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Cometa Out This Friday via ATO
Oct 19, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Nick Hakim has shared a video for his new single “Feeling Myself.” It is the latest release from his forthcoming album, Cometa, which will be out this Friday (October 21) via ATO. More
Cometa Due Out October 21 via ATO
Oct 05, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Nick Hakim has shared a video for his new single “M1.” Co-produced by DJ Dahi and Andrew Sarlo, it is the latest release from Hakim’s forthcoming album, Cometa, which will be out on October 21 via ATO. More
Cometa Due Out October 21 via ATO
Sep 14, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Nick Hakim has shared a video for his new single “Vertigo.” It is the latest release from his forthcoming album, Cometa, which will be out on October 21 via ATO. More
Cometa Due Out October 21 via ATO
Aug 18, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Nick Hakim has announced the release of a new album, Cometa, which will be out on October 21 via ATO. He has also shared a video for the album’s lead single, “Happen.” More
Small Things Due Out April 16 via NYXO
Mar 18, 2021
By Emma Goad
Neo-soul artist Nick Hakim and jazz saxophonist Roy Nathanson have unexpectedly collaborated on an upcoming album, titled Small Things. More
Plus Nick Hakim, The 1975, Moses Sumney, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
May 15, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to the nineteenth Songs of the Week of 2020. It’s another week under quarantine, the same as the last week. Not much has changed, except that more and more people seem to think it’s a good idea to get back to normal, but a return to anything close to the pre-pandemic society seems a long way off. More
WILL THIS MAKE ME GOOD Due Out This Friday via ATO
May 12, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Nick Hakim is releasing a new album, WILL THIS MAKE ME GOOD, this Friday via ATO. Now he has shared another song from the album, “BOUNCING,” via a video for the track. More
WILL THIS MAKE ME GOOD Due Out May 15 via ATO
Apr 21, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Nick Hakim is releasing a new album, WILL THIS MAKE ME GOOD, on May 15 via ATO. Now he has shared another song from the album, “CRUMPY,” which features additional guitar from Mac DeMarco. More
Plus Jess Williamson, EOB, The 1975 and Phoebe Bridgers, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Apr 03, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to the thirteenth Songs of the Week of 2020. While more album release dates were pushed back due to COVID-19 and it seems we haven’t reached the peak number of coronavirus cases in America yet, none of that stopped artists from sharing a whole lot of new songs this week. More
WILL THIS MAKE ME GOOD Due Out May 15 via ATO
Mar 31, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Nick Hakim has announced a new album, WILL THIS MAKE ME GOOD, and shared its first single, “QADIR,” via a video for the new song. More
Our Favorite First Full-Lengths From the Last Year
Dec 31, 2017
By Mark Redfern
The majority of 2017’s best debut albums came from female artists or bands fronted by women, from London-based all-female indie-pop teenaged trio Girl Ray and Syria-born singer/songwriter Bedouine (aka Azniv Korkejian) to Australian indie rocker Alex Lahey and New Zealand bedroom pop artist Fazerdaze (aka Amelia Murray). Midnight Sister, Priests, and Charly Bliss are all female-fronted bands as well, on top of other women solo artists on our Top 15 Debut Albums of 2017 list. More
Green Twins Due Out May 19 via ATO
May 02, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Nick Hakim is a promising new neo-soul artist, originally from Washington DC, who is releasing his debut album, Green Twins, on May 19 via ATO. More
Issue 60 Also Includes Interviews with alt-J, Grandaddy, Jarvis Cocker, Mount Eerie, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Perfume Genius, Slowdive, Little Dragon, London Grammar, Mew, Real Estate, Goldfrapp, The New Pornographers and Much More
Apr 07, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our Spring 2017 Issue, which is out now digitally via Under the Radar’s app and the magazine app Readly. The print version is about to ship out to subscribers and stores and will be on all newsstands soon (as well as available soon digitally via the magazine apps Zinio and Readly). More
Green Twins Due Out May 19 via ATO
Apr 03, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Nick Hakim is a promising new neo-soul artist, originally from Washington DC, who is releasing his debut album, Green Twins, on May 19 via ATO. More
Green Twins Due Out May 19 via ATO
Mar 28, 2017
By Christopher Roberts
Nick Hakim is a promising new neo-soul artist, originally from Washington DC, who is releasing his debut album, Green Twins, on May 19 via ATO. More
Interviews
May 18, 2017
By Charles Steinberg
After speaking with Nick Hakim about the background of his debut album, Green Twins, you come away with the impression that he’d just as soon let the music do the talking. Hakim also doesn’t put too much thought into being labeled a neo soul artist, or for that matter, any specific classification of his sound. More
Reviews
Dec 06, 2022
By Michelle Dalarossa
One of the most distinctive qualities about Nick Hakim’s music is its fluidity—it flows freely between R&B, indie, psychedelia, and more to create a unique strain of experimental soul that takes shape in sultry ballads and dusky ruminations. More
May 08, 2018
By Stephen Mayne
When Green Twins came out last year, reviews spent as much time labeling Nick Hakim’s debut as they did discussing the music. Let’s have a go then: Hakim channels old school soul through modern psychedelically tinged elegiac folk, creating a feeling smooth on the surface and disconcerting underneath. More
