Over the past six years, The Magic Gang’s Jack Kaye has reflected, reconciliated and collaborated with others, while also starting a family and rediscovering his voice. He’s now set to release his debut solo EP, ‘Go Easy’, on 14 August, 2026. The five songs featured here vary from character-based storytelling to self-examination and forlorn romances.…
Westside Cowboy have shared new single ‘Dobro’ ahead of the release of their debut album ‘It Goes On’ via Island Records on 21 August, 2026. Guitarist Jimmy Bradbury takes on the lead vocals for this razor-sharp slice of slacker pop, a song the band say could be ‘For perhaps a younger self? For that moment…
American Football have shared the video for ‘Wake Her Up’, one of the standout tracks from this year’s self-titled fourth album. Featuring guest vocals from Wisp (who stars in the video alongside Mike Kinsella as they enjoy a bike rise around night-time LA, while picturesque views of Paris are projected behind them), the glacial and…
Australian indie-rockers Sesame Girl have released ‘Butterfly Wing in a Silver Locket’, an EP filled with six songs that are a delicate and sublime as the title would suggest. Throughout the EP, Heather Duncan ruminates on people, possessions, moments and memories. ‘Wings of a Butterfly’ opens the EP in genteel fashion as Heather sings about…
A high school band that emerged as one of 2026’s most anticipated acts, Man/Woman/Chainsaw release their debut album ‘Cannonball’ on 7 August via Fiction Records. Recorded with Seth Evans (Geordie Greep) and Margo Broom (Big Joanie), the record finds the six-piece (Billy Ward, Clio Starwood, Emmie-Mae Avery, Lola Cherry, Billy Doyle and Vera Leppannen) navigating…
Martha Hill has made a welcome return with the quietly gorgeous ‘Granite Feet’. Co-written and recorded at home with fellow new parent Jordie Cooke during nap times, the introspective and deeply personal slice of indie-folk finds Martha talking about waking up with a ‘storm cloud head’ and making promises to try harder. There’s a touch…
London-based Celtic janglepop band The Tubs have shared new single ‘Stoop to Me’ ahead gig their new album ‘Hard Life’ on 11 September via Merge Records. Blending fiddle with chiming power-pop guitar hooks, the band reference Bob Mould as a key influence but we also hear a touch of Del Amitri and Real Estate in…
Teenage Fanclub have shared ‘Day in the Sun’ ahead of the release of their thirteenth studio album ‘Do Not Dare to Dream’ on 9 October. Melancholic and jangly, the heart-warming hug of a song is wrapped up in 3 minutes as Norman Blake and co examine the power of a shifting perspective: ‘The race was…
Los Angeles trio and Spectral Nights favourites Cheekface return with ‘Podium’, their sixth full-length album on 28 July. The album retains the band’s trademark wit and hooks as they offer musings on everyday life as the world burns around us – the central theme being a caring person in an uncaring society. The album opens…
Los Angeles-based four-piece Jawdropped have shared ‘Split Lip’ ahead of the release of debut album ‘Secret to Spare’ on 18 September via Transgressive Records/Canvasback. Roman Zangari says the song is ‘about being in a band and struggling to keep your shit in check’, factoring in how time-consuming, exhausting and demoralising chasing the dream can be…
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