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JADE has announced a deluxe edition of her debut album, 'THAT'S SHOWBIZ BABY! THE ENCORE'•

RAYE, Olivia Dean, JADE and more are set to perform at the 2026 Mercury Prize ceremony•

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LCD Soundsystem have announced 12 New York residency shows, including their 100th•

Saint Clair have shared new single ‘Dreams’ ahead of sold-out autumn headline tour•

overpass and Nieve Ella have shared a new version of ‘Fall In Love’•

Pollyfromthedirt has shared ‘White Wine Vinegar’ and announced a first London headline show•

Keo are leading the midweek UK album chart with ‘Put A Smile On For Me’•

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Lime Garden have shared new track ‘Moving Target’ with Antony Szmierek in the video•

CMAT will perform on ‘The Daily Show’ this week•

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boygenius have reunited onstage during Phoebe Bridgers’ Brooklyn show•

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Keo have released debut album ‘Put A Smile On For Me’ as Brixton Academy show sells out•

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Keo are leading the midweek UK album chart with ‘Put A Smile On For Me’

Keo are leading the midweek UK album chart with ‘Put A Smile On For Me’

Keo’s debut album is currently at No.1 in the midweek UK album chart, ahead of Friday’s final reveal.

29 Sept 2026 • 12:22 pm

CMAT will perform on ‘The Daily Show’ this week

CMAT will perform on ‘The Daily Show’ this week

CMAT is set for her third US talk-show appearance, promoting ‘EURO-COUNTRY’ with Jordan Klepper hosting.

29 Sept 2026 • 10:56 am

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Millie Turner

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Finn Wolfhard

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Junodream

Djo

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Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes

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Keo

Keo

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Freya Ridings

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Lizzy McAlpine

Little Simz

Little Simz

Bat For Lashes

Bat For Lashes

The Beaches

The Beaches

Happy Birthday

Finn Wolfhard · 2025

liminal space

liminal space

mxmtoon · 2024

Pools of Colour

Pools of Colour

Junodream · 2024

Crazymad, For Me

Crazymad, For Me

CMAT · 2023

DECIDE

DECIDE

Djo · 2022

You Have Got to Be Kidding Me

You Have Got to Be Kidding Me

fanclubwallet · 2022

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Serpentina

BANKS · 2022

Eye of the Storm

Eye of the Storm

Millie Turner · 2021

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29 Oct 2025

CMAT - Euro-Country

CMAT - Euro-Country

CMAT

28 Aug 2025

The Beaches - No Hard Feelings

The Beaches - No Hard Feelings

The Beaches

27 Aug 2025

Keo - Siren EP

Keo - Siren EP

Keo

3 Jul 2025

Finn Wolfhard - Happy Birthday

Finn Wolfhard - Happy Birthday

Finn Wolfhard

3 Jul 2025

Little Simz - Lotus

Little Simz - Lotus

Little Simz

4 Jun 2025

Djo - The Crux

Djo - The Crux

Djo

3 Apr 2025

The Wombats - Oh! The Ocean

The Wombats - Oh! The Ocean

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19 Feb 2025

Alessi Rose - For Your Validation EP

Alessi Rose - For Your Validation EP

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15 Jan 2025

mxmtoon - liminal space

mxmtoon - liminal space

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11 Nov 2024

Junodream - Pools Of Colour

Junodream - Pools Of Colour

Junodream

24 Jan 2024

CMAT - Crazymad, For Me

CMAT - Crazymad, For Me

CMAT

18 Oct 2023

Freya Ridings - Blood Orange

Freya Ridings - Blood Orange

Freya Ridings

3 May 2023

Joesef - Permanent Damage

Joesef - Permanent Damage

Joesef

15 Jan 2023

Dayglow - People In Motion

Dayglow - People In Motion

Dayglow

5 Oct 2022

Djo - DECIDE

Djo - DECIDE

Djo

15 Sept 2022

fanclubwallet - You Have Got To Be Kidding Me

fanclubwallet - You Have Got To Be Kidding Me

fanclubwallet

19 May 2022

BANKS - Serpentina

BANKS - Serpentina

BANKS

6 Apr 2022

Lizzy McAlpine - five seconds flat

Lizzy McAlpine - five seconds flat

Lizzy McAlpine

6 Apr 2022

CMAT - If My Wife New I’d Be Dead

CMAT - If My Wife New I’d Be Dead

CMAT

2 Mar 2022

APRE - A001

APRE - A001

APRE

23 Feb 2022

The Wombats - Fix Yourself, Not The World

The Wombats - Fix Yourself, Not The World

The Wombats

12 Jan 2022

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes - Sticky

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes - Sticky

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes

13 Oct 2021

Keo – Put A Smile On For Me

Reviews

Keo – Put A Smile On For Me

Keo’s debut gives guilt a formidable voice, matching the force of its guitars with an equally fierce refusal to let its narrator off the hook.

