# Dork Magazine — llms-full.txt # Generated: 2026-11-07T07:38:57.607Z # Full article index for AI language models and search assistants. # Lightweight summary: https://readdork.com/llms.txt # Site: https://readdork.com ## About Dork is a UK-based music magazine covering indie, alternative, pop, punk, and adjacent genres. Founded in 2013. Publishes news, interviews, album reviews, live reviews, and features. ## Tiered topical feeds - News only: https://readdork.com/llms-news.txt - Features only: https://readdork.com/llms-features.txt - Reviews only: https://readdork.com/llms-reviews.txt ## 1000 Most Recent Articles (mixed) ### Alyssa Grace is doing it back to front URL: https://readdork.com/features/alyssa-grace-interview-dec26 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Dan Harrison Type: Features Artists: Alyssa Grace Excerpt: Alyssa Grace's first ever gig was an arena in Australia, before the clubs that followed, and her bio still says 'wanna be singer'. Now the one song she held back all year is here. ### Bilbao BBK Live has revealed its first 2027 acts, including The xx, Fat Dog, Keo and Frost Children URL: https://readdork.com/news/bilbao-bbk-live-2027-first-wave-line-up-5382e55f81 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: William Thomas Type: News Artists: Two Door Cinema Club, Jack Johnson, The xx, Teddy Swims, The War On Drugs, alt-J, DJ Shadow, Bonobo, Amelie Lens, Fat Dog, Pixies Excerpt: Bilbao BBK Live will return to Mount Kobetamendi from 8th-10th July 2027, with The xx, Pixies, The War On Drugs, alt-J and more confirmed. ### East London post-punks CAN’T STOP TALKING have released ‘Pity Party’ ahead of their debut album URL: https://readdork.com/news/cant-stop-talking-pity-party-single-2b64e9865a Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Dan Harrison Type: News Excerpt: East London dance-punk four-piece CAN’T STOP TALKING preview their 2027 debut album ‘TRANSMISSIONS’ with new single ‘Pity Party’. ### Pete Doherty has announced a 2027 UK tour with former The Smiths drummer Mike Joyce URL: https://readdork.com/news/pete-doherty-2027-uk-tour-8eea57da2e Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Owen Bradley Type: News Artists: Luvcat, Babyshambles, Pete Doherty, The Libertines, Jack Jones Excerpt: Pete Doherty will play 10 UK headline dates in February 2027 with a band featuring Mike Joyce, Mike Moore and Katia deVidas. ### Towa Bird has released ‘Deep Blue’ alongside a self-directed video starring her sister Cat URL: https://readdork.com/news/towa-bird-deep-blue-video-c296e0606e Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Alex Bennett Type: News Artists: Towa Bird Excerpt: Towa Bird’s standalone new song ‘Deep Blue’ arrives with a self-directed video starring the singer and her sister, Cat. ### Florence + The Machine have shared a new live album capturing their ‘Everybody Scream’ tour URL: https://readdork.com/news/florence-the-machine-everybody-scream-tour-live-3f13461749 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Nicola Harris Type: News Artists: Florence + The Machine, Idles Excerpt: Florence + The Machine’s 22-track live album ‘Everybody Scream Tour Live’ is out now, with a live version of ‘Sympathy Magic’ leading the release. ### Scustin are swapping rock star dreams for office life on new single ‘Key Fob’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/scustin-key-fob-single-c5d0ccb4c4 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Molly Bennett Type: News Artists: Scustin Excerpt: The Irish post-punk four-piece’s latest track examines working life and image culture ahead of December headline shows in London and Dublin. ### How independent record shops shaped Olivia Rodrigo’s third-album rollout URL: https://readdork.com/features/olivia-rodrigo-third-album-independent-record-shops-explained-df161ddc03 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Sam Thomas Type: Features Artists: Olivia Rodrigo, Dan Nigro Excerpt: From Los Angeles store visits to a US-wide midnight-sale programme and a local CD release for ‘serena joy’, Olivia Rodrigo’s third-album campaign gave independent shops a distinct role. ### How Oasis’ ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ became a public singalong URL: https://readdork.com/features/how-oasis-dont-look-back-in-anger-became-a-public-singalong-bcca041994 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Molly Bennett Type: Features Artists: Oasis, Noel Gallagher, David Bowie, John Lennon, Courteeners, Ariana Grande Excerpt: Noel Gallagher’s piano-led Oasis staple had the musical architecture of a mass chorus long before Manchester gave it a profound civic meaning in 2017. ### AURORA has teamed up with Bear McCreary for new ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ song ‘Morning Shall Come’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/aurora-bear-mccreary-morning-shall-come-rings-of-power-6d79619ee3 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Tyler Cook Type: News Artists: Bear McCreary Excerpt: AURORA and Bear McCreary’s new song ‘Morning Shall Come’, written for season three of ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’, is out now. ### Why Fantasy Worlds Are Becoming Part of Alternative Music's Visual Identity URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-fantasy-worlds-are-becoming-part-of-alternative-music-s-visual-identity Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Guest Post Type: Guest Posts Excerpt: Fantasy has moved from a niche taste to a visual language that guitar bands, goth revivalists and bedroom producers all seem comfortable speaking. ### How Trends in Online Entertainment and Online Casinos Will Evolve by 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/features/how-trends-in-online-entertainment-and-online-casinos-will-evolve-by-2027 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Guest Post Type: Guest Posts Excerpt: So how exactly will trend in online entertainment and online casinos evolve by 2027? Let's dig into the specifics. ### Nectar Woode has shared ‘Only Want You’, a festive new single for “the yearners” URL: https://readdork.com/news/nectar-woode-only-want-you-single-a4dc1f46b3 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Dan Harrison Type: News Artists: Nectar Woode Excerpt: Nectar Woode’s seasonal soul ballad ‘Only Want You’ is out now. ### Leeds newcomers Group A.D. have shared ‘Sliinky’, a strange new eco-anthem about a dying planet URL: https://readdork.com/news/group-ad-sliinky-single-4c76e38f2b Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Jessica Lowe Type: News Artists: Group A.D. Excerpt: The Leeds project’s latest track arrives alongside earlier single ‘Bird of Parallax’ as a double A-side 7-inch release. ### Jamiroquai are returning to London's The O2 for three shows next summer URL: https://readdork.com/news/jamiroquai-2027-european-arena-tour-6183b298c1 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Oliver Green Type: News Artists: Jamiroquai Excerpt: Jay Kay and co will play Amsterdam, Paris and three London dates next July, ahead of their ninth studio album. ### Dermot Henry has released ‘Pilots License’, the song that started his debut album URL: https://readdork.com/news/dermot-henry-pilots-license-bad-throw-good-catch-6efc30671a Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Edward Howard Type: News Artists: Dermot Henry Excerpt: Dermot Henry’s new single ‘Pilots License’ arrives with B-side ‘Cliffs Of Dooneen’, a Wiltshire-shot lyric visualiser and fresh details of his debut album. ### Cruel Santino is returning to the Subaru Boys universe with new album ‘K.O.T.B - The Bomberman Chronicles’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/cruel-santino-kotb-bomberman-chronicles-album-66bd1abe24 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Tyler Cook Type: News Artists: Cruel Santino Excerpt: Cruel Santino’s third album, ‘K.O.T.B - The Bomberman Chronicles’, is out now via Native Records and Warner Records. ### Tove Styrke's having an existential afterparty URL: https://readdork.com/features/tove-styrke-interview-nov26 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Felicity Newton Type: Features Artists: Tove Styrke Excerpt: Tove Styrke is back with an album that started as somebody else's story and ended up revealing more about herself than she'd ever intended... ### Kate Nash has shared new single ‘Christmas Eve’, inspired by her grandparents’ love story URL: https://readdork.com/news/kate-nash-christmas-eve-london-release-show-b74883e639 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Dan Harrison Type: News Artists: Kate Nash Excerpt: Kate Nash’s new ‘Cailín’ single tells the story of her grandparents meeting in Dublin, ahead of a December show at St Matthias Church. ### Wild at heart: Jesse Jo Stark's return to her country roots URL: https://readdork.com/features/jesse-jo-stark-interview-nov26 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Steven Loftin Type: Features Artists: Jesse Jo Stark Excerpt: Jesse Jo Stark has built a career out of dark, glamorous rock'n'roll, but there's always been a country girl underneath. New album 'MUSE' takes her home to Colorado to find out what happens when she strips everything else away. ### Why Death Cab For Cutie’s ‘Photobooth’ still captures suburban summer longing URL: https://readdork.com/features/death-cab-for-cutie-photobooth-best-ex-suburban-summer-longing-ae9006785f Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Oliver Green Type: Features Artists: Best Ex Excerpt: Best Ex’s 2023 reflection on ‘Photobooth’ identifies its lasting pull: a fleeting romance preserved in flashes, scraps and the uneasy knowledge that it was “hardly love”. ### Which Trash Boat album charted highest on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart? URL: https://readdork.com/features/trash-boat-highest-uk-rock-metal-albums-chart-peak-2d98c7a560 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: Features Artists: Trash Boat Excerpt: ‘Crown Shyness’ is Trash Boat’s highest-peaking album on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart, reaching No. 6 in 2018. ### Which Rex Orange County album gave him his first UK Number One? URL: https://readdork.com/features/rex-orange-county-first-uk-number-one-album-who-cares-44951a0449 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: Features Artists: Rex Orange County Excerpt: ‘WHO CARES?’ gave Rex Orange County his first UK Number One album, topping the chart on 18th March 2022. ### Why Matt Maltese’s ‘Like A Fish’ makes jealousy funny without dodging the hurt URL: https://readdork.com/features/matt-maltese-like-a-fish-heartbreak-humour-f450524a7d Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Finnley Mcdonald Type: Features Artists: Matt Maltese Excerpt: Matt Maltese’s ‘Like A Fish’ finds comedy in a brutally specific jealous thought, using embarrassment to make heartbreak more human rather than less serious. ### Déyyess might just die (of lesbian yearning) URL: https://readdork.com/features/deyyess-ep-well-i-might-just-die-track-by-track Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Dork Type: Features Artists: Déyyess Excerpt: With her new EP 'Well I Might Just Die' out today, Déyyess takes us through all seven tracks, from queer joy and unrequited crushes to religious guilt, jangly guitars and a particularly life-changing pizza. ### How Katie Lenman and Scott Chalmers’ photoshoot became Jamie Lenman’s ‘Like Me Better’ video URL: https://readdork.com/features/how-katie-lenman-scott-chalmers-photoshoot-became-jamie-lenman-like-me-better-video-29bc69ebe9 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Helena Dean Type: Features Artists: Jamie Lenman Excerpt: A 2020 photoshoot, a ten-minute performance and a television set already in the room gave Jamie Lenman’s ‘Like Me Better’ its video. ### JENNIE is soundtracking a new take on Cinderella with her latest solo single ‘Someone to Hold’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/jennie-someone-to-hold-steps-soundtrack-66f6ee272b Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Edward Howard Type: News Excerpt: JENNIE’s new song, written and produced by Justin Tranter, features on the soundtrack to Netflix’s animated film ‘Steps’, arriving on 20th November. ### Olivia Rodrigo has released her first original Christmas single, ‘take me home (4 christmas)’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/olivia-rodrigo-take-me-home-4-christmas-video-6106b8e4a1 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: News Artists: Chappell Roan, Amy Allen, Olivia Rodrigo, Dan Nigro Excerpt: Olivia Rodrigo’s first original Christmas single arrives alongside a festive video starring Cynthia Nixon and Ben Marshall. ### Slayyyter is dating a skeleton in Paris in her new ‘Hey Boyyy’ video URL: https://readdork.com/news/slayyyter-hey-boyyy-video-skeleton-date-deeedabfe6 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: William Thomas Type: News Artists: Slayyyter Excerpt: Slayyyter’s latest ‘Wor$t Man in America’ preview sends romance somewhere stranger, via Hollywood, Paris and a skeleton. ### Why Troye Sivan’s ‘Something to Give Each Other’ is more than an album about partying URL: https://readdork.com/features/troye-sivan-something-to-give-each-other-more-than-partying-fdf3fc45e3 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: Features Artists: Troye Sivan, Bag Raiders Excerpt: Troye Sivan’s 2023 album uses the dancefloor to hold desire, yearning, heartbreak and the slow work of moving on. ### For The Xcerts, ‘home’ is a sound, a grief and a way back to one another URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-xcerts-i-think-i-want-to-go-home-now-home-analysis-eb04b9c367 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Brian Andrews Type: Features Artists: Jordan Smith, Tribute To Nothing, Murray MacLeod, Kids Near Water, The Xcerts Excerpt: On ‘i think i want to go home now.’, The Xcerts revisit early musical instincts while considering home as a place, a person and the band itself. ### Where to start with Lucy Rose, from acoustic beginnings to piano-led pop URL: https://readdork.com/features/where-to-start-with-lucy-rose-guide-32d7013ac3 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Owen Bradley Type: Features Artists: Elena Tonra, Rae Morris, The Staves, Bombay Bicycle Club, Marcus Hamblett, Matilda Mann, Paul Weller, Lucy Rose, Liz Lawrence Excerpt: A listening route through Lucy Rose’s shifts from folk-rooted songwriting to electronics, drumless arrangements and piano-led material. ### What ‘Velcro’ and ‘LUCID’ reveal about Stand Atlantic’s approach to ‘GODBREATH’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/stand-atlantic-godbreath-velcro-lucid-explained-712ad55395 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: Features Artists: Simple Plan, Stand Atlantic Excerpt: Stand Atlantic’s two released ‘GODBREATH’ singles point towards a writing process that met emotional avoidance and creative fatigue with unusual directness. ### What Bury Tomorrow mean by ‘Will You Haunt Me, With That Same Patience’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/bury-tomorrow-will-you-haunt-me-with-that-same-patience-album-title-meaning-21dd5528ff Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Ellen Gray Type: Features Artists: Bullet For My Valentine, While She Sleeps, Bury Tomorrow Excerpt: Kristan Dawson’s explanation of Bury Tomorrow’s 2025 album title turns an unnerving phrase into a reflection on attention, peace and musical contrast. ### How Kim Petras reset her creative approach for ‘Detour’, from ‘Polo’ to ‘Need for Speed’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/kim-petras-detour-polo-need-for-speed-creative-reset-44909b815b Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Andrew Wescott Type: Features Artists: Kim Petras, Margo XS, Frost Children, atlgrandma Excerpt: From an improvised writing session to a single fans pushed her to release, Kim Petras’ route to ‘Detour’ was shaped by close collaborators and a growing resistance to pop’s demand for permanent acceleration. ### What The Regrettes’ ‘You’re So Fucking Pretty’ means, and why its video keeps the lover unseen URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-regrettes-youre-so-fucking-pretty-meaning-video-explained-27cb18989d Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Oliver Green Type: Features Artists: Lydia Night, The Regrettes Excerpt: Lydia Night’s 2021 single turns an unspoken crush into a song about recognising her bisexuality, while Serena Reynolds’ video makes its absent subject deliberately expansive. ### Where to start with As It Is’ musical influences URL: https://readdork.com/features/as-it-is-musical-influences-guide-ca7f11030c Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Brian Andrews Type: Features Artists: Fightstar, Paramore, Hidden in Plain View, Funeral For A Friend, Taking Back Sunday, The Spill Canvas, Biffy Clyro, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy Excerpt: From Taking Back Sunday’s formative jolt to the songwriting freedom of Biffy Clyro and Coheed & Cambria, these are the artists As It Is have named as essential listening. ### How Coach Party’s Caramel turns avoidance into a case for saying it out loud URL: https://readdork.com/features/coach-party-caramel-procrastination-friendship-emotional-release-3fef91cbed Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Helena Dean Type: Features Artists: Coach Party Excerpt: Coach Party’s second album traces a path from procrastination and emotional masking towards the friendships that make honesty possible. ### Petrol Girls’ ‘Monstrous’ and ‘Preachers’ trace the cost of being watched URL: https://readdork.com/features/petrol-girls-monstrous-preachers-analysis-5854d11175 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: Features Artists: Petrol Girls Excerpt: Ren Aldridge’s two songs connect the strain of fronting a feminist band with a call for political communities that can confront harm without demanding impossible perfection. ### A guide to White Lies’ growing prog instincts, from ‘Time to Give’ to ‘Nothing On Me’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/white-lies-prog-songs-guide-time-to-give-nothing-on-me-05de7efee8 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Tyler Cook Type: Features Artists: black midi, Genesis, Chris Squire, Yes, Steve Hillage, White Lies, Gong Excerpt: Four White Lies songs that map the trio’s move towards longer forms, unresolved tension and deliberately competing rhythms. ### Where to start with Joyce Manor: raw beginnings, pop hooks and strange short stories URL: https://readdork.com/features/where-to-start-with-joyce-manor-guide-6ed95649ef Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Esme Sharp Type: Features Artists: Television Personalities, Barry Johnson, Rob Schnapf, Summer Vacation, Joyce Manor Excerpt: A route into Joyce Manor’s compact catalogue, from ‘House Warning Party’ to ‘I Used To Go To This Bar’. ### What story are alt-J telling in ‘The Actor’ and its video? URL: https://readdork.com/features/alt-j-the-actor-story-video-explained-aa4366fbe8 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: Features Artists: alt-J Excerpt: alt-J’s 2022 track turns Hollywood’s promise into a fictional tragedy, with the Chateau Marmont and John Belushi’s death forming its real historical backdrop. ### A guide to the Richmond places and people in Lucy Dacus’ ‘Planting Tomatoes’ video URL: https://readdork.com/features/lucy-dacus-planting-tomatoes-video-richmond-locations-people-guide-00caf35cf1 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Sam Thomas Type: Features Artists: Lucy Dacus Excerpt: Lucy Dacus’ self-directed ‘Planting Tomatoes’ video brings together Richmond landmarks, local young performers, family and a returning creative team. ### How Sonic Youth helped shape Sunflower Bean’s ‘Crashing Highs’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/sunflower-bean-crashing-highs-sonic-youth-influence-explained-cf99475a5c Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Owen Bradley Type: Features Artists: Julia Cumming, Sunflower Bean, Sonic Youth Excerpt: Sunflower Bean drew on raw guitars, room and splashing cymbals to frame a song about an infatuation losing its hold. ### How PVRIS made ‘F.I.L.T.H.’ a shared creative project URL: https://readdork.com/features/how-pvris-made-filth-shared-creative-project-9d31f01708 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Nicola Harris Type: Features Artists: Uffie, Tommy Genesis, Lights, PVRIS, KANNER, MOTHICA, Poppy, Sizzy Rocket, Lyndsey Gunnulfsen Excerpt: PVRIS’ 2024 mixtape extended collaboration beyond guest appearances, giving its contributors latitude from songwriting through to the people who mixed and mastered it. ### Mayday Parade’s ballads have always held more than heartbreak URL: https://readdork.com/features/mayday-parade-ballads-beyond-heartbreak-61a127ca77 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Finnley Mcdonald Type: Features Artists: Mayday Parade, Set It Off Excerpt: From ‘Miserable At Best’ to ‘Towards You’, Mayday Parade’s slower songs make room for isolation, recovery, self-reflection and direct affection. ### Why Manic Street Preachers and Suede keep returning to a shared stage URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-manic-street-preachers-suede-keep-touring-together-c28e06c656 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Dan