Kat Smith

Introducing: George Moir

Hometown: Plymouth

Listen to: ‘Flowers’, ‘Baked Beans’, ‘Big Boy Cruisin’

Plymouth-based artist George Moir blends playful synths with complex yet unpretentious songwriting […]

Introducing: Lauren Auder

Hometown: Watford/Aibi

Listen to: ‘Unseen (feat. Celeste), ‘Small Ghosts’, ‘june 14th’

Born in Watford, raised in Southwest France and now based in London, Lauren Auder beg […]

Introducing: Leo Bhanji

Hometown: LA, now London

Listen to: ‘The Wades’, ‘Blade of Hope’, ‘Heart of Gold’

It’s often said (admittedly many times by me, in this very column) that an artist is unconfined […]

Introducing: Becky CJ

Hometown: South London

Listen to: ‘Julia’, ‘Losing Your Perspective’, ‘L.A. is Burning’ 

Despite growing up with musical parents, Londoner Becky CJ didn’t start considering a […]

Introducing: Gia Ford

Hometown: Wilmslow (now based in London)

Listen to: ‘TURBO DREAMS’, ‘Anywhere You Are!’, ‘HIGH CLASS TRAGEDY’

Signed to the same record label as Rina Sawayama, The 1975 and Wolf Al […]

Introducing: Elle Músa

Hometown: Brisbane

Listen to: ‘Mango Pops’, ‘Bibi’s Bay’, ‘Lime Green’ 

We may be slowly approaching spring, but the temperature is still floating around the 0°c mark—for those o […]

Introducing: ELSZ

Hometown: Between Sydney, Columbo and Brooklyn

Listen to: ‘Take Me to the Sun’, ‘Your Rage is Necessary, Pt. I’, ‘Poison’

As a singer, producer, harpist, activist, and dancer, the […]

Introducing: Alfie Indra

Hometown: Once Suffolk, now Norwich

Listen to: ‘Cool People’, ‘All My Friends Are Depressed’, ‘Just a Kid’

It all started when Alfie Indra got a ukulele for Christmas aged 12, an […]

Introducing: Sans Soucis

Hometown: From Italy, now in London

Listen to: ‘Visible’, ‘Air’, ‘Confini’

On her website, London-based artist Sans Soucis (the stage name of Italian-born Giulia Grispino) a […]

Introducing: Portobello

Hometown: London

Listen to: ‘Money’, ‘Colourblind’, ‘Speak My Mind’, ‘Santa Fe’

Portobello: the name of one of the best markets in the world, a pretty versatile mushroom and al […]

Introducing: Drug Store Romeos

Hometown: Hampshire

Listen to: ‘Frame of Reference’, ‘Quotations for Locations’, ‘Now You’re Moving’

Much of the UK has been plunged into a second lockdown and the days […]

Introducing: Katy J Pearson

From: Gloucestershire

Listen to: ‘Tonight’, ‘Hey You’, ‘Take Back the Radio’

It’s not often a musician has the ability to transport their listeners to a completely di […]

Introducing: R.A.E

Hometown: South East London

Listen to: ‘Like This’, ‘Dear Germaine’, ‘Summer Love’

R.A.E (pronounced R, A, E) is single-handedly bringing back the glory days of the 90s with her […]

Introducing: Maala

Hometown: Auckland, New Zealand

Listen to: ‘Water Overhead’, ‘Crazy’, ‘Better LIfe’

When Evan Sinton auditioned for New Zealand’s Got Talent with an acoustic guitar, floppy heart- […]

Introducing: Mysie

Hometown: South London

Listen to: ‘Bones’, ‘Sweet Relief’, ‘Heartbeat’

As the worthy first winner of the Ivor Novello Rising Star Award, Mysie is certainly one to watch for the latter […]

If Zeros was judged on the merit of its lead single ‘Beautiful Faces’ alone, Declan McKenna’s second album should have had 5-star reviews pencilled-in since January. With the release of the full record, that […]

If 2017’s Stranger in the Alps elevated Phoebe Bridgers to stardom, Punisher should launch her into the stratosphere.

The LA singer-songwriter’s sophomore album is ethereal, nostalgic and essentially, sad. Thi […]

Having won the coveted Booker Prize in 2019, it’s likely the name Bernardine Evaristo has come up once or twice as a book recommendation. If you were still in any doubt over whether to read the outstanding G […]