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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

Written in the Stars

Shame are taking a break after their final 'Cutthroat' shows•
sombr is now playing five nights at The O2 next summer•
My First Time are chasing an alternate self on ‘Every Version Of You’•
Arthur Hill is trying to prove he’s one of a kind on ‘Orange Wine’•
James Marriott is embracing his “anti-pop” side on ‘Burn Down The Disco’•
Mollie Elizabeth has turned medical dismissal into her new single ‘Petty Crimes’•
Miley has shared ‘Bass Persuades’ ahead of her new album of the same name•
Bastille’s Dan Smith and To Kill A King’s Ralph Pelleymounter have made a Marilyn Monroe musical•
Fontaines D.C. have announced London Stadium, Heaton Park and more for 2027•
Sam Smith’s London Coliseum residency is coming to BBC One•
Ashe has announced her new album ‘The Girl Of Your Dreams’•
Arthur Hill is going ‘Arthway Round the World’ on his biggest tour yet•
sombr has lined up a massive European and UK arena tour•
Yeah Yeah Yeahs have turned their Royal Albert Hall show into a live album•
HMLTD are sinking their teeth into new album ‘FANGS’, due in October•
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'•
Shame are taking a break after their final 'Cutthroat' shows•
sombr is now playing five nights at The O2 next summer•
My First Time are chasing an alternate self on ‘Every Version Of You’•
Arthur Hill is trying to prove he’s one of a kind on ‘Orange Wine’•
James Marriott is embracing his “anti-pop” side on ‘Burn Down The Disco’•
Mollie Elizabeth has turned medical dismissal into her new single ‘Petty Crimes’•
Miley has shared ‘Bass Persuades’ ahead of her new album of the same name•
Bastille’s Dan Smith and To Kill A King’s Ralph Pelleymounter have made a Marilyn Monroe musical•
Fontaines D.C. have announced London Stadium, Heaton Park and more for 2027•
Sam Smith’s London Coliseum residency is coming to BBC One•
Ashe has announced her new album ‘The Girl Of Your Dreams’•
Arthur Hill is going ‘Arthway Round the World’ on his biggest tour yet•
sombr has lined up a massive European and UK arena tour•
Yeah Yeah Yeahs have turned their Royal Albert Hall show into a live album•
HMLTD are sinking their teeth into new album ‘FANGS’, due in October•
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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The Last Dinner Party multi-instrumentalist Aurora Nishevci and composer Nathen Durasamy introduce their new collaboration, debut album ‘Do You Like Me Now?’ and the joy of taking risks.

by Ali Shutler

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MEET RORA AND THE UNTAMED

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Rose Gray is dreaming bigger for album two: "There are some real emo moments"
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Rose Gray is dreaming bigger for album two: "There are some real emo moments"

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Matilda Mann: Written in the stars
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Matilda Mann: Written in the stars

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Nieve Ella is having the time of her life
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Nieve Ella is having the time of her life

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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.

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Arthur Hill: "I think I'm really cool, but am I actually cool?"
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Arthur Hill: "I think I'm really cool, but am I actually cool?"

A Wembley Arena headline show before a debut album, a George Michael cover his own team tried to talk him out of, one torn ACL, and now the biggest stage Reading & Leeds has. Arthur Hill keeps doing things in the wrong order, and it keeps working out.

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.

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Friendly Fires are ready to shake things up
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Friendly Fires are ready to shake things up

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Westside Cowboy saddle up
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Westside Cowboy saddle up

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Rose Gray is dreaming bigger for album two: "There are some real emo moments"
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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
Rose Gray is dreaming bigger for album two: "There are some real emo moments"
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Rose Gray is dreaming bigger for album two: "There are some real emo moments"

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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.

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Movements are happier now (well, sort of)
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Movements are happier now (well, sort of)

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Nieve Ella is having the time of her life
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Nieve Ella is having the time of her life

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flowerovlove: Growing up in public
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Arthur Hill: "I think I'm really cool, but am I actually cool?"
Features

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Maisie Peters is already thinking about what comes next
Features

Maisie Peters is already thinking about what comes next

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Friendly Fires are ready to shake things up
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Friendly Fires are ready to shake things up

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Westside Cowboy saddle up
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Rose Gray is dreaming bigger for album two: "There are some real emo moments"
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Rose Gray is dreaming bigger for album two: "There are some real emo moments"

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By Ali Shutler
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
Maisie Peters is already thinking about what comes next
Features

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Friendly Fires are ready to shake things up
Features

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Westside Cowboy saddle up
Features

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Rose Gray is dreaming bigger for album two: "There are some real emo moments"
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Matilda Mann: Written in the stars
Features

Matilda Mann: Written in the stars

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By Ciaran Picker
Movements are happier now (well, sort of)
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Movements are happier now (well, sort of)

Southern California post-hardcore favourites Movements return with fourth album ‘Happier Now’, finding fresh ways to embrace their reputation as the sad band.

