / brought the world to its knees,” he raps on ‘Yumeko’.”

In 2017 AJ Tracey released his original EP ‘Secure The Bag’ but with his latest release it seems he has cemented himself as one of the UK’s top current rappers. His EP is very versatile and have something for everyone’s musical tastes. NME reviewed the EP saying, “Across the EP, there are moments for every type of AJ Tracey fan. Lean, skittish drum rolls on ‘Hikkimori’ are underpinned with road rap, which slots alongside the taut trap braggadocio trills of ‘Blow My Phone’. ‘No Chucks’ and ‘Triggered’, meanwhile, epitomise Tracey’s quintessential energetic, boastful rap sound.”

Having entered the album chart in 2017 with ‘Secure The Bag,’ AJ Tracy will no doubt be hoping to top his success with his latest record. Tracy then released ‘Butterflies,” feat British singer Not3s, which peaked in the top 20 on the UK singles chart. The self titled album, ‘AJ Tracy’ which was released in 2019 by Warner records and peaked at number 3 on the album charts. His highest charting single was ‘Ladbroke Grove’ which peaked at Number 3 on the UK Singles Chart.

2020 has been AJ’s most successful year yet having released his hit ‘West Ten’ feat Mabel and massive hits including ‘Dinner Guest’ feat Mo Stack, a charity single ‘Times like these,’ and the platinum certified Tik-Tok track ‘Rain’ with Aich. He’s also featured alongside Stormzy on Headie One’s ‘Ain’t It Different,’ which peaked at number 2 in the UK Official Chart.

Having had over one billion streams globally, AJ’s continues to show his versatility and talent as a UK rapper as he continues to push the boundaries and have a clever use of wordplay to captivate his audience. His surprise release will surely please his fans and no doubt be another one in the bag for AJ Tracey.

Tracklist

1. Yumeko
2. LA4AWEEK2
3. Red & Green
4. Graveyard Shift
5.Hikikomori
6. Blow my Phone
7. No Chucks
8. Triggered
9. Coloumbiana

The newly announced collaboration has come with several social-media posts and an official music video for the track. The video features Chris and the lead singer of Indochine, Nicola Sirkis.

The music video was directed by Colin Solal Cardo. Both of the French singers were able to capture electropop genre that Christine and the Queens is known for, while maintaining the signature sound of the highly acclaimed Indochine.

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Christine and the Queens recently released their newest music in the form of the EP, La Vita Nuova. The EP was dropped in the Spring of this year, 2020. Chris has not released a full-length album since the self-titled 2018 release of Chris.

While the artist is French, in 2016 they were still able to procure a spot on the BBC’s Top 100 Women of 2016 due to her immense popularity in the UK. In 2019 she released the song Gone with Charli XCX that skyrocketed in the charts.

That same year the pop-star appeared on the eleventh season of Rupaul’s Drag Race. Chris is popular in the LGBTQ+ community due to her announcement in 2015 that she is pansexual and genderqueer.

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The artist is not currently on tour. Christine and the Queens do not have an upcoming 2021 show-date list as of yet due to safety concerns surrounding the ongoing global pandemic, Covid-19 otherwise known as Coronavirus.

2020 is nevertheless a new chapter in the musician’s career, her latest EP feeling more modern then ever. It has received widespread critical praise despite the lack of a single reaching the UK top charts. More than that, it seems that the UK is becoming more interested in French-speaking music with the rise of Dua Lipa’s newest single Fever which features a French-speaking singer.

It is unclear when the next full length album will be released by Christine and the Queens however, the EP La Vita Nuova is available for streaming now, and the original album 3 is as well. The new remix of 3SEX with Indochine is available on all platforms today.

The live gig took place at the 02 Academy Brixton on the last stop of the band’s UK tour for their 5th studio album Everything Else Has Gone Wrong. The Live at Brixton show took place on November 8th, 2019 and was on the heels of the bands three year long hiatus.

I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose – Live at Brixton. Out Dec 11. Preorder/presave and check out new IHTB merch https://t.co/wEizGbAth8 pic.twitter.com/a6D16qQ2oM

— Bombay Bicycle Club (@BombayBicycle) November 9, 2020

Bombay Bicycle Club made their comeback last year with their 5th studio album after breaking up the band in 2016 to pursue solo projects. Before the hiatus the band had released 4 albums, 2 EPs and played headlining shows around the UK, United States, Asia and Australia.

The band consists of 4 original members, Jack Steadman on lead vocals, Jamie MacColl on lead guitar, Suren de Saram on drums and Ed Nash on bass. Their breakout album So Long See You Tomorrow was the band’s first chart topping release and gained them immense popularity in the UK by 2014.

Their most recent music release was the 2020 EP Two Lives that was dropped back in July. The EP consists of 3 acoustic versions of songs off their 2019 album and includes its name sake, a cover of Bonnie Raitt’s Two Lives.

The EP was largely recorded in front-man Steadman’s house during the Covid-19 Coronavirus quarantine lockdown. All proceeds from Two Lives are being donated the charities Chineke! Foundation and Youth Music.

The singles Let You Go (Acoustic), Racing Stripes (Acoustic) and Two Lives were then later released. The indie band’s upcoming live album will be released as a double LP with the original 2009 album as well. It will be released via Mmm…Records and Caroline International and will be available on vinyl, digitally and CD versions and bundles. 

UK PRE-ORDER UP!@BombayBicycle – ‘I Had The Blues But I Shook Them Loose – Live At Brixton’

Stunning live set from Bombay Bicycle Club featuring their debut album recorded at Brixton Academy.

Deluxe version with debut album added.https://t.co/Z7UGf48OJe pic.twitter.com/kYiQT6e1Yl

— Rough Trade (@RoughTrade) November 9, 2020

There are no upcoming Bombay Bicycle Club UK tours for the rest of the year or into 2021 yet due to continuing safety concerns surrounding the global pandemic. However, the band will be performing for at Hurricane Festival in Scheessel, Germany from June 18th to June 20th, 2021. 

Tickets for the festival can be found here. The upcoming album is now available for pre-order on Bombay Bicycle Club’s website as well as new merch for the promotion of the upcoming live album all available here.