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Continuing our Ones To Watch 2023 is the brilliant Suffolk-born artist Natasha Woods, aka Dylan. Raised on a diet of...

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Grabbing your attention right from the start with its infectious and nostalgic beat, this stunning track from 21 year old...

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Continuing our Ones To Watch 2022 is whip-smart Leeds outfit Yard Act. They first came to our attention in 2020...

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Finishing our Ones To Watch 2022 for this year (but to be continued in Jan) is 21 year old singer-songwriter...

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Next up on our Ones To Watch 2022 is the hugely talented singer-songwriter Sam Tompkins. He first started out busking on...

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Premiered by DJ Target on 1Xtra on Monday, this sublime dose of sultry, jazz-flecked R&B is from Algerian-born, Tottenham raised...

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For regular readers of RotD, our next Ones To Watch 2020 is an artist that should be familiar to you....

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Swedish alt-pop artist AMWIN dropped her debut EP AMWIN In Wonderland on Friday and this gorgeous slice of UK garage-inspired...

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Having produced tracks for the likes of Not3s and Young Adz, producer Remedee steps out into the limelight with this slick debut....

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Spring King are the Manchester-based band who jumped into the spotlight last summer, much to their surprise, when Zane Lowe selected their...

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Starting life as a deep house instrumental that first surfaced on the underground late last year, Sonnentanz (translated as 'sun dance') is the...

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Longtime RotD favourite Nina Nesbitt - we first featured her as an unsigned artist last May and invited her to...

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With Dave Grohl drumming for them, Pharrell Williams writing with them, and Beastie Boys producer Mario C remixing them, DC-based...

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Stay Out could have been split in two and still made a brace of great pop songs such is the...

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Rewind looks set to be a big hitter for Devlin as he combines with Diane Birch, creating an anthemic track...

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Nina Nesbitt's first release on Island is a trademark piece of songwriting from the Scottish songstress, displaying her unmistakable vocal...

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Little Talks has already become a massive worldwide hit having sold over 1.5 million units. Upon release the album went...

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24-year-old Angel, aka Sirach Charles, has been a solid favourite in the underground scene for many years. However, thanks to...

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Following the release of RotD featured Frick Park Market, Mac Miller follows up with killer second single Party On Fifth Ave....

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From being a homeless teen from South London, Josh Osho hasn't had the easiest start to life, but out of...

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This enchanting piece of Nordic folk from Of Monsters And Men might be the first taste of the band in the...

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Childish Gambino represents the future of hip-hop. His lyrics are powerful and communicative, and with deft production from long-term collaborator...

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What an explosion. Rizzle Kicks this summer well and truly arrived. The cheeky duo supported Dizzee Rascal live, headlined the...

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Crowned this week's 'Hottest Record in The World' by Zane Lowe, Keep Your Head Up is the second single released by...

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With its crunching guitars and anthemic chorus, Sappho is an excellent follow up to Tribes debut single We Were Children, which upon its release Zane proclaimed...

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Down With The Trumpets, which in its original form was our first YouTube brush with 19-year-old Brighton duo Rizzle Kicks,...

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Recent Island signing and long-time favourite of RotD, Alex Winston is currently putting the finishing touches to her debut album...

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19 year-old Brighton duo Harley and Jordan are Rizzle Kicks. They come off the starting blocks with Prophet (Better Watch...

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You may recognise Jess Mills' name and voice as co-writer and contributer to another recent RotD - Fighting Fire by...

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As SoulCulture points out, there's a trend for 'blue-eyed-soul over futuristic production' at the moment and for us Alex Clare...

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Let England Shake, PJ Harvey’s eighth studio album (out February 14) is picking up notable reviews which single it out...

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Produced by Diplo and Switch, Zane Lowe gave Alex Clare's debut his first spin last week and John Kennedy on...

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The polished beats and hard-hitting riffs of new single A4 In Ecstasy positions Kid Adrift as one of the more...

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Jessie J is a 22-year old, Essex-born songwriter who has written songs for the likes of Alicia Keys and notably...

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I Blame Coco’s debut album The Constant comes out next month, preceded by encouraging news from around Europe. A performance...

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Shaheen's rise to prominence came through a Britain's Got Talent appearance in 2009. He then turned heads globally with his...

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Not The Drinking is our favourite song from Lauren Pritchard's debut album. Thoughtful writing, a soulful voice and a winning...

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A colossal hit around Europe, Alors On Danse has been No.1 in 11 countries. It has sold over 1 million...

