Bombay Bicycle Club are going to headline LIDO Festival 2026 with a special anniversary performance
Presale tickets become available on 28th January before general sale.
Joyce Manor: “A break did us a lot of good”
Joyce Manor worried a break might make people forget them. Instead, it reset the band and set up a run of bigger tours, bigger co-signs and their tightest songs yet.
Arcane Roots return with intent (and a bigger line-up)
Arcane Roots are back as a five-piece, armed with new single ‘A Wave, Across The Sea’ and festival slots at 2000trees and ArcTanGent. From Iceland studios to “beauty and chaos”, Andrew Groves and Daryl Atkins unpack how time away sharpened the band’s ambition.
Latitude’s 2026 bill is packing a bunch of new talent, including Alessi Rose, Keo and more
Here’s a peek at just a few of the future stars on show.
Lime Garden are charging into their mid twenties with second album, ‘Maybe Not Tonight’
Lime Garden explain how Tuesdays spent writing, crying and screaming became the backbone of their second album.
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Peaches is going to headline The Great Escape Spotlight Show in 2026
Tickets go on general sale at 10am on 6th February.
Baby Queen is back with her new single ‘I Hope You Don’t Remember Me’
The new album will be released later this year via Insanity Records.
Diana Ross and RAYE are going to headline Brighton & Hove Pride’s 35th anniversary
Pre-sale tickets are now available for the two-day celebration.
Manchester Orchestra announce ‘Union Chapel, London, England’ release
Hull to embark on a solo U.S. tour featuring album tracks.
Arlo Parks looks for euphoria with her new single ‘Heaven’, from upcoming album ‘Ambiguous Desire’
The album will be released via Transgressive Records in April.
Noah Kahan has announced a new album led by single ‘The Great Divide’
The album will be released on in April via Island/Mercury Records.
Witch Post have announced their new EP ‘Butterfly’, and shared single ‘Worry Angel’
The EP will be released via Partisan Records.
New Issue
The new issue of Dork is available to order now, featuring Chloe Qisha, Madison Beer, Poppy and more
Plus The Cribs! Cavetown! Charli xcx! Loads more!
My First Time have dropped their fab new single ‘Picture Of Health’
The band are also touring over the summer.
Wolf Alice are confirmed to perform at the BRIT Awards 2026
Public voting for Song of the Year opens tomorrow exclusively on WhatsApp.
Wunderhorse have announced a trio of August 2026 shows in Belfast, Cork, and Sheffield
Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10 AM local time.
SPRINTS have shared a cover of Le Tigre’s ‘Deceptacon’
The tour supports their 2025 release ‘All That Is Over’.
Harry Styles is going to perform at The BRIT Awards 2026
His forthcoming album ‘Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally’ releases post-awards.
Poppy has no interest in proving how metal she is
Poppy is already bracing for the tired authenticity tests - and has zero interest in passing them. Her swaggering new album 'Empty Hands' turns fury into something exhilarating, with tenderness and resolve flickering beneath the blast.
Chloe Qisha is aiming for superstardom, not a slow burn
Chloe Qisha is setting an unhelpful standard for everyone else starting out. Two EPs in, the run rate is basically perfect: big hooks, killer one-liners, zero filler. With stadium support slots on the CV and 'Chloe Qisha 3' loading, she's less "one to watch" and more "get ahead of this now".
In the belly of the whale with Searows
Alec Duckart's Searows first landed as a quiet cult secret: one mic, GarageBand, and a debut ('Guard Dog') that made fragility feel seismic. 'Death in the Business of Whaling' widens the frame - alt-rock and Americana pressure, crashing drums, and a coastal dread that never loosens its grip.
Kid Kapichi hit breaking point, then made ‘Fearless Nature’
Nothing about 'Fearless Nature' came easily. Marked by lineup changes, a creative reset and a year that pushed Jack Wilson to breaking point, Kid Kapichi's fourth album documents the uneasy freedom that comes with starting again.
