UK alt-rock shapeshifters DON BROCO continue their 2025 streak with “Euphoria,” an electrifying new single and their fourth release this year on Fearless Records.
Equal parts seductive and explosive, “Euphoria” opens with an electronic, vocal-driven tease before dropping into heavy guitars, driving drums, and a deliciously funky bassline. Its energy twists through dance-floor grooves and an anthemic, shout-along chorus (“Gonna live forever!”), capturing the bold, unpredictable sound defining the band’s next era. “Euphoria” lives up to its name – a rush of sound and feeling that lingers long after the final hit.
When asked about the inspiration behind the song, the band shared, “Euphoria is about chasing that rush of the first time, trying to recapture that brand new magical feeling again and again for the rest of your life.”
Building on the momentum of the previous singles, “Euphoria” finds DON BROCO refining the chaos, emotion, and experimentation that define this next chapter. Each new release has carved out its own distinct corner of the band’s sonic world – from the nu-metal ferocity and swagger of “Cellophane” to the explosive, hook-laden energy of “Hype Man” and the emotional weight of “Disappear.” Together, they trace the shape of a band unafraid to evolve – pushing harder, thinking bigger, and delivering some of the most dynamic and ambitious music of their career.
Introducing Melly Mike — the sound of self-made success, global connection, and unapologetic ambition.
Rising rap star Melly Mike, the artist behind one of the summer’s biggest viral sensations, has officially signed with Epic Records and released the official music video for “Young Black & Rich” — the anthem that sparked the “aura farming” trend and captivated audiences around the world.
The record first took off after last year’s Pacu Jalar boat racing event in Indonesia, where a viral video of a young local dancer and creator, Dikha, grooving to “Young Black & Rich” ignited a worldwide phenomenon. This year, Melly Mike returned to the scene of the trend’s birth, headlining the event and teaming up with the same young “aura farmer” in a full-circle moment captured in the new official video. And now, Melly Mike is ready for his own close up.
Seattle’s psych funk outfit Cytrus raised over $1000 during their livestream on YouTube to benefit the Snohomish Boys & Girls Club. The band felt they needed to act in the wake of the government shutdown and SNAP benefits being taken away from those in need, and so they did — and in just one night of music the band was happy to report that 20 meal bags per week for 5 weeks would be provided. Each bag is pre-made with a recipe and all the necessary ingredients to make a dinner. In the event that the government re-opens and these government funded aids return, the funds will be reallocated by the B&GC to provide home essentials through the B&GC (something the club needs year round). Adding to the success of the evening, Nectar Lounge in Seattle teamed up to multi-stream the broadcast onNectar Lounge’s YouTube channel, creating community care and strength in numbers at its best. Listen to the full stream here.
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Judy Whitmore is a vocal artist and an award-winning best-selling author. Born in New York City, and raised in Studio City, California, her singing career began in college when she was hired as a background singer for Capitol Records in Hollywood. Changing course, she then moved to Aspen, Colorado, where she was President of American Theater Company and President of the Aspen Playwrights Conference. She also served on the Board of Directors of Ballet West Aspen. After Judy got her pilot’s license, she worked as a volunteer pilot on search and rescue missions for Aspen Air Rescue. She continued her flight training and became a Learjet Captain. She also flew seaplanes and hot-air balloons.
When Judy moved back to Los Angeles, she produced the musical Taking a Chance on Love, then headed to London to co-produce the revival of Leonard Bernstein’s Wonderful Town. With another course change, Judy returned to college, earning a graduate degree in Clinical Psychology. After a two-year internship, she opened a private practice in West Los Angeles. When she moved her office to Newport Beach, California, she enrolled in the University of California Irvine’s writing program. Her first book, a novel titled Come Fly with Me, became an Amazon Kindle #1 best-seller. This was followed by a cookbook and the graphic novel William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.
ARK IDENTITY is the dream pop solo project of Toronto’s Noah Mroueh. A singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Noah creates immersive soundscapes praised for their “addictively good” melodies. His music weaves dream pop with the boundless realms of psychedelia, offering listeners a passage into spaces of reflection and discovery.
Noah draws inspiration from an eclectic mix of influences, including Tame Impala, Oasis, Bon Iver, Foster the People, and The Beatles. This array of inspirations has shaped his sound. As ARK IDENTITY, Noah invites his listeners into the introspective world he has crafted, one instrumental part at a time.
Rising Latin pop artist ISADORA welcomes listeners into her universe with the release of her debut album, La Isla. A colorful and sonically rich body of work, La Isla (“The Island”) captures the warmth, rhythm, and spirit of island life, blending genres like Afrobeats, boleros, and tropical pop into a sound all her own. La Isla is now available on all streaming platforms.