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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
Arthur Hill: "I think I'm really cool, but am I actually cool?"
Features

Arthur Hill: "I think I'm really cool, but am I actually cool?"

A Wembley Arena headline show before a debut album, a George Michael cover his own team tried to talk him out of, one torn ACL, and now the biggest stage Reading & Leeds has. Arthur Hill keeps doing things in the wrong order, and it keeps working out.

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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.

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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.

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Rose Gray is dreaming bigger for album two: "There are some real emo moments"
Features

Rose Gray is dreaming bigger for album two: "There are some real emo moments"

With ‘Louder, Please’ still finding new fans, Rose Gray is already looking ahead. At Boomtown, she talks festival confidence, theatrical ambition and a second album that’s nearly finished.

By Ali Shutler
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
Movements are happier now (well, sort of)
Features

Movements are happier now (well, sort of)

Southern California post-hardcore favourites Movements return with fourth album ‘Happier Now’, finding fresh ways to embrace their reputation as the sad band.

By Steven Loftin
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.

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Reading & Leeds 2026: Wisp makes a last-minute impact
Live Review

Reading & Leeds 2026: Wisp makes a last-minute impact

Reading Festival, Reading

1 Sept 2026
Reading & Leeds 2026: Julia Wolf is having too much fun
Live Review

Reading & Leeds 2026: Julia Wolf is having too much fun

Reading Festival, Reading

1 Sept 2026
All Points East 2026: Outbreak Festival goes bigger than ever
Live Review

All Points East 2026: Outbreak Festival goes bigger than ever

Victoria Park, London

1 Sept 2026
All Points East 2026: Twenty One Pilots find strength in numbers
Live Review

All Points East 2026: Twenty One Pilots find strength in numbers

Victoria Park, London

1 Sept 2026
All Points East 2026: Tyler, The Creator is in a league of his own
Live Review

All Points East 2026: Tyler, The Creator is in a league of his own

All Points East, Victoria Park, London

31 Aug 2026
Reading & Leeds 2026: Florence + The Machine are simply magnificent
Live Review

Reading & Leeds 2026: Florence + The Machine are simply magnificent

Reading Festival, Reading

31 Aug 2026
Reading & Leeds 2026: Role Model saddles up for something bigger
Live Review

Reading & Leeds 2026: Role Model saddles up for something bigger

Reading Festival, Reading

31 Aug 2026
Reading & Leeds 2026: Violet Grohl makes her own name
Live Review

Reading & Leeds 2026: Violet Grohl makes her own name

Reading Festival, Reading

30 Aug 2026
Reading & Leeds 2026: sombr earns his superstar moment
Live Review

Reading & Leeds 2026: sombr earns his superstar moment

Reading Festival, Reading

30 Aug 2026
Reading & Leeds 2026: Kneecap remain a force of nature
Live Review

Reading & Leeds 2026: Kneecap remain a force of nature

Reading Festival, Reading

3 Sept 2026
Reading & Leeds 2026: Wisp makes a last-minute impact
Live Review

Reading & Leeds 2026: Wisp makes a last-minute impact

Reading Festival, Reading

1 Sept 2026
Reading & Leeds 2026: Julia Wolf is having too much fun
Live Review

Reading & Leeds 2026: Julia Wolf is having too much fun

Reading Festival, Reading

1 Sept 2026
All Points East 2026: Outbreak Festival goes bigger than ever
Live Review

All Points East 2026: Outbreak Festival goes bigger than ever

Victoria Park, London

1 Sept 2026
All Points East 2026: Twenty One Pilots find strength in numbers
Live Review

All Points East 2026: Twenty One Pilots find strength in numbers

Victoria Park, London

1 Sept 2026
All Points East 2026: Tyler, The Creator is in a league of his own
Live Review

