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James Poole Lease Of Life

Electronic

James Poole Brings Soulful Bounce With New Track Lease Of Life

Defected Debut for Rising UK Producer I love Fridays. Because, among other good stuff, Friday drops are noisy. From a music industry point of view, every label wants your attention. Every producer wants the slot. So when Defected Records hands it to someone for a debut, it usually means one thing - they’ve been watching for a while. James Poole walks in with Lease Of Life, and he sounds like a man who has already tested this record in front […]

today20/02/2026

MASHA. Gold Guns Girls

Rock

Gold Guns Girls – MASHA. and How Much Is Ever Enough

HOW MUCH “MORE” IS EVER ENOUGH? I hear that question every winter, when the days get shorter and the light disappears before dinner. MASHA. brings that question to the surface on Gold Guns Girls and drags it across the floor. Some listeners will recognise the title from Metric’s 2009 release. The hook keeps circling like a dare: Is it ever gonna be enough? She repeats it until that faint light in the distance turns into a train rushing straight at you. […]

today19/02/2026

Arctic Wave “Free”

Rock

Arctic Wave “Free” Review: Family Funk, Faith, and Sweat Equity

For anyone convinced the best things in life come cheap, Arctic Wave brought receipts - and a groove. Free comes in with boots on concrete, then taps you on the shoulder. Yeah, like a friend who tells the truth even when you roll your eyes. The spark came from a sentence spoken across a kitchen table: Free things are the most expensive. C.L. Turner held onto it. Then he built a song around it. That line grows into a chorus you sing […]

today18/02/2026

Electronic

Andrea Oliva & Bensy debut on Defected with ‘Nappp’

A Long-Awaited Defected Arrival Released today, 13 February 2026, Andrea Oliva & Bensy land on Defected Records with Nappp, carrying the confidence of two artists who know exactly how to unfold a story inside the groove. Andrea Oliva steps into Defected’s main room after years orbiting the family through DFTD, including that sharp 2024 remix of Renato Cohen’s Suddenly Funk. I remember rinsing that one more than planned. Now he plants his flag properly. And it feels earned. Andrea Oliva: […]

today13/02/2026

Hip Hop

Money Talk and Mixed Signals in Cruel Games by Cabra feat. Mz

Mixed signals in a relationship drain you in a very specific way. First you guess. Then you replay the last message like it hides a secret code. Then you start negotiating with your own pride. Meanwhile, the other person smiles, and keeps the game moving. Cabra and Mz capture that exact tension in Cruel Games, and they wrap it in smooth production, while the lyrics cut straight to bone. Hazy Beat Still Hits the Ribs Cruel Games blends R&B, hip […]

today12/02/2026

Matt DeAngelis In This World

Pop

Matt DeAngelis In This World – Jazz-Rock Soul Searching for Unity

Thank God I love music enough to keep me busy and out of the turmoil. It gives me a place to breathe, where the batteries charge before the daily avalanche of headlines hits again. So when In This World by Matt DeAngelis came through my speakers, I leaned in. Slowly. Fully. I was looking for something grounded - and that’s exactly what came through. The Sound of Long-Term Chemistry Mat DeAngelis comes out of Turnersville, New Jersey, and he shows […]

today11/02/2026

Re:O Reverie

Alternative Rock

Re:O and the Frozen Reverie: A Drifting Japancore Snowfall

A moonlit city, a hand full of snow Did you imagine a quiet walk through a city after midnight, snow already settled and streets keeping their secrets? Reverie by Re:O arrives exactly this way. The song opens under a bright moon, staring down at a cityscape of snow while a voice turns up in the distance like a memory. Rio Suyama sings with that soft pull. As the track unfolds, drifting recollections surface, a frozen wind brushes your cheek, and […]

today09/02/2026

Becky Raisman Earth Goddesses

Pop

Becky Raisman Earth Goddesses: Pop-Rock Glow, Dream-Pop Grit

The fuel that still burns Becky Raisman comes out of Mount Pleasant, USA with Earth Goddesses, a three-track EP that aims straight at the spine: stand tall, shine hard, keep moving. It landed in mid-November 2025, tracked at Sound Farm Studios (known earlier as Charleston Sound Studios / Solar Sound Studios) and finished with production work at the producer’s house. The spark came from songwriting classes and a diet of Degrassi: The Next Generation. For me, this is that kind […]

today09/02/2026

Pop

Take A Ride And Feel The Latin Rock Heat with Jeff Vidov

Jeff Vidov Takes Another Ride Last time I checked in with Jeff Vidov, he had his sights set on a clear destination. New York, I’m Coming To You felt like a straight line drawn with purpose. Today, I find myself riding alongside the same multi-talented artist on a different stretch of road - one powered by Latin rock/pop energy, wide horizons, and real motion. This one goes by a simple name: Take A Ride. A Toronto Engine With Global Reach […]

today07/02/2026

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