Rubanq’s “Worldwide Dead” slides into your listening not with a bang, but with the gritty inevitability of a slowly tightening knot. Joel Patric, the Gothenburg mind behind this introspective project, isn’t serving up easy comforts. Instead, he’s crafting a heavy-hearted chronicle of our digital descent, a sort of sonic warning flare fired from a shoreline most of us are too screen-addled to even see. https://open.spotify.com/track/7EW97ayWhXaAWreULBkoOB?si=43235d208a2a4ea3 The...

North-West England’s Olivia Booth is sweeping blades with every heart and ear after releasing her indie alternative pop accompanied by a slight degree of '90 nostalgia. Her latest single "Satisfied" is an exploration of relationships and the thirst for self-improvement. Olivia had just reached 16 years when her musical career took a new direction as she left for Brighton to study songwriting. This is where she...