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waterbaby: “To feel seen is such a crazy thing - it’s very beautiful, and very jarring”

On debut album ​‘Memory Be a Blade’, Stockholm’s waterbaby is reckoning with contradiction and coming to terms with her past.

31st March 2026

Westside Cowboy schedule biggest UK/EU tour to date 

The Manchester upstarts are fresh from supporting Geese on the New Yorkers’ much-anticipated recent live stint.

30th March 2026

The Neu Bulletin (Tia Gordon, Ain’t, samxemma and more!)

DIY’s essential guide to the best new music.

27th March 2026

Get To Know… Ain’t

Sweaty-ceilinged, scuzzy alt-rock that begs to be heard live.

26th March 2026

Get To Know… Pyncher 

Meet the Manchester band set to headline DIY & Fifth Floor’s epic May event.

18th March 2026

Erin LeCount: “Labels and artists sometimes really underestimate people’s tastes”

Fresh from a hectic 2025 that saw her sell out KOKO and release her debut EP, the Essex-based star is embracing the ambition her music deserves.

18th March 2026

Witch Post - Butterfly

3-5 Stars

Animated, folky indie-rock that crafts engaging lore — and arrives at an exciting road ahead.

18th March 2026

The Neu Bulletin (Fiona-Lee, she’s green, Y and more!)

DIY’s essential guide to the best new music.

13th March 2026

Violet Grohl to release debut album, ‘Be Sweet To Me’

The May release comes previewed with new song titled ​‘595’.

12th March 2026

Get To Know… Nia Smith 

Silky smooth R&B from one of South London’s most striking new voices.

12th March 2026

Get To Know… The Scratch 

Incendiary folk-metal from some of Ireland’s most exciting players.

5th March 2026

Absolutely: “I had to shake off the pressure and remind myself of why I create: because I love it”

Currently touring the world with her sisters RAYE and Amma, Absolutely’s life is a self-described ​“pinch-me moment” — and her latest album, ​‘Paracosm’, is just as fantastical.

2nd March 2026

Erin LeCount - Pareidolia

4 Stars

It confirms her as both rising talent and artist with a bold, singular vision.

27th February 2026

Get To Know… Girl Group

High energy pop turning pejoratives into empowerment.

26th February 2026

Class of 2026: TTSSFU

Meet the Manchester-based multi-hyphenate who boasts an ambitious musical appetite, a penchant for the darker things in life, and (for now, at least) quite the memorable wig.

20th February 2026

The Neu Bulletin (My New Band Believe, 1000 Rabbits, Fiona-Lee and more!)

DIY’s essential guide to the best new music.

20th February 2026

Get To Know… VILLANELLE

Full-throttle grunge which more than lives up to the hype.

19th February 2026

flowerovlove offers up peppy new single ‘Casual Lady’

Her first release of 2026 ponders the question that’s been on everyone’s lips — is having a boyfriend kinda… embarrassing?

17th February 2026

Introducing… Niki Kini

Late last year, global music platform Music Gateway launched their inaugural Breakout Artist Programme. Now — after whittling 600 applicants down to one — they’ve named its winner: get to know the effervescent Londoner who came out top now.

13th February 2026

Class of 2026: Alessi Rose 

The Derby-born artist has already opened for Dua Lipa and won over the ​‘delulu girls’ with her witty and candid indie-pop bangers. Now she’s writing the upbeat anthems that will take her career to the next level.

12th February 2026

Erin LeCount shares new single ‘DON’T YOU SEE MY TRYING?’

The track gets lifted from the pop star’s forthcoming new EP ​‘PAREIDOLIA’, which is due for release later this month.

11th February 2026

Class of 2026: Cardinals 

Cork quintet Cardinals may have spent most of 2025 out on the road, but they’ve still had time to create their expansive debut, ​‘Masquerade’; an album of duality that’s sure to set them even further apart from the crowd.

9th February 2026

The Neu Bulletin (Blossom Caldarone, Bel Cobain, Witch Post and more!) 

DIY’s essential guide to the best new music.

6th February 2026

Class of 2026: Nectar Woode

From Glastonbury to Jools Holland, a tour with Joy Crookes to an EP shaped across two continents; it’s been a whirlwind year for Nectar Woode. Now, heading into 2026, she’s ready to bring people to her new world.

5th February 2026