Over the past six years, Black Country, New Road have shifted in just about every sense possible, whether through choice or necessity. Now, on third album ‘Forever Howlong’, they’re settling into a fresh new rhythm and it’s suiting them well.
6th May 2025
A monthly focus on those crucial cogs in the wonderful new music wheel.
5th May 2025
On fourth album ‘Welcome To My Blue Sky’, Momma’s Etta Friedman and Allegra Weingarten channel parallel experiences and their enduring friendship into an evocative collection of mushy dream-rock.
1st May 2025
The TV On The Radio frontman turned solo star gives us an insight into his ideal night out.
30th April 2025
Fresh from dominating the music world as one third of boygenius — and gaining legions of new fans in the process — Lucy Dacus is back with her most intimate and vulnerable solo record to date.
30th April 2025
After third record ‘Headful Of Sugar’, New York trio Sunflower Bean found themselves drifting. But thanks to time apart and changed perspectives, they’ve returned with ‘Mortal Primetime’ — an album brimming with newfound defiance.
29th April 2025
A debut album that’s been ten years in the making, ‘The Prize’ sees Transatlantic duo Prima Queen once again share their unique portraits of everyday life, love and everything in between.
28th April 2025
Bringing her emotionally literate songwriting to new territory, Jensen McRae is reframing heartbreak on her upcoming second album, ‘I Don’t Know How But They Found Me!’.
24th April 2025
Three years on from the release of their ambitious, critically acclaimed self — titled debut, London octet caroline have returned with their heady new single ‘Total euphoria’ and a new outlook on their musical identity.
22nd April 2025
Uncanny chroniclers of life’s underbelly, Viagra Boys have also spent the last few years working on themselves. As ‘viagr aboys’ fine-tunes their surreal pen within a world gone mad, maybe the Swedes’ brand of weird is about the sanest thing left.
17th April 2025
When you spend your days acting and your nights performing, it’s not hard to get lost in the liminal space. Throw in a significant breakup, an untethered lifestyle and unprecedented online attention, and the fog gets even thicker. On his third outing as Djo, though, Joe Keery is retracing his steps and moving forwards.
10th April 2025
A monthly focus on those crucial cogs in the wonderful new music wheel.
7th April 2025
The folk-pop experimentalist gives us an insight into her ideal night out.
7th April 2025
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
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
Rapidly gaining momentum thanks to his debut album release, Welly is the whipsmart upstart determined to make music fun again.
1st April 2025
On his anticipated, liminal debut album, South London’s Sam Akpro is emphasising the importance of feeling and intent over genre.
31st March 2025
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
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
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
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
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
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
With her last album ‘Jubilee’, Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner found herself a GRAMMY-nominated artist with a New York bestseller to her name, but no amount of critical acclaim will shift the reality of loss. Now, ten years on from the passing of her mother, her grief is still unfolding, and she’s channelling it into the dark new world of ‘For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)’.
12th March 2025
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.