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The Vancouver four-piece only planned to play one show. Instead, Piss have become one of punk’s most talked-about new bands.
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Charli XCX has shared her latest 'B-side' 'Playboy Bunny' as a companion to 'SS26'
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On their fourth album 'Dancing On The Wall', MUNA step into a darker, sweat-soaked world where queer desire, apocalypse anxiety and theatrical self-awareness collide.
by Neive McCarthy
MUNA are dancing at the edge of the world
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Dagny’s new album started with a simple idea: stop overthinking
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Australian duo 2charm have gone from Discord jokes to one of underground pop's most intriguing new acts.
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Super Sometimes are putting everything on the line for pop-punk
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Kelsey Lu has unveiled new single ‘Comfort’ ahead of next month’s ‘So Help Me God’
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Kneecap reassert themselves as a musical force to be reckoned with.
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Owusu is taking names while also delivering musical brilliance.
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Bleech 9:3 – Bleech 9:3 EP
The self-titled EP is an early statement, and the foundations are right there in the songs.
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Hekt – Forever
He seamlessly weaves the best of Copenhagen alt pop cool into his EDM dancefloor vision.
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Villanelle – Measly Means EP
A snapshot of a young band catching momentum.
By Harry Shaw
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Tom A. Smith – Put On A Record Tommy EP
‘Put On A Record Tommy’ is fun, open-hearted, and easy to get caught up in.
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Bucket – Mosaic EP
Unpredictable and deceptively catchy in all the right places.
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Baby Dave – billy
Daft, sharp and full of bits you’ll want to rewind.
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Sofia and the Antoinettes – Leaving The House Is A Performance EP
It’s a lot of feeling, all at once, delivered with conviction.
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You never quite know what’s coming next, and that's bloody brilliant.
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The Slow Country, Hunny Buzz and more have joined this year’s Paint By Numbers lineup
Coach Party top the lineup, alongside Georgian, Lemonsuckr, Mould and more.
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Kesha has shared a video for her new sex-positive anthem, ‘ORIGAMI!’
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Stormzy has announced his first official single in over two years
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Precious Pepala has joined the bill for Hannah Grae's Dork’s Night Out at Colours Hoxton
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Bella Kay’s breakout hit ‘iloveitiloveitiloveit’ taught her to take risks
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Øya Festival has completed its 2026 lineup with Iceage, Melody’s Echo Chamber and Jalen Ngonda
Øya Festival 2026 runs from 12th to 15th August in Oslo, Norway.
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Ariana Grande is celebrating 10 years of ‘Dangerous Woman’ with unreleased song ‘Knew Better Part Two’
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Browser-based horror game expands the band's fictional universe before second album arrives.
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ratbag explores mental health struggles on her vulnerable new single ‘drag’
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