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Band It Like Beckham

Cruz Beckham has spent his whole life surrounded by expectations. Now, with debut EP 'Wear & Tear', he's stepping out on his own terms, finding his people and putting the music first.

by Abigail Firth

Band It Like Beckham

Sophia Stel has announced debut album ‘the greatest album of all time’ for October•
Harry Styles has announced 25 new ‘Together, Together’ tour dates for 2027•
Dork is taking over Barfly Camden for the Independent Music Awards Official Afterparty•
Lucy Dacus releases live rarity 'No Thank You, I Love You, Goodbye' as 'No Burden' turns ten•
Dylan has returned with her first new music of 2026, ‘to love and to lose’•
Gilla Band have shared ‘Alogia’, a song written around Dara Kiely’s schizophrenia diagnosis•
Working Men’s Club have made their Domino debut with new single ‘Devout’•
Bloc Party have shared ‘Lagoon Blue’, the first song written for their new album•
Soundhood East London has revealed its full 2026 schedule•
Sports Team are getting desperately drunk in a carpeted pub on ‘Billy’•
Keo have announced their biggest headline show yet at O2 Academy Brixton•
RAYE, Amma and Absolutely have taken the ‘Joymobile’ around London•
The Big Moon are chasing the feeling of being young on ‘Three Things’•
Radiohead have announced a 21-show 2027 arena residency run in Australia and Japan•
Down With Boring reports from Reading 2026 with James Marriott, Arthur Hill, She's Green and Tooth•
Audrey Hobert has unveiled a new video for 'Sex and the City' as she begins her headline tour•
The Dork 2025 Readers' Poll nominations are in, featuring CMAT, Turnstile, Wolf Alice, Djo, Hayley Williams and loads more•
flowerovlove has released her first-ever first Christmas track, 'wishlist'•
Mighty Hoopla and Olly Alexander have announced Trans Mission, a concert for trans solidarity•
JADE has announced a deluxe edition of her debut album, 'THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY! THE ENCORE'•
Sophia Stel has announced debut album ‘the greatest album of all time’ for October•
Harry Styles has announced 25 new ‘Together, Together’ tour dates for 2027•
Dork is taking over Barfly Camden for the Independent Music Awards Official Afterparty•
Lucy Dacus releases live rarity 'No Thank You, I Love You, Goodbye' as 'No Burden' turns ten•
Dylan has returned with her first new music of 2026, ‘to love and to lose’•
Gilla Band have shared ‘Alogia’, a song written around Dara Kiely’s schizophrenia diagnosis•
Working Men’s Club have made their Domino debut with new single ‘Devout’•
Bloc Party have shared ‘Lagoon Blue’, the first song written for their new album•
Soundhood East London has revealed its full 2026 schedule•
Sports Team are getting desperately drunk in a carpeted pub on ‘Billy’•
Keo have announced their biggest headline show yet at O2 Academy Brixton•
RAYE, Amma and Absolutely have taken the ‘Joymobile’ around London•
The Big Moon are chasing the feeling of being young on ‘Three Things’•
Radiohead have announced a 21-show 2027 arena residency run in Australia and Japan•
Down With Boring reports from Reading 2026 with James Marriott, Arthur Hill, She's Green and Tooth•
Audrey Hobert has unveiled a new video for 'Sex and the City' as she begins her headline tour•
The Dork 2025 Readers' Poll nominations are in, featuring CMAT, Turnstile, Wolf Alice, Djo, Hayley Williams and loads more•
flowerovlove has released her first-ever first Christmas track, 'wishlist'•
Mighty Hoopla and Olly Alexander have announced Trans Mission, a concert for trans solidarity•
JADE has announced a deluxe edition of her debut album, 'THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY! THE ENCORE'•
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This is XG

Born in Japan and making English-language music for a global audience, XG have become one of pop's most distinctive international success stories. As the seven-piece prepare to bring their 'THE CORE' world tour to London, they look back on the journey that brought them here.

by Abigail Firth

This is XG

THIS IS XG

Born in Japan and making English-language music for a global audience, XG have become one of pop's most distinctive international success stories. As the seven-piece prepare to bring their 'THE CORE' world tour to London, they look back on the journey that brought them here.

By Abigail Firth
Westside Cowboy saddle up
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Westside Cowboy saddle up

Three years ago, Westside Cowboy started a band because it seemed like a fun thing to do. Now they're releasing one of the year's most exciting debut albums.

