Because Music Matters
Manchester’s Worm School make their recorded debut with “Jacob’s Ladder”, a slow-burning cut that feels both intimate and infinite. Released through Brighton label Crafting Room Recordings which is putting out…
Hailing from the fog-laced docks of Rotterdam, L’orne have never been ones for half measures. Their latest song, “Talk To Me Too” (out now), plunges headfirst into the anxious static…
Debut albums introduce a band and they can be tricky beasts. The sound, attitude and mood all tie in to create an image but there can be an urge to…
Westside Cowboy have been kicking down the doors in 2025 and 2026 looks like it’ll begin the same way! The fast-rising four-piece have officially signed to Adventure Recordings, an imprint…
In the midst of her globe trotting tour of the US, UK and EU, Blondshell has announced a companion album to her breakthrough 2025 release If You Asked For A…
When Howling at a Concrete Moon introduced us to Pynch, we met a band wrestling with the disillusionments of youth, already sounding world-weary, defiant and bruised. But for their follow-up,…
Post-punk outfit HighSchool are cranking up the anticipation for their self-titled debut album, dropping October 31st, with their latest single “Sony Ericsson,” a wired, restless track about the fragile chaos…
Let’s not call this album a “re-issue”. Being kind and less cynical we’ll go with the PR blurb and say it’s an “expanded, digital deluxe edition” aimed at enhancing the…
South London’s Red Ivory announce new music and an upcoming EP release. The four-piece of Eiliyah, Berry, Frida and Ivy, formed back in 2021 as mere 14-year-olds in a school…
There’s always been a pull-and-push at the heart of NewDad’s music. The beauty pitched against distortion, a particular intimacy found within the grandeur. With Altar, their second album following quickly…
Scottish band Mogwai has announced a brand new set of tour dates for the UK in February next year. They’ve been around the world playing in support of their “The…
Brighton’s goth-punk engine ELLiS·D isn’t slowing down for anyone. His brand-new single, ‘I Want To Be Everything You Desire’, crashes into the world on October 1st, a frenzied blast of…
Hilary Woods has always thrived in the shadows, but with “Endgames,” the first glimpse of her forthcoming album Night CRIÚ (out October 31 via Sacred Bones), she steps forward with…
Cardiff’s Why Horses? don’t so much enter a room as kick the door off its hinges. Their new single “I Got A Fever” from the debut EP Yeah, Hi? is…
Every week we curate our favourite new music into one essential playlist. New releases and recent drops, everything from grassroots artists to established acts. Give it as listen and follow…