Fresh off the success of ‘POPSTAR’, ‘SpiceKick’ and ‘So Smart’, Magi Merlin shares ‘pixxxie’, a song that conjures pop and sets it free. The song is a liberation of women from the male gaze, sung ironically from the perspective of the “manic pixie dream girl”. Here, Magi's singing is tactile, arranged in…
On 'So Smart', Magi Merlin writes herself a pacifying ode to self-kindness, recognising that, in truth, no one else holds the authority to give us the empathy we need most but ourselves. The combination of her disorienting layered vocals and radical instrumentation almost lends the song a three-dimensional feel. The single and…
Magi Merlin swings big on her new single and propulsive video for ‘SpiceKick’, compressing all her eclectic tastes into a high-stakes tune that reconfigures alt-R&B on her own terms. The single arrives alongside the announcement of her debut album POWER HOUSE, due July 10. The video directed by Félicie Diaz & Noshirt…
Listening to Montreal based musician Kaya Hoax, you'll find yourself nodding your head with a high energy blend of mischief and passive indignation. Both urgent and celebratory, her music lives somewhere between hip hop and experimental pop, drawing inspiration from UK grime, dancehall and punk. Over a clutter of hypnotic percussions, raw…
