Leon Blanchard, a name perhaps faintly echoing from the mid-noughties indie surge, returns not with fanfare, but with a solitary signal flare titled "Astronaut". Hailing from Grimsby, a town known more for its fishing heritage than its celestial aspirations, Blanchard's new song does not really feel like a return, but more like a personal gearbox picked up after years of chatter. In 2007, his old band,...

Revoh Wattz and Funky Flacco just dropped "Defcon 0", and listening feels less like pressing play and more like stumbling into an operations room mid-crisis. The air crackles. Sirens might not be blaring, but you feel them somewhere deep in the mix, vibrating just below the audible threshold. Something's perpetually on the verge, and maybe we're just catching up to its undeniable momentum. https://open.spotify.com/track/2pcctepCdxfgYicdG0KTeL?si=q1HV8vAZQ2C8wt1W3Dn1TA Funky Flacco’s...