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Oculate UK: This Week In Music
Oculate UK's round-up of all the highlights in new music releases from the past week. Featuring KOKOROKO, Skepta, Barry Can't Swim, Wet Leg, Kojey Radical & more.


[REVIEW] Lorde's 'Virgin' transcends her past works with instinctive emotion and grace
The 4th studio album finds Lorde transcending her past works with grit, intent and effortless emotional prowess.


Mura Masa Stops off in Bradford on his 'Local' Tour
Mura Masa takes the north by storm on a three-leg tour, 'Local', powered by Relentless. We went along to the Bradford show to see what went down.


Oculate UK: This Week In Music
Oculate UK's round-up of all the highlights in new music releases from the past week. Featuring: Little Simz, Wunderhorse, LULU., Niko B & more.


Oculate UK: This Week In Music
Oculate UK's round-up of all the highlights in new music releases from the past week. Featuring: Sammy Virji & Skepta, Obongjayar, Olivia Dean & more.


Oculate UK: This Week In Music
Oculate UK's round-up of all the highlights in new music releases from the past week. Featuring: Wolf Alice, Aminé, Little Simz, Jay Prince, Lola Young & more.


Oculate UK: This Week In Music
Oculate UK's round-up of all the best new music releases from the past week. Featuring: PinkPantheress, Loyle Carner, Nectar Woode, Venna, CMAT & more.


REVIEW: Yung Lean - Jonatan
Jonatan is an ode to the last decade of Yung Lean, defining a new era and paying homage to everything that came before.


Oculate UK: This Week In Music
Oculate UK's round-up of all the highlights in new music from the past week. Featuring: Sasha Keable, Cheetah & Nia Archives, Finn Foxell & more.


Bunky Becky Birthday Boy: An Absurdly Fun Pop-Metal Triumph from Sleigh Bells
Whether you love them, hate them or never even heard of them: Sleigh Bells are something else. They return with new album, Bunky Becky Boy.


Is It Really Goodnight? A Witty and Heart-Wrenching Studio Debut from Celeste Madden
Musician/songwriter Celeste Madden releases a re-worked version of 'Is It Really Goodnight?', her witty and heart-wrenching studio debut EP


Mychelle Returns With Delightful New Single 'You Don't Care About Me'
Hackney singer-songwriter Mychelle returns with 'You Don’t Care About Me', alongside exciting news that she’ll join Jorja Smith on tour


Confessions of a Lover Boy: No Guidnce Steal Our Hearts Again
British R&B group No Guidnce triumphantly return with their latest EP, Confessions of a Lover Boy


West London's Olympia Vitalis Drops Reflective New Soul Single ‘Younger’
Crafting a track that’s both uplifting and soothing, Olympia Vitalis delivers vibrant soulful energy on 'Younger'


IN THE CROWD: BRITS WEEK 25 CONTINUES WITH CLEAN BANDIT AT LONDON PALLADIUM
Clean Bandit showed out stronger than I was expecting, utilising the charity event setting to create a one-of-a-kind concert experience.


HACKNEY'S OWN MYCHELLE RETURNS WITH NEW SINGLE 'SWEET NOTHINGS'
A moment of creative serendipity, Mychelle's latest song, 'Sweet Nothings', came to her effortlessly during a cycle home.


NIA SMITH BRINGS A HEART ON SLEEVE APPROACH WITH ‘GIVE UP THE FEAR (+3)’
The five original tracks from ‘Don’t Give Up The Fear’ were showstopping, and now Smith has returned with three more stripped back classics


SINK NOW, SWIM LATER, BECAUSE ISN’T THAT EVERYONE’S BREAKUP MANTRA?
For those of us who can appreciate the need for a post-breakup wallow, SINKÂ NOW, SWIM LATER invites us to sit in it all in contemplation.


IN THE CROWD: BRITS WEEK 2025 BEGINS WITH CAT BURNS
In the intimate and tightly-packed venue of Moth Club, Cat Burns kicked off BRITs Week 2025 with a bang


JAY PRINCE DROPS HIS FIRST SINGLE OF THE YEAR ‘CHASING THRILLS’
Returning to the new year with ‘Chasing Thrills’, Jay Prince shares an illuminating single written during a transformative four years in LA.
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