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Antony Szmierek offers up his Really Very Good new single, 'The Heron' at Birkenhead's Future Yard as the first edition of our brand new Before Doors sessions.

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After a chance Coachella meeting with Kenneth Blume (FKA Kenny Beats), New York duo Fcukers scrapped the overthinking and sprinted toward their debut ‘Ö’. The result is a high-octane collage of 90s house and club chaos; a record born from nightlife revival.

By Abigail Firth
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Dua Lipa has been tapped to curate the London Literature Festival 2026
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Dua Lipa has been tapped to curate the London Literature Festival 2026

The artist's Service95 Book Club is to shape the opening weekend programming at Southbank Centre.

Mar 30, 2026 • 2:55 PM
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Hayley Williams opened her solo tour with 14 live debuts from 'Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party'

Check out video footage from the first night of her North American solo tour in Atlanta.

Mar 28, 2026 • 10:25 AM
Hayley Williams opened her solo tour with 14 live debuts from 'Ego Death At A Bachelorette Party'
Suki Waterhouse has shared a taster of her next era, 'Back in Love'
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Suki Waterhouse has shared a taster of her next era, 'Back in Love'

The star's Island Records debut hints at a forthcoming new album, 'FYI'

Mar 27, 2026 • 5:11 PM
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Creature of Habit

CREATURE OF HABIT

Written in the wake of relocation and reflection, Courtney Barnett’s new album finds her trusting the subconscious - and a well-timed mantis.

By Ciaran Picker
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Tigers Jaw confront past, present and future on ‘Lost on You’
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Tigers Jaw confront past, present and future on ‘Lost on You’

Two decades in, Scranton emo mainstays Tigers Jaw are still evolving. Their new album ‘Lost on You’ finds the band reckoning with time, growth and the people they’ve been along the way.

Mar 27, 2026 • 11:48 AMBy Rob Mair
Snail Mail stares into the void and finds herself
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Snail Mail stares into the void and finds herself

On her third album 'Ricochet', Lindsey Jordan swaps teenage romance for mortality, time and the terror of loving anything too much. It's her most expansive and emotionally ambitious record yet.

Mar 24, 2026 • 9:00 PMBy Martyn Young
CHALK are choosing the future on their debut album ‘Crystalpunk’
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CHALK are choosing the future on their debut album ‘Crystalpunk’

Punk abrasion meets warehouse euphoria on CHALK’s debut ‘Crystalpunk’ – a record rooted in place and powered by possibility.

Mar 23, 2026 • 3:30 PMBy Sam Taylor
What happens when Ego Ella May stops overthinking?
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What happens when Ego Ella May stops overthinking?

On 'Good Intentions', Ego Ella May loosens her grip on perfection and lets the music breathe. Recorded with community spirit and guided by intuition, it's a confident step forward built on freedom over fear.

Mar 20, 2026 • 12:00 PMBy Martyn Young
Witch Post take us inside every track on their new EP 'Butterfly'
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Witch Post take us inside every track on their new EP 'Butterfly'

As the duo return with their new EP 'Butterfly', Alaska Reid takes us inside every track from folk-horror imagery and county-fair nostalgia to anxious inner voices and bruised devotion.

Mar 20, 2026 • 11:00 AMBy Dork
Here's 5 things we learnt about Olivia Rodrigo’s upcoming album from her new British Vogue profile
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Here's 5 things we learnt about Olivia Rodrigo’s upcoming album from her new British Vogue profile

Sad love songs, London as muse, and a deliberate step back from the pop machine. Here’s what Olivia Rodrigo told British Vogue.

Mar 19, 2026 • 5:50 PMBy Dan Harrison
Kim Gordon plays to win
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Kim Gordon plays to win

Kim Gordon - Sonic Youth co-founder, visual artist and lifelong disruptor - is back with her third solo album 'Play Me'. It's a fierce, funny record that dares AI (and everyone else) to keep up.

Mar 18, 2026 • 1:05 PMBy Ali Shutler
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Empress Of has shared ‘Dream House’ after losing her home in the Altadena fires
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Empress Of has shared ‘Dream House’ after losing her home in the Altadena fires

The single serves as the first preview of a new album expected later this year.

Mar 27, 2026 • 4:40 PM
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Lime Garden have shared their take on New Order’s ‘Age of Consent’, recorded at Abbey Road

The track was captured during a live session at Abbey Road Studios.

Mar 26, 2026 • 10:54 AM
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Ellis•D and Nuha Ruby Ra have been added to Dork’s M for Montreal London show

They join an already announced line-up featuring Lemonsuckr, Annie-Claude Deschênes and Boutique Feelings.

Mar 26, 2026 • 10:00 AM
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Paul McCartney has returned with ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane’, his first solo album in five years

Mar 26, 2026 • 3:40 PM
Florence Road have released ‘Spring Forward’ as they hit the US with The Last Dinner Party
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Florence Road have released ‘Spring Forward’ as they hit the US with The Last Dinner Party

The EP serves as a follow-up to debut mixtape 'Fall Back'.

