NME‘s Radar Roundup is your weekly reminder of the rule-breaking rising artists you cannot afford to ignore right now. From interviews to reviews and track recommendations, this is where you’ll met your favourite new artist.Each week, we meet the most exciting new names in the game.
This week, Emma-Jean Thackray on her sprawling new project, Biig Piig talks her sonic revolution and this week’s cover star Dominic Fike gets a grilling on his debut.Thackray’s new project draws from the various elements that have made her work so celebrated – Miles Davis, Alice Coltrane with a little Pharaoh Sanders sprinkled on top.
But listen closer and see that she has woven in elements of LA’s lo-fi scene, Madlib-influenced beats and the vibe of Detroit’s.
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