Blondshell confronts mid-twenties confusion on new single ’23’s A Baby’
It’s our latest taste of what to expect from her upcoming second album, ‘If You Asked For A Picture’.
7th April 2025
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7th April 2025
Somebody’s Child announce huge UK and European tour this Autumn
The new shows include the band’s biggest headline to date in London.
7th April 2025
The Horrors, Shame, Katy J Pearson and more to play A Stone’s Throw Festival 2025
The North Shields knees up will also welcome the likes Man/Woman/Chainsaw, Swim Deep, and DEADLETTER next month.
7th April 2025
Caity Baser unveils introspective new pop single, ‘Running From Myself’
The pop artist collaborated with established duo Oh Wonder to create the uptempo new track.
7th April 2025
For One Night Only!: Dora Jar curates her dream gig
The folk-pop experimentalist gives us an insight into her ideal night out.
7th April 2025
The Maccabees confirm UK and Ireland headline shows this August
The band have extended their reunion show into a full tour following a surge of excitement from fans.
7th April 2025
Jungle, Peggy Gou & more to appear at Mad Cool’s Brunch Electronik event
The collaborative event will take place on Saturday 13th July, as part of the festival’s final day.
7th April 2025
4th April 2025
The Neu Bulletin (Mei Semones, Alien Chicks, Y and more!)
DIY’s essential guide to the best new music.
4th April 2025
Scowl — Are We All Angels
4 Stars
Love it or hate it, one thing’s clear here: this band’s ambitions are soaring skyward.
4th April 2025
Dirty Projectors, David Longstreth & s t a r g a z e — Song Of The Earth
3 Stars
What it can’t be faulted for is a lack of ambition.
4th April 2025
Sleigh Bells — Bunky Becky Birthday Boy
4 Stars
A joyfully nostalgic thread runs through it.
4th April 2025
3rd April 2025
Obongjayar: Just My Luck
Having become renowned as one of music’s most distinctive voices and exciting collaborators, Obongjayar continues to push the boundaries on his forthcoming second album ‘PARADISE NOW’ — a record that finds him at his most content so far.
3rd April 2025
Get To Know… Dutch Interior
The genre-blending best mates breaking out beyond the West Coast.
3rd April 2025
The Long Road confirms James Bay as final 2025 headliner
The country music weekender will return to Leicestershire’s Stanford Hall this August bank holiday.
3rd April 2025
Obonjayar unveils plans for second album ‘PARADISE NOW’
And what better way to mark the occasion than by dropping a single and riding a mechanical bull?
3rd April 2025
Little Simz announces biggest headline shows to date
She’ll be taking to arena stages in Manchester and London this October.
3rd April 2025
2nd April 2025
Esme Emerson: “The more sincere it is, the more rewarding it is to write songs”
Having gone from slightly aloof siblings to close creative collaborators, Esme Emerson are the rising folk-pop duo ready to welcome oddballs and outcasts into the family with open arms.
2nd April 2025
Antony Szmierek offers up a dose of euphoria at extra special London KOKO headliner
His performance tonight sees a range of attendees invited up onto the stage itself for what’s a truly unique night.
2nd April 2025
Getdown Services, Mandrake Handshake, Picture Parlour and more to play The Great Escape 2025
Over 175 new artists have been confirmed for the Brighton showcase festival next month.
2nd April 2025
Wet Leg make a mighty return with news of second album ‘moisturizer’
The Isle of Wight favourites have also shared the LP’s first single and announced a short run of UK tour dates.
2nd April 2025
The Hives confirm details of seventh LP ‘The Hives Forever Forever The Hives’
The International Rock Sensations have marked the occasion with a new single and UK/EU tour announcement, too.
2nd April 2025
Black Country, New Road - Forever Howlong
5 Stars
A jubilant rebirth.
2nd April 2025
Djo — The Crux
4-5 Stars
An ambitious, joyous, heartfelt collection.
2nd April 2025
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - Death Hilarious
3-5 Stars
A battle-ready hammer throw of a fifth album.
2nd April 2025
Rachel Chinouriri - Little House
4 Stars
Ultimately full of heart.
2nd April 2025
Momma - Welcome To My Blue Sky
3-5 Stars
A record of duality; here, yearning is part-and-parcel of purging and moving on.
