From the initial riff, Micheal Fordays proves there’s nothing ordinary about his seminal track, ‘Can’t Stop’. Blazing in with a fervour that pays no heed to stylistic confines, the performance sears itself into your senses. I never knew how…
With her hauntingly seraphic ballad Ghosts, the Merseyside breakthrough singer-songwriter Liz Owen delivered an introspective piece, marked by diaphanous instrumentation that cradles her powerhouse vocals, which soar with an ethereal resonance while grounding the listener in the emotive weight of…
Six Eight’s title track from their freshly launched Emperors of Pain EP is an unforgiving fuzz-drenched inferno that scorches with unrelenting distortion and snarling, sardonic vocal venom. This alternative rock trio—formed in 2023 and straddling Sweden and the UK stepped into…
With her sophomore release, One Step at a Time, 11-year-old Ruby Jean from Kincardine, Ontario exhibited how she’s building the foundation for a career that could see her standing alongside the likes of Sabrina Carpenter and Taylor Swift if she…
Enter the ‘Neverzone’ with Bitvert’s experimental dark techno single, which thrums with the pulse of trip-hop, bass-heavy beats and the scintillating aura of mechanised darkwave industrial. Visceral enough to take your rhythmic pulses to another dimension, the instrumental score…
In this exclusive interview with A&R Factory, Suhaib, the Indian-American artist and producer, opens up about his debut single, All It Was, and the deeply personal themes of time, nostalgia, and lost love that shape his work. Known for…
The live in-studio version of Haven by Ryan Calkins, which premiered on January 13th alongside its official video, is a diaphanously commanding performance that instantly invites you into his sanctuary. His voice is enough to lead you to believe in natural…
It seems Manchester’s knack for crafting bittersweet symphonies didn’t end with The Verve. A.J Galley’s standout single, Down the Drain, is a stripped-back tour de force evocative of Radiohead’s songcraft, where melancholy flows through the veins of every acoustic chord…
The political chaos in the United States under Trump’s new government is impossible to ignore. With devastating anti-LGBTQ+ policies and other oppressive measures taking centre stage, the cultural landscape looks bleak. However, buried beneath the torrent of regressive legislation…
With Any Tips? (Jimmy James), Garfield Mayor lays bare the bittersweet reality of artistic pursuit, offering a tender yet fiercely resonant tribute to the late icon Jimmy James. Far from a surface-level homage, this gentle melodic rock confession exposes the…