You might like Texting You by Petrie. With a bedroom raw production, the track grows on you with each listen. The London duo reveals how the track came about, “well it was a beat poem, then a jazz ballad, then a sorta fruity bop and then eventually we decided to fuse the styles of Dolly Parton and Not3s and write a torch song for the risky text with more than a sprinkling of neuroticism. The latest track comes off their forthcoming debut album Superstore. Give it a stream.

Yacht Punk, a 4 piece alternative rock act releases the uptempo New Wave Denier. Think The Strokes meets Arctic Monkeys.  The band worked with producer Matt Wignall’s (Cold War Kids) and Will Brierre (The Killers). The band’s previous single “Need a Reason” was featured on Spotify’s New Noise and Fresh Finds playlists. When asked in a recent interview, “Why should people listen to Yacht Punk?” – the lead singer notes, “If said people are loving popular music right now, they probably shouldn’t.” Give it a listen.

I really like the video for End of the Night  by pop singer-songwriter Taylor Noelle.  With influences ranging from from Fleetwood Mac & HAIM to Daniel Caesar & SZA,  Noelle blends pop and R&B. She was born and raised in LA, and is the daughter of the well-known Charles Esten.  She’ll embark on a college tour that will run through the South East. Check it out.

In a recent interview, Justin Bieber claims he became “very arrogant and cocky”.

The Canadian singer who has been under the guidance of manager Scooter Braun admits he started out as a real artist but later became manufactured.

“I was real at first and then I was manufactured as, slowly, they just took more and more control,” Bieber said, adding: “I started really feeling myself too much: “people love me, I’m the shit” – that’s honestly what I thought. I got very arrogant and cocky. I was wearing sunglasses inside.”

Bieber who has been on hiatus since 2015 say, “Just thinking about music stresses me out.”

He also notes, “I’ve been successful since I was 13, so I didn’t really have a chance to find who I was apart from what I did. I just needed some time to evaluate myself: who I am, what I want out of my life, my relationships, who I want to be – stuff that when you’re so immersed in the music business you kind of lose sight of.”

Halifax-based producer, DJ and EDM artist, Famba drops a remix of his track Wish You Well. The track which features vocals from LA’s songwriter Trove blends EDM and dream prop. Signed to Sony Canada, his 2017 “Vibe” clocked over 27 million global streams. He has performed along side Felix Cartal and Grandtheft, and gained support from blogs, as well as the YouTube channel Chill Nation. Give it a stream.