2nd April 2025
1st April 2025
Welly: “If someone’s spending money, I’d like to put on a show for them”
Rapidly gaining momentum thanks to his debut album release, Welly is the whipsmart upstart determined to make music fun again.
1st April 2025
Miley Cyrus reveals striking video for ninth album title track ‘Something Beautiful’
She’s also shared a second single, ‘Prelude’, and teased another song entitled ‘End Of The World’.
1st April 2025
Momma drop final ‘Welcome To My Blue Sky’ preview ‘Rodeo’
“This song is written from the perspective of two people we kind of left behind, romantically.”
1st April 2025
Gracie Abrams unveils live version of previously unreleased track ‘Death Wish’
The song got its debut airing at London’s O2 Arena last month.
1st April 2025
Perfume Genius schedules November 2025 UK tour dates
He’s just dropped his seventh album, ‘Glory’.
1st April 2025
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard to bring rave and orchestral sets to 2025 UK/EU live shows
The Aussie band’s Autumn tour will see them swap between two very different styles of show.
1st April 2025
31st March 2025
Sam Akpro: “Every single time I’ve made a song, there’s always been creative intention behind it”
On his anticipated, liminal debut album, South London’s Sam Akpro is emphasising the importance of feeling and intent over genre.
31st March 2025
The Neu Bulletin (late night drive home, Kings Elliot, Real Farmer and more!)
DIY’s essential guide to the best new music.
31st March 2025
Sophie Ellis-Bextor dazzles on dancefloor-ready cut ‘Relentless Love’
It’s the kitchen disco queen’s first new music of 2025.
31st March 2025
Chloe Moriondo schedules ‘Oyster’ 2025 UK tour dates
The indie-popper’s latest album is out now.
31st March 2025
Nia Archives to host Up Ya Archives stage at Chase & Status’ All Points East all-dayer
The Victoria Park day fest — headlined by Chase & Status — will also see sets from the likes of Overmono and Sammy Virji.
31st March 2025
Kali Uchis forecasts blue skies in video for new single ‘Sunshine & Rain’
She’s just announced that her next album, ‘Sincerely’, will arrive in early May.
31st March 2025
28th March 2025
St Vincent teams up with A24 Music for ‘Death Of A Unicorn’ soundtrack cut ‘DOA’
The film comes out in cinemas at the start of April.
28th March 2025
Mahalia leans into her ‘Luvergirl’ era on ‘Different Type Of Love’
The bouncing new track also sees her team up with dancehall star Masicka.
28th March 2025
Black Honey channel their inner Kubrick in video for returning single ‘Psycho’
It’s the first we’ve heard from the indie-rock favourites since 2023.
28th March 2025
Rico Nasty offers up bouncing new trap-pop cut ‘ON THE LOW’
It’s “one for the girls”, appaz.
28th March 2025
Little Simz finds contentment on new ‘Lotus’ preview ‘Free’
The rap phenomenon’s next LP is due to arrive in May.
28th March 2025
Lucy Dacus — Forever Is A Feeling
4 Stars
An exploration of love through a tentative, poignantly relatable lens.
28th March 2025
Dua Lipa drops ‘Physical’ Troye Sivan remix
The collab marks five years since the release of her smash album ‘Future Nostalgia’.
28th March 2025
27th March 2025
Perfume Genius: Facets Of Glory
Fifteen years on from the release of his debut, Perfume Genius feels as vital and intriguing as ever, but with his seventh album ‘Glory’, Mike Hadreas admits he’s still figuring out his place in the world.
27th March 2025
Get To Know… The Orchestra (For Now)
The London septet who are expansive in number, and even more so in sound.
27th March 2025
Suki Waterhouse schedules 2025 UK/EU live dates
The musician and actress will play a slew of festivals this Summer, as well as headline shows in London and Belfast.
27th March 2025
Viagra Boys embrace zombie apocalypse in madcap video for ‘The Bog Body’
It’s a classic love story between frontman Sebastian Murphy and, er, a preserved corpse.
27th March 2025
Julien Baker & TORRES unveil heart-wrenching collab cut ‘Dirt’
The pair’s debut joint album arrives next month.