Mar 27, 2026 • 4:32 PM
Towa Bird has announced new album ‘Gentleman’ and dropped ‘Dirty Habit’ - a Scorsese-inspired night out gone wrong
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Towa Bird has announced new album ‘Gentleman’ and dropped ‘Dirty Habit’ - a Scorsese-inspired night out gone wrong

'Dirty Habit' was written by Bird with Reneé Rapp, Patrick Wimberly and Julio Tavarez.

Mar 27, 2026 • 3:00 PM
Fcukers said “fuck it” and made an album in two weeks
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Fcukers said “fuck it” and made an album in two weeks

After a chance Coachella meeting with Kenneth Blume (FKA Kenny Beats), New York duo Fcukers scrapped the overthinking and sprinted toward their debut ‘Ö’. The result is a high-octane collage of 90s house and club chaos; a record born from nightlife revival.

Mar 27, 2026 • 1:32 PM
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Brighton & Hove Pride 2026 has completed its lineup with Paris Hilton, Leigh-Anne and more

Mar 26, 2026 • 11:17 AM
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Dot To Dot Festival has added over 130 local acts to its 2026 Bristol and Nottingham bills

Mar 26, 2026 • 11:00 AM
The Killers are set to perform at the UEFA Champions League Final Kick Off Show
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The Killers are set to perform at the UEFA Champions League Final Kick Off Show

A short film starring Brandon Flowers and David Beckham accompanies the announcement

Mar 26, 2026 • 11:31 AM
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Sunflower Bean’s Julia Cumming has unveiled ‘Please Let Me Remember This’ from her debut solo album

The Beach Boys-inspired track follows 'My Life'.

Mar 25, 2026 • 3:57 PM
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Earl Sweatshirt, MIKE, and SURF GANG drop 'Leadbelly' from their forthcoming double LP

Double album 'POMPEII // UTILITY' lands on 3rd April alongside extensive world tour

Mar 25, 2026 • 4:19 PM
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PRETTY, ODD

underscores' 'U' is a proper pop album, not in spite of its oddness, but because of it.

By Dan Harrison
This Music May Contain Hope by RAYE
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RAYEThis Music May Contain Hope

'This Music May Contain Hope' is RAYE at her most fearless.

By Dan Harrison
Creature of Habit by Courtney Barnett
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Courtney BarnettCreature of Habit

It’s still recognisably Barnett - observational, dryly funny, emotionally candid - but presented through a process that feels newly energising.

By Dan Harrison
Ricochet by Snail Mail
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Snail MailRicochet

Rich, charming and deeply comforting, it earns an immediate replay.

By Felicity Newton
Sexistential by Robyn
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RobynSexistential

A lesson in exactly what Robyn can do that nobody else quite can.

By Stephen Ackroyd
a short history of decay by Nothing
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Nothinga short history of decay

'a short history of decay' is the Philadelphia band's most personal and most structurally ambitious work.

By Andrew Wescott
HELP(2) by Various Artists
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Various ArtistsHELP(2)

'HELP(2)' corrals 23 tracks from a roster deep enough to fill three festival main stages.

By Dan Harrison
Girlfriend by Grace Ives
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Grace IvesGirlfriend

'Girlfriend' is the kind of record that makes its eleven tracks feel like exactly the right number.

By Andrew Wescott
My Ego Told Me To by Leigh-Anne
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Leigh-AnneMy Ego Told Me To

A fifteen-track spread across R&B, dancehall, Afrobeats, electro-pop and roots reggae.

By Andrew Wescott
Lost On You by Tigers Jaw
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Tigers JawLost On You

'Lost On You' sounds like a record made by people who know exactly what they do well.

By Dan Harrison
Until You're Satisfied by YONAKA
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YONAKAUntil You're Satisfied

Theresa Jarvis and co. arrive with a new clarity of purpose.

By Dan Harrison
U by underscores
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underscoresU

This is a proper pop album, not in spite of its oddness, but because of it.

By Dan Harrison
Tigers Jaw confront past, present and future on ‘Lost on You’
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Tigers Jaw confront past, present and future on ‘Lost on You’

Two decades in, Scranton emo mainstays Tigers Jaw are still evolving. Their new album ‘Lost on You’ finds the band reckoning with time, growth and the people they’ve been along the way.

Mar 27, 2026 • 11:48 AM
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Courtney Barnett lets instinct lead the way on ‘Creature of Habit’

Written in the wake of relocation and reflection, Courtney Barnett’s new album finds her trusting the subconscious - and a well-timed mantis.

Mar 27, 2026 • 11:03 AM
Courtney Barnett lets instinct lead the way on ‘Creature of Habit’
Lava La Rue has released new EP ‘Do You Know Everything?’ as their full-band era takes shape
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Lava La Rue has released new EP ‘Do You Know Everything?’ as their full-band era takes shape

Fraser T. Smith produced and mixed the four-track BMG release.

Mar 27, 2026 • 10:27 AM