Harrison Type: Features Artists: Richey Edwards, Bernard Butler, James Dean Bradfield, Manic Street Preachers, Suede, Richard Oakes, Brett Anderson Excerpt: From a difficult 1994 European tour to co-headline dates across North America, Japan and the UK, their partnership is built on kinship without sameness. ### Where to start with Holly Humberstone’s reimagined recordings URL: https://readdork.com/features/holly-humberstone-reimagined-recordings-guide-7ed7d3be92 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Tyler Cook Type: Features Artists: Holly Humberstone, Asha Banks, Medium Build Excerpt: A route through Holly Humberstone’s revisited songs, from Medium Build’s rewritten ‘Cocoon’ verse to the stripped-back ‘Cruel World’ EP. ### What is Knuckle Puck and Derek Sanders’ ‘Breathe’ about? URL: https://readdork.com/features/what-is-knuckle-puck-breathe-derek-sanders-about-2f868908e7 Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Ellen Gray Type: Features Artists: Derek Sanders, Knuckle Puck, Mayday Parade Excerpt: Knuckle Puck’s 2020 collaboration with Mayday Parade’s Derek Sanders turns regret and rumination into a reminder to pause and regain perspective. ### Why Willie J Healey’s ‘Dreams’ video makes money a burden URL: https://readdork.com/features/willie-j-healey-dreams-video-money-burden-explained-20495a12ba Date: 2026-11-06 Author: Lena Hunt Type: Features Artists: Willie J Healey Excerpt: Willie J Healey’s 2022 single uses a deliberately literal idea to examine what ambition asks us to carry. ### Bimini, Heidi and Sarah Story are joining forces for a Christmas club night supporting LGBTQ+ homelessness charity URL: https://readdork.com/news/drag-hag-xmas-story-charity-rave-58b83784ee Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: News Artists: Sarah Story Excerpt: Drag Hag: A Xmas Story will bring house, disco, garage and a full drag cast to Walthamstow Trades Hall on 19th December, raising funds for The Outside Project. ### A new mural celebrating Bonnie Tyler’s life and music has been unveiled in her Welsh hometown URL: https://readdork.com/news/bonnie-tyler-skewen-memorial-park-mural-82d5331fbc Date: 2026-11-05 Author: William Thomas Type: News Artists: Bonnie Tyler Excerpt: A new artwork at Skewen Memorial Park honours the Welsh singer with nods to her hometown, local rugby club and ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’. ### Toro Y Moi has announced new album ‘Unusua’ and shared piano-led single ‘Motive’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/toro-y-moi-unusua-motive-8112f6ecea Date: 2026-11-05 Author: James Houghton Type: News Artists: Toro y Moi Excerpt: Chaz Bear’s seven-track ‘Unusua’ arrives on 20th November via Company Studio, led by new track ‘Motive’. ### Rosalía is marking one year of ‘LUX’ with a new anniversary vinyl box set URL: https://readdork.com/news/rosalia-lux-anniversary-vinyl-box-set-9fa1a3c6cc Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Dan Harrison Type: News Artists: Rosalía, Carminho, Yves Tumor, Estrella Morente, Björk Excerpt: Rosalía’s ‘LUX’ anniversary vinyl box set is available to pre-order ahead of the album’s first anniversary on 7th November. ### Star’s Revenge, featuring members of Geese and Sunflower Bean, have announced their second album URL: https://readdork.com/news/stars-revenge-announce-stars-revenge-ii-e6e9143439 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Molly Bennett Type: News Artists: Geese, Sunflower Bean Excerpt: The New York four-piece will release their second album on 27th November, led by new single ‘Don’t Worry Dynamite’. ### The Band CAMINO are bringing their sold-out Memphis homecoming shows to a new live album URL: https://readdork.com/news/the-band-camino-live-in-memphis-album-f4834c543c Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Molly Bennett Type: News Artists: The Band Camino Excerpt: The 24-track release, recorded across two sold-out hometown shows, will arrive with full audio and video on 13th November. ### Comeback Kid have teamed up with Spiritbox’s Courtney LaPlante for new single ‘Shedding Season’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/comeback-kid-shedding-season-courtney-laplante-video-3bf612fde5 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Sarah Peters Type: News Artists: Comeback Kid, Will Putney, Courtney LaPlante, Spiritbox Excerpt: Comeback Kid’s new single 'Shedding Season', featuring Spiritbox vocalist Courtney LaPlante, arrives with an official video ahead of their eighth album 'Chosen Hell'. ### DAYLA has shared a London-set video for ‘No1’, inspired by modern dating and unrequited feelings URL: https://readdork.com/news/dayla-no1-video-3fecfadc33 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Sam Thomas Type: News Artists: Gazelle Twin Excerpt: DAYLA takes ‘No1’ through Soho and Chinatown in a new video directed by Naomi Ngoo. ### Myles Smith will perform between international rugby fixtures at London's Allianz Stadium URL: https://readdork.com/news/myles-smith-nations-championship-finals-weekend-allianz-stadium-5df028ecfe Date: 2026-11-05 Author: James Houghton Type: News Artists: Myles Smith Excerpt: Myles Smith will perform at London’s Allianz Stadium on Friday 27th November during the Nations Championship Finals Weekend. ### Gang of Youths have shared a behind-the-scenes documentary from their All Points East appearance URL: https://readdork.com/news/gang-of-youths-arrival-documentary-all-points-east-e15c0fb32b Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: News Artists: Gang of Youths Excerpt: The short film follows the band behind the scenes as they prepare for All Points East. ### Lady Gaga, Sia and Shakira have been nominated for the Songwriters Hall of Fame URL: https://readdork.com/news/songwriters-hall-of-fame-2027-nominees-a41d86af4b Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Jessica Lowe Type: News Artists: Blondie, America, P!nk, Boy George, Lady Gaga, Jack White, Sia, Shakira, Ne-Yo, Vince Gill, Grandmaster Melle Mel Excerpt: Lady Gaga and more are in contention for the Songwriters Hall of Fame’s class of 2027. ### Ozzfest has confirmed its UK comeback for July 2027, returning to Milton Keynes Bowl URL: https://readdork.com/news/ozzfest-2027-milton-keynes-bowl-2fab96060d Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Dan Harrison Type: News Artists: Ozzy Osbourne Excerpt: Ozzfest will return to Milton Keynes Bowl on Saturday 10th July 2027, with tickets on sale from 10am on Friday 6th November. ### MUNA have recruited Romy, Arlo Parks, Avalon Emerson and Porches for a deluxe edition of ‘Dancing On The Wall’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/muna-dancing-on-the-wall-deluxe-avalon-emerson-remix-4c2df650f2 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: News Artists: EMMMA, Avalon Emerson, Arlo Parks, Romy, Porches Excerpt: MUNA’s ‘Dancing On The Wall’ deluxe arrives on 13th November with new remixes from Avalon Emerson, Romy, Arlo Parks and Porches. ### The 2026 CMA Awards will feature Kacey Musgraves, Tim McGraw and a tribute to Dolly Parton URL: https://readdork.com/news/cma-awards-2026-performers-dolly-parton-tribute-0b40ba8220 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Andy Norman Type: News Artists: The Red Clay Strays, Tim McGraw, Miranda Lambert, Zach Top, Lainey Wilson, Tucker Wetmore, Ella Langley, Kacey Musgraves, Cody Johnson, Dolly Parton Excerpt: The 60th annual CMA Awards will also honour Dolly Parton, with Lainey Wilson returning as host. ### Madonna is stripping the vocals from ‘Confessions II’ for a new instrumental release URL: https://readdork.com/news/madonna-confessions-ii-instrumentals-release-637212f973 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: News Artists: Feid, Sabrina Carpenter, Mirwais, Madonna, Andrew Watt, Stuart Price, Martin Garrix, Stromae, Cirkut, Tainy, Kylie Minogue Excerpt: The vocal-free edition of Madonna’s ‘Confessions II’ arrives on streaming on 6th November, with vinyl following on 10th November. ### Pink Floyd are celebrating 50 years of ‘Animals’ with a new collection of rarities and live recordings URL: https://readdork.com/news/pink-floyd-animals-50-sheep-original-radio-edit-2285079372 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: News Artists: Roger Waters, Pink Floyd Excerpt: Pink Floyd’s 50th-anniversary ‘Animals’ collection arrives on 22nd January 2027, with a previously unreleased radio edit of ‘Sheep’ available now. ### Parkway Drive are bringing their Sydney Opera House concert film ‘HOME’ to London for a special screening URL: https://readdork.com/news/parkway-drive-home-london-premiere-winston-mccall-qa-c8ac4c39dc Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: News Artists: Winston McCall, Jenna McDougall, Nooky, Parkway Drive, Matthew Doyle Excerpt: Parkway Drive’s Sydney Opera House concert film will screen at Curzon Mayfair on 19th November, followed by a Q&A with frontman Winston McCall. ### 2000trees has announced New Found Glory, Reuben and Creeper for its 20th-anniversary festival URL: https://readdork.com/news/2000trees-2027-first-acts-new-found-glory-reuben-105f2992a9 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Lena Hunt Type: News Artists: Reuben, The Menzingers, Lonely The Brave, Dave Hause, Crooks, Chuck Ragan, Dan Andriano, Jamie Lenman, New Found Glory, Brian Fallon Excerpt: New Found Glory will play two exclusive sets, while Reuben reunite for 2000trees’ 2027 celebrations at Upcote Farm. ### Katy J Pearson, congratulations and Pedestrian Band join SON Estrella Galicia’s winter series URL: https://readdork.com/news/katy-j-pearson-son-estrella-galicia-winter-series-98892ddaa3 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Owen Bradley Type: News Artists: Katy J Pearson, Pedestrian Band, Carlota Flâneur, COWZ, congratulations Excerpt: Katy J Pearson, congratulations and Pedestrian Band will headline three East London shows this November and December. ### U2 have added a third London stadium show to their 2027 tour and announced a limited-edition Guinness vinyl URL: https://readdork.com/news/u2-third-london-show-guinness-carnaval-de-luz-vinyl-9353bafd49 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Sarah Peters Type: News Artists: Wolf Alice, Beck, U2 Excerpt: U2’s 2027 Tottenham Hotspur Stadium run now includes a third date, while ‘Carnaval De Luz’ is getting a limited Guinness edition. ### Swedish artist Becky and the Birds has shared new single ‘Way back to You’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/becky-and-the-birds-way-back-to-you-single-d5161a91d9 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: News Artists: Becky and the Birds Excerpt: Thea Gustafsson’s new Becky and the Birds single, produced with Nick Velez, arrives alongside two visual works by Ellen Nielsen. ### CMAT has joined Elton John for a new take on his festive favourite ‘Step Into Christmas’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/elton-john-cmat-step-into-christmas-amazon-music-2405aa5bf4 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: News Artists: Elton John, CMAT Excerpt: Elton John and CMAT’s new version of the festive favourite is available exclusively on Amazon Music now. ### Theo Ogundipe has released ‘In Transit’, a seven-track debut EP exploring identity, love and ambition URL: https://readdork.com/news/theo-ogundipe-in-transit-ofb-ep-release-97b856f199 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: News Artists: Sheila Atim, Danusia Samal, Howard Whiddett Excerpt: Theo Ogundipe’s self-produced seven-track debut EP ‘In Transit’ is out now, with Sheila Atim, Jennifer Saayeng and Danusia Samal among its guest vocalists. ### Australian producer 1tbsp has announced debut album ‘big soaps’ and shared new single ‘Carottes’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/1tbsp-big-soaps-carottes-miki-2a107bc7a8 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Edward Howard Type: News Artists: 1tbsp Excerpt: Australian producer 1tbsp will release debut album ‘big soaps’ in February 2027, led by new single and video ‘Carottes’ featuring miki. ### ATRIP has shared ‘out of touch’ with Izza Gara, the final preview of his debut album ‘PLASTERBOY’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/atrip-out-of-touch-izza-gara-8e979a7501 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Nat Macdonald Type: News Artists: Bawo, Jo Hill, Jessica Winter, Izza Gara, ATRIP, Oscar Farrell Excerpt: ATRIP’s final ‘PLASTERBOY’ preview pairs the South London producer with Swedish artist Izza Gara ahead of the album’s 4th December release. ### Remi Wolf has put her own spin on sombr’s ‘12 to 12’ in a new Live Lounge session URL: https://readdork.com/news/remi-wolf-sombr-12-to-12-live-lounge-7e1b098256 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Andy Norman Type: News Artists: Sombr, Remi Wolf Excerpt: Remi Wolf performed two tracks from ‘Mud’ and put her own spin on Sombr’s ‘12 to 12’ for Jack Saunders. ### Molly Payton has released her second album ‘eternity’ and announced a London headline show URL: https://readdork.com/news/molly-payton-eternity-album-london-social-show-7f0e428a3f Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Finnley Mcdonald Type: News Artists: Oscar Lang, Tom Verberne, Molly Payton Excerpt: Molly Payton’s second album ‘eternity’ is out now, with a headline date at London’s The Social set for December. ### A. Swayze & The Ghosts are turning up the heat on climate anxiety with new single ‘Hot Sun’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/a-swayze-the-ghosts-hot-sun-single-da928ab844 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Oliver Green Type: News Artists: Jimmy Eat World Excerpt: The Tasmanian five-piece’s new punk single confronts climate anxiety ahead of December dates supporting Jimmy Eat World. ### Cage The Elephant are saying goodbye to the past with new album ‘Dying in Reverse’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/cage-the-elephant-dying-in-reverse-make-it-easy-4d3ce95db4 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Sarah Peters Type: News Artists: Cage The Elephant Excerpt: Cage The Elephant will release ‘Dying in Reverse’ in February 2027, with new single ‘Make It Easy’ leading the announcement. ### Silver Gore have released ‘Just Like That’ ahead of live dates with Yard Act and Nia Archives URL: https://readdork.com/news/silver-gore-just-like-that-london-show-daf02086b5 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Dan Harrison Type: News Artists: Nia Archives, Yard Act, Ethan P. Flynn, Ava Gore, Silver Gore Excerpt: Ava Gore and Ethan P. Flynn’s latest single arrives ahead of support dates with Yard Act and Nia Archives, plus a January London headline show. ### Maehem99 have shared ‘Free Stuff’, a new single about the hidden costs of getting what you want URL: https://readdork.com/news/maehem99-free-stuff-single-video-4f93e5bfa5 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: William Thomas Type: News Artists: Maehem99 Excerpt: Maehem99’s new single ‘Free Stuff’ arrives with an animated video ahead of debut EP ‘Sexual Commerce’. ### Eilish Constance is turning the frustrations of a new crush into pop with ‘Shut Up!’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/eilish-constance-shut-up-lefty-korine-video-5c479e7637 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Nathaniel Hill Type: News Artists: daine, Eilish Constance Excerpt: Eilish Constance’s first new music since ‘Singing for fun’ arrives with a New York-set video from director Lefty Korine. ### Kingfishr have announced a 2027 UK and European tour, including Alexandra Palace URL: https://readdork.com/news/kingfishr-2027-uk-european-tour-dates-36bb9c51f7 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: News Artists: Kingfishr Excerpt: Kingfishr will play UK and European dates next spring and summer, with a London Alexandra Palace show set for 25th March 2027. ### Self Esteem has recorded the theme song for Channel 4’s new Christmas special ‘Mog’s Bad Thing’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/self-esteem-mogs-bad-thing-theme-song-1abeb064dc Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: News Artists: Don Black, David Arnold, Self Esteem Excerpt: Rebecca Lucy Taylor joins composer David Arnold and lyricist Don Black on ‘I Wish That Things Could Be That Way Again’ for Channel 4’s new Mog Christmas special. ### MOBO is celebrating 30 years with a BBC documentary, archive display and tribute to founder Kanya King URL: https://readdork.com/news/mobo-bbc-one-va-east-kanya-king-30th-anniversary-b52911f645 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Nathaniel Hill Type: News Artists: DJ Target, Mobo Excerpt: A BBC One programme, archive display and commemorative paving stone will mark three decades of MOBO this November. ### Ecca Vandal has won the 2026 Australian Music Prize for ‘Looking For People To Unfollow’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/ecca-vandal-2026-australian-music-prize-a9839dfa55 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Owen Bradley Type: News Artists: Ecca Vandal Excerpt: Ecca Vandal’s second album, ‘Looking For People To Unfollow’, has been named the 2026 Australian Music Prize winner. ### Why Courtney Barnett’s ‘Sometimes I Sit and Think’ is her debut album URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-courtney-barnett-sometimes-i-sit-and-think-debut-album-bc23c9ec24 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: James Houghton Type: Features Artists: Courtney Barnett Excerpt: Courtney Barnett’s 2013 Double EP was her breakthrough, while 2015’s ‘Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit’ was her first studio album. ### Can you stream PinkPantheress’s ‘Sexy Magic’ before GTA VI arrives? URL: https://readdork.com/features/pinkpantheress-sexy-magic-gta-vi-streaming-soundtrack-radio-explained-9706610e46 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Jess Hunt Type: Features Artists: Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso, Fred Again.., PinkPantheress Excerpt: ‘Sexy Magic’ is streaming now, while the announced 34-track GTA VI album is separate from the game’s as-yet-unrevealed radio playlist. ### Why Arlo Parks chose her stage name, and where King Krule and Frank Ocean fit in URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-arlo-parks-chose-stage-name-king-krule-frank-ocean-e92709c83f Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Ellen Gray Type: Features Artists: King Krule, Deftones, Good Charlotte, Arlo Parks, My Chemical Romance, Frank Ocean Excerpt: Arlo Parks adopted a distinctive professional pseudonym inspired by King Krule and Frank Ocean, though the precise origins of “Arlo” and “Parks” have not been reliably established. ### Why Turnstile treated Time & Space as an evolution, not a reset URL: https://readdork.com/features/turnstile-time-space-evolution-not-reinvention-68235a832f Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Brian Andrews Type: Features Artists: Turnstile Excerpt: Turnstile’s first Roadrunner album widened the band’s frame without abandoning the instincts, relationships and live-band energy that had got them there. ### Zara Larsson’s ‘Midnight Sun’ lets the doubt in URL: https://readdork.com/features/zara-larsson-midnight-sun-saturns-return-the-ambition-analysis-d038391ac9 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Owen Bradley Type: Features Artists: MNEK, Zara Larsson Excerpt: ‘Saturn’s Return’ and ‘The Ambition’ give Zara Larsson’s fifth album a more complicated relationship with freedom, success and being seen than its sunlit surface first suggests. ### Boston Manor’s ‘Be Nothing.’ was where possibility became a plan URL: https://readdork.com/features/boston-manor-be-nothing-ten-year-creative-turning-point-4066b26832 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Ellen Gray Type: Features Artists: Boston Manor Excerpt: Ten years on, Boston Manor’s debut returns with acoustic additions that underline the ambition already present in its first full-length sessions. ### What does Julian Jaynes’s theory of consciousness have to do with Everything Everything’s ‘Re-Animator’? URL: https://readdork.com/features/everything-everything-re-animator-julian-jaynes-consciousness-explained-e57ecafcb4 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Sam Thomas Type: Features Artists: Jonathan Higgs, Everything Everything Excerpt: Jonathan Higgs used Julian Jaynes’s speculative bicameral-mind theory to explore divided selves, inner voices and uncertainty on Everything Everything’s 2020 album. ### Royal Blood have released ‘Mother Never Told You’ ahead of their fifth album ‘Dead Company’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/royal-blood-mother-never-told-you-single-6f99fa999f Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: News Artists: Royal Blood Excerpt: Royal Blood’s fourth and final preview of ‘Dead Company’, ‘Mother Never Told You’, is out now ahead of the album’s release on Friday 6th November. ### GENER8ION, Kneecap and Rosalía are among the big winners at the 2026 UK Music Video Awards URL: https://readdork.com/news/gener8ion-yung-lean-ukmva-2026-winners-bbfd1c1cd4 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Sam Thomas Type: News Artists: A. G. Cook, Yung Lean, Rosalía, A$AP Rocky, Ca7riel, GENER8ION, Paco Amoroso, Harry Styles, Fred Again.., Kneecap, Ezra Collective Excerpt: Romain Gavras’ ‘Storm’ won five prizes, including Video of the Year, at the Roundhouse ceremony. ### This Is Lorelei has performed five new album tracks with a full band for KCRW URL: https://readdork.com/news/this-is-lorelei-kcrw-the-singer-in-my-band-session-b86ead70a7 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: News Artists: This Is Lorelei Excerpt: Nate Amos brought five songs from 'The Singer in My Band' to KCRW with bassist Al Nardo, keyboardist Bailey Wollowitz and drummer Cameron Wisch. ### Bob Dylan has met Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican wearing a hoodie and baseball cap URL: https://readdork.com/news/bob-dylan-pope-leo-xiv-vatican-meeting-4b0afb0a53 Date: 2026-11-05 Author: Finnley Mcdonald Type: News Artists: Bob Dylan Excerpt: Bob Dylan was granted a private audience with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Tuesday morning. ### Everything Everything want you to “drink the slop” on their new album ‘Poison Pop’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/everything-everything-poison-pop-album-title-track-3e79acf28c Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Lena Hunt Type: News Artists: Everything Everything Excerpt: Everything Everything’s eighth album ‘Poison Pop’ is due on 12th March, led by its title track and new video. ### Dork's Round The Houses tour is back for 2027, with Adult DVD and Bathing Suits leading the charge URL: https://readdork.com/news/adult-dvd-dork-round-the-houses-march-2027 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Dork Type: News Artists: Bathing Suits, Adult DVD Excerpt: Leeds six-piece pick up the series after Antony Szmierek's 2026 run. ### concealer. have joined Pure Noise Records, with debut album ‘This Room Could Be Heaven’ getting a re-release URL: https://readdork.com/news/concealer-sign-pure-noise-records-4178a039be Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: News Artists: concealer., Static Dress Excerpt: Orlando metalcore band concealer. have joined Pure Noise Records, which will re-release their debut album ‘This Room Could Be Heaven’. ### Iron Maiden are celebrating 40 years of ‘Somewhere In Time’ with a new graphic novel URL: https://readdork.com/news/iron-maiden-somewhere-in-time-graphic-album-4362de8530 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: News Artists: Bruce Dickinson, Adrian Smith, Iron Maiden Excerpt: Iron Maiden and Z2 will mark 40 years of ‘Somewhere In Time’ with a graphic album featuring eight track-inspired stories and a new look at its iconic cover art. ### Montréal rapper and producer Quinton Barnes has announced new album ‘THE KIDS KILLED FREE JAZZ’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/quinton-barnes-the-kids-killed-free-jazz-album-title-track-e1b5c8e71f Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Edward Howard Type: News Artists: Jairus Sharif, Quinton Barnes, Sam Shalabi Excerpt: Quinton Barnes’ seventh album arrives in February 2027 as the first release from his new band, Quinton Barnes & The Kids. ### Christine and the Queens have released new single ‘Rendez-vous avec toi’ ahead of four intimate European shows URL: https://readdork.com/news/christine-and-the-queens-rendez-vous-avec-toi-single-c7786cb44a Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Molly Bennett Type: News Artists: Logic1000, Christine and the Queens Excerpt: Christine and the Queens’ new single ‘Rendez-vous avec toi’ / ‘Rendez-vous in your arms’ has arrived ahead of four intimate European shows in December. ### The Chats have booked a 30-date North American headline tour for 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/news/the-chats-north-american-tour-2027-696ff772e7 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Lena Hunt Type: News Artists: The Chats Excerpt: The Chats will take ‘Half Cut’ across the US and Canada next spring, before UK and European dates in the autumn. ### ArcTanGent has announced Russian Circles, Brutus, Elder and Future of the Left for 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/news/arctangent-2027-elder-russian-circles-brutus-lineup-4030b8b98b Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: News Artists: Neurosis, Hippotraktor, Faetooth, Elder, Brutus, a-tota-so, Kong, ArcTanGent, Russian Circles Excerpt: Elder, Russian Circles and Brutus join Blood Incantation and Neurosis at ArcTanGent’s new Gloucestershire home next August. ### Brandi Carlile, Leon Thomas and Coco Jones have recorded festive covers for Starbucks' new Christmas album URL: https://readdork.com/news/starbucks-holiday-blend-brandi-carlile-leon-thomas-coco-jones-607b055e76 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Tyler Cook Type: News Artists: JYT, Leon Thomas, Magnus Ferrell, Brandi Carlile, Coco Jones, TRÍADA, The Womack Sisters Excerpt: Starbucks has released ‘Holiday Blend’, its first global holiday album in more than a decade, with seven seasonal recordings. ### Hideout Festival has revealed its first 2027 acts, including Chris Stussy, Interplanetary Criminal and Girls Don't Sync URL: https://readdork.com/news/hideout-festival-2027-first-wave-lineup-ceb60b5c78 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Sam Thomas Type: News Artists: Max Dean, Morgan Seatree, DJ HEARTSTRING, Interplanetary Criminal, Josh Baker, Ben Hemsley, East End Dubs Excerpt: Chris Stassy, Max Dean, ALISHA and Josh Baker lead the first names confirmed for Hideout Festival’s return to Zrće Beach next summer. ### Public Enemy, Hot Chip and Super Furry Animals will headline Bearded Theory's 18th birthday celebrations URL: https://readdork.com/news/bearded-theory-2027-lineup-public-enemy-frank-turner-1e08caa5b9 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: News Artists: Hot Chip, Super Furry Animals, Public Enemy, The Interrupters Excerpt: Public Enemy, Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls, Hot Chip and Super Furry Animals lead the first wave for Bearded Theory’s 18th birthday. ### The Cure are planning more shows for 2027, with setlists “bursting with new songs” URL: https://readdork.com/news/the-cure-2027-tour-new-songs-c6dfdd7e83 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Tyler Cook Type: News Artists: Robert Smith, The Cure Excerpt: Robert Smith says The Cure are planning more concerts for 2027, with setlists expected to include unheard material. ### Dublin-born artist Kynsy has returned with ‘eleanor’, inspired by the reckless romance of early-2000s ‘Skins’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/kynsy-eleanor-new-single-36a38ad8fc Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Oliver Green Type: News Artists: Kynsy, The Love Buzz Excerpt: Ciara Lindsey’s latest track is the first taste of what follows her 2024 EP ‘Utopia’. ### Liars have announced their return to London with new single ‘Beat Creep Some Eyes’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/liars-beat-creep-some-eyes-london-village-underground-4a46e74700 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Edward Howard Type: News Artists: Liars, Laurence Pike Excerpt: Liars’ latest ‘A Ban On Plastic Bag Bans’ preview arrives with a Clemens Habicht-directed video, ahead of a Village Underground date next May. ### UK post-hardcore newcomers Mira Disconnect have shared ‘Decoherence’, a song where science meets occult mysticism URL: https://readdork.com/news/mira-disconnect-decoherence-entangled-ep-be35b697ec Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Nicola Harris Type: News Excerpt: Mira Disconnect complete their three-track EP ‘Entangled’ with ‘Decoherence’, a new single that brings quantum physics and occult mysticism together. ### London noise-rock band USA Nails have released ‘Two Grim Choices’, inspired by techno and the experience of anxiety URL: https://readdork.com/news/usa-nails-two-grim-choices-single-d0aa201f66 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: William Thomas Type: News Artists: USA Nails Excerpt: USA Nails’ latest ‘Routine Flesh’ preview pairs techno-minded noise-rock with a video filmed in Belgium and beneath Waterloo. ### Brighton emotional-hardcore trio prom have signed to Church Road Records and shared new single ‘Borderline’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/prom-borderline-church-road-records-63937fe51d Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: News Excerpt: Brighton emotional-hardcore trio prom have marked their Church Road Records signing with a new video single, ‘Borderline’. ### Brighton band Canned Pineapple are turning their November UK tour into a food bank donation drive URL: https://readdork.com/news/canned-pineapple-food-bank-tour-collections-490f8ff406 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Molly Bennett Type: News Artists: Canned Pineapple Excerpt: Canned Pineapple are turning eight November UK shows into collection points for local food banks, beginning in Sheffield on 4th November. ### Shygirl is getting romantic with ‘Eternal’, the final preview of her new album ‘Swallow!’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/shygirl-eternal-swallow-single-006e4c78f1 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Oliver Green Type: News Artists: Shygirl Excerpt: Shygirl’s final ‘Swallow!’ single is out now, with the album following on Friday 6th November. ### pyncher have turned a borrowed Casio from TTSSFU into inspiration for new EP ‘The Eight Legged Band’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/pyncher-the-eight-legged-band-single-video-c335d1ee49 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Jess Hunt Type: News Artists: TTSSFU, Phoebe Green, pyncher Excerpt: The Manchester quartet’s title track is out now, with its four-song EP following on 20th November via Heist or Hit. ### Liverpool's So Long, Good Friday has announced Maruja, Gurriers, GANS and more for its 2027 return URL: https://readdork.com/news/so-long-good-friday-2027-first-wave-lineup-eba7d1f09b Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: News Artists: Ferguson Hi-Fi, Tooth, casual smart, Mary In The Junkyard, Gurriers, Maruja, SOFY Excerpt: Liverpool’s multi-venue all-dayer will return to the Baltic Triangle in 2027 with Maruja, Gurriers, Mary in the Junkyard, GANS, Tooth and SOFY among its first names. ### Kim Petras, ADÉLA, Violet Grohl and Jane Remover have announced Australian sideshows for Laneway Festival 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/news/laneway-festival-2027-sideshows-kim-petras-violet-grohl-e7b7dd6ce9 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: James Houghton Type: News Artists: Violet Grohl, Danny L Harle, Florence Road, Jane Remover, rommulas, Kim Petras, Bleech 9:3, Adéla, Gurriers, Rachel Chinouriri, horsegiirL Excerpt: Bleech 9:3, Gurriers and Florence Road and more will also play Australian headline dates around Laneway Festival 2027. ### Internet Cafe have turned social anxiety into a jungle-infused new single, ‘Trapdoor’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/internet-cafe-trapdoor-single-daf16a01d8 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Andrew Wescott Type: News Artists: Internet Cafe Excerpt: South London duo Internet Cafe’s latest track turns social anxiety into bright synth melodies and chopped jungle breaks. ### French metalcore band Resolve have shared ‘Mind Awake, Body Asleep’, a new single about sleep paralysis URL: https://readdork.com/news/resolve-mind-awake-body-asleep-single-4a295ceb80 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Helena Dean Type: News Artists: Resolve Excerpt: Resolve’s third ‘Spread My Ashes Into Space’ single explores vocalist Anthony Diliberto’s experiences of sleep paralysis. ### twst has announced her “most raw work” yet with new EP ‘Made In Transit’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/twst-made-in-transit-little-deaths-072a346892 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Ellen Gray Type: News Artists: twst Excerpt: The Welsh-born, London-based artist and producer will release her third EP on 17th February 2027, alongside a new video filmed on Japan’s Rainbow Bridge. ### Melbourne garage-rockers The Gnomes have released new EP ‘With A Gnome’ alongside an ice-skating video URL: https://readdork.com/news/the-gnomes-with-a-gnome-ep-video-2cfef18e20 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Jess Hunt Type: News Artists: The Gnomes Excerpt: Melbourne four-piece The Gnomes pair their new four-track EP with an ice-rink video for its title track. ### GIRLBAND! have released ‘All My Friends’, a song about feeling lonely in a room full of people URL: https://readdork.com/news/girlband-all-my-friends-debut-album-d0d8bbe548 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: News Artists: Girlband! Excerpt: The Nottingham trio’s final single before their self-titled debut finds Georgie confronting a deeply personal period. ### Four Tet has reworked The Durutti Column’s ‘Your Shadow at Morning’ after discovering the band’s music just two years ago URL: https://readdork.com/news/four-tet-durutti-column-your-shadow-at-morning-rework-f4ed163051 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: News Artists: Vini Reilly, The Durutti Column, Keir Stewart, Caoilfhionn Rose, Four Tet Excerpt: Four Tet’s nine-minute rework of The Durutti Column’s ‘Your Shadow at Morning’ is out now, with a Manchester performance also planned for November. ### Maruja are revisiting a “beautiful and brutal” year with new live album ‘The Holy Inadequate’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/maruja-the-holy-inadequate-live-album-68d89bec84 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: James Houghton Type: News Artists: Maruja Excerpt: Manchester four-piece Maruja will release ‘The Holy Inadequate’, recorded at headline shows in Manchester and London, on 20th November. ### Belfast producer cosign has released ‘2 B U’, a last-minute reinvention inspired by euphoria URL: https://readdork.com/news/cosign-2-b-u-single-this-is-what-it-feels-like-ep-a73a75080a Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Ellen Gray Type: News Excerpt: Belfast artist and producer Martha Greer’s cosign project has released ‘2 B U’, with EP ‘This Is What It Feels Like’ arriving on Friday. ### British goth-pop duo Zetra have embraced a retro-futurist makeover for new single ‘Adrena’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/zetra-adrena-single-video-55d0cbfeae Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Tyler Cook Type: News Artists: Zetra Excerpt: Zetra have shared ‘Adrena’, a new single and video that introduces a bare-faced visual era and a 90s-informed pop direction. ### Slovakian avant-pop newcomer Petra has released ‘I Am God’, exploring faith, self-belief and doubt URL: https://readdork.com/news/petra-i-am-god-pitchfork-music-festival-paris-4717b4b9e0 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: News Excerpt: The Slovakian-born, London-based artist’s latest single arrives before her Paris performance this Friday. ### The Ninth Wave have announced their first album in four years, ‘There’s No Such Thing as Death’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/the-ninth-wave-theres-no-such-thing-as-death-sd54-fxz-0cc12026c3 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Dan Harrison Type: News Artists: Frightened Rabbit, The Twilight Sad, Mogwai, The Ninth Wave Excerpt: The Glasgow band’s first album in four years arrives in March 2027, led by new single ‘SD54 FXZ’. ### Robbie Williams has headlined the Melbourne Cup in a horse-covered suit ahead of his Australian tour URL: https://readdork.com/news/robbie-williams-2026-melbourne-cup-mini-set-312d09cb58 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Helena Dean Type: News Artists: Robbie Williams Excerpt: Robbie Williams performed ‘Feel’, ‘Rock DJ’, ‘Angels’ and ‘Let Me Entertain You’ at Flemington Racecourse before his Australia and New Zealand stadium tour begins. ### JISOO is bringing her own childhood cartoon character to ‘The Angry Birds Movie 3’ with new song ‘Sun Showers’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/jisoo-sun-showers-angry-birds-movie-3-d1df67fad1 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Owen Bradley Type: News Artists: BLACKPINK Excerpt: The BLACKPINK member has co-written an original song for the upcoming animated sequel and its forthcoming trailer. ### Dutch artist soccer Committee and Scottish musician Fergus Jones have teamed up for new album ‘belongs’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/soccer-committee-fergus-jones-belongs-album-6b969025f8 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: News Artists: Fergus Jones, Soccer Committee, Diego Herrera Excerpt: Mariska Baars and Fergus Jones’ first full collaboration arrives on 4th December via Scenic Route, led by new song ‘The Heavens Are High’. ### East London duo Big Softy have shared debut EP ‘Soft Tissue’, exploring fame, sex and desire URL: https://readdork.com/news/big-softy-soft-tissue-tip-of-my-tongue-966411b968 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: News Artists: Big Softy Excerpt: Big Softy’s debut EP ‘Soft Tissue’ is out now via Underplay Recordings, led by new focus track ‘Tip Of My Tongue’. ### Kingfishr have announced new album ‘Weight of the Feather’, exploring the pressures of their rapid rise URL: https://readdork.com/news/kingfishr-weight-of-the-feather-second-album-91cbe07370 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: News Artists: Kingfishr Excerpt: The Limerick trio’s follow-up to ‘Halcyon’ arrives on 9th April 2027, with its title track due on 13th November. ### What was The Wombats’ ‘Girls, Boys and Marsupials’, and why is ‘A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation’ their debut? URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-wombats-girls-boys-and-marsupials-debut-explained-1bc5a38f3e Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Jessica Lowe Type: Features Artists: The Wombats Excerpt: The Wombats released a Japan-only full-length in 2006 before the 2007 album generally recognised as their international studio debut. ### Why You Me At Six released ‘What’s It Like’ outside an album cycle URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-you-me-at-six-released-whats-it-like-outside-album-cycle-c7e7fdeb8d Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Helena Dean Type: Features Artists: Josh Franceschi, Chris Miller, You Me At Six Excerpt: You Me At Six released ‘What’s It Like’ between albums because they rejected the idea that new music had to wait for a conventional campaign. ### Why ‘Written & Directed’ gave Black Honey confidence before its Number 7 success felt unreal URL: https://readdork.com/features/black-honey-written-directed-confidence-imposter-syndrome-38f01b7c6e Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Sam Thomas Type: Features Artists: Black Honey Excerpt: Black Honey’s second album gave Izzy Bee Phillips a freer creative process and a clearer sense of identity, making its chart breakthrough feel affirming but strangely difficult to believe. ### Why Sam Smith recorded ‘When He’s Gone’ without a click track URL: https://readdork.com/features/sam-smith-when-hes-gone-live-recording-no-click-track-explained-555514daea Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Owen Bradley Type: Features Artists: Shahzad Ismaily, Sam Smith, Rob Moose, Feist Excerpt: Sam Smith built ‘When He’s Gone’ around its original live performance to preserve the unsettled tension they compared to a distant storm. ### How Static Dress use restraint to make ‘Rouge Carpet Disaster’ hit harder URL: https://readdork.com/features/static-dress-rouge-carpet-disaster-quiet-moments-analysis-f7537ac0c8 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Alex Bennett Type: Features Artists: King Yosef, Static Dress Excerpt: On their 2022 debut, Static Dress placed balance, melancholy and a deliberately accessible song beside their most forceful material. Olli Appleyard’s track-by-track account explains how the album’s shifts were built into its design. ### Imaginary People have shared new single ‘All The Glitter’ ahead of their forthcoming album ‘Takes’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/imaginary-people-all-the-glitter Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Felicity Newton Type: News Excerpt: The track explores mortality and the idea of looking back on a life without regret. ### How to vote for BTS in the 2026 VMAs Best Group bracket URL: https://readdork.com/features/how-to-vote-bts-2026-vmas-best-group-bracket-0fe8208271 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Andy Norman Type: Features Artists: Geese, BTS, BLACKPINK, CORTIS, KATSEYE, Fuerza Regida, Twenty One Pilots Excerpt: BTS are in MTV’s Best Group social-category vote. Here’s where to vote, when the bracket opens and closes, and what remains unconfirmed. ### What ‘Futique’ means, and why Biffy Clyro revived Screwfish URL: https://readdork.com/features/biffy-clyro-futique-meaning-screwfish-explained-5c6be71b3a Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: Features Artists: Nirvana, Biffy Clyro Excerpt: Biffy Clyro’s ‘Futique’ connects memory, endings and the return of the teenage name that predated the band. ### What Florence + The Machine’s ‘Dance Fever’ complete edition adds, from ‘Mermaids’ to the poem versions URL: https://readdork.com/features/florence-the-machine-dance-fever-complete-edition-mermaids-guide-0c3719c85d Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Ellen Gray Type: Features Artists: Florence + The Machine, Dave Bayley, Florence Welch Excerpt: The 2023 expanded edition added one new Florence + The Machine song and three spoken-word recastings of ‘Dance Fever’ tracks. ### What Royal Blood brought to The Amazons’ ‘My Blood’, and what the song is about URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-amazons-my-blood-royal-blood-explained-6384fc14f3 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Molly Bennett Type: Features Artists: Mike Kerr, Ben Thatcher, Royal Blood, The Amazons, Catherine Marks Excerpt: Mike Kerr produced The Amazons’ 2025 single and Ben Thatcher played drums on it, while Matt Thomson framed the song as an examination of persistence. ### What ‘A Skin, a Night’ and ‘The Virginia EP’ add to The National’s ‘Boxer’ era URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-national-a-skin-a-night-the-virginia-ep-boxer-explained-e21c4b80f2 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Alex Bennett Type: Features Artists: The National, VINCENT MOON, Bruce Springsteen Excerpt: The 2008 film-and-EP pairing captures the long tail of ‘Boxer’: its recording process, alternate routes and songs that lived just outside the album. ### Where Madonna’s ‘Madame X’ name came from URL: https://readdork.com/features/where-madonna-madame-x-name-came-from-86e8e3a15a Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Andrew Wescott Type: Features Artists: Madonna Excerpt: Madonna’s ‘Madame X’ name traces back to Martha Graham, who gave her the nickname while she was studying modern dance at the University of Michigan. ### What revisiting Enter Shikari’s ‘Take To The Skies’ revealed beyond its biggest songs URL: https://readdork.com/features/enter-shikari-take-to-the-skies-rediscovery-bd0d61757a Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Nat Macdonald Type: Features Artists: Enter Shikari Excerpt: A 2017 full-album return gave Rou Reynolds a different view of Enter Shikari’s debut, including one track the band had never even rehearsed together. ### Where to start with Bring Me The Horizon, whatever kind of heavy music you like URL: https://readdork.com/features/bring-me-the-horizon-songs-guide-singalongs-electronics-heavy-269288b903 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: Features Artists: Bring Me The Horizon, Babymetal Excerpt: A preference-led route through Bring Me The Horizon’s big choruses, electronic experiments and heavier tracks. ### The Corrs’ ‘Breathless’ was the song beabadoobee folded into her Live Lounge cover of Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Taste’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/beabadoobee-taste-live-lounge-the-corrs-breathless-9a46bb96ef Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Nathaniel Hill Type: Features Artists: Sabrina Carpenter, Beabadoobee, The Corrs Excerpt: beabadoobee’s 2024 Radio 1 Live Lounge cover of Sabrina Carpenter’s ‘Taste’ incorporated The Corrs’ 2000 hit ‘Breathless’. ### A guide to Taylor Swift and Gracie Abrams’ musical exchange URL: https://readdork.com/features/taylor-swift-gracie-abrams-musical-exchange-guide-e24c9d3ebc Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Tyler Cook Type: Features Artists: Gracie Abrams, Taylor Swift Excerpt: From ‘Us’ to Eras Tour surprise-song pairings and Abrams’ ‘All Too Well’ cover, these are the key recordings and performances linking Taylor Swift and Gracie Abrams. ### What Yard Act’s ‘Dark Days’ EP preserves from before ‘The Overload’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/yard-act-dark-days-ep-before-the-overload-4c0c9b7b70 Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: Features Artists: Yard Act Excerpt: Yard Act’s 2021 EP collected the independent songs that introduced their character-led social observation and resourceful early sound before ‘The Overload’ widened the frame. ### How Royal Blood reset for ‘Typhoons’ through sobriety, groove and ‘Boilermaker’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/royal-blood-typhoons-sobriety-groove-boilermaker-analysis-ea0dfa246e Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: Features Artists: Josh Homme, Queens of the Stone Age, Royal Blood Excerpt: Royal Blood’s third album did not simply swap riffs for disco. Mike Kerr’s sobriety, a braver writing process and one crucial session with Josh Homme helped the duo find a new way forward. ### Why Self Esteem calls ‘69’ a political song about sexual needs URL: https://readdork.com/features/self-esteem-69-political-song-sexual-needs-explained-9c5ebf168b Date: 2026-11-04 Author: Nathaniel Hill Type: Features Artists: Self Esteem Excerpt: Rebecca Lucy Taylor’s 2025 single turns a deliberately blunt format into a case for clear communication, mutual pleasure and refusing the expectation that women should simply accommodate. ### Dutch Uncles have announced ‘Polygon Hotel’ with a PlayStation-inspired video for new single ‘No Note’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/dutch-uncles-polygon-hotel-no-note-uk-tour-43b62fb42c Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Molly Bennett Type: News Artists: Dutch Uncles Excerpt: Dutch Uncles’ seventh album ‘Polygon Hotel’ arrives in February 2027, with new single ‘No Note’ out now and UK dates following in March. ### 1000 Rabbits have shared ‘Stupid Boy’, one of their “wildest, angriest” songs yet URL: https://readdork.com/news/1000-rabbits-stupid-boy-single-video-b96ffa01bd Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Andrew Wescott Type: News Artists: 1000 Rabbits Excerpt: 1000 Rabbits’ first new music since debut EP ‘Are We Friends Yet?’ arrives with a Cuan Roche-directed video. ### Bay Area indie-folk duo dog eyes have returned with new single ‘sink’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/dog-eyes-sink-video-9ce1e7f06a Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: News Excerpt: Bay Area indie-folk duo dog eyes return with ‘sink’, their first new music since 2025’s ‘blue bird rain cloud’ EP. ### Leon Bridges is dancing through New Orleans in his new video for ‘Watch You Dance’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/leon-bridges-new-happiness-anytime-official-video-695294c090 Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Alex Bennett Type: News Artists: Leon Bridges, J Lloyd, JUNGLE Excerpt: Leon Bridges dances through New Orleans in Rippy Austin’s new official video from ‘Happiness Anytime’. ### The Undertones, Stiff Little Fingers, Ash and Chalk feature in a new exhibition celebrating 50 years of Northern Irish punk URL: https://readdork.com/news/alter-your-native-land-northern-ireland-punk-exhibition-d09ebba6ef Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Dan Harrison Type: News Artists: Mucker, Chalk, Therapy?, Stiff Little Fingers, Rudi, Problem Patterns, The Outcasts Excerpt: Stuart Bailie’s ‘Alter Your Native Land’ photography exhibition opens at Belfast’s Oh Yeah Music Centre on 5th November. ### Brighton label Goo Records has announced its first compilation featuring Welly, Jopy and Canned Pineapple URL: https://readdork.com/news/goo-records-your-friend-goo-volume-one-ba31af90cc Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: News Artists: The Roebucks, Welly, Owners Club, The Stanford Family Band, Canned Pineapple Excerpt: The Brighton indie label’s first compilation arrives on 27th November, bringing together 12 tracks from Welly, Canned Pineapple, Jopy and more. ### Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have reunited with David Fincher for his ‘Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood’ follow-up URL: https://readdork.com/news/trent-reznor-atticus-ross-cliff-booth-score-0b6dbb2f2a Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Jessica Lowe Type: News Artists: Nine Inch Nails, Atticus Ross, Trent Reznor, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Excerpt: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross will compose the score for David Fincher’s forthcoming ‘The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth’. ### Saya Gray has shared ‘QWERTY III’, the third instalment in her experimental EP series URL: https://readdork.com/news/saya-gray-qwerty-iii-ep-77dabf2308 Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Brian Andrews Type: News Artists: Saya Gray Excerpt: The seven-track release is out now via Dirty Hit, ahead of three New York shows this weekend. ### Blue Bendy have released ‘Vocal Fry Academia’ with a David Lynch-inspired video URL: https://readdork.com/news/blue-bendy-vocal-fry-academia-video-edcec138ee Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Oliver Green Type: News Artists: Blue Bendy Excerpt: The latest preview of ‘One Day This Will All Be Lore’ arrives ahead of the band’s second album on 29th January. ### Four Tet will headline Bristol's Love Saves The Day 2027, with Shy FX, Oppidan and Groove Armada also on the bill URL: https://readdork.com/news/four-tet-love-saves-the-day-2027-lineup-0c44b28ca2 Date: 2026-11-03 Author: James Houghton Type: News Artists: SHY FX, Armand van Helden, Damian Marley, Four Tet, Groove Armada Excerpt: Four Tet will top the bill at Bristol’s Love Saves The Day, with Armand Van Helden, Damian Marley and more joining the first line-up announcement. ### Olivia Rodrigo has created four mystery artworks for a charity auction, thanks to Robert Smith URL: https://readdork.com/news/olivia-rodrigo-heart-research-uk-art-auction-f2ee7166b3 Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Dan Harrison Type: News Artists: Olivia Rodrigo, Robert Smith, The Cure Excerpt: Olivia Rodrigo has donated four artworks to Heart Research UK’s anonymous heART auction after an invitation from charity patron Robert Smith. ### Limp Bizkit have joined Robbie Williams and The Chemical Brothers as PHILLGOOD 2027 headliners URL: https://readdork.com/news/limp-bizkit-phillgood-2027-final-headliner-8d68f44ab5 Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Finnley Mcdonald Type: News Artists: Limp Bizkit, Robbie Williams, The Chemical Brothers Excerpt: Limp Bizkit will close PHILLGOOD 2027 in Plovdiv, joining Robbie Williams and The Chemical Brothers on the festival’s three-day bill. ### PINS are taking their new album on the road with three intimate seated shows next April URL: https://readdork.com/news/pins-no-tears-2027-uk-shows-3ec4277e98 Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Tyler Cook Type: News Artists: PINS Excerpt: PINS’ latest album preview arrives ahead of three headline dates in Glasgow, Brighton and Manchester next April. ### How Sonisphere gave Knebworth a different musical identity URL: https://readdork.com/features/how-sonisphere-gave-knebworth-a-different-musical-identity-4a3553d9c6 Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: Features Artists: Led Zeppelin, Rammstein, Alice Cooper, Anthrax, The Cult, Mötley Crüe, Deep Purple, Metallica, Iron Maiden, Slayer Excerpt: Heavy music already belonged at Knebworth. Sonisphere gave it a recurring festival home, with room for thrash, industrial spectacle and competing versions of rock history. ### New Zealand dream-pop duo Purple Pilgrims have shared new single ‘Look to the Moon’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/purple-pilgrims-look-to-the-moon-single-video-b1fbec7021 Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: News Artists: Purple Pilgrims Excerpt: The New Zealand sister duo’s latest single arrives with a Britt Walton-directed video ahead of their third album, ‘Given to the Night’. ### Philadelphia quartet Her New Knife have shared new single ‘lyre’ ahead of their tour with Slow Pulp URL: https://readdork.com/news/her-new-knife-lyre-single-video-875e276c08 Date: 2026-11-03 Author: James Houghton Type: News Artists: Slow Pulp, Her New Knife Excerpt: Her New Knife return with ‘lyre’, their first new music since 2024’s ‘chrome is lullaby’ EP. ### 5 Seconds of Summer have brought out The Wiggles for a surprise performance of ‘Everyone’s a Star!’ in Melbourne URL: https://readdork.com/news/5-seconds-of-summer-the-wiggles-melbourne-show-5c06802d3f Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Jason Fisher Type: News Artists: Cub Sport, The Wiggles, 5 Seconds of Summer, Jeff Fatt, Tsehay Hawkins Excerpt: 5 Seconds of Summer closed their Rod Laver Arena date with ‘Everyone’s a Star!’ and a surprise appearance from The Wiggles. ### Sam Fender has covered The Rolling Stones for this year's John Lewis Christmas advert URL: https://readdork.com/news/sam-fender-john-lewis-christmas-advert-2026-024e3a45bb Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: News Artists: Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones, Sam Fender Excerpt: Sam Fender’s version of ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ soundtracks John Lewis’ new festive campaign, ‘Gloria and Pickles’. ### Limp Bizkit, sombr and 5 Seconds of Summer are heading to Romania for Electric Castle 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/news/electric-castle-2027-first-lineup-e321b866fb Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Dan Harrison Type: News Artists: Sombr, Noisia, Limp Bizkit, 5 Seconds of Summer, Joey Valence & Brae Excerpt: Limp Bizkit, sombr, Noisia, 5 Seconds of Summer and Joey Valence & Brae lead the first names for Electric Castle 2027 in Romania. ### David Bowie's immersive London show has been extended, with an 80th birthday party planned for January URL: https://readdork.com/news/david-bowie-youre-not-alone-london-extension-bowie-lates-9eb47342ae Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Andy Norman Type: News Artists: David Bowie Excerpt: Lightroom’s David Bowie immersive experience will remain in London until April 2027, with a ‘Bowie Lates’ event planned for what would have been his 80th birthday. ### Joy Crookes has announced a Union Chapel show for War Child UK URL: https://readdork.com/news/joy-crookes-union-chapel-war-child-show-41ad44af43 Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Jessica Lowe Type: News Artists: Joy Crookes Excerpt: Joy Crookes will play an unplugged Union Chapel show for War Child UK this December, with surprise guests and unreleased material promised. ### Bonobo, Jessie Ware, Frost Children and Yung Lean are heading to Barcelona for Sónar 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/news/sonar-2027-first-lineup-barcelona-waterfront-55cde6513b Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: News Artists: Yung Lean, Oscar Mulero, Tokischa, Carl Cox, KI/KI, Jessie Ware, Peggy Gou, Bonobo, Frost Children, Romy Excerpt: Bonobo, Jessie Ware, Tokischa, Yung Lean, Carl Cox and Peggy Gou are among the first names confirmed for Sónar’s 34th edition. ### Rock for People has announced over 40 new acts for 2027, including Bastille, Evanescence and Rico Nasty URL: https://readdork.com/news/rock-for-people-2027-parkway-drive-evanescence-lineup-6e61472a69 Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Finnley Mcdonald Type: News Artists: Hot Mulligan, Evanescence, Rico Nasty, Carpenter Brut, Kreator, Beartooth, Parkway Drive, Bastille, Joost, The Devil Wears Prada Excerpt: Parkway Drive will headline Friday at the Czech festival, with Evanescence joining as special guests. ### What Nieve Ella means by ‘I was tender now I am teeth’ on ‘Bite Back’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/nieve-ella-bite-back-i-was-tender-now-i-am-teeth-meaning-2cc658791f Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: Features Artists: Nieve Ella Excerpt: Nieve Ella’s 2026 single turns an attempted humiliation into a refusal to be diminished, while its Yana Van Nuffel-directed video widens that feeling through themes of rage, desire, femininity and consumption. ### What is Sam Fender’s ‘Talk To You’ about, and how did Elton John end up on it? URL: https://readdork.com/features/sam-fender-talk-to-you-elton-john-explained-2f01c2cb62 Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Helena Dean Type: Features Artists: Elton John, Olivia Dean, Sam Fender Excerpt: Sam Fender’s ‘People Watching’ deluxe track turns the end of a relationship into a plea for contact, with Elton John contributing piano rather than sharing vocal duties. ### How the second half of Wasia Project’s ‘Nocturne’ searches for rest URL: https://readdork.com/features/wasia-project-nocturne-second-half-search-for-rest-49fb25e10d Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Andrew Wescott Type: Features Artists: Olivia Hardy, Wasia Project Excerpt: After its early rush, Wasia Project’s debut follows uncertainty and sadness through to the soft landing of ‘Moon Goddess’. ### Which sombr releases can you buy on vinyl, CD and cassette? URL: https://readdork.com/features/sombr-vinyl-cd-cassette-pre-orders-guide-504d57aa7e Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Finnley Mcdonald Type: Features Artists: Sombr Excerpt: sombr’s official shop lists physical editions of ‘I Barely Know Her’, ‘back to friends’, ‘Homewrecker’ and ‘My Body Isn’t Ready’. Here’s which formats are marked available to buy, order or pre-order. ### What is ‘Harry Styles: Behind the Album’, and which record does it document? URL: https://readdork.com/features/harry-styles-behind-the-album-explained-bac01135a3 Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Nat Macdonald Type: Features Artists: Cliff Richard, Harry Styles Excerpt: The 2017 Apple Music documentary follows the writing and recording of Harry Styles’ self-titled debut solo album. ### Pulp’s ‘Live!’ takes you beyond the hits. Here’s where to go next URL: https://readdork.com/features/pulp-live-less-obvious-songs-listening-guide-55b9e5b0e9 Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: Features Artists: Pulp Excerpt: ‘Live!’ pairs Pulp’s staples with songs from the band’s earlier margins and their 2025 return. These are the albums to follow when the familiar choruses have done their job. ### Why Sam McTrusty sings differently on Twin Atlantic’s ‘Transparency’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-sam-mctrusty-sings-differently-transparency-97eb66b215 Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Lena Hunt Type: Features Artists: Jacknife Lee, Twin Atlantic Excerpt: A Glasgow flat, 3am sessions and a producer eight hours away helped push Twin Atlantic’s 2022 album towards a lower, more conversational vocal sound. ### What Mystery Jets learned from releasing six songs before ‘A Billion Heartbeats’ arrived URL: https://readdork.com/features/mystery-jets-a-billion-heartbeats-six-songs-release-strategy-6093b2d643 Date: 2026-11-03 Author: Nathaniel Hill Type: Features Artists: Jack Flanagan, Mystery Jets, Blaine Harrison Excerpt: A lengthy delay, a piecemeal rollout and then a pandemic made Mystery Jets’ sixth album an unusually public process. Their 2020 account explains why they saw the album as the culmination of a dialogue with listeners. ### Aitch has announced a six-day Peak To Paddle challenge for the Down’s Syndrome Association URL: https://readdork.com/news/aitch-peak-to-paddle-downs-syndrome-association-challenge-61ee46cfaa Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Jessica Lowe Type: News Artists: Aitch Excerpt: Aitch will trek, cycle and canoe from 22nd-27th May 2027, raising funds for the Down’s Syndrome Association. ### John Carpenter, EMF and Modern English have teamed up for an anti-fascist charity album URL: https://readdork.com/news/wir-schweigen-nicht-white-rose-benefit-album-c7bddf0052 Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Alex Bennett Type: News Artists: John Carpenter, Stabbing Westward, Nouvelle Vague, York, EMF, Modern English Excerpt: 'Wir Schweigen Nicht' brings together 17 Neue Deutsche Welle covers, with all profits supporting Munich’s White Rose Foundation. ### Tove Lo has announced more ‘ESTRUS’ tour dates, with Coco & Clair Clair supporting and Cobrah joining at Red Rocks URL: https://readdork.com/news/tove-lo-estrus-us-tour-2027-e3eb25cdc3 Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Jason Fisher Type: News Artists: Coco & Clair Clair, Rose Gray, SALTY, Tove Lo, COBRAH Excerpt: Tove Lo will return to the US next spring, with Coco & Clair Clair joining every date and Cobrah set for Red Rocks. ### Jack Harlow is revisiting his ‘Sweet Action’ days with a sequel EP arriving this week URL: https://readdork.com/news/jack-harlow-sweet-action-ii-ep-958a3bc409 Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: News Artists: Jack Harlow Excerpt: Jack Harlow’s seven-track ‘Sweet Action II’ arrives via Atlantic Records on Friday 6th November, six years after the original EP. ### Olivia Rodrigo is getting festive with her first original Christmas single, ‘take me home (4 christmas)’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/olivia-rodrigo-take-me-home-4-christmas-single-c28c77e37a Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Brian Andrews Type: News Artists: Olivia Rodrigo Excerpt: The original festive track arrives on Thursday 5th November with a video featuring Cynthia Nixon and Ben Marshall. ### Interpol have announced an intimate London show to replace their cancelled dates with Bloc Party URL: https://readdork.com/news/interpol-london-replacement-show-33d7685e19 Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Tyler Cook Type: News Artists: Interpol, Heartworms, Bloc Party Excerpt: Interpol will play British Airways Arc at Olympia on 4th December after their planned co-headline dates with Bloc Party were cancelled. ### The Cure, Violet Grohl, Noