Dev London's new single, “Spell On Me,” slid into my listening queue, and frankly, the title felt less like an invitation and more like a diagnosis. This rising Manteca artist crafts a sound here – an R&B/Pop fusion – that's as smooth as it is unsettling, like finding a perfectly polished stone that hums with a faint, troubling energy. https://open.spotify.com/track/73XvCea2NkVBeTPEhqoTvj?si=jXi6lrm_TVukGsDhbjcMfw The track unpacks the exquisite torture...

Listening to Kaya Street’s new four-part single series—” Kaya Street Summer Singles” from "Revolutionary Minds" through to "Start Again"—feels less like queuing up a playlist and more like walking through four rooms of a single, sprawling house. Each one is painted a different colour, holds a different temperature, but they’re all unmistakably connected by the same foundation. https://open.spotify.com/album/4lAZIzS8UEfR5g8RlEeWz1?si=pks_1ftjSOWhRaKJucc4CQ This is the Bristol collective’s genius: crafting a...