Matt Maltese
Greatest Comedian (Café Bleu Recordings)
You can never quite relax fully during a Matt Maltese song, and the first fruit of the 21-year-old crooner’s LA album sessions with Jonathan Rado is a case in point. Quirks lurk around every corner.
Contact Dan Carson
dan@insideslashout.com
DJ Khaled (feat. Jay-Z, Future & Beyoncé)
Top Off (Epic)
Bellowing his own name in the intro, DJ Khaled sounds chuffed to have assembled such a starry line-up for this needly new jam. Fair enough.
Contact Ashley Townley
ashley.townley@dawbell.com
Suspect (feat. Jesse James Solomon & Skepta)
One Way (Rinse)
South London rap talent Suspect makes a big impression here, as slow, hazy beats wash around his bars, plus those from Jesse James Solomon and Skepta.
Contact Suspect
suspectraps@gmail.com
Skating Polly
Queen For A Day (El Camino Media)
Featuring guest vocals from punk deity Exene Cervenka, the first drop from upcoming LP The Make It All Show shreds in style.
Contact Kate Price
kate@stereosanctity.co.uk
Big Ups
PPP (Exploding In Sound)
The Brooklyn scrappers come out of hiding with a dose of head-banging, throat-shredding punk rock. New LP Two Parts Together hits May 18.
Contact Thom Denson
thom@braceyourselfpr.com
Calpurnia
City Boy (Transgressive)
Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard branches out into lo-fi rock‘n’roll on his band’s rickety debut single, produced by Cadien Lake James of Twin Peaks.
Contact Jon Lawrence
Jon@chalkpressagency.co.uk
Plan B
Guess Again (Atlantic)
Plan B blasts back into view with three dancehall-flavoured minutes smeared with distortion and blaring sirens. A song designed to rattle the ribs.
Contact Claire Coster
claire.coster@atlanticrecords.co.uk