By Jake Hawkes
Tiny Habits: Go big or go home
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Tiny Habits: Go big or go home

After turning stairwell harmonies and viral covers into one of folk-pop's fastest-rising success stories, Tiny Habits are ready to show a different side on their second album, 'Keepers'.

By Ciaran Picker
Little Grandad: "Can you get to the Windmill for 8?"
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Little Grandad: "Can you get to the Windmill for 8?"

New single 'Babe, We've Run Out Of Time' out now, they've a sold-out London residency this week, and the Scala booked for September: not bad for a band whose entire recording career is three songs deep. Dork corners London's most road-hardened new four-piece.

By Jamie Muir
Matilda Mann: Written in the stars
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Matilda Mann: Written in the stars

Matilda Mann's second album 'Kismet' arrives at exactly the right moment. Written quickly and released on her own terms, it's a record that finds her following fate instead of fighting it.

By Ciaran Picker
Mystery Jets: A hole new world
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Mystery Jets: A hole new world

After years of upheaval, Mystery Jets have found a new lineup, a new outlook and a seventh album built on hope.

By Dillon Eastoe
Nieve Ella is having the time of her life
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Nieve Ella is having the time of her life

Heartbreak, health struggles and horrible depressing songs? Nieve Ella’s dancing her way through all of it on her debut album, she explains at Reading Festival.

By Ali Shutler
flowerovlove: Growing up in public
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flowerovlove: Growing up in public

First crushes, first heartbreaks and first moments of self-belief all collide on flowerovlove's debut album 'MINI SKIRT WARRIOR' - a coming-of-age record that wears its heart on its sleeve.

By Ciaran Picker
Man/Woman/Chainsaw: Having a ball
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Man/Woman/Chainsaw: Having a ball

They've been one of the UK's most thrilling live bands for years. Now, with debut album 'Cannonball', Man/Woman/Chainsaw are proving the wait was worth it.

By Jake Hawkes
Maisie Peters is already thinking about what comes next
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Maisie Peters is already thinking about what comes next

Maisie Peters returns to Reading Festival with ‘Florescence’, huge ambitions and plenty of new music already taking shape.

By Ali Shutler
Friendly Fires are ready to shake things up
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Friendly Fires are ready to shake things up

Friendly Fires are back as a duo, with a new single, a new approach and, thankfully, no plans to disappear again.

By Martyn Young
Westside Cowboy saddle up
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Westside Cowboy saddle up

Three years ago, Westside Cowboy started a band because it seemed like a fun thing to do. Now they're releasing one of the year's most exciting debut albums.

By Jake Hawkes
Tiny Habits: Go big or go home
Features

Tiny Habits: Go big or go home

After turning stairwell harmonies and viral covers into one of folk-pop's fastest-rising success stories, Tiny Habits are ready to show a different side on their second album, 'Keepers'.

By Ciaran Picker
Westside Cowboy saddle up
Features

Westside Cowboy saddle up

Three years ago, Westside Cowboy started a band because it seemed like a fun thing to do. Now they're releasing one of the year's most exciting debut albums.

By Jake Hawkes
Tiny Habits: Go big or go home
Features

Tiny Habits: Go big or go home

After turning stairwell harmonies and viral covers into one of folk-pop's fastest-rising success stories, Tiny Habits are ready to show a different side on their second album, 'Keepers'.

By Ciaran Picker
Little Grandad: "Can you get to the Windmill for 8?"
Features

Little Grandad: "Can you get to the Windmill for 8?"

New single 'Babe, We've Run Out Of Time' out now, they've a sold-out London residency this week, and the Scala booked for September: not bad for a band whose entire recording career is three songs deep. Dork corners London's most road-hardened new four-piece.

By Jamie Muir
Matilda Mann: Written in the stars
Features

Matilda Mann: Written in the stars

Matilda Mann's second album 'Kismet' arrives at exactly the right moment. Written quickly and released on her own terms, it's a record that finds her following fate instead of fighting it.

By Ciaran Picker
Mystery Jets: A hole new world
Features

Mystery Jets: A hole new world

After years of upheaval, Mystery Jets have found a new lineup, a new outlook and a seventh album built on hope.

By Dillon Eastoe
Nieve Ella is having the time of her life
Features

Nieve Ella is having the time of her life

Heartbreak, health struggles and horrible depressing songs? Nieve Ella’s dancing her way through all of it on her debut album, she explains at Reading Festival.

By Ali Shutler
flowerovlove: Growing up in public
Features

flowerovlove: Growing up in public

First crushes, first heartbreaks and first moments of self-belief all collide on flowerovlove's debut album 'MINI SKIRT WARRIOR' - a coming-of-age record that wears its heart on its sleeve.

