Ahead of the game: LVL UP

Reinvigorated for their third album, ​‘Return To Love’ sees the band dive into the magical and mystical.

28th September 2016

Burn the witch: The Wytches

The Wytches are using second album ​‘All Your Happy Life’ as a springboard to a future full of even weirder things.

27th September 2016

A new kind of worship: Kelsey Lu

The Brooklyn-based singer and cellist may have abandoned her deeply religious upbringing to pursue her dreams, but debut EP ​‘Church’ is still divine.

27th September 2016

Making waves: Beach Slang

With second album ​‘A Loud Bash Of Teenage Feelings,’ these Philly punks are aiming big.

26th September 2016

Live Krell and prosper: How to Dress Well

Putting his own spin on pop, Tom Krell’s taking ​‘Care’ in a whole new direction.

22nd September 2016

The world still needs Pixies

Three decades to the good and despite personal turmoil, Pixies are happy to keep on carrying on. ​“We’re in awe that we’re still getting embraced out there, still relevant,” they tell Danny Wright.

21st September 2016

Jack Osbourne talks Ozzy and Jack’s World Detour

In their new series Jack takes his dad, you know, Ozzy Osbourne to indulge their interest in history.

19th September 2016

Against Me!: Baby, I’m a gender anarchist

Love may be one of the most universal inspirations in all of music, but for Against Me!‘s new album ​‘Shape Shift With Me’, Laura Jane Grace is looking at it from a whole new perspective.

16th September 2016

Muscle Memory: AlunaGeorge

It may be three years since AlunaGeorge released their debut, but with ​‘I Remember,’ they’re feeling stronger and more confident than ever.

15th September 2016

Rolling in the Deap: Deap Vally

Taking the vital, bolshy essence of their debut, and cranking it up to a whole new level, ​‘Femejism’ is Deap Vally’s creative explosion.

14th September 2016

By any other name: Preoccupations

A new moniker but the same ​‘hit the ground running’ mindset — Preoccupations are shaking off a rocky year and continuing their top-speed upwards trajectory.

13th September 2016

Dream Wife are on an unstoppable wave

From getting banned from Matalan to letting rip on stage, Dream Wife are out to prove that sometimes darkness can be the brightest colour of all.

12th September 2016

Game over? Two Door Cinema Club are back from the brink

With new album ​‘Gameshow’, Two Door Cinema Club are rising from the wreckage.

9th September 2016

Time-travelling Dolly Parton meets glitter-punk: get to know Dream Wife

An art project run riot and out of control, this lot have found themselves forming one of the most exciting new bands around right now.

8th September 2016

Fear of Men: “this is as real as I could be at the time”

With second album ​‘Fall Forever,’ this Brighton band jump headlong into their boldest explorations yet.

6th September 2016

Yak: Salvation Army

With countless road miles under their belts, Yak have been focused on gathering a throng since day one. Debut album ​‘Alas Salvation’ is their call to arms.

5th September 2016

Stranger things have happened: Yuck

While ladybird carcasses and sky-high expectations haunted Yuck’s second record, the band hit a new stride of confidence in ​‘Stranger Things’.

3rd September 2016

Milk Teeth: “You need to get out of your mum’s basement and do some stuff”

With ​‘Vile Child’, Milk Teeth have channelled their road miles into one of the year’s most fast and furious debuts. Now they’re set to reap the rewards, as long as they don’t lose too much blood.

2nd September 2016

Wesley Gonzalez: “Fuck it - I really like the shit you hated in the seventies”

The former Let’s Wrestle man’s gone solo — he tells Tom Walters about his desire to embrace some ​“very nasty music” into his warped pop.

2nd September 2016

Mabel: “When I moved to London I felt more free”

Determined not to be defined by her heritage, Mabel is globetrotting her way to stardom.

30th August 2016

The Parrots talk Spain and spreading wings: “The only thing I know how to do is to make music”

So much more than a ​“Spanish band”, The Parrots’ debut album proves their fuzz-bomb is ready to blow all over the world.

24th August 2016

Glass Animals discuss the characters behind new album ‘How to Be a Human Being’

Oxford group’s frontman Dave Bayley became obsessed with fictional characters for their new album. On a new podcast, he relates each character to a song of his choice.

23rd August 2016

Twin Atlantic: From Glasgow, With Love

With their last album, Twin Atlantic found themselves obsessed with perfection. For ​‘GLA’ they decided to let their instincts take control, giving into the heartbeat of the city they call home.

22nd August 2016

Will Joseph Cook: “I fucking hate the term singer-songwriter”

This Tunbridge Wells-based maverick’s star is on the rise thanks to latest single ​‘Take Me Dancing’ and his smart take on pop.

18th August 2016