BBC Radio 1: Annabel Allum - Beat The Birds
Guildford rocker Annabel Allum is now on Radio 1's playlist as our featured Introducing artist! Make sure you tune in to Clara, Dev & Alice, Adele, Greg, Matt and Scott to hear 'Beat The Birds' being played all week!
Supported by: The legend that is Melita Dennett from BBC Music Introducing in The South
Style: Grunge rock
Essential: Annabel is a singer and songwriter from Guildford who first uploaded to Introducing in The South in 2014. She has been described as "Courtney Barnett on a Kill Bill style vengeance mission" and is influenced by Lykke Li, King Krule and Polica. We love her honest lyricism and alt rock tone - so does Rat Boy, who has done a remix of this 'Beat The Birds'! Don't forget, Annabel is playing in Swansea for Radio 1's Biggest Weekend on the Introducing stage this Saturday.
BBC 1Xtra: Slowthai - Ladies
Slowthai is now on 1Xtra's smoking hot playlist! His track 'Ladies' will be played for the next seven days across our daytime schedule, plus Twin B will be chatting to him on his Monday night show.
Supported by: The main man, Lal Muttock at BBC Music Introducing in Northampton
Style: Raw and conscious UK rap.
Essential: Slowthai is a Northampton born and bred rapper whose music is unmistakably British, treading a line between grime, rap, dubstep and garage. He says that his Slowthai moniker comes from a childhood nickname, born out of friends commenting on his slow speech and that his music speaks out for a generation of kids swinging between anger and apathy at the unsettled times they’ve found themselves born into. The track may be a warping rap bop but it's also a tribute to Slowthai's mother, her mother and all the other women in his life. Make sure you check out the video too, which shows the rapper reversing gender-role stereotypes.
