An artist shedding their skin at the peak of recognition carries delicious subversion, and MELiA—the nom de guerre adopted by the formerly known Semeli Papavasileiou—has done precisely that with "Kíta, re mána," a song that crackles with the electricity of creative reinvention whilst remaining deeply rooted in Greek musical tradition.

Rather endearing, really, how a band can cheerfully admit to being "too uncool" for any particular genre pigeonhole. Stuttgart's CENTRIFUGE have arrived with their debut EP bearing all the hallmarks of a group who've spent considerable time in record shops arguing about whether Big Star were better than the Replacements, and frankly, we're rather glad they have.

There's a particular alchemy that occurs when an artist transforms genuine personal experience into universal emotional currency, and French independent artist Same After achieves precisely this feat on "When We Were Young." The track's genesis – a Fender Telecaster gifted by childhood friends – provides more than mere backstory; it becomes the emotional fulcrum around which the entire piece revolves, lending authenticity to what could easily have been another exercise in manufactured nostalgia.

There exists a peculiar alchemy in the creative geography between Stuttgart and Los Angeles—one that Samuel Schultz has somehow managed to bottle and distil into the remarkable "Stronger than you know" (Radio Edit). Operating under the evocative moniker the.flyingSAM, this German composer-producer has crafted something that feels both cinematically grand and intimately personal, a paradox that the finest British artists have long understood as essential to transcendent pop music.