By Ciaran Picker
Man/Woman/Chainsaw: Having a ball
Features

Man/Woman/Chainsaw: Having a ball

They've been one of the UK's most thrilling live bands for years. Now, with debut album 'Cannonball', Man/Woman/Chainsaw are proving the wait was worth it.

By Jake Hawkes
Maisie Peters is already thinking about what comes next
Features

Maisie Peters is already thinking about what comes next

Maisie Peters returns to Reading Festival with ‘Florescence’, huge ambitions and plenty of new music already taking shape.

By Ali Shutler
Friendly Fires are ready to shake things up
Features

Friendly Fires are ready to shake things up

Friendly Fires are back as a duo, with a new single, a new approach and, thankfully, no plans to disappear again.

By Martyn Young
Westside Cowboy saddle up
Features

Westside Cowboy saddle up

Three years ago, Westside Cowboy started a band because it seemed like a fun thing to do. Now they're releasing one of the year's most exciting debut albums.

By Jake Hawkes
Tiny Habits: Go big or go home
Features

Tiny Habits: Go big or go home

After turning stairwell harmonies and viral covers into one of folk-pop's fastest-rising success stories, Tiny Habits are ready to show a different side on their second album, 'Keepers'.

By Ciaran Picker
Man/Woman/Chainsaw: Having a ball
Features

Man/Woman/Chainsaw: Having a ball

They've been one of the UK's most thrilling live bands for years. Now, with debut album 'Cannonball', Man/Woman/Chainsaw are proving the wait was worth it.

By Jake Hawkes
Maisie Peters is already thinking about what comes next
Features

Maisie Peters is already thinking about what comes next

Maisie Peters returns to Reading Festival with ‘Florescence’, huge ambitions and plenty of new music already taking shape.

By Ali Shutler
Friendly Fires are ready to shake things up
Features

Friendly Fires are ready to shake things up

Friendly Fires are back as a duo, with a new single, a new approach and, thankfully, no plans to disappear again.

By Martyn Young
Westside Cowboy saddle up
Features

Westside Cowboy saddle up

Three years ago, Westside Cowboy started a band because it seemed like a fun thing to do. Now they're releasing one of the year's most exciting debut albums.

By Jake Hawkes
Tiny Habits: Go big or go home
Features

Tiny Habits: Go big or go home

After turning stairwell harmonies and viral covers into one of folk-pop's fastest-rising success stories, Tiny Habits are ready to show a different side on their second album, 'Keepers'.

By Ciaran Picker
Little Grandad: "Can you get to the Windmill for 8?"
Features

Little Grandad: "Can you get to the Windmill for 8?"

New single 'Babe, We've Run Out Of Time' out now, they've a sold-out London residency this week, and the Scala booked for September: not bad for a band whose entire recording career is three songs deep. Dork corners London's most road-hardened new four-piece.

By Jamie Muir
Matilda Mann: Written in the stars
Features

Matilda Mann: Written in the stars

Matilda Mann's second album 'Kismet' arrives at exactly the right moment. Written quickly and released on her own terms, it's a record that finds her following fate instead of fighting it.

By Ciaran Picker
Mystery Jets: A hole new world
Features

Mystery Jets: A hole new world

After years of upheaval, Mystery Jets have found a new lineup, a new outlook and a seventh album built on hope.

By Dillon Eastoe
Nieve Ella is having the time of her life
Features

Nieve Ella is having the time of her life

Heartbreak, health struggles and horrible depressing songs? Nieve Ella’s dancing her way through all of it on her debut album, she explains at Reading Festival.

By Ali Shutler
flowerovlove: Growing up in public
Features

flowerovlove: Growing up in public

First crushes, first heartbreaks and first moments of self-belief all collide on flowerovlove's debut album 'MINI SKIRT WARRIOR' - a coming-of-age record that wears its heart on its sleeve.

By Ciaran Picker
Man/Woman/Chainsaw: Having a ball
Features

Man/Woman/Chainsaw: Having a ball

They've been one of the UK's most thrilling live bands for years. Now, with debut album 'Cannonball', Man/Woman/Chainsaw are proving the wait was worth it.

By Jake Hawkes
Maisie Peters is already thinking about what comes next
Features

Maisie Peters is already thinking about what comes next

Maisie Peters returns to Reading Festival with ‘Florescence’, huge ambitions and plenty of new music already taking shape.

By Ali Shutler
Friendly Fires are ready to shake things up
Features

Friendly Fires are ready to shake things up

Friendly Fires are back as a duo, with a new single, a new approach and, thankfully, no plans to disappear again.

By Martyn Young
Westside Cowboy saddle up
Features

Westside Cowboy saddle up

Three years ago, Westside Cowboy started a band because it seemed like a fun thing to do. Now they're releasing one of the year's most exciting debut albums.

By Jake Hawkes
Tiny Habits: Go big or go home
Features

Tiny Habits: Go big or go home

After turning stairwell harmonies and viral covers into one of folk-pop's fastest-rising success stories, Tiny Habits are ready to show a different side on their second album, 'Keepers'.

By Ciaran Picker
Little Grandad: "Can you get to the Windmill for 8?"
Features

Little Grandad: "Can you get to the Windmill for 8?"

New single 'Babe, We've Run Out Of Time' out now, they've a sold-out London residency this week, and the Scala booked for September: not bad for a band whose entire recording career is three songs deep. Dork corners London's most road-hardened new four-piece.

By Jamie Muir
Matilda Mann: Written in the stars
Features

Matilda Mann: Written in the stars

Matilda Mann's second album 'Kismet' arrives at exactly the right moment. Written quickly and released on her own terms, it's a record that finds her following fate instead of fighting it.

By Ciaran Picker
Mystery Jets: A hole new world
Features

Mystery Jets: A hole new world

After years of upheaval, Mystery Jets have found a new lineup, a new outlook and a seventh album built on hope.

By Dillon Eastoe
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Sophia Stel has announced debut album ‘the greatest album of all time’ for October
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Sophia Stel has announced debut album ‘the greatest album of all time’ for October

The Vancouver artist's self-produced debut lands 16th October, previewed by single 'I Do'.

10 SEPT 2026•By Felicity Newton
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My Chemical Romance have dug into the archives for ‘The Black Parade’ 20th anniversary edition

10 SEPT 2026
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Spice Girls have collected every single and B-side for a new 30th anniversary box set

10 SEPT 2026
Harry Styles has announced 25 new ‘Together, Together’ tour dates for 2027
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Harry Styles has announced 25 new ‘Together, Together’ tour dates for 2027

Supports include Kylie Minogue, Getdown Services, Caroline Polachek, Feist and LCD Soundsystem.

10 SEPT 2026
News

Sufjan Stevens has revisited 25 years of Christmas songs for ‘Worst Christmas Ever!’

The 15-track collection draws from his 'Songs for Christmas' and 'Silver & Gold' box sets.

10 SEPT 2026
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BTS are bringing two ‘ARIRANG’ tour shows to cinemas worldwide

10 SEPT 2026
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Slipknot have unleashed ‘Arsenal’, their first new track in over three years

10 SEPT 2026
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Priya Ragu has returned with first new music since 2023, ‘Finally’

Little Grandad: "Can you get to the Windmill for 8?"
HypeFeatures

Little Grandad: "Can you get to the Windmill for 8?"

New single 'Babe, We've Run Out Of Time' out now, they've a sold-out London residency this week, and the Scala booked for September: not bad for a band whose entire recording career is three songs deep. Dork corners London's most road-hardened new four-piece.

10 SEPT 2026
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Modern Woman have announced a run of UK headline shows for early 2027

New year run adds seven UK shows behind debut LP 'Johnny's Dreamworld'.

10 SEPT 2026
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Charlie Jeer and Cat Burns are getting excited about new beginnings on ‘small talk’

Kent artist previews forthcoming EP 'Take Away My Problems' with disco-pop collaboration.

10 SEPT 2026
HypeFeatures

Cruz Beckham: "It's better to be underestimated"

Cruz Beckham has spent his whole life surrounded by expectations. Now, with debut EP 'Wear & Tear', he's stepping out on his own terms, finding his people and putting the music first.

10 SEPT 2026
Cruz Beckham: "It's better to be underestimated"
Really Good Time: "We really are quite sincere people"
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Really Good Time: "We really are quite sincere people"

Losing a guitarist, gaining a frog and boiling their band down to the bones: Dublin's funniest, most combustible trio have turned desperation and doomscroll-dread into 'Affirmations', a debut album that stares down the end of the world and tells you to go and hug your mates. They mean every word of it.

10 SEPT 2026
HypeNews

Hex Girlfriend are looking to the shelf for answers on new single ‘Gathering Dust’

Duo share self-produced track ahead of East London launch party.

