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19/06/2023 Fever Ray, Sweden

FEVER RAY – RADICAL ROMANTICS (Alt/Electronica – Sweden)

Fever Ray’s first new album in more than five years, Radical Romantics, is out now. Karin Dreijer first started on Radical

Alternative Indie Pop Synth

12/04/2023 Canada, Charlotte Cardin, Pop, Quebec

CHARLOTTE CARDIN – 99 NIGHTS (Pop/Indie – Canada)

Acclaimed Canadian singer/songwriter Charlotte Cardin finally released some new music earlier this year, “Confetti” and “Looping”, two infectious singles that put her captivating vocals on full display. More recently, she announced her sophomore album 99 Nights, set to be released next August via Cult Nation/Atlantic Records.

Alternative Electronica Pop Scandinavia

27/02/2023 Electronica, Emilie Nicolas, Pop, Scandinavia

EMILIE NICOLAS – EASY (Pop/Electro – Norway)

In the past few months, Oslo-based singer songwriter Emilie Nicolas has released a string of singles starting with “Easy” last October, “Limits” in November and “Everyday” last month. With pulsating beats and dark tones, “Easy” switches effortlessly between the organic and the digital, between soft and hard, nice and ugly.

Alternative France Indie Pop

08/02/2023 France, Indie, Phoenix, Pop

PHOENIX – ALPHA ZULU (Indie/Pop – France)

Grammy Award-winning band Phoenix — Thomas Mars, Deck d’Arcy, Christian Mazzalai and Laurent Brancowitz — returns with Alpha Zulu, released via Glassnote Records. The album was inspired by Philippe Zdar of the band Cassius, who produced three of Phoenix’s albums and died in 2019.

Alternative Indie Rock

17/01/2023 Alternative, Indie, psychedelic, US, Wargirl

WARGIRL – DANCING GOLD (Indie/Psychedelic Rock – US)

Wargirl is is a six-headed collective of like-minded people from different backgrounds and cultures that’s as unconventional as their unique brand of psychedelic-funk-rock, on display on their 2020 album Dancing Gold, released via Hamburg-based label Clouds Hill.