All Points East 2026: Tyler, The Creator is in a league of his own

All Points East, Victoria Park, London

31 Aug 2026
Reading & Leeds 2026: Florence + The Machine are simply magnificent
Live Review

Reading & Leeds 2026: Florence + The Machine are simply magnificent

Reading Festival, Reading

31 Aug 2026
Reading & Leeds 2026: Role Model saddles up for something bigger
Live Review

Reading & Leeds 2026: Role Model saddles up for something bigger

Reading Festival, Reading

31 Aug 2026
Reading & Leeds 2026: Violet Grohl makes her own name
Live Review

Reading & Leeds 2026: Violet Grohl makes her own name

Reading Festival, Reading

30 Aug 2026
Reading & Leeds 2026: sombr earns his superstar moment
Live Review

Reading & Leeds 2026: sombr earns his superstar moment

Reading Festival, Reading

30 Aug 2026
Reading & Leeds 2026: Kneecap remain a force of nature
Live Review

Reading & Leeds 2026: Kneecap remain a force of nature

Reading Festival, Reading

3 Sept 2026
Reading & Leeds 2026: Wisp makes a last-minute impact
Live Review

Reading & Leeds 2026: Wisp makes a last-minute impact

Reading Festival, Reading

1 Sept 2026
Reading & Leeds 2026: Julia Wolf is having too much fun
Live Review

Reading & Leeds 2026: Julia Wolf is having too much fun

Reading Festival, Reading

1 Sept 2026
All Points East 2026: Outbreak Festival goes bigger than ever
Live Review

All Points East 2026: Outbreak Festival goes bigger than ever

Victoria Park, London

1 Sept 2026
All Points East 2026: Twenty One Pilots find strength in numbers
Live Review

All Points East 2026: Twenty One Pilots find strength in numbers

Victoria Park, London

1 Sept 2026
All Points East 2026: Tyler, The Creator is in a league of his own
Live Review

All Points East 2026: Tyler, The Creator is in a league of his own

All Points East, Victoria Park, London

31 Aug 2026
Reading & Leeds 2026: Florence + The Machine are simply magnificent
Live Review

Reading & Leeds 2026: Florence + The Machine are simply magnificent

Reading Festival, Reading

31 Aug 2026
Reading & Leeds 2026: Role Model saddles up for something bigger
Live Review

Reading & Leeds 2026: Role Model saddles up for something bigger

Reading Festival, Reading

31 Aug 2026
Reading & Leeds 2026: Violet Grohl makes her own name
Live Review

Reading & Leeds 2026: Violet Grohl makes her own name

Reading Festival, Reading

30 Aug 2026
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.

04 SEPT 2026•By Ciaran Picker
UpsetNews

Hayley Williams is extending her huge tour with new UK and European shows

01 SEPT 2026
HypeNews

Little Grandad have announced their debut album ‘Speak Softly, Son’ for 2027

01 SEPT 2026
Miley has shared ‘Bass Persuades’ ahead of her new album of the same name
News

Miley has shared ‘Bass Persuades’ ahead of her new album of the same name

Tenth album arrives 18th September, followed by two Hollywood Bowl shows.

04 SEPT 2026
News

Miley has announced her new album ‘Bass Persuades’ and two huge Hollywood Bowl shows

Atlantic Records release lands ahead of a Los Angeles two-night run.

01 SEPT 2026
News

The Streets are taking ‘A Grand Don’t Come For Free’ back on the road

01 SEPT 2026
HypeFestivalsFeatures

Arthur Hill: "I think I'm really cool, but am I actually cool?"

01 SEPT 2026
Hype
Bastille’s Dan Smith and To Kill A King’s Ralph Pelleymounter have made a Marilyn Monroe musical
News

Bastille’s Dan Smith and To Kill A King’s Ralph Pelleymounter have made a Marilyn Monroe musical

Album lands 12th March 2027, followed by a musical at Leicester's Curve.

03 SEPT 2026
UpsetNews

Sprints and Maruja are celebrating 50 years of punk with £1.50 shows at The 100 Club

Two Soho nights with tickets priced at 1976's original £1.50.

01 SEPT 2026
UpsetNews

The Menzingers are heading back to the UK for their first headline tour in three years

The Flatliners join the Philly punks on their first extended run here in three years.

01 SEPT 2026
UpsetNews

Fontaines D.C. have announced London Stadium, Heaton Park and more for 2027

Little Simz and Viagra Boys support across stadium and park dates next summer.

