Marking 20 years of, in their words, getting nowhere Riding The Low play a sold out hometown show with a set full of their trademark catharsis, heavy riffs, and a whole lot of love Line up: Riding The Low, Joseph Hooligan Venue: Brewhouse Arts Centre, Burton upon Trent| Date: 2 October 2026 I am stood …
Midlands-based purveryors of the finest heavy math rock, a-tota-so, release third album I Told You So. And as expected it is an absolute banger of a record. Pete Darrington reviews. Artist: a-tota-so Release: I Told You So Label: Self released Release date: 4 September 2026 Find it: Bandcamp I Told You So is the third …
Taken from Radical Love, one of our favourite albums of 2026 so far, Gabi Garbutt has shared single Snaggletooth alongside a sweet and nostalgic stop-motion video Artist: Gabi Garbutt Track: Snaggletooth Label: INH Records Release date: 11 September 2026 Find it: Bandcamp | YouTube Of all the albums I’ve had the chance to listen to …
Crafting dark electronic pop hooks from personal experience Buffalo New York duo Urge Surfer has released double A single Camp Club with tracks Night Owl and Cherry Pick Artist: Urge Surfer Release: Camp Club Label: Self released Release date: 31 August 2026 Find it: Bandcamp Acting as a scrapbook of a 3 day writing retreat …
Announcing a forthcoming live album Cambridgeshire feminist garage punks The Baby Seals share all powerful and marvellously moody single Irene Artist: The Baby Seals Track: Irene Label: Trapped Animal Release date: 8 September 2026 Find it: YouTube Cambridgeshire garage punks The Baby Seals more often serve us deliciously witty slices of feminist-driven freneticism, but with …
With album Murmurate, Oscillate due on 16 October Chorley-based DIY indie band British Birds has shared latest single Scary Movies, giving warm tones to the chill of watching horror films in childhood Artist: British Birds Track: Scary Movies Label: Skep Wax Release date: 8 September 2026 Find it: YouTube In what seems to have turned …
Berlin-based Matching Outfits are channeling both C86 indiepop and girl group vibes and searching for elusive artistic and romantic inspiration on single Mini Moon Artist: Matching Outfits Track: Mini Moon Label: Bar/None Release date: 4 September 2026 Find it: Bandcamp In astronomy, a mini moon is a small asteroid that briefly gets captured by the …
After a long break the solo project of Pete Darrington (Cable, Electric Pets, GodNo!), The Incomprehensible Static, returns with surf-rock sci-fi obsessed instrumental Project Aquarius Artist: The Incomprehensible Static Track: Project Aquarius Label: self released Release date: 21 August 2026 Find it: Bandcamp The first new music from The Incomprehensible Static in five years reestablishes …
With her second full length album due for release later this year Berlin-based percussionist Eilis Frawley has shared another single Calm Down, post-punk experimental pop elegance on fighting back in the war for your attention Artist: Eilis Frawley Track: Calm Down Label: Sinnbus Records Release date: 4 September 2026 Find it: Bandcamp Berlin-based drummer and …
With their third album on the way in November 2026 Swansea Sound has shared single Mean To Be Mean, taking on a ’90s music journalist nemesis Artist: Swansea Sound Track: Mean To Be Mean Label: Skep Wax Released: 1 September 2026 Find it: YouTube You can’t go wrong with some Swansea Sound and new single …