Swedish Singer-Songwriter XOLYDIA Weaves Poetic Narratives with Folk and Indie Pop "Summer Waltz" New Swedish singer XOLYDIA's dreamy first EP, "Summer's Dream," is sure to charm the music world. With the first song, "Summer Waltz," a new sound in indie and folk pop music was born. XOLYDIA and producer Sara Idani work together to make a sound that is both deep and personal. They are known...

Freddie Perry has captured a very specific brand of Saturday afternoon existentialism in his new single "WHAT EVEN IS LIFE?" It’s a track that feels like it grew naturally in his Birmingham home studio, bypassing the polished artifice of big-label pop to find something far more grounding and relatable. The song hits with a driving, bright acoustic strumming pattern the kind of rhythm that...