17 Oct 2026
The Room – Magic Games, Liverpool post-punk pioneers revisit a 1960s childhood on new album Doom Pop!
The Room formed in Liverpool in 1979, recorded four John Peel sessions, appeared on The Whistle Test and…
17 Oct 2026
16 Oct 2026
A Shoreline Dream – Waiting, 20 years on from their debut album
A Shoreline Dream are a Colorado duo – Ryan Policky and Erik Jeffries – and they've just put…
16 Oct 2026
Then Comes Silence – Bye Bye Land, a message to a friend who nearly didn’t make it
Then Comes Silence are a Stockholm post-punk trio – Alex Svenson, Jonas Fransson and Hugo Zombie – and…
16 Oct 2026
Constant Sorrow – Blue DJ, the first sounds from a reclusive east London dreampop project
Constant Sorrow is the new, deliberately low-profile project from someone going by B Normal, and Blue DJ is…
15 Oct 2026
Katie And The Bad Sign – Manchester rockers release new single Gambler
Manchester rock band Katie And The Bad Sign are out with a new single today called Gambler –…
15 Oct 2026
Plasticsoul – new album We Can Hear You, Clem Fandango out 20 November
Nine years after their third album became the very first release on Big Stir Records, California indie rock…
15 Oct 2026
Chris Connelly – Bye Bye Johnny Viola, from his new Lou Reed tribute album Doo Wop In The Dark
New single out from Chris Connelly, the Scottish-born, Chicago-based alternative music veteran – Bye Bye Johnny Viola, which…
15 Oct 2026
Soft Science – Without, dream pop from fifth album Sand
New video out from Sacramento dream pop quintet Soft Science, for a track called Without, taken from their…
15 Oct 2026
Raised On Candy – Red M&M, from the follow-up to their Steve Albini-produced debut
New Jersey duo Raised On Candy are back with Red M&M, the second single from their new album…
15 Oct 2026
Caulbearers – Brothers At The Wheel, a Manchester political anthem ahead of new album Come Back Home
New single out from Manchester collective Caulbearers, called Brothers At The Wheel – a political one, featuring folk…
15 Oct 2026
cleopatrick – WHAAT, a fuzzed-out new single and a 2027 world tour
New single out from Toronto alt-rock duo cleopatrick, called WHAAT – a "fuzz-drenched, distortion-heavy banger" according to the…
12 Oct 2026
Bitw – Caernarfon’s Gruff ab Arwel shares a video for Hen Dro, ahead of his first all-Welsh album Gaddo Glaw
Bitw is the solo project of Gruff ab Arwel from Caernarfon, and his new album Gaddo Glaw is…
12 Oct 2026
Christian Wethered – Dublin songwriter and poet’s new single The First Thing opens his 2nd album From The Balustrade
Christian Wethered is a songwriter and poet from Dublin, and his new single The First Thing is out…
12 Oct 2026
Andy Bell & Masal – the Ride guitarist and Essex harp and synth duo release their 2nd album Common Primitives
Photo: Brian David Stevens Andy Bell (him out of Ride, and Oasis of course) has a new album…
10 Oct 2026
Lowsunday – Pittsburgh darkwave-shoegaze duo hand Call Silence over to Psychotribe and Sam Rosenthal for 2 very different remixes
Lowsunday started out in Pittsburgh in 1994 as Low Sunday Ghost Machine, mixing darkwave and shoegaze long before…
9 Oct 2026
ISQ – new single Angela, inspired by Ask for Angela, ahead of first album in 8 years The Silence Is Deafening
ISQ have put out Angela today, the last preview from their new album The Silence Is Deafening –…
9 Oct 2026
Rich Austin – Live To Fight Another Day, the title track from his new album, out now
Rich Austin's new album Live To Fight Another Day is out today, and the title track is the…
9 Oct 2026
Laptop – Jesse Hartman covers Madonna’s Music, ahead of the Nothing to Declare EP and a London show
Laptop – the electro-indie project of New York musician and filmmaker Jesse Hartman – have covered Madonna's Music…
8 Oct 2026
Swansea Sound – new single On Our Own, ahead of third album Pre-Post-Truth and a long UK tour
Swansea Sound have a new single and video out called On Our Own, and it's the first taste…
8 Oct 2026
Madness to play Priory Park in Southend next summer – their first Southend show since 2009
Madness are coming back to Southend! They're headlining Priory Park next summer, and it will be their first…
8 Oct 2026
Scale – London indie band release debut single October, already played on Steve Lamacq’s 6 Music show
Scale are a London indie band who haven't been going for a year yet, and their debut single…
7 Oct 2026
The Blue Herons – transatlantic jangle pop duo return with new single Sleepy Town
The Blue Herons have a new single coming out on 16 October called Sleepy Town. I played their…
17 Oct 2026
The Room – Magic Games, Liverpool post-punk pioneers revisit a 1960s childhood on new album Doom Pop!
