"I'm an intense-ass person!" says Saya Gray.

Handling an interview whilst working out at the gym, the Toronto-born musical polymath speaks to The International Pop Underground's Anthony Carew from on-the-ground in Wellington, on…

Between his second LP, 2022's Estrela Acesa, and his new album, Pequena Vertigem de Amor, Brazilian songwriter Sessa became a father.

In conversation with Anthony Carew on The International Pop Underground…

For her new album, A Danger to Ourselves, Colombian composer, producer and songwriter Lucrecia Dalt wanted to make a record "exploring the voice and exploring honesty".

Having issued avant-garde records, made field…

The fourth album for Pickle Darling, the ongoing recording project of Christchurch-based songwriter Lukas Mayo, was announced under the name Battlebots. But, by the time the LP was released, that title had…

"I definitely don't feel strongly about anything else in my life as I do artmaking," says Alexandra Levy. The Montréal-based singer-songwriter, who records as Ada Lea, has released three LPs of wordy, twisting…

Precipice, the fourth album for American songwriter Indigo De Souza, has an undeniable pop sheen. And that was definitely part of its intent.

Whilst the 28-year-old North Carolina native found acclaim with…

"Many moons ago", Lucy Gooch was just a young English student on a gap year, travelling around New Zealand and Australia. She ended up in Melbourne, where her life took a turn.

After…

The title of the newly-released third LP for English songwriter Shura is plenty evocative: I Got Too Sad for My Friends.

"It's not a criticism of my friends, it's an insight of…

Every #1 Album from Each Year of the IPU's Annual Countdowns.

When Stella Chronopoulou, the Athens-based producer who records as ∑tella, finished her new fifth album, Adagio, her first listen back set her hopes for the record.

"When I heard the whole thing."…