After four years away, Life have returned with ‘The Dollywaggon’, the first single to be taken from upcoming fourth album ‘ABSTRACT / NATURAL’ (out on 19 June, 2026). Written while frontman Mez Sanders-Green was walking the 193-mile coast-to-coast route (starting in the West Coast, over the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales, across the Moors and…
Leeds five-piece Love Rarely have shared new single ‘Will’ ahead of the release of debut album ‘Pain Travels’ via Big Scary Monsters on 10 April, 2026. Balancing the mathy moments of Minus the Bear with the technical expertise of Rolo Tomassi, ‘Will’ hints at a powerful record filled with twists and turns – and no…
Lucia & The Best Boys have teamed up with CHVRCHES Lauren Mayberry on ‘Lonely Girl’ – her first new music in three years. Looking back at a youth spent in a small, rural village in Scotland, the song finds Lucia thinking back on how isolated she felt back then but how the passing of time…
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever have made a welcome return with ‘Sunburned in London’, the Australian indie rockers’ first new music since 2022’s ‘Endless Rooms’ album. The six-minute track talks through various cities including Dublin, Tokyo and Oslo before getting to London – all in typically breezy, jangly and brilliant fashion. There are Laurel Canyon vibes…
London four-piece Tooth have shared debut single ‘The Age of Innocence’ via Relentless imprint Soil to the Sun (Cliffords, Hex Girlfriend). From the first play of this song, you can see why they’re already festival favourites. It’s a zesty, catchy slice of indie-rock with a touch of regret – ‘I didn’t think that you could…
With its focus on authenticity and how, according to singer Noah Alves, ‘nostalgia can be damaging when you feel like the best stuff is in the past and there’s nothing new and exciting to be done’, London quartet Middleman’s debut album ‘Following the Ghost’ (released on 13 February, 2026 via Evil Speaker Records) has its…
Ugly Ozo has shared ‘Hi, How Are You?’ ahead of the release of her sophomore EP in the springtime. Written by Jessica Baker during a period of burnout and emotional exhaustion, the song tackles the impact of depression head on – acting as a discussion between Jessica and her inner rival. Opening with woozy guitar…
Formed when Rachel Love (Dolly Mixture), Ian Button (Papernut Cambridge, The Penrose Web) and Peter Momtchiloff (Heavenly, Would-be-goods) realised they were all born within weeks of each other in 1962, Railcard are set to release their self-titled debut record via Skep Wax and Slumberland Records on 6 February, 2026. The group is completed by Allison…
LAPêCHE’s third full-length album ‘Autotelic’ – named after the idea of doing something for its own sake – is a record that feels very much in the moment. With words anchored in Krista Holly Diem’s clear-eyed vulnerability, the album focuses on both comfort and confrontation. Potent power pop hooks signal the start of album opener…
Born in Dublin and now based in London, Music City (known to his mum and dad as Conor Lumsden) releases the debut album, ‘Welcome to Music City’. Taking inspiration from Ireland’s rock legacy, Conor says the record ‘feels like a constant fight between hope and disappointment’ of love, outside forces and the things that get…
Mandy, Indiana are all set to release their second album – and first on new home Sacred Bones – ‘URGH’ on 6 February, 2026. With a focus on self-determination, resilience and hope for a brighter future, the album – with lyrics largely in Valentine Caulfield’s native French – was written during an intense and eerie…
The Xcerts have returned with ‘Do It To Myself’, the first song to be released on new record label FLG Records. A huge favourite and very important band for us (the centre table at our wedding was named after their seminal ‘There Is Only You’ album, after all), this song finds the band going back…
Holly Head have shared ‘No Country Is an Island’ ahead of their tour opening for Westside Cowboy. Equal parts Squid-esque experimental post punk and agit Afrobeat – with a funk-meets-trip hop edge – the song takes aim at the ‘every person for themselves’ culture that has engulfed the nation in a huge game of divide…
Lime Gardeb have shared new single ’23’ ahead of the release of second album ‘Maybe Not Tonight’ via So Young Records on 10 April, 2026. The band have also announced details of an extensive UK tour in October. Vocalist and guitarist Chloe Howard says the song was ‘born from a dream I had where I…
Mull Historical Society has joined forces with Sir Alexander McCall Smith, bestselling author of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, on ‘Cattle Bells’. The song will feature on upcoming album ‘In My Mind There’s a Photograph’ – a collection of songs that finds MHS main man Colin MacIntyre collaborating with popular writers including Irvine Welsh,…
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