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A unique prospect in a sea of conformist new sounds, Opus Kink are the kind of band that thrive in the live environment. With a debut EP release in June, 2022 via the always on point Nice Swan records, they’ve got all the required stamps of approval. Plus, they instinctively know that – when it comes down to it – all we want to know from a new band is which is considered ‘the hot one’. What more could you ask for? "Horn-fuelled filth-funk, where punk and jazz combine in grimy circumstances.” (Thomas Smith, NME Magazine) Read more on Last.fm

There are at least two acts/groups called Us (or US): 1. an American singer-songwriter duo 2. a house-act from Manchester, U.K., featuring A Guy Called Gerald, that released one single in 1988 1. Two singer-songwriters, Carissa Rae and Michael Alvarado, have officially joined forces to form a brand-new musical duo group, US. After a few successful YouTube and Single collaborations, the dynamic duo has decided to release a new album under their new name. Read more on Last.fm

Michael Samuel Kiwanuka (born 3 May 1987) is an English soul musician who is signed to Communion Records. He has been compared to Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Bill Withers, Randy Newman, Terry Callier, and Otis Redding, as well as Van Morrison and the Temptations. In January 2012, he won the BBC's Sound of 2012 poll. Kiwanuka grew up in Muswell Hill, London, the son of Ugandan parents who had escaped the Amin regime. He attended Fortismere School, leaving there in 2005 after completing his A-Levels. Read more on Last.fm

Olof Dreijer (b.1981) is a member of The Knife. Now based in Barcelona, he performs minimal techno shows as Oni Ayhun, previously as DJ Coolof. Olof Dreijer is a producer, DJ, musician and member of The Knife who has been pushing the borders of electronic music for two decades, keeping things fun and colorful. Over the past decade, when he’s not been busy producing music, Olof has been DJing throughout Europe at clubs and highly-respected international festivals. Read more on Last.fm

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Sugar Pie DeSanto (born Peylia Marsema Balinton in Brooklyn, NYC, on 16 October 1935; died 20 December 2024) was an American R&B singer and dancer remembered for being popular during the 1950s and 1960s. She was a 2024 inductee to the Blues Hall of Fame. She was born to an African-American mom and a Filipino dad. She spent most of her early life in San Francisco, California, where she moved with her family at a young age. In 1955, DeSanto did some touring with The Johnny Otis Revue after being given the nickname Sugar Pie by the bandleader. Read more on Last.fm

Charlotte Day Wilson is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in Toronto. Wilson has the type of slow-burning, smoldering jazz and R&B-influenced sound that already feels classic. She has been quietly churning out songs, from the gospel-washed “Work” back in April to a guest spot in BADBADNOTGOOD’s “In Your Eyes". Her debut EP, CDW, Wilson solidifyies her timeless sound. Getting here hasn’t been easy—the artist has been, as she says, “working [her] ass off. Read more on Last.fm

Cassius was a French electronic music duo comprising of producers Phillipe Cerboneschi and Hubert Blanc-Francard, better known as Philippe Zdar and Boom Bass. They started working together in 1994, producing a hip-hop project called La Funk Mob. They started remixing tracks under the Cassius name in 1997, for acts such as Air and Daft Punk, before producing their own original works. As hard rock and funk fans, Zdar (Philippe) and Boom-Bass (Hubert) Read more on Last.fm