“Girls in Hollywood” - Lola Wild
If Hollywood’s golden glow ever had a soundtrack to its darker underbelly, Lola Wild just wrote it. Her new single “Girls in Hollywood” is a cinematic, slow-burning indie-pop elegy that feels both dazzling and devastating, a mirrorball cracking under its own light. Co-produced with multi-instrumentalist Jim Wallis at London’s iconic Strong Room Studios, the track balances shimmering retro textures with raw emotional grit. Think ABBA’s nostalgia-fueled pop sheen colliding with the atmospheric melancholy of Weyes Blood or Suki Waterhouse.
“Far Off Summer's Night” - MAHUNA
Mahuna doesn’t so much write songs as he exhumes memories and lets them flicker into melody. His new single “Far-Off Summer’s Night” is a perfect example: an intimate, ghostly lament lifted from his debut album Forever Is Mine—a record already praised for its lyrical tenderness and sonic weight. But here, stripped down to twilight and shadow, Mahuna reaches for something even more fragile.
“Women of the World” - Fierbinteanu
Electro-punk duo Fierbinteanu aren’t exactly known for subtlety, and thank goodness for that. Their new single and video “Women of the World” is a riotous celebration of joyful womanhood, delivered with the kind of chaotic charisma that makes you grin, flinch, and dance all at once. Released September 12, the track is a hypnotic hyper-pop thumper that takes their avant-garde pop instincts and cranks them into something both danceable and defiantly unhinged.
“Soul for the Taking” - Olivia Millin
Halloween has its candy, costumes, and horror flick marathons — and now it’s got its next big anthem. Olivia Millin, the 20-year-old global pop powerhouse who stormed iTunes and radio with her #1 hit “TTYL,” is back with a track that feels destined to haunt dancefloors for years to come. “Soul for the Taking” isn’t just another pop single — it’s a full-on Halloween experience, the kind of song that oozes fog machine vibes, strobe lights, and the delicious thrill of being just a little bit scared.
“Dark Days” - Machine on a Break
Sometimes a song doesn’t just sound heavy — it feels heavy, like the weight of its riffs and words is pressing down on your chest. That’s exactly the sensation you get when you put on “Dark Days”, the latest single from Canberra’s own pop-metal disruptor, Machine on a Break. Part confession, part battle cry, this track fuses pounding double-kick drums, serrated drop-tuned guitars, and unsettling synths into a piece of music that sounds as brooding as the story behind it.
Exclusive Interview: MURDAH SRVC
If you’ve ever loved a song that makes you dance first and think later, “THANATOS” is for you. MURDAH SRVC — the art-meets-pop project fronted by singer-songwriter and manga artist CHE, produced by John Lui at the foot of Mt. Etna — has taken an old-school late-90s/early-00s dance vibe and turned it into something bittersweet, cinematic, and weirdly moral. The result is a glossy club cut with a heart that’s been stabbed and stitched back together.
We spoke to CHE from MURDAH SRVC about their journey so far.
“Speaker” - JNZI
Every once in a while, a new artist comes along who makes you sit up and say, “Wait… how old did you say he is?” That’s exactly the reaction you’ll have when you hear JNZI, the 14-year-old from Australia who’s already crashing through speakers worldwide with his debut single, “Speaker.”
“Lead Me Not Into Penn Station” - BLOCK
The backstory only adds to its charm. Block, newly arrived in the East Village from Chapel Hill, lived above a record store, running around with fellow dreamers at 3 a.m., soaking in a city alive with painters, filmmakers, and misfits. That energy bleeds into every track. The album is the sound of someone catching a wave they didn’t even know they’d been waiting for.
“Suffocating Swan” - Melting Phase
Every now and then, a song comes along that doesn’t just ask to be heard—it demands you stop, sit in silence, and let it take you somewhere uncomfortable. Suffocating Swan, the latest single from Istanbul’s rising experimentalist Melting Phase, is exactly that kind of track. It’s not background music. It’s not Spotify fodder. It’s a fierce, allegorical meditation on life’s crushing weight, dressed in sonic textures that are as suffocating as they are strangely beautiful.
“Maybe It's You” - Lemon
If there’s one thing Lemon know how to do, it’s wrap big truths in even bigger grooves. Their ninth single of 2025, Maybe It’s You, is technically a breakup song—but don’t expect some weepy ballad or bitter scorched-earth rant. Instead, the Amsterdam outfit lean hard into their self-coined “Nedchester” sound—a swirl of indie rock, funked-up soul, and those baggy, blissed-out grooves that defined the Madchester scene. Think Stone Roses shaking hands with The Charlatans, but through a distinctly Dutch filter.
“Welcome To The Sharktank” - DOPAMINE FIX
There’s debut singles, and then there’s statements. Welcome to the Sharktank, the first offering from Dopamine Fix, feels like the latter—a sonic gut punch that throws you into a world of shadows and teeth and doesn’t let you surface for air. This isn’t the kind of song you casually hum along to. It’s the kind of song that stares you dead in the eye and dares you to keep listening.
“Dark Days” - J.Mar
Every now and then, a new voice comes along that feels less like an introduction and more like a reckoning. J.mar’s debut single Dark Days is exactly that kind of statement piece. Born in Madagascar, raised in Perth, and now stepping boldly into the Australian hip hop scene, J.mar arrives with a track that’s raw, personal, and impossible to ignore.