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21-year-old James Devlin started the year as toast of the tastemakers, with a place on BBC's Sound of 2010 poll....

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After her debut EP The Jackson Sessions, Lauren Pritchard's fantastic voice gets another airing on her first single, which is...

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Self Machine is a great choice of first single proper for Coco Sumner aka I Blame Coco to make the...

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London via LA act Nightbus came from the Crown Management stable, signing recently to Island. This striking first taste of...

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There's plenty of British influence running through The Jackson Sessions, the debut EP from Lauren Pritchard, who was born in...

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Distant Relatives is the forthcoming collaboration album by Nas and Damian Marley. As We Enter is one of the most...

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2008's 'Sweet About Me' was a Top 10 record for Gabriella Cilmi in 16 countries, selling more than 2m copies...

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Codeine Velvet Club, a project formed by Fratellis' Jon Lawler and Scottish singer Lou Hickey, released their self-titled debut album...

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After ten weeks climbing the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart, Owl City's Fireflies last week reached the top spot,...

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Tinchy Stryder's major label debut is released this week, just after his second No.1 hit and his third top three...

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The sparse production trademark established with UK top five hit Day 'N' Nite continues with Kid Cudi's next single from...

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Erik Hassle's 'Hurtful’ (to be released later this year in the UK) has been a huge airplay and sales success...

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With help from the likes of Red One (Rihanna, Lady Gaga ), Stargate (Beyonce), Ne-Yo and Ryan Tedder, Sugababes' seventh...

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With two multi-platinum albums under their belts in Ireland, The Blizzards get ready to release their UK debut this summer....

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North London's Bombay Bicycle Club release Always Like This, their first on Island, next month. Produced by Jim Abbiss, it's...

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Given Sugababes' longevity, the consistency when it comes to the smart picking of songs is impressive. 'Girls' is the lead...

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The debut single from Island-signed Avenue - the first boyband to be launched by a major for quite some time...

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Flobots are a Denver hip hop band who had a summer breakout hit in the US with this addictive piece...

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Singer, songwriter and producer V V Brown's first single on Island is a storming two and a half minutes of...

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Attic Lights release Bring You Down as their next single, and an instantly enjoyable cut it is too. The Glasgow five-piece...

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A track we first featured at the height of its A&R attention back in November last year, Black & Gold...

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Since we last featured 16 year-old Gabriella Cilmi, radio have come on board early with Capital adding Sweet About Me...

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British-born 23 year-old writer,producer and artist Taio Cruz, who had two top 30 hits with 'I Just Wanna Know' and...

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Autralian/Italian singer Gabriella Cilmi's debut album Lessons To Be Learned is due out next summer, with this as the lead...

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Breakthrough American artist Colbie Caillat releases her debut single in the UK, Bubbly, a song which apparently kept her as...

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Sugababes return with their fifth studio album in October and this Cathy Dennis & Dr. Luke co-write is the single...

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Australian artist Josh Pyke releases his debut album Memories And Dust in the UK later this month through Island. He was...

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We first featured Terra Naomi as an unsigned artist around the time of last year's ITC. Island won the race...

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It has been a phenomenal year for Lady Sovereign in the US. A top 50 album and high media visibility...

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Sugababes are set to release their greatest hits 'Overloaded: The Singles Collection' and what a roll-call of pop smashes it...

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They're big in their native Ireland. They used to be in a band with Damien Rice. Both reasons we're interested...

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The Feeling just came third in the BBC News website's annual poll of UK critics and broadcasters to find the...

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The awesome Dallas Austin turns his hand to Sugababes on the first single from their new album (he co-wrote this...

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Nine Black Alps achieved a buzz and bidding war without sounding like anything else around, and without a 'The' at...

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This was the B side of Keane's first ever single (on Fierce Panda), and it was this, more than the...

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Wading through an album of remakes that support Discomania, a cheesy Saturday night ITV programme aired recently, wasn't the most...

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We're proud to have been early on Keane - we first featured them here over a year ago, shortly before...

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We like this band - they sound like Slade meets post- Smiths Britpoppers Marion and we mean that as a compliment....

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This is is Keane's first proper single for Island and it's our favourite Keane song to date, being a totally...

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We recently received a 3 inch CD containing just three tracks, and titled with the Island logo and the word...

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"I like airline food" is up there with the line about jigsaws in the last single in the league of...

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No soundclip today - They're from Ireland, they've already had an album out domestically, and now they're putting their second...