The Room formed in Liverpool in 1979, recorded four John Peel sessions, appeared on The Whistle Test and…
Dave Sutherland – Just Like A Black And White Film, his most personal Americana album yet
Dave Sutherland's new album Just Like A Black And White Film came out yesterday, Friday 16 October, on…
16 Oct 2026
A Shoreline Dream – Waiting, 20 years on from their debut album
A Shoreline Dream are a Colorado duo – Ryan Policky and Erik Jeffries – and they've just put…
16 Oct 2026
Then Comes Silence – Bye Bye Land, a message to a friend who nearly didn’t make it
Then Comes Silence are a Stockholm post-punk trio – Alex Svenson, Jonas Fransson and Hugo Zombie – and…
16 Oct 2026
Constant Sorrow – Blue DJ, the first sounds from a reclusive east London dreampop project
Constant Sorrow is the new, deliberately low-profile project from someone going by B Normal, and Blue DJ is…
Two Tonne Machete – Box, North Wales feminist punk on watching someone you love lose their grip
Two Tonne Machete are a feminist alt-punk four-piece from North Wales, and their new single Box is out…
Blondie – High Noon, their first album in 9 years and Clem Burke’s last recordings
Blondie are releasing a new album, High Noon, on 26 February via BMG – their 12th studio album…
Solar Eyes – Different Cloud, Birmingham psych-indie duo channel Spiritualized and Primal Scream
Solar Eyes are a Birmingham psych-indie duo, Glenn Smyth and Sebastian Maynard Francis, and their latest single is…
Bedroom Tax – Hide & Seek, London four-piece set finance jargon against mental health
Bedroom Tax are a London four-piece – Gideon Parirenyatwa and Josh Collins on vocals, Sean Guy on guitar…
LIINES – As Shadows Fall, Manchester post-punk duo’s first new music in two years
LIINES are back with a new 5 track EP, As Shadows Fall, out Friday 23 October on Crackedankles…
Sidewalks – Take It, Glasgow indie-rock debut built on momentum and grit
Sidewalks are a Glasgow indie-pop/rock outfit, and their single Take It is out tomorrow, Friday 16 October. It…
15 Oct 2026
Katie And The Bad Sign – Manchester rockers release new single Gambler
Manchester rock band Katie And The Bad Sign are out with a new single today called Gambler –…
Micko & The Mellotronics – Viva La Underdog, a Sooty and Sweep video and a tribute to Neil Innes
New single out on 16 October from Micko & The Mellotronics, called Viva La Underdog – the fourth…
Magic Tailgate Band – St.Christine, a cryptic slice of psychedelic garage rock
New single out today from Magic Tailgate Band, called St.Christine – "psychedelic garage rock n roll from deep…
Freddie Purple – Atomic Habits, three years in the making
New single out from alt-pop artist Freddie Purple, called Atomic Habits – co-written with Tatye Nickolas, and apparently…
Sauvageoness – RD E|A, the first single from a new live album filmed as a ritual
New single out from Sauvageoness, called RD E|A – the first track to surface from a live album,…
15 Oct 2026
Plasticsoul – new album We Can Hear You, Clem Fandango out 20 November
Nine years after their third album became the very first release on Big Stir Records, California indie rock…
15 Oct 2026
Chris Connelly – Bye Bye Johnny Viola, from his new Lou Reed tribute album Doo Wop In The Dark
New single out from Chris Connelly, the Scottish-born, Chicago-based alternative music veteran – Bye Bye Johnny Viola, which…
15 Oct 2026
Soft Science – Without, dream pop from fifth album Sand
New video out from Sacramento dream pop quintet Soft Science, for a track called Without, taken from their…
15 Oct 2026
Raised On Candy – Red M&M, from the follow-up to their Steve Albini-produced debut
New Jersey duo Raised On Candy are back with Red M&M, the second single from their new album…
15 Oct 2026
Caulbearers – Brothers At The Wheel, a Manchester political anthem ahead of new album Come Back Home
New single out from Manchester collective Caulbearers, called Brothers At The Wheel – a political one, featuring folk…
Spearmint – Feels More Lonely, upbeat New Wave pop from new album Chase Me
New single out from indie legends Spearmint, called Feels More Lonely, taken from their new album Chase Me…