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Ed O'Brien announces new album 'Blue Morpho'
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Mar 17, 2026, 12:06 PM•By Stephen Ackroyd
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Times Like These
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After a breakthrough year that turned Antony Szmierek into a beloved people’s poet, the Manchester artist is stepping into a bold new chapter.
by Jamie MuirMarch 11, 2026
No Egrets
NO EGRETS
After a breakthrough year that turned Antony Szmierek into a beloved people’s poet, the Manchester artist is stepping into a bold new chapter.
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Wolf Alice, Wet Leg and Kasabian will be the first musical acts to appear on Saturday Night Live UK
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Death Cab for Cutie have returned to their indie roots with new album ‘I Built You A Tower’
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Ed O'Brien confirms Radiohead have plans to tour again from 2027
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David Byrne has revealed his Latitude Festival picks ahead of his summer headline set
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beabadoobee has returned with new single ‘All I Did Was Dream Of You’ featuring The Marías
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Nottingham's Bloodworm are teasing their debut EP with gothic folk-tinged single ‘Alone In Your Garden’
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Metric, Broken Social Scene and Stars have expanded their ‘All the Feelings Tour’ with UK and European dates
Thirty-four-date run now includes Glasgow, London, Manchester, Paris and Berlin.
Mar 16, 2026, 11:51 PM
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DEADLETTER’s Zac Lawrence has two jobs: gardener by day, frontman by night. On ‘Existence Is Bliss’, the sextet bottle the tension between going through the motions and grabbing life by the collar.
by Ciaran PickerFebruary 27, 2026
DEADLETTER are for the living
DEADLETTER ARE FOR THE LIVING
DEADLETTER’s Zac Lawrence has two jobs: gardener by day, frontman by night. On ‘Existence Is Bliss’, the sextet bottle the tension between going through the motions and grabbing life by the collar.
February 27, 2026•By Ciaran Picker
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by Dan HarrisonJanuary 14, 2026
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Westside Cowboy's latest EP is a document of a band still figuring things out, enjoying the rush of being in motion.
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These songs feel designed to be opened up and handed around. Voices come in, ideas overlap, nothing feels guarded.
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This is an album which is as much a vehicle for the whip-smart lyrics as it is a musical project.
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'Cerulean' is the album Danny L Harle has been waiting his whole life to make.
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