New York sessions brought together musicians from David Bowie’s recordings for a song about recognising your strength before time runs…
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TuneFountain reviews new music from independent artists, emerging talent and established names whose latest releases deserve a closer listen. Our coverage focuses on the songs, EPs and albums shaping the next wave of music, with particular attention to artists working across pop, indie, rock, folk, country, soul and alternative sounds.
Each review looks beyond the press release to explore how a track actually feels, where it fits within an artist’s wider story and what makes it worth hearing. You will find honest, accessible reactions to new singles, debut projects, creative reinventions and releases that might otherwise slip beneath the radar.
This archive brings together TuneFountain’s latest music reviews, from intimate singer-songwriter releases to ambitious pop productions and guitar-driven anthems. New reviews are added regularly as we continue discovering and supporting the artists helping to shape tomorrow’s music scene.
The classic biopic about a dysfunctional bunch of creatives returns for a fitting 24 year anniversary.
From Chapeltown to Lowedges, Route 86 have Sheffield covered.
Arson hit Saturday night in their home town.
Shak Jackson is here to remind you that sometimes all you want is a piano riff and a beat.
Welly are headed straight to Top of the Pops, even if it isn't on any more!
Arson are twisted firestarters as they aim their first salvo; Wannabe.
Blues rockers Cinema Stereo drop their latest slab of American dreams from the downtown heartlands.
A voice that raises goosebumps moves from playful hooks and heartbreak to warm romance and funky guitars.
pushbike drop the first single from their upcoming Little Bastard EP.
After a summer on major stages, the Newcastle songwriter turns to a question she still asks herself.
Poesie’s first ballad leaves her alone with the city, finding strange warmth among fox calls, clarinets, organ and after-dark loneliness.
Six songs follow the thrill of wanting more, from a fleeting holiday romance to a wound someone else failed to…
The Kaves are making a rainy night in Glasgow sound bigger than ever.
Harpsichord, huge harmonies and an irresistible ABBA-esque pop instinct give Florence Jack a theatrical new setting with nobody waiting around…
Beads, bangles and emotional tangles. The Cases have been kicked in the teeth again.
You want fame? Well fame costs. And right here is where you start paying. In sweat.
Love arrives slowly on Evie Moran’s latest single, building from intimate acoustic folk into a glowing final chorus that seems…
A move from Sweden to the UK changed Samira Manners’ perspective on a relationship that had already left its mark,…
Moving confidently into their ‘difficult second album’ phase, The Molotovs are back with ‘Urbia’, a stinging rebuke to the slow…
Something is stirring in the Scottish psyche. Guitar music is back. Syrena are here to celebrate that.
Garage Flower return with their second single in quick succession to round off a frantic summer.
From the rainy streets of Glasgow, Fatale are navigating a path not often taken. But there is no stopping them.
The Sundays revisit their debut release 'Reading, Writing and Arithmetic' with a brand new pressing and a return to more…
Sheffield based Shopkeeper are back with an eccentric slice of electronica.
Proving power rock three pieces are not a thing of the past, Revivalry are on a frenetic trajectory.
After TV Stopped Working and ‘Misleading Fortune’, Emily Volt turns her attention outward with a song about headlines, division and…
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