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With second EP 'Pollyanna', South London duo Sandhouse follow their appetite for the strange into songs about the things we'd rather not believe.
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With second EP 'Pollyanna', South London duo Sandhouse follow their appetite for the strange into songs about the things we'd rather not believe.
Juliette Jackson couldn't hear properly, couldn't write songs she liked and wasn't sure how she could keep making music, so The Big Moon made 'Forever'.
Leeds four-piece Bathing Suits learnt their trade in the sticky basements of their own club nights. A year of Paris runways and Yard Act tour dates later, Freyja Blevins still isn't explaining any of it.
Essence Martins' new EP finds her making sense of life's big feelings - she takes us through the release, track by track.
A busker on Galway's pavements at eleven and a self-taught producer since, Pixie McCann has a new single named after herself that, she says, is about being anyone but.
Six people, one good chair and some magnificently bad romantic decisions. On debut album 'Unfindable Ring', Brooklyn's Grumpy let everybody in, even when it gets embarrassing.
From dodgy Essex clubs to the electronic sounds of his teenage years, Jeshi is revisiting his nightlife memories on new mixtape ‘Headrush’.
With second EP 'Pollyanna', South London duo Sandhouse follow their appetite for the strange into songs about the things we'd rather not believe.
Juliette Jackson couldn't hear properly, couldn't write songs she liked and wasn't sure how she could keep making music, so The Big Moon made 'Forever'.
Manchester four-piece Maruja will release ‘The Holy Inadequate’, recorded at headline shows in Manchester and London, on 20th November.
Belfast artist and producer Martha Greer’s cosign project has released ‘2 B U’, with EP ‘This Is What It Feels Like’ arriving on Friday.
Zetra have shared ‘Adrena’, a new single and video that introduces a bare-faced visual era and a 90s-informed pop direction.
Kesha’s official ‘Backstabber’ video, filmed during the ‘Animal’ era, has arrived 16 years after it was made.
The new track opens Little Grandad’s debut album ‘Speak Softly, Son’, due on 22nd January 2027.
The Slovakian-born, London-based artist’s latest single arrives before her Paris performance this Friday.
The Glasgow band’s first album in four years arrives in March 2027, led by new single ‘SD54 FXZ’.
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Staking their claim to be the best band of their generation.
Staking their claim to be the best band of their generation.
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Phoebe Bridgers will headline London’s All Points East next August, joined by Caroline Polachek, Kelsey Lu, Danielle Ponder and jasmine.4.t.
Leon Bridges dances through New Orleans in Rippy Austin’s new official video from ‘Happiness Anytime’.
Stuart Bailie’s ‘Alter Your Native Land’ photography exhibition opens at Belfast’s Oh Yeah Music Centre on 5th November.
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'Dune: Part Three' comes to ODEON early on 15th December
'Dune: Part Three' comes to ODEON early on 15th December
Camden’s Museum of Youth Culture will continue its women-in-punk exhibition with Slits, jungle and independent-film events, alongside new photography displays and a youth-focused DJ series.
Leeds four-piece Bathing Suits learnt their trade in the sticky basements of their own club nights. A year of Paris runways and Yard Act tour dates later, Freyja Blevins still isn't explaining any of it.
CMAT’s new NPR Tiny Desk set features ‘Take a Sexy Picture of Me’, ‘When a Good Man Cries’, ‘I Wanna Be a Cowboy, Baby!’ and ‘Lord, Let That Tesla Crash’.
Belfast artist and producer Martha Greer’s cosign project has released ‘2 B U’, with EP ‘This Is What It Feels Like’ arriving on Friday.