What sits outside Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes’ five studio albums?

What sits outside Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes’ five studio albums?

The Rattlesnakes’ catalogue beyond its five standard albums includes an early EP, live releases, remixes, deluxe editions and standalone singles.

29 Oct 2026 • 11:20 am

How mxmtoon extended ‘the masquerade’ beyond an album

How mxmtoon extended ‘the masquerade’ beyond an album

mxmtoon’s 2019 debut was accompanied by an audio diary, graphic novel and animated short, each offering a different route into its songs.

1 Dec 2026 • 8:10 am

What ‘liminal space’ means and how backrooms videos informed mxmtoon’s album title

What ‘liminal space’ means and how backrooms videos informed mxmtoon’s album title

mxmtoon named her 2024 album ‘liminal space’ after connecting eerie internet images of empty familiar places with the uncertainty of being between one version of life and the next.

9 Dec 2026 • 8:00 am

Keo have released debut album ‘Put A Smile On For Me’ as Brixton Academy show sells out

Keo have released debut album ‘Put A Smile On For Me’ as Brixton Academy show sells out

Keo’s debut album is out now, alongside new single ‘Be Happy’ and a sold-out O2 Academy Brixton headline show.

25 Sept 2026 • 9:52 am

Lizzy McAlpine has announced ‘The Over Country Tour’

Lizzy McAlpine has announced ‘The Over Country Tour’

Lizzy McAlpine will take ‘Angel’ across the UK, Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand in 2027.

24 Sept 2026 • 4:42 pm

How Frank Carter’s 2019 car crash refocused his writing, painting and performing

How Frank Carter’s 2019 car crash refocused his writing, painting and performing

After the September 2019 crash, Frank Carter described writing more songs, painting every day and returning to the stage with a sharpened sense of what mattered.

28 Oct 2026 • 8:30 am

How DJing shaped Jungle’s approach to ‘Volcano’

How DJing shaped Jungle’s approach to ‘Volcano’

DJing pushed Jungle towards self-created loops, club-informed electronics and a freer way of fitting styles together on their 2023 album ‘Volcano’.

22 Oct 2026 • 9:50 am

Pond have announced a December 2026 Australian tour

Pond have announced a December 2026 Australian tour

Pond will play four Australian headline shows in December in support of ‘Terrestrials’, following US dates with Djo.

23 Sept 2026 • 8:51 am

What was The Wombats’ ‘Girls, Boys and Marsupials’, and why is ‘A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation’ their debut?

What was The Wombats’ ‘Girls, Boys and Marsupials’, and why is ‘A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation’ their debut?

The Wombats released a Japan-only full-length in 2006 before the 2007 album generally recognised as their international studio debut.

4 Nov 2026 • 9:25 am

Where to watch ‘SNL UK’ series two, and why there’s no episode on 3rd October

Where to watch ‘SNL UK’ series two, and why there’s no episode on 3rd October

‘SNL UK’ series two airs on Sky and is available to stream and catch up through NOW. Its announced autumn run skips 3rd October, with no public explanation given for the gap.

24 Sept 2026 • 4:20 pm

Lizzy McAlpine: “I’m a little scared, but I’m speaking my truth”

Lizzy McAlpine: “I’m a little scared, but I’m speaking my truth”

From the Dork archive: our May 2022 feature, with the original interview and reporting.

Everything Everything: "Fuck knows what we'll do next" [needs image check]

Everything Everything: "Fuck knows what we'll do next" [needs image check]

From the Dork archive: our September 2017 feature, with the original interview and reporting.

Everything Everything: "I don't have space in my emotional cupboard for sad content right now"

Everything Everything: "I don't have space in my emotional cupboard for sad content right now"

From the Dork archive: our March 2022 feature, with the original interview and reporting.