More than just an album, La Isla is a world ISADORA has built, a safe, joyful space for her community to feel connected and celebrated. Across its songs, she invites listeners to explore every side of who they are: the soft and the strong, the reflective and the radiant. At the heart of it all is “Peace + Love ☾,” the project’s focus track, a tender reflection on longing for nothing but peace and love for someone who walked away and now looks back with regret, realizing too late that your happiness no longer depends on them.
Rising R&B sensation Myles Lloyd turns up the anticipation for his upcoming album I’m Still Thinking (out November 21) with the release of his magnetic new single “Grapevine.” Driven by Lloyd’s captivating vocals, silky melodies, and pulsing 808s, the track channels the emotional tension and allure at the heart of his sound.
“‘Grapevine’ is about tuning out the gossip and tuning into the grind,” Lloyd shares. “I’d rather pour a glass of red wine and build my legacy than waste time proving myself.”
Hailing from Montreal, Myles Lloyd has carved a distinct place in R&B with music that blends emotional honesty and pop precision. He combines nostalgic textures and cinematic production with smooth falsetto melodies, creating songs that are both vulnerable and infectious. Drawing from classic soul, modern R&B, and early 2000s pop, Lloyd makes music for the overthinkers, the romantics, and anyone trying to make sense of feeling too much.
On his forthcoming album I’m Still Thinking, Lloyd turns his lens inward, exploring themes of anxiety, love, loss, and the restless mind. Each song unfolds like a page from his personal diary. From the confident swagger of “Grapevine” to the cool introspection of “Cold,” the project captures the emotional turbulence of a young man figuring it all out in real time.
Ethereal singer-songwriter Ana Luna reveals her debut album, Tainted Silhouettes. The 9-track record features past singles including “Dance in a Trance,” “Daddy’s Empire,” “Can We Pretend We Just Met At A Bar?,” and “Bleeding Pen,” alongside five brand-new songs.
On Tainted Silhouettes, Ana Luna’s sharp artistic instincts come fully into focus. Woven with cinematic soundscapes and hauntingly intimate vocals, the album unfolds as a meditation on memory, pain, and renewal. It drifts between vulnerability and transcendence, finding beauty in breaking apart and becoming whole again.
About the album, Ana shares, “Many of these songs weren’t written with a project in mind. They were simply me processing what I was feeling in real time. I was experiencing big emotions while trying to look inward and understand what was behind the anger or sadness — the triggers, the perceptions I had about what happened in my relationship, and within myself. When it came time to produce the songs, I had one goal: to make them raw but cinematic. I wanted the music to feel like a movie, like your emotions, which are intangible, had suddenly become something you could touch.”
She continues, “I’ve always been told I feel things too deeply, that I’m ‘too much.’ Instead of shrinking that part of myself, I leaned into it. I made these songs deep and intense to show how powerful emotion can be when you let yourself feel it fully. They became my source of healing and understanding. While I hope they resonate with many, they’re especially for the deep feelers — the ones who look inward, who want to understand, and who find themselves in the act of feeling.”
At just 20 years old, Jordan Anthony has already lived a lifetime of music. The Perth-born, Los Angeles–based artist writes emotionally charged pop anthems that fuse storytelling with soul, transforming his own struggles and triumphs into songs that make people feel seen.
His journey began early. At age seven, Jordan wrote his first song, not a hit, as he jokes, but an outlet. Bullied at school and struggling to open up, songwriting became his escape. “It allowed me to say things I never could out loud,” he recalls. “From that point on, I knew this was what I was meant to do: to help people feel seen, heard, and less alone.”
By five, his parents had enrolled him in piano lessons, a decision he once resisted but now credits as the foundation of his self-sufficient musicianship. With that skill came the freedom to arrange and compose, and before long, he was writing songs with the kind of emotional honesty that would define his artistry.
At 14, Jordan stepped into the spotlight, earning national attention as a Top 4 finalist on The Voice Australia (2019). That same year, he represented Australia at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, performing his original song “We Will Rise” and placing eighth internationally. Soon after, he was headlining Perth’s One Big Voice festival at RAC Arena and delivering a TEDx Talk on the power of storytelling through music.
But it was his leap into the global scene that truly set him apart. In 2024, Jordan was invited to compete on American Idol, where he made the Top 14 and introduced his music to a worldwide audience. The experience led him to relocate to Los Angeles — a move that marked the beginning of his next chapter.
His breakout collaboration “Cherry” with fellow Idol alum Ajii served as his first major introduction to global listeners, combining silky pop production with heartfelt lyricism and marking the beginning of Jordan’s evolution into a world-class pop storyteller.
In the months that followed, Jordan cemented his creative identity with a string of powerful singles, “Reckless” and “Tell Me”, each exploring a different shade of love, loss, and self-discovery. “Reckless” showcased Jordan’s cinematic pop sensibility and his ability to make heartbreak feel euphoric, while “Tell Me” leaned into vulnerability, pairing his soaring vocals with introspective lyricism that resonated deeply with fans. Together, the tracks set the stage for his most emotionally mature work to date.