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Dork’s Here Comes Your Jan @ 100 Club – Night 2: Friday takes over
Night 2 of Here Comes Your Jan 2026 lands on a Friday at the 100 Club, with Pack Of Animals, Fletchr Fletchr and Pencil stepping up to take control.February 4, 2026 | By Jamie Muir
Dork’s Here Comes Your Jan @ 100 Club – Night 1: January doesn’t stand a chance
Night 1 of Here Comes Your Jan 2026 lands at the 100 Club with ugly ozo, Ellis-D and Alien Chicks.February 4, 2026 | By Jamie Muir
Rockaway Beach 2026 turns Butlins into a three-day party with guitars
Between the January freeze and the constant stage-hopping, this year’s Rockaway still finds room for disco fizz (Home Counties), pill-punk fireworks (GANS), dancefloor detonations (Adult DVD) and a headline finish that underlines English Teacher’s rise.January 6, 2026 | By Jamie Muir
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Check out Brogeal’s Teenage Kicks playlist, feat. Wolf Alice, Black Sabbath, Palma Violets and more
Brogeal take us through the music that meant the most to them during their teenage years.
A day in the life of… Stella Donnelly
This month, we nab Stella Donnelly to spy on 24 hours in her life.
Jenny On Holiday is back with pop feelings and a hot drink
She’s one half of Let’s Eat Grandma, but Jenny On Holiday is all Jenny, bottling those high-highs and low-lows into pop songs that hit fast and linger.
Joyce Manor: “A break did us a lot of good”
Joyce Manor worried a break might make people forget them. Instead, it reset the band and set up a run of bigger tours, bigger co-signs and their tightest songs yet.
Pem is writing songs in the garden, obviously
Pem is juggling touring, gardening, chatting, and writing a novel, somehow. She also has a new EP, ‘other ways of landing’, and it starts with a tiny oak seedling in a crack in the paving.
The Archives
Katie Gavin: Sweet relief
Though by her own admission 'What A Relief' is a side-project before she returns to Greatest Band In The World™ MUNA, when Katie Gavin has something to say, you'd better listen.
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DEADLETTER: “Music only exists on the day that you write it”
From industrial rhythms to existential crises, DEADLETTER channel life’s tensions into their compelling debut ‘Hysterical Strength’.
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Crawlers: “2024 is going to be another year of Crawlers chaos”
With a debut album and a devoted fanbase following them along the way, 2023 Hype List alumni Crawlers are ready to make 2024 their own.
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Chappell Roan: “I had to honour the inner child in me who had to be obnoxious and loud and wear gaudy outfits”
Dropping an album that's nothing less than a modern pop masterpiece, a new star shined bright in 2023.
Hatchie – Liquorice
This is Hatchie at her most relaxed, and arguably, her most Hatchie.
Hannah Jadagu – Describe
'Describe' isn't just a step forward, it's the sound of an artist finding joy in her own evolution.
bar italia – Some Like It Hot
They're pulling from indie and post-punk, and bending it into shapes that feel smart and totally current.
Militarie Gun – God Save The Gun
Militarie Gun find themselves in a rarefied country.
Paramore: “The creativity is about to get cranked up”
Dork catches up with HAYLEY WILLIAMS to discuss what’s next for a band who, after all these years, can be anything they want.
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The rise of the BRAT queen – how Charli xcx fulfilled her promise and became pop’s new main character
The lime green revolution is here.
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Poppy redefines musical chaos with her new album ‘Negative Spaces’
The internet's favorite shape-shifter returns with her most ambitious sonic experiment yet.
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The Get Up Kids’ classic ‘Something to Write Home About’ at 25: “People often ask me if I’m sick of these songs. And I’m not. I’m just sick of rehearsing them”
Calling albums legendary, era-defining or 'seminal' might be increasingly common faire, but when it comes to The Get Up Kids' 'Something to Write Home About', the reverence is deserved
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St. Vincent: “Every one of us is in this shit together”
St. Vincent’s new album ‘All Born Screaming’ is a unifying record that traverses life, death and love.
