Painting Pictures: Spring King

On their second album ​‘A Better Life’, Spring King find a new collaborative creativity to take on social injustice.

9th April 2018

Out Of The Woods: Peace

Not all has been sweetness and light in Peace’s world of late. But on ​‘Kindness Is The New Rock And Roll’, they’re back stronger than ever.

5th April 2018

Planet Holy Wood: Years & Years are back

Returning with the ridiculously brilliant ​‘Sanctify’ — beamed straight from your new favourite planet, Palo Santo — Years & Years are back to smuggle pop filth into the mainstream.

3rd April 2018

Never say die: Chvrches

Moving Stateside for album three, opening their doors to collaborators for the first time, and ripping up their rulebook in the process, Chvrches’ voice is bolder than ever on ​‘Love is Dead’.

30th March 2018

The Second Coming of Kate Nash

Ten years after catapulting into the public eye, Kate Nash is having one hell of a second wind. With new album ​‘Yesterday Was Forever’, we find the singer grabbing her new life by the balls.

29th March 2018

The Fantastic Mr George (Ezra)

Packing his bags and heading out on trip after trip to craft new album ​‘Staying At Tamara’s’, George Ezra returns with a record overflowing with personality, providing the escapism we need right now.

26th March 2018

Ray of light: Sunflower Bean

Sunflower Bean’s second album might be inspired in part by political turmoil in America, but they’re using that tragedy to find strength in numbers.

21st March 2018

The time for moving on: Nakhane

“It was like cleaning a wound,” the South African singer says of his powerful new album ​‘You Will Not Die’, which sees him exorcising his past.

20th March 2018

Welcome to rock school, with Demob Happy!

Equal parts hard-riffing monsters and sweetened harmonic seducers, Demob Happy have existed in their own unquantifiable box from day one. Let’s get to the bottom of this particular rock riddle.

19th March 2018

Bright young things: The Britanys

New York’s buzziest newcomers are upping their game and leaving their heroes behind.

15th March 2018

Three of a kind: Young Fathers

Ending a year that’s seen them release brilliant third album ​‘Cocoa Sugar’ with a UK tour and huge Brixton Academy gig, Young Fathers remain the most idiosyncratic, convention-swerving band we have.

12th March 2018

Flip/reverse: alt-J

Handing out the keys to third album ​‘Relaxer’, alt‑J have roped in a host of hip hop’s great and good to whittle their work into something new.

10th March 2018

Whenyoung are your new favourite indie band

Hanging with Bono and penning sweet, infectious indie-pop, this London-via-Dublin trio are a supremely exciting prospect.

28th February 2018

“We got rid of all the half measures” - Peace are powering back up

It’s been three long years in the making, but Peace are finally back in the game with gloriously ballsy single ​‘Power’ and a third LP around the corner.

27th February 2018

Surf’s up: it’s The Magic Gang!

Channelling the ​‘60s into something fresh, new and exciting, The Magic Gang are leading a brilliant new pack of British guitar bands. Their debut album comes good on all their promise.

23rd February 2018

Square eyes: Public Access TV

The New Yorkers are back, switched on, and ready for action.

22nd February 2018

What’s Going On With… Demob Happy?

The Brighton riffmonger’s 2015 debut ​‘Dream Soda’ was an underrated slab of saucepot genius. Now they’re back and ready to ensure that LP2 flies to the top of the pack.

20th February 2018

Building Bloxx

Brought together behind the bar, and penning attention-grabbing, straight-up bangers, Uxbridge upstarts Bloxx take things far more seriously than they first let on.

19th February 2018

Anything But… with The Cribs

Boxing, green horses and leather gloves: we really get to know The Jarmans by not uttering a word about the music.

16th February 2018

Young & Menacing: Fall Out Boy

Admitting that you’ve made a mistake is never an easy task; for Fall Out Boy and their seventh album ​‘M A N I A’, it was just another hurdle to overcome.

14th February 2018

Stand and deliver: Snail Mail

Signing to Matador for her upcoming debut full-length, Lindsey Jordan is an untameable force of youth, and is quickly gathering pace.

13th February 2018

Anteros turn sorrow into something you can dance to

Following up a series of exciting singles with a forthcoming debut album, these four Londoners are making huge strides.

5th February 2018

Iceage: A New Age

Evolving once again on fourth album ​‘Beyondless’, Iceage are still carving their own path and relentlessly sticking to their guns.

5th February 2018

Nature Boys: Gengahr

Massive support tours and a critically-acclaimed first album made Gengahr’s first steps seem easy. For second LP ​‘Where Wildness Grows’, however, the quartet had to tread the road less travelled.

3rd February 2018