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Rose Gray has dropped a new track that's "all chaos, love and emotion", ‘Blink Twice’•
Keo have released debut album ‘Put A Smile On For Me’ as Brixton Academy show sells out•
Taylor Swift has released four new songs on ‘The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore’•
Madonna and Charli xcx have released ‘Danceteria Afterhours’•
Lizzy McAlpine has announced ‘The Over Country Tour’•
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RIP Magic have announced their debut album ‘1,2,3’•
Jorja Smith, Robyn and Fcukers have won at the 2026 Independent Music Awards•
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Niall Horan has honoured Liam Payne with ‘End of an Era’ tour tribute•
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JINX
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Torn back to nothing and rebuilt by hand, Waterparks sound like the luckiest band alive.

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'Lost On You' sounds like a record made by people who know exactly what they do well.

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Joyce Manor

Few bands are quite so skilled at telling such wonderful stories in less than two minutes.

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‘Sad’ feels like the end of summer, welcoming in the glorious golden chill of autumn.

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KennyHoopla sheds the weight of expectation and reshapes his own creative world.

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Hot Milk

The fury ebbs and flows, with moments of vulnerability tucked between the rage.

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Anxious

A real statement from one of the hottest emo/punk/hardcore bands around.

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Sum 41

'Heaven :x: Hell' neatly splits its time between pop-punk and metal.

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The sound of a band returning to the peak of their power by doing what they do best.

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Knuckle Puck have rediscovered themselves.

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Hot Milk are aiming for the top.

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From desperation to resignation, 'Toxic Positivity' is a blunt and bold exploration of mental health.

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Hot Mulligan

With this record, they've raised the bar for the newest generation of emo bands.

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