Now, Jordan returns with his newest single, “Hurt Me Sooner”, a song that captures the ache of looking back on a relationship and wishing you could get that time back, even when you know it shaped you.
Written with Brett Koolik and produced by Taylor Sparks, “Hurt Me Sooner” delivers the catharsis of heartbreak through a sweeping pop landscape inspired by Lewis Capaldi’s emotional ballads. It’s a song built for late-night drives and quiet reflection, a powerful blend of vulnerability and strength that has become Jordan’s signature.
“Sometimes the worst thing we can do is try to deny how we feel,” Jordan says. “I hope this song helps someone sit with their emotions instead of running from them, to feel the feels and start to heal.”
Emerging songwriter and producer Gonzo Mendes shares new single ‘Cookie Cutter’ – an alternative, dark and moody synth-pop track that came from pondering about the patterns and habits we follow in our lives.
‘Cookie Cutter’ is available now on all major streaming platforms via APOLLO Distribution.
Accelerating at full speed towards a major mainstream breakthrough, rising pop artist Haiden Henderson has ‘heightened’ his 2025 tension EP, expanding the original project with two tracks, including the released “parasite” duet with MICO and new single “chemicals” out now via Island EMI. Listen HERE. Plus, he shares the official lyric video for “chemicals.” Watch HERE.
Haiden initially teased “chemicals” on his sold out 25 date North America, U.K., and Europe tour this past August and September. Debuting the track live, it instantly intoxicated crowds as a nightly setlist staple. The track’s taut guitar lines wrap tightly around a head-nodding drum beat, and his vocals transfix. He can barely hold back his feelings as he succumbs to desire on the chorus, “The more that you give, the more that I want.”
Meanwhile, the upbeat “parasite” has already surged on DSPs, reeling in north of 2.4 million Spotify streams thus far. Haiden recently hit the stage with MICO for a surprise duet performance of the track in Toronto, ON. Together, these two electrified the packed house.
Regarding tension (heightened), Haiden said, “MICO and I have known each other for a while and after releasing tension, we realized that we were going through similarly complicated situations in our love lives. ‘parasite’ was born out of two different stories and one singular emotion. ‘chemicals’ is the final song on this project and was written early on with the goal of being the chaotic combination of all of the sonics on the EP. I kinda see this song as a release of tension if you will.”
Once-in-a-generation teenage folk guitarist and singer Muireann Bradley today shares her new EP ‘Rose Dogs’, out now via Universal’s newly relaunched Fontana label in partnership with Verve Forecast. The release features Muireann’s first-ever original song, ‘No Name Blues’, alongside her recent singles, ‘These Days’ and ‘Clay Pigeons’. Inspired by traditional ‘murder ballads’ and songs of scorned women from artists like Memphis Minnie and Bessie Smith, ‘No Name Blues’ is a modern take on these iconic tracks, which, instead of their demise, sees the female protagonist exacting their revenge and coming out on top.
Bridging Paris and New York, French-Moroccan artist Soane returns with her captivating new single “Fountains,” taken from her forthcoming EP She Was, set for release on 28th November.
“Fountains” is a sensual, confident, and intoxicating track that explores the power of connection on your own terms. Recorded and produced in Paris with 25th Hour, the song unfolds through lush R&B percussion and shimmering synths that create a hypnotic atmosphere. Soane’s stunning vocals command attention, smooth yet arresting, as layers of nostalgic, seductive harmonies flow throughout. “Can you feel the rush, keeping you awake, longing for my touch, addicted to the taste,” she sings, her voice dripping with intensity and allure, drawing listeners deeper into her world.
Delving into the story behind the track, Soane tells us: “The song started while I was home experimenting with Arabic textures and darker rhythms. I wanted to make something that felt mysterious and dangerous. I sent the idea to my producer, and it became a really fun track that, to me, feels like a reflection of power, desire, and vulnerability.”
Los Angeles-based indie pop duo The Two Lips announce their EP girl, c’mon! due November 7th via Island Records. Included in the eight song EP is the new single “if you said,” which arrived last week alongside a music video directed and edited by Nathan Castiel. On the tender ballad, The Two Lips smoothly harmonize their vocals as the song crescendos to an explosive ending. girl, c’mon! also includes the sugar pop track “play,” which arrived last month.
Speaking about girl, c’mon! The Two Lips share, “We are so so proud of this tiny body of work. each song is so special to us & we hope it feels just as special to you. ₊˚⊹♡”
The announcement of girl, c’mon! follows The Two Lips’ opening performance for Sabrina Carpenter during her two-night stint at BST Hyde Park in London and supporting Malcolm Todd on tour throughout the midwest earlier this year. girl, c’mon! will also include the recently shared single “play,” which followed standalone singles “talk” and “clue.” The forthcoming EP also follows their viral fan favorite “still love you (todavía).” The breakout anthem has surged, garnering over 40 million streams and hitting the Top Ten on the Spotify Viral Chart.
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