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Manchester goth pop outfit Pale Waves formed in 2014 and were signed by Dirty Hit in 2017, releasing their debut single There’s A Honey to critical acclaim. The following year they placed fifth in the BBC Sound of 2018 poll, and claimed the NME Under the Radar Award at the NME Awards. Their debut album My Mind Makes Noises charted in the UK Albums Chart top ten, and everything seemed to be falling into place for the band. 

It's very rare for metalcore acts from the golden age of the genre to stay bound within their boxes. Groups either stray off in completely different directions, or suffer a bit more tragic fate. Architects have managed to both progress their sound over the years, while keeping the energy and aggression they exuded when they first start thrashing in the mid 2000s. Their newest single, Meteor, is very much proof of that.

After years spent carving out a name for themselves in the underground dance scene, Northern Irish electronic duo Bicep came crashing into the mainstream with their 2017 self-titled debut album, an unexpected top 20 hit in the UK albums chart. It was a long way to come from their origins with the FeelMyBicep blog which was a staple of the house scene in the late 2000s, but it was no less than the pair deserved.

Hailing from a small village in Somerset, Finn Askew is an eclectic and experimental young songwriter and performer. Having discovered his love for music as a youngster when he stumbled upon his parent’s CD collection, which included some giants such as Nirvana and The Smiths, Askew started writing and recording his own songs, fusing influences that span pop, rock, R&B, hip-hop, and indie.

On June 25th 2009, the world lost the greatest entertainer of all time, the king of pop Michael Jackson. His legacy, especially that of which he built in the 80s, still resonates in modern pop to this day. 

Hailing from the quiet Sydney suburb of Lindfield in the land down under, psychedelic indie rock troubadours The Lazy Eyes have been turning heads in their homeland, and winning over fans and critics alike with their spacey live shows and their intricate, layered tracks, despite the fact that all four of them are still in their teenage years.

It takes a lot of guts to blend the old and the new when it comes to producing a song – on one end, you’re limited by used ideas, and on the other you’re seeking innovation. But every now and then, you have artists like Chet Faker that come around with a song such as Get High, that perfectly blends the two ideologies together in one sweet musical smoothie.

Demi Lovato and Sam Fischer’s latest collaboration ‘What Other People Say’ treads through familiar territory in classic pop fashion. Lovato has built a reputation of powering each and every song with her dramatic, euphoric, and oft over-the-top vocals, and she does so again to great effect.

Raveena is the perfect mix of pop, jazz, and hip hop, and always has been. Tweety, her newest single, is a wonderful continuation of that sound, heading in all those directions more so than ever before. The song opens in a beautiful major-sounding progression, filled with other jazz treasures and classic chord progressions, all finished with the lustrous sounds of a Fender Rhodes.

There’s no disputing that Foo Fighters are one of, if not, the biggest bands in the world these days. From their beginnings as a side project of the former Nirvana drummer, Dave Grohl has steered the good ship Foo Fighters into the rich and deep waters of astounding commercial success. And their new offering – Medicine At Midnight – is certainly an economical record, coming in at a very streamlined nine tracks.