London-based, Australian-born artist Samsara has released her new EP Swordfight on 4 September 2026, marking a new chapter for the 22-year-old artist as she continues to carve out her own corner of electronic pop. Raised in Hong Kong, Samsara blends emotional songwriting with maximalist electronic production and theatrical visuals. Across Swordfight, she explores identity, sexuality, transformation, vulnerability, and power for…
Aya Nakamura refused to let 2024 define her by anything other than the music. After the racist firestorm around her Paris Olympics performance and endless tabloid noise, the French-Malian superstar returns with her fifth album Destinée – 18 tracks of unapologetic Aya-ism. At this point the numbers speak loud: over ten billion streams, the most-streamed Francophone artist ever, and a…
Dropping November 7, LUX arrived as Rosalía‘s latest full-length, the Spanish trailblazer’s fourth entry in a catalog that’s steadily rewritten pop’s rulebook. She first cracked the code with Los Ángeles and El Mal Querer, injecting flamenco’s fire into mainstream veins and then splintering its conventions to weave in urban grit and pop precision. MOTOMAMI followed in 2022, a humid, high-wire…
La Clara Sofia released her second EP, ABRASA, this past Friday, following her debut EP Desembocá. Her Afro-Brazilian style, influenced by maracatu and samba rock, is mixed with city grooves and rock influences, with experimental textures shining through brightly in this release. Drawing from Esperanza Spalding‘s layered jazz, Rita Lee‘s sharp pop, Akua Naru‘s wordplay punch, and Björk‘s expressive textures,…
Finnish artist EMMI IIDA just released her single ‘Tell Me’ on August 15, 2025, with a remix from producer Tobias Bergson on EFG Records. The track pulls from her debut album The Eye, and it mixes their styles in a buzzworthy way. EMMI IIDA does more than music. She’s a visual artist and holistic interior architect based in rural Finland,…
San Francisco duo Karmacoda dropped their latest single, ‘Practically Impossible to Please’, on August 1, 2025, through Sola Musa Music, teaming up with Bay Area vocalist Megan Slankard. Over two decades, Brett Crockett (producer) and Eric Matsuno (multi-instrumentalist) have shaped a sound that dances between electronica, trip-hop, R&B, and dream pop, earning shouts from heavyweights like Wonderland Magazine, CLASH Magazine,…
August 1, 2025, marked the arrival of Shizo van de Sunflower’s Elektro Punk EP, a gritty milestone from Daniel Blum, who’s been a force in electronic music since the ’80s. This year alone, he’s dropped The Beauty of Acid, a nod to ’90s acid techno, and Lost Love Pressure, a June release that turns personal lows into a high-energy anthem.…
On July 11, 2025, POSITIVEMAN dropped his latest single, ‘COMO TU‘, locking in his rep as a genre-blending force in modern music. This guy lives for breaking boundaries, mixing heartfelt vibes with a cross-cultural edge that’s won him fans all over the world. From jaw-dropping performances to tracks that hit you right in the soul, POSITIVEMAN keeps showing he’s one…
Steve Aoki, Marnik, and MR.BLACK released ‘Instant Moments’ on June 25, 2025, via Dim Mak Records, delivering a festival power-house that blends their unique styles. Aoki, a global EDM icon with a Grammy nod for Wonderland, has worked with BTS, Blink-182, and David Guetta. Marnik, the Italian duo, shines with melodic hits like ‘Shiva’ alongside KSHMR. MR.BLACK, a psy-trance innovator,…
On July 18, 2025, Nativalien, the electronic alias of Qais Khoury, released his new single ‘On & On’ featuring his side project Pinwheel Valley through Hot Soap Records. A multi-instrumentalist and vocalist with roots stretching from Amman to London, Vancouver, and now Cyprus, Khoury channels his cross-cultural influences into Deep and Melodic House and Techno as Nativalien. Since earning his…