Swedish singer-songwriter Winona Oak has shared her delicate yet powerful new single and video ‘Breaking Point’ alongside the announcement of her second album ‘Bloom’ released on 25th September via Nettwerk.
Following recent singles ‘Do You Hate Me Now’, ‘Horses’ and ‘Stay the night’, new album ‘Bloom’ marks a new chapter for Winona Oak and is a testament to survival, showcasing both her emotional and musical growth and devotion to connection. Allowing herself to slowly open up again with honesty and hope after a period of grief and heartbreak, her new record lets the listener into a deeply personal world where beginnings emerge from endings.
Winona released her EP ‘Salt’ last spring, which was a poignant personal documentation of her physical and emotional states. Throughout the last year, she has been working on new music and a more organic progression in her raw and unvarnished sound, whilst still writing candidly about the highs and lows of life; loss and repair, heartbreak and love, resistance and patience. Winona says,
“Like a flower emerging after a long winter, blooming isn’t instant - it’s the result of surviving the darker seasons.Bloom reflects the transformation - the idea that even after pain life still finds ways to grow. It’s a gentle but powerful reminder that healing isn’t about forgetting the past, but about allowing yourself to open again to the light."
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My Life As A Moth is the project of a Swedish-born, East London-based artist whose music blends post punk, experimental rock, art pop, industrial textures and alternative guitar music into something immersive, eerie and emotionally charged. The project began during lockdown, at a time when she felt lost and disconnected. Sitting down at a dusty keyboard she had not played in a long time, she found a dead moth between the keys. Struck by how sad and strangely beautiful it looked, she wrote a song called “My Life As A Moth.” That moment became the starting point not just for a track, but for an entire artistic identity.
That instinct to transform difficult feelings into something vivid sits at the heart of her new 12-track album, The Parade of the Starlet & the Broken Hearted. Written during a period of deep personal change and therapy, the record draws on experiences of trauma, manipulation, coercive control and gaslighting, but it is just as much about resilience, clarity and the parts of ourselves that survive. Her writing often takes personal experience and filters it through surrealism, symbolism and world-building, creating songs that feel both deeply intimate and slightly otherworldly.
At the center of the album is the idea of the “starlet” and her “parade of the broken hearted” as figures who carry beauty, integrity and empathy through a harsh and distorted world. The record is rooted in contrast, as the songwriter puts it, the album is inspired by “the rose in the mud, the light in the dark, the growth that comes from hardships, the stars you see above a scrapyard.” There is pain running through these songs, but also strength, mystery and a sense of something bigger than what is happening on the surface.
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Nashville country artist Maddie Lenhart releases beautiful live cover of Patty Griffin's "Let Him Fly." Maddie Lenhart’s take on “Let Him Fly” feels less like a cover and more like a quiet moment you’ve been invited into. Recorded live in a single take at Treehouse Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, her version strips everything back to its emotional core, honoring the songwriting of Patty Griffin while gently nodding to the familiarity of The Chicks.
The arrangement is airy and weightless – soft acoustic guitar and pedal steel drift underneath without ever pulling focus, giving the song space to fully breathe. At the center is Lenhart’s vocal – genuine, unmistakably her, and delivered with a honeyed ease that feels completely natural. There’s a quiet confidence in her delivery that draws you in.
What stands out most is the restraint. Lenhart doesn’t try to reshape the song in a dramatic way – she trusts it. That trust allows each line to settle exactly where it needs to be, creating a dreamy, suspended feeling that carries throughout. Raised in the heart of Virginia’s countryside, Maddie Lenhart was singing before she could talk and writing songs long before she could put them on paper. Since moving to Nashville, she has written hundreds of songs, earned over 40 independent cuts, and released her debut single “Sober,” which has surpassed 800,000 organic streams. In 2025, she released eight new songs, all landing on Spotify and Apple editorial playlists.
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After releasing the internationally acclaimed EP Radios and Buffalos in 2024, multi-talented Indigenous recording artist Liv Wade is set to return with a new five-song collection entitled Fur Queen. Overall, it displays Liv’s wide-ranging musical approach, with the latest single “Carolina” being a dramatic ballad that blends traditional storytelling with soaring modern production.
Liv describes “Carolina” as growing out of recent global political agendas that have taken away the fundamental rights of many individuals. As a queer, two-spirit artist with Metis roots, she has long advocated for diversity, equity, equality and inclusion, and the song plainly gets the message across that she is “free to be myself and not afraid to tell the truth.”
Liv says, “We tried to showcase how cruel and calculated people can be, perpetuating lateral violence against each other, while calling out the cowardliness of individuals behind closed doors and screens, passing judgement without understanding layers of complexity and intersectionality. On the flip side we also wanted to highlight those folks pushing back, celebrating diversity, joining in solidarity, healing in community and not letting others’ insecurities determine their worth.”
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Ok Goodnight self-releases their new single “22”. Available on most streaming platforms, the new single contemplates the feelings of betrayal, loneliness, and forgiveness that follow after the bittersweet end of a friendship. Serving as the first single since the release of 2023’s The Fox and The Bird, “22” offers a glimpse into what the next Ok Goodnight record will sound like.
The Boston-based four piece are no strangers to releasing music that leaves a lasting imprint. With an impressive catalog that has amassed millions of streams on digital platforms and a riveting stage presence, Ok Goodnight have turned heads as an act to watch closely. Their new single "22" marks the beginning of a new era for the band, acting as the lead single for their third studio album stop/go coming on June 12th, 2026. With a sonic style and aesthetic indicative of Turnstile, Paramore, or PVRIS, the new single "22" combines heavy guitar riffs with dark, nostalgic synths and carefully integrated samples.
Pairing with the digital release of “22” comes an invigorating visual created by filmmakers Margot Budzyna and Christian Tasiopoulos. Stylized in an atemporal fashion amidst a surreal, dreamlike aesthetic, the new video showcases movers disassembling a room as a metaphor for uncertainty and change.
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For this special release on Echo Beach, London Dub legends Greg Dread and Don Letts join forces with Frankfurt Dub collective Serious Dropout. Greg Dread selected highlight tracks from the collective’s timeless catalogue and fuses them into a thrilling seamless mega mix while Don Letts provides vocal shouts, resembling the atmosphere of a live sound system experience. They combined elderly and brand-new material.
Founded Frankfurt in the mid 90s, Serious Dropout is a collective of producers, DJs and musicians with various projects blending Dub Reggae with different forms of Electronic music reflecting their various musical backgrounds ranging from Techno House and leftfield Electronica to Reggae and Dancehall, Breakbeat and Drum`n`Bass.
Greg Dread is a writer, producer, drummer, dj and founding member of leading UK Dub band Dreadzone, operating since 1993. In the 80s, he was a member of Big Audio Dynamite with Mick Jones, formerly of punk legends The Clash. Don Letts is known for his work as a Grammy-winning filmmaker, creator of legendary music videos and also as an acclaimed Selector since the late 70s, when he helped to form the connection between Reggae and Punk by playing Dub records in The Roxy, London’s first Punk club. He remains a defining voice in British subculture.
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