Australian quartet The Belair Lip Bombs have shared new single ‘Back of My Hand’ ahead of the release of new album ‘Again’ via Third Man Records on 31 October, 2025. Opening with melodic and jangly hooks that reminded us of The Maccabees or Rilo Kiley, the song finds Maisie Everett in defiant mood as she…
Westside Cowboy have shared new single ‘Don’t Throw Rocks’ ahead of the release of second EP ‘So Much Countryy ‘Till We Get There’ via Island Records imprint Adventure Recordings on 16 January, 2026. Originally starting life as a ‘fuzzy drum machine demo that Jimmy made in his bedroom’, the song finds the four-piece reflecting on…
Richard Ashcroft follows up a celebratory summer supporting Oasis with the release of ‘Lovin’ You’ on 10 October, 2025. This is Richard’s first album filled with new material since 2018’s ‘Natural Rebel’ and finds the singer-songwriter exploring, experimenting and celebrating love. ‘Lover’ opens the record with its take on Joan Armatrading’s ‘Love and Affection’. The…
Joseph Mount formed Metronomy in 1999 and in over a quarter of a century since, the band have brightened up indie discos, their own gigs and festivals – quite literally at some of their first shows, when they’d wear T-shirts with synchronised lights woven in (including the first time we saw them, supporting The Pipettes…
With cover artwork photographed from the exact same spot as the sleeve for ‘Hope Is Important’ – only facing in the opposite direction and in glorious colour – Idlewild make a welcome return with their new self-titled record. The tenth album in the band’s career, it finds them ‘looking back without being nostalgic’ according to…
Ash reach for the stars on their ninth album ‘Ad Astra’, released on 3 October, 2025 via Fierce Panda Records. Fittingly, the album opens with a cover of ‘Zarnthustra’, the famous Strauss piece that kicks off the opening scene of Stanley Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’. Ash have added sprinklings of their own style to…
Made up of Eva and Grace Tedeschi, sister duo The Cords are all set to release their debut, self-titled album via Skep Wax (UK/Europe) and Slumberland Records (US) on 26 September, 2025. Formed when they started playing drums as kids and realised they enjoyed ’80s and ’90s indie music more than the other kids round…
Keaton Henson has shared his very own stop-motion video for new song ‘Insomnia’ ahead of the release of upcoming ninth album ‘Parader’ via Play It Again Sam on 21 November, 2025. Swapping the more introspective ‘quiet boy’ sound that has served him so well in the past for something with a bit more crunch, ‘Insomnia’…
When discussing the title of Biffy Clyro’s tenth album, Simon Neil explains ”Futique’ is an exploration of ideas, objects or relationships that exist across time – we are never aware when we do anything for the last time and there’s a beauty and sadness within that’. Inspired by the way the always-on digital era has…
A group with a real gang mentality, Die Spitz share instruments, swap songwriting and vocal duties seemingly on a whim and tackle subjects including politics, addiction and love. Made up of Austin, Texas natives Ava Schrobilgen, Chloe De St.Aubin, Ellie Livingston, and Kate Halter, the friends decided to form the band following a late night…
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