Sometimes Y is a bold and intoxicating rock and roll hybrid, one that fuses past and future sounds. The songs on the album are as addictive as they are unpredictable, mixing ’80s bombast and arena rock energy with country earnestness and hip-hop swagger

Multifaceted post-punk group Black Country, New Road pull together genres including jazz and art rock, to form sprawling tracks that switch between quieter moments and peaks of bristling intensity. They debuted in 2021 with their Mercury Prize-nominated album For the First Time, before quickly following it up with 2022's Ants from Up There, which we discuss here.

The Lumineers Embrace a more spontaneous approach on their 2022 album Brightside; the Denver indie folk duo lets their fun side show on a record that values the creative spark above all else.

English trio London Grammar combine sparse electronic pop in the model of the xx with lead singer Hannah Reid's dramatic, soulful vocals evoking Annie Lennox and contemporaries like Florence Welch and Natasha Khan of Bat for Lashes. Hear the Rbr.music team chat about their 2021 third album Californian Soil.

The RBR team discuss a guitarist whose music is based in the blues but also reflects the influence of rock, R&B and hip-hop, Christone "Kingfish" Ingram was just 20 years old when he released his first album and has already earned a reputation after being cited as a talent to watch by a number of respected rock and blues artists.