The first six months of 2026 has surely been a storming one for releases from new, emerging, and under-the-radar acts, and the Spotify Evolving Tunes playlist has already featured about 200 of them during this time. Acts from the UK, Europe, and across the world have made up the playlist, but it evolves – with …
If you’re hungry for fresh music from new and under-the-radar bands and artists, then keep your ears close to the Evolving Tunes Spotify playlist. It evolves weekly though – so for every fab new track added, unfortunately an older one is removed. It’s also an eclectic mix, with many flavours to browse through, and just …
To date in 2025 there have been 348 impressive tracks in the Evolving Tunes playlist, and these are a selection of my absolute favourites. As always, it’s an eclectic array of tracks from new and under-the-radar musicians, covering everything from alternative, rock, & indie, all the way to jazz, soul, & Afrobeat. It’s relatively global …
New music releases from under-the-radar acts didn’t wind down during the summer, and so the Spotify Evolving Tunes playlist has continued to be updated (weekly) with some of the best singles, EP, & album tracks out over the holiday season. So don’t mourn the end of summer, just enjoy the music!
The Evolving Tunes playlist continues to regenerate itself, not with algorithmic, sponsored, or ‘Perfect Fit Content‘ (PFC) additions, but with a hand-picked selection of impressive new music releases. Yes, that means it’s subjective, but I hope it consistently covers a strong array of genres and songs from talented new, emerging, and under-the-radar artists. And as …
The Evolving Tunes playlist has always looked to highlight a varied array of talented new (and under-the-radar) artists, covering numerous genres. It’s currently doing exactly this, so do have a browse through them all to discover new favourites, and then pop back again when it has evolved!
The Evolving Tunes playlist has moved forward again, so dive in and explore yet more impressive new music from emerging artists. And as always, the tracks are an eclectic array, covering not just the regular dose of alternative & indie, but it currently also ranging from electro shoegaze to soulful jazz, and French psychedelic pop …
As it always does, the Spotify Evolving Tunes playlist has moved forward, and it now has a new array of impressive new music released so far in 2025. So do browse them all, and then pop back again in a few weeks when it has evolved! It’s an eclectic mix too, so for a few …
New and under-the-radar musicians never fail to impress me with their incredible creativity, and 2024 has continued that trend. Over the past 11 and a bit months there has been a wonderful array of new music in the Evolving Tunes playlist (updated weekly), and so to whittle it down to these 25 tracks was a …
It’s that time to review how lively the new music scene has been in 2023, and the quality hasn’t disappointed! Over the months the Evolving Tunes playlist has done exactly that, containing close to 300 tracks since January, so trimming it down to 50, let alone 25 tracks, wasn’t easy. As previously, it contains a …
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