CMAT: "Obviously, I'm up to no good"

CMAT: "Obviously, I'm up to no good"

From the Dork archive: our August 2022 feature, with the original interview and reporting.

CMAT: “I’m really good at banter; I’m almost better at that than I am at singing”

CMAT: “I’m really good at banter; I’m almost better at that than I am at singing”

From the Dork archive: our April 2021 feature, with the original interview and reporting.

CMAT: "Everybody's going to die, so I might as well be a pop star"

CMAT: "Everybody's going to die, so I might as well be a pop star"

From the Dork archive: our March 2022 feature, with the original interview and reporting.

Lizzy McAlpine has explained how Nick Drake ended up credited on ‘A Car Wash And A New Pair Of Pants’

Lizzy McAlpine has explained how Nick Drake ended up credited on ‘A Car Wash And A New Pair Of Pants’

Lizzy McAlpine says she contacted Nick Drake’s estate after realising the opening of an ‘Angel’ track closely resembled ‘One Of These Things First’.

19 Sept 2026 • 10:03 pm

How an Irish folk show and Wunderhorse shaped Keo’s live ambitions

How an Irish folk show and Wunderhorse shaped Keo’s live ambitions

Finn Keogh’s earliest lesson in audience connection came from his father’s touring folk show. Watching Wunderhorse at Kentish Town Forum later gave Keo a picture of what a bigger room could mean.

4 Oct 2026 • 8:00 am

Who is ‘Rodney’ in CMAT’s song?

Who is ‘Rodney’ in CMAT’s song?

CMAT’s early track ‘Rodney’ takes its name from comedian Rodney Dangerfield and his famous complaint about getting no respect.

11 Oct 2026 • 9:45 am

Gorillaz have opened their North American tour with Little Simz and Del the Funky Homosapien

Gorillaz have opened their North American tour with Little Simz and Del the Funky Homosapien

Gorillaz launched ‘The Mountain Tour’ in Orlando with a 24-song set spanning their catalogue and appearances from Little Simz, Del the Funky Homosapien and more.

Lizzy McAlpine has released her new album ‘Angel’

Lizzy McAlpine has released her new album ‘Angel’

Lizzy McAlpine’s 14-track new album ‘Angel’ is out now, with an ‘Over country’ video premiering at 5pm today.

18 Sept 2026 • 11:56 am

Where to start with mxmtoon beyond ‘prom dress’

Where to start with mxmtoon beyond ‘prom dress’

A route through mxmtoon’s catalogue, from early bedroom pop to the brighter pop, family stories and country-tinged turns that followed.

30 Oct 2026 • 8:15 am

Why mxmtoon remade ‘plum blossom’

Why mxmtoon remade ‘plum blossom’

Five years after her debut EP, mxmtoon returned to songs written at 17 with fuller resources, while protecting the inventive spirit of their first recordings.

15 Nov 2026 • 8:15 am

What mxmtoon’s ‘i hate texas’ is about, and why she made its video herself

What mxmtoon’s ‘i hate texas’ is about, and why she made its video herself

mxmtoon’s 2024 single turns a break-up into a deliberately over-the-top escape plan, while its self-made video reconnects her music with the informal online creativity that came first.

28 Sept 2026 • 8:15 am

How mxmtoon fans can start exploring Chet Baker’s repertoire

How mxmtoon fans can start exploring Chet Baker’s repertoire

Start with mxmtoon’s ‘I Fall In Love Too Easily’, then use ‘Chet Baker Re:imagined’ to follow the standards into Baker’s catalogue.

23 Nov 2026 • 8:05 am

How mxmtoon’s ‘rising’ holds growth and nostalgia in the same frame

How mxmtoon’s ‘rising’ holds growth and nostalgia in the same frame

On her 2022 album and its deluxe additions, mxmtoon treats growing up as something to celebrate, worry about and keep examining.

22 Oct 2026 • 7:15 am

mxmtoon’s ‘liminal space’ finds girlhood’s expiry date and the eldest daughter’s burden

mxmtoon’s ‘liminal space’ finds girlhood’s expiry date and the eldest daughter’s burden

On her 2024 album, mxmtoon turns the uncertainty of adulthood into a question about who gets to need help, grow older and disappoint the roles laid out for them.

7 Nov 2026 • 8:05 am

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