Sverre Breivik took a lead in Angels in America while crafting masterfully melodramatic music, and this omnivorous new talent is now set on creating the perfect gig

Made while living with a chronic disability, the producer-vocalist’s esoteric streams of consciousness mark her out as a major new voice

The New Orleans band, ‘all actively practising homosexuals’, evoke the chaos of today in their whirl of punk, techno and melody – and resist the commodification of queerness

Born in Lagos and raised in the US, she swapped medical training for arias – and has learned to embrace the pressure of being a leading voice

Recorded after she made peace with ‘ugliness and imperfection’ in music, Horn’s debut album is a skeletal marvel that evokes Yo La Tengo and soft country shuffles

Jacob Lusk was an American Idol contestant who had never found his true musical identity. Now, his astounding voice powers a trio who are steeped in the richness of Black musical history

His condom punchline went viral on the first ever UK drill No 1. Now, inspired by his mum’s graft and witchcraft, the 19-year-old has four Top 10 hits to his name