27th March 2025
26th March 2025
Black Country, New Road unveil dynamic new offering ‘For The Cold Country’
Their new album, ‘Forever Howlong’, will be played in full on their intimate April 2025 tour dates.
26th March 2025
Lady Gaga announces ‘The MAYHEM Ball’ tour
The pop superstar will be bringing her latest album to cities across the UK, Europe, and North America later this year.
26th March 2025
Perfume Genius drops final pre-‘Glory’ single ‘Clean Heart’
He’s set to co-headline this year’s BBC Radio 6 Music Festival in Manchester this weekend.
26th March 2025
CMAT returns with news of third album ‘Euro-Country’
The fabulously extra Irish star has also shared its lead single and announced a slew of UK and Ireland tour dates.
26th March 2025
English Teacher add extra London show to biggest UK headline tour to date
The Mercury Prize winning quartet will be heading out on the road again this November.
26th March 2025
Unknown Mortal Orchestra — IC-02 Bogotá
4 Stars
All the potential to bring a blissful, mind-bending exotic escapade for one’s mind, body and soul.
26th March 2025
Perfume Genius — Glory
4-5 Stars
Perhaps his most musically expansive record to date.
26th March 2025
Deafheaven — Lonely People With Power
4 Stars
As singular and engrossing as heavy albums get.
26th March 2025
Sam Akpro - Evenfall
4 Stars
Gloomy and often claustrophobic – much like the city that birthed it – ‘Evenfall’ is an intricate snapshot.
26th March 2025
Chloe Moriondo — oyster
4 Stars
An artist who thrives in transformation.
26th March 2025
girlpuppy — Sweetness
3 Stars
If it could only stand out a little more.
26th March 2025
Wallows — More
3-5 Stars
It largely showcases the blend of pop, alt-rock and post-punk that makes up the band’s trademark sound.
26th March 2025
25th March 2025
Joy Crookes shares new track ‘I Know You’d Kill’
The Londoner has also been confirmed to play this year’s Glastonbury Festival.
25th March 2025
Yard Act schedule warm up headline show at Blackpool Tower
The Leeds band will take to the stage at the infamous venue ahead of their packed summer of festival appearances.
25th March 2025
Self Esteem shares new single ‘If Not Now, It’s Soon’, announces huge UK & Ireland headline tour
Rebecca Lucy Taylor will head out on her biggest headline run yet this October, culminating in a show at Sheffield’s Utilita Arena.
25th March 2025
24th March 2025
Julien Baker & TORRES: Dazzle Camouflage
A collaboration that’s been five years in the making, on their new album ‘Send A Prayer My Way’ Julien Baker and TORRES’ Mackenzie Scott find themselves unexpectedly reconnecting with country music — and a pivotal part of their past lives.
24th March 2025
Bastille announce 2025 UK arena tour
The November dates will be billed ‘From All Sides — Songs From The First 15 Years’.
24th March 2025
Ethel Cain announces new album ‘Willoughby Tucker, I Will Always Love You’
Following the release of her project ‘Perverts’ earlier this year, the Florida-born star will release her second full-length this summer.
24th March 2025
Chloe Qisha reveals plans for 2025 UK/EU tour
The rapidly-rising pop upstart has also confirmed details of her next EP, ‘Modern Romance’.
24th March 2025
Mae Muller returns with electro-pop banger ‘Breakaway’
It’s her first release in 15 months, and also her first as an independent artist.
24th March 2025
The National’s Matt Berninger announces intimate shows in Leeds and London
He’s set to do a trio of pared-back performances at Brudenell Social Club and Union Chapel next month.
24th March 2025
MØ drops latest ‘Plæygirl’ preview ‘Keep Møving’
The club-ready cut is an upbeat yet uneasy exploration of social pressure and endless expectations.
24th March 2025
21st March 2025
The Neu Bulletin (Witch Post, Rosie Alena, L’objectif and more!)
DIY’s essential guide to the best new music.
21st March 2025
20th March 2025
Divorce: Take Me Home, Country Roads
On debut album ‘Drive To Goldenhammer’, Nottingham indie-folk risers Divorce share a variety of intimate stories that remain close to home, all while opening a window into the magic of their imagination.
