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American artist Panda Bear (Noah Lennox, of Animal Collective fame) and his British musical partner Sonic Boom (Peter Member, of Spaceman 3 fame) collaborated on the August 2022 album Reset and its July 2026 successor, A ? of When. The latter album was, at least initially, not issued on streaming services, but only in physical formats. As different as they are, both albums are heavily inspired by psychedelic American sixties pop by The Beach Boys and the like and may be regarded as 21st century interpretations of pop sounds from the era. Read more on Last.fm

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Alewya Demmisse, known artistically as Alewya, is a British singer-songwriter, producer, multidisciplinary artist, and model. Demmisse was born in Saudi Arabia to a Sudanese-raised Egyptian father and an Ethiopian mother. She was brought up in Sudan before her family relocated to the UK as refugees when she was five and then grew up in West London. She is heavily influenced by her African and Arab roots. Her name means "the highest" in Amharic. She released her debut single "Sweating" in mid-2020. Read more on Last.fm

Mary in the Junkyard is an Indie Rock/Art Rock trio from London, consisting of Clari Freeman-Taylor (AKA Clari FT) and David Addison, both formerly of Second Thoughts, on vocals/guitar and drums, respectively, as well as Saya Barbaglia on bass and viola. In October 2023, they released their debut single, Tuesday, followed up by two more singles, Ghost and Marble Arch, released in February and March 2024, respectively, before releasing their debut EP This Old House in May of the same year. Read more on Last.fm

Blane Muise (born May 4, 1993), better known by her stage name Shygirl, is an English rapper, DJ, singer, songwriter and co-head/founder of record label and collective Nuxxe. Shygirl's music incorporates elements of hip house, industrial hip-hop, grime and deconstructed club. She has also been associated with the hyperpop music scene. Shygirl rose to prominence after working with close collaborator and friend Sega Bodega, as well as other well-known experimental pop producers Arca and Sophie Read more on Last.fm

Jordan Rakei, now based in London, started his career in 2012 playing keyboards in many acts around Brisbane and New Zealand. He self-released his debut six-track EP Franklin' s Room, in September 2013 followed by Groove Course in August 2014 through Soul has no tempo. He also featured on the FKJ song 'Learn to fly'. In 2015, he featured on 'Sunrise / Beautiful' by Ta-Ku, 'Wake Up This Day' by Tom Misch and 'Masterpiece' by Disclosure. 'The light' and 'Talk to me' were released as an advance of 'Cloak' Read more on Last.fm

Bricknasty is Irish experimental rnb band based in Ballymun, which was formed around 2020. The band started out just being "Fatboy" as the vocalist and Cillian McCauley, which was the producer. The band was created as a "pandemic-era studio project" as a way to cure boredom and in there words "a desire to create authentic music". The music often has themes of addiction, mental health and social and political disillusionment. The group released there Read more on Last.fm

There are 3 artists who have recorded as Goldie: 1. Goldie is a UK drum & bass/jungle producer. 2. Goldie is a 1970s British pop/rock band. 3. Goldie, a.k.a. Goldie Zelkowitz was the stage name of Genya Zelkowitz (later Genya Ravan) of Goldie & The Gingerbreads. 1 - Clifford Price, better known as Goldie (born September, 1965 in Wolverhampton) is a British electronic music artist, disc jockey, and actor. As a musician he works mainly within the jungle and drum and bass genres, and has helped to promote these styles globally. Read more on Last.fm

John Glacier is a London, United Kingdom-based experimental producer, hiphop artist, rapper and poet, who - on her debut EP Shiloh: Lost for Words (2021), introduced het trademark blend of rap, punk and electro. In her music, she spreads honesty, humour, personality and tongue-in-cheek pop culture references. 2024 saw the release of two more EP's, Like A Ribbon and Duppy Gun. Read more on Last.fm

Bloc Party are an English rock band formed in London in 1999 by Kele Okereke and Russell Lissack. The band's music incorporates elements of indie rock, post-punk revival, electronica, and house music. The original line-up also included Gordon Moakes and Matt Tong, both of whom later left the group. The current line-up consists of Okereke, Lissack, Louise Bartle, and Harry Deacon. Okereke and Lissack first met in London in 1998 and decided to form a band after meeting again at the Reading Festival in 1999. Read more on Last.fm