Today, Josh Hicks and "Eyes On You" come at a time when truthfulness in music seems to be getting harder to find. With this single, the Welsh singer-songwriter has made something truly moving, one that feels both close and wide. It is been three years since Hicks last worked with his long-time partner ShatterJack, and this change in tone is very interesting. Teaming up with rising producer...

The Cadence of Rhyme, an independent UK-based poet-turned-songwriter, has dropped a defiant single called "Dalek". Billed as an intersection of alternative hip-hop and indie pop, the release operates on a heavily defended philosophy: the meaning leads, the emotion guides, and the production simply serves the story. https://open.spotify.com/album/6LJgrHMFuRlVR6LvanuwHr?si=XA9RzhO_TQiPMltZfPtK0A He takes AI-generated instrumentals and painstakingly wrestles them into submission, bending the tech to fit his precise, human-crafted poetry....