20th March 2025
Yungblud makes grand return with epic single ‘Hello Heaven, Hello’
The Doncaster cult favourite has also just announced a surprise gig at London’s Scala.
20th March 2025
Spill Tab offers up new ‘ANGIE’ track ‘Assis’
She’s also recently announced details of a headline tour across the UK and Europe.
20th March 2025
Ezra Furman shares next album preview ‘Jump Out’
Her tenth LP, ‘Goodbye Small Head’, arrives in May.
20th March 2025
Låpsley unveils loved-up latest single ‘HURRICANE’
She’s celebrating the release of her next album with a UK tour this Autumn.
20th March 2025
19th March 2025
Nova Twins unveil video for storming latest single ‘Soprano’
The trailblazing pair also recently announced details of an Autumn tour around the UK and Europe.
19th March 2025
Kae Tempest drops new single ‘Statue In The Square’
It’s their first new music since the release of 2022’s ‘The Line Is A Curve’.
19th March 2025
Bob Vylan, HotWax, Master Peace and more join 2025’s Brighten The Corners festival bill
The latest round of additions also includes ace new acts including Disgusting Sisters, The Pill, Westside Cowboy and more.
19th March 2025
SASAMI: Murder On The Dancefloor
Having built her name via an appetite for the experimental, on third album ‘Blood On The Silver Screen’ SASAMI has shape-shifted once more; this time, it’s pop music that’s firmly in her sights.
19th March 2025
Billie Marten announces details of fifth album ‘Dog Eared’
She’s also shared the LP’s opener, ‘Feeling’.
19th March 2025
Marika Hackman recruits Laura Marling to feature on new version of ‘Skin’
The collab marks the tenth anniversary of Marika’s debut album, ‘We Slept At Last’.
19th March 2025
Japanese Breakfast — For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)
5 Stars
Both a leap in musical maturity as well as a callback to vintage Japanese Breakfast.
19th March 2025
Phoebe Green - The Container
3-5 Stars
Refreshingly carefree.
19th March 2025
The Horrors — Night Life
4 Stars
A record where The Horrors burn the midnight oil with a new intensity.
19th March 2025
Greentea Peng — TELL DEM IT’S SUNNY
5 Stars
Gently transformative, channeling patience and expansion.
19th March 2025
Benefits — Constant Noise
4-5 Stars
It may not be the most lighthearted of listens, but it’s a fiercely potent and important one.
19th March 2025
Welly — Big In The Suburbs
4 Stars
There’s no denying that on this debut record, Welly really gives it some.
19th March 2025
18th March 2025
In The Studio: The Horrors
Line-up changes and lengthy pauses could have derailed The Horrors permanently. Instead, sixth LP ‘Night Life’ sees them re-emerging streamlined and strong.
18th March 2025
Matt Maltese unveils tender new offering ‘Pined For You My Whole Life’
He’s also announced a huge run of 2025 tour dates across the UK, Europe, and North America.
18th March 2025
Queens Of The Stone Age, Lambrini Girls, Moonchild Sanelly and more to play Switzerland’s Paléo Festival
A whole host of international names will be heading to the Swiss municipality of Nyon this July.
18th March 2025
SOFT PLAY team up with Kate Nash for new single ‘Slushy’
They’ve also unveiled plans for an expanded edition of their latest album ‘Heavy Jelly’, featuring six new tracks.
18th March 2025
Caroline return with new single ‘Total euphoria’
To celebrate the release, the eight-piece have also announced a Summer 2025 UK tour.
18th March 2025
17th March 2025
HotWax: Shock To The System
After just two EPs, Hastings-via-Brighton trio HotWax had established themselves as one of the country’s most vibrant new rock acts; now, they’ve taken their fiery next step.
17th March 2025
Bon Iver shares Danielle Haim collab ‘If Only I Could Wait’
The new single — along with another track — was premiered via a live-stream art installation created by Justin Vernon.
17th March 2025
Stevie Wonder revealed as next BST Hyde Park 2025 headliner
The music legend will return to the London festival for the third time this Summer.
17th March 2025
Charli xcx announces curated partygirl lineup for LIDO Festival headline day
She’s handpicked the likes of Magdalena Bay and Jodie Harsh to support her in Victoria Park this Summer.
17th March 2025