10 SEPT 2026
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Euan Blackman draws on soul for new single 'Piece of My Heart'

The forthcoming single follows January's Americana-tinged 'Wildcard' EP.

10 SEPT 2026
HypeNews

Hex Girlfriend are looking to the shelf for answers on new single ‘Gathering Dust’

Duo share self-produced track ahead of East London launch party.

10 SEPT 2026
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Euan Blackman draws on soul for new single 'Piece of My Heart'

The forthcoming single follows January's Americana-tinged 'Wildcard' EP.

10 SEPT 2026
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Fat Dog are just getting started
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Fat Dog are just getting started

Ballads, trance beats, dictators and Shrek 5: ‘Cancel Me (I’m Tired)’ is Fat Dog’s boldest move yet.

10 Jul 2026•BY Neive McCarthy
Carly Rae Jepsen: Pop goes the rulebook
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Carly Rae Jepsen: Pop goes the rulebook

Carly Rae Jepsen has spent the last decade learning exactly how pop works, mostly so she can have more fun breaking its rules. With sprawling double album 'Day And Night', she's following her instincts wherever they lead.

14 Aug 2026•BY Ali Shutler
This Is Lorelei: songs from somewhere out the window
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This Is Lorelei: songs from somewhere out the window

What happens when your deliberately low-key side project suddenly isn't so low-key anymore? For Nate Amos, the answer is 'The Singer In My Band', a strange, intimate new This Is Lorelei record about people, places and learning to live with expectation.

14 Aug 2026•BY Martyn Young
Fat Dog are just getting started
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Fat Dog are just getting started

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10 Jul 2026•BY Neive McCarthy
Carly Rae Jepsen: Pop goes the rulebook
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Carly Rae Jepsen: Pop goes the rulebook

Carly Rae Jepsen has spent the last decade learning exactly how pop works, mostly so she can have more fun breaking its rules. With sprawling double album 'Day And Night', she's following her instincts wherever they lead.

14 Aug 2026•BY Ali Shutler
Fat Dog are just getting started
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Fat Dog are just getting started

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10 Jul 2026•BY Neive McCarthy
Carly Rae Jepsen: Pop goes the rulebook
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Carly Rae Jepsen: Pop goes the rulebook

Carly Rae Jepsen has spent the last decade learning exactly how pop works, mostly so she can have more fun breaking its rules. With sprawling double album 'Day And Night', she's following her instincts wherever they lead.

14 Aug 2026•BY Ali Shutler
This Is Lorelei: songs from somewhere out the window
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This Is Lorelei: songs from somewhere out the window

What happens when your deliberately low-key side project suddenly isn't so low-key anymore? For Nate Amos, the answer is 'The Singer In My Band', a strange, intimate new This Is Lorelei record about people, places and learning to live with expectation.

14 Aug 2026•BY Martyn Young
Fat Dog are just getting started
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Fat Dog are just getting started

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10 Jul 2026•BY Neive McCarthy
Carly Rae Jepsen: Pop goes the rulebook
FEATURESEXCLUSIVE

Carly Rae Jepsen: Pop goes the rulebook

Carly Rae Jepsen has spent the last decade learning exactly how pop works, mostly so she can have more fun breaking its rules. With sprawling double album 'Day And Night', she's following her instincts wherever they lead.

14 Aug 2026•BY Ali Shutler
Carly Rae Jepsen: Pop goes the rulebook
FEATURESEXCLUSIVE

Carly Rae Jepsen: Pop goes the rulebook

Carly Rae Jepsen has spent the last decade learning exactly how pop works, mostly so she can have more fun breaking its rules. With sprawling double album 'Day And Night', she's following her instincts wherever they lead.

14 Aug 2026•BY Ali Shutler
This Is Lorelei: songs from somewhere out the window
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This Is Lorelei: songs from somewhere out the window

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14 Aug 2026•BY Martyn Young
Fat Dog are just getting started
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10 Jul 2026•BY Neive McCarthy
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14 Aug 2026•BY Ali Shutler
This Is Lorelei: songs from somewhere out the window
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14 Aug 2026•BY Martyn Young
Fat Dog are just getting started
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14 Aug 2026•BY Ali Shutler
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14 Aug 2026•BY Martyn Young
Fat Dog are just getting started
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10 Jul 2026•BY Neive McCarthy
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Party Animal

Whether it's live music, friendship or songwriting, Finn Wolfhard believes the best moments are the ones people share together. His second solo album, ‘Fire From The Hip’, was made with exactly that in mind.

by Ali Shutler

Finn Wolfhard wants everyone at the party

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