03 SEPT 2026
Fontaines D.C. have announced London Stadium, Heaton Park and more for 2027
Sam Smith’s London Coliseum residency is coming to BBC One
News

Sam Smith’s London Coliseum residency is coming to BBC One

Ten BBC Introducing acts to open Manchester and London residency nights.

03 SEPT 2026
UpsetNews

Fontaines D.C. have recruited Hayley Williams for a huge Slane Castle show

Damien Dempsey and Madra Salach are also joining them on the bill.

31 AUG 2026
FestivalsNews

In Photos: Olivia Rodrigo's first Daisy Chain Fields has raised $20 million

The one-day festival took place at Great Park in Irvine, California.

30 AUG 2026
UpsetNews

Fontaines D.C. have recruited Hayley Williams for a huge Slane Castle show

Damien Dempsey and Madra Salach are also joining them on the bill.

31 AUG 2026
FestivalsNews

In Photos: Olivia Rodrigo's first Daisy Chain Fields has raised $20 million

The one-day festival took place at Great Park in Irvine, California.

30 AUG 2026
04 SEPT 2026
News

Eilis Frawley is questioning who controls our attention on ‘Calm Down’

04 SEPT 2026

Arthur Hill: "I think I'm really cool, but am I actually cool?"

A Wembley Arena headline show before a debut album, a George Michael cover his own team tried to talk him out of, one torn ACL, and now the biggest stage Reading & Leeds has. Arthur Hill keeps doing things in the wrong order, and it keeps working out.

By Jake Hawkes
Absolutely is making room for a little magic
Feature

Absolutely is making room for a little magic

With her Reading Festival debut behind her, Absolutely finally feels like the universe she imagined with ‘Paracosm’ is fully alive.

By Ali Shutler
Maisie Peters is already thinking about what comes next
Feature

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
All Points East 2026: Twenty One Pilots: The Big Dork Preview
Feature

All Points East 2026: Twenty One Pilots: The Big Dork Preview

A decade of lore leads to this weekend in a park in east London, at the only UK Twenty One Pilots show of the year. Plus Wunderhorse return - maybe with new material to show - and a lower order of some of the most engaging and exciting rock has to offer.

By Dan Harrison
Nieve Ella is having the time of her life
Feature

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
News

AURORA is opening the archives for 10 years of ‘All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend’

02 SEPT 2026
Hype
News

Mollie Elizabeth has turned medical dismissal into her new single ‘Petty Crimes’

Singer-songwriter follows 'Puppet Show' with a theatrical track about being dismissed by doctors.

04 SEPT 2026

Sŵn Festival has added Westside Cowboy, bar italia and loads more for 2026

Gently Tender, Murkage Dave and Truthpaste also confirmed for Cardiff's discovery festival in October.

02 SEPT 2026
News

Ashe has announced her new album ‘The Girl Of Your Dreams’

Singer-songwriter reunites with producer Noah Conrad for Atlantic Records debut.

02 SEPT 2026
News

George Michael’s ‘Faith’ tour is getting its first live album

The 1988 Paris-Bercy recordings arrive on vinyl, CD and deluxe box set in November.

02 SEPT 2026
FestivalsNews

Sŵn Festival has added Westside Cowboy, bar italia and loads more for 2026

Gently Tender, Murkage Dave and Truthpaste also confirmed for Cardiff's discovery festival in October.

02 SEPT 2026
News

Ashe has announced her new album ‘The Girl Of Your Dreams’

02 SEPT 2026
Arthur Hill is trying to prove he’s one of a kind on ‘Orange Wine’
HypeNews

Arthur Hill is trying to prove he’s one of a kind on ‘Orange Wine’

The London singer/songwriter follows his Wembley Arena headline with a wry new pop track.

04 SEPT 2026
James Marriott is embracing his “anti-pop” side on ‘Burn Down The Disco’
News

James Marriott is embracing his “anti-pop” side on ‘Burn Down The Disco’

Chloe Slater and Hannah Grae confirmed as Brixton headline support.

04 SEPT 2026
Mollie Elizabeth has turned medical dismissal into her new single ‘Petty Crimes’
HypeNews

Mollie Elizabeth has turned medical dismissal into her new single ‘Petty Crimes’

Singer-songwriter follows 'Puppet Show' with a theatrical track about being dismissed by doctors.

04 SEPT 2026
HypeUpsetNews

PISS have announced their debut album ‘you made me / skin on linen’

02 SEPT 2026
HypeNews

Curiosity Shop are thinking about the places that made them on ‘About A House’

Scottish alt-folk group preview 'Bound For The Sky', out via Fontana Records this September.

02 SEPT 2026
HypeUpsetNews

PISS have announced their debut album ‘you made me / skin on linen’

02 SEPT 2026
News

AURORA is opening the archives for 10 years of ‘All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend’

02 SEPT 2026
Yeah Yeah Yeahs have turned their Royal Albert Hall show into a live album
News

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have turned their Royal Albert Hall show into a live album

Stripped-back arrangements and a Barnaby Clay short film accompany the release.

02 SEPT 2026
News

AURORA is opening the archives for 10 years of ‘All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend’

Norwegian artist unlocks demos and an unreleased title track for a tenth-anniversary companion.

02 SEPT 2026
News

HMLTD are sinking their teeth into new album ‘FANGS’, due in October

Third album from the London group arrives via Lucky Number.

02 SEPT 2026
HypeNews

Curiosity Shop are thinking about the places that made them on ‘About A House’

Scottish alt-folk group preview 'Bound For The Sky', out via Fontana Records this September.

02 SEPT 2026
News

HMLTD are sinking their teeth into new album ‘FANGS’, due in October

Third album from the London group arrives via Lucky Number.

02 SEPT 2026
Hoping As A Coping Mechanism by MOULD
Album

MOULD – Hoping As A Coping Mechanism

The Sweet Goodbye  by Opus Kink
Album

Opus Kink – The Sweet Goodbye

Visitor by Sienna Spiro
Album

Sienna Spiro – Visitor

Someone, somewhere EP by Bonnie Kemplay
EP

Bonnie Kemplay – Someone, somewhere EP

You’re Gonna Need A Little Music by Yard Act
Album

Yard Act – You’re Gonna Need A Little Music

Sweet Fortune by Ryan Beatty
Album

Ryan Beatty – Sweet Fortune

Picking Petals by Lucia & the Best Boys
Album Review

Lucia & the Best Boys – Picking Petals

A deeply personal album which is as much entwined with who Lucia is as it is an expression of what she wants to say.

Hoping As A Coping Mechanism by MOULD
Album

MOULD – Hoping As A Coping Mechanism

Love Is the Law by Love Spells
Album

Love Spells – Love Is the Law

girl in stem by Piri
Album

Piri – girl in stem

The Sweet Goodbye  by Opus Kink
Album

Opus Kink – The Sweet Goodbye

Visitor by Sienna Spiro
Album

Sienna Spiro – Visitor

By Ali Shutler
Someone, somewhere EP by Bonnie Kemplay
EP Review

Bonnie Kemplay – Someone, somewhere EP

She finds big emotions in everyday moments.

By Felicity Newton
You’re Gonna Need A Little Music by Yard Act
Album Review

Yard Act – You’re Gonna Need A Little Music

'You're Gonna Need A Little Music' proves just how far Yard Act have come.

By Jake Hawkes
Picking Petals by Lucia & the Best Boys
Album Review

Lucia & the Best Boys – Picking Petals

A deeply personal album which is as much entwined with who Lucia is as it is an expression of what she wants to say.

By Jake Hawkes
Hoping As A Coping Mechanism by MOULD
Album Review

MOULD – Hoping As A Coping Mechanism

There's always another favourite waiting around the corner.

By Harry Shaw
Love Is the Law by Love Spells
Album Review

Love Spells – Love Is the Law

Plenty of heart, and thankfully it delivers too.

By Harry Shaw
girl in stem by Piri
Album Review

Piri – girl in stem

'girl in stem' triumphs as an example of true self-sufficiency.

By Martyn Young
The Sweet Goodbye  by Opus Kink
Album Review

Opus Kink – The Sweet Goodbye

Opus Kink have finally delivered the statement their reputation has long promised.

By Jordan Ellison
Sweet Fortune by Ryan Beatty
Album Review

Ryan Beatty – Sweet Fortune

'Sweet Fortune' is a gorgeous, relentlessly sad record.

By Harry Shaw
Visitor by Sienna Spiro
Album Review

Sienna Spiro – Visitor

Too much of 'Visitor' feels like prestige-pop assembled from familiar parts.

By Felicity Newton
News

Keo are heading to O2 Academy Brixton next March

01 SEPT 2026
UpsetNews

Kneecap are hitting the road for a massive world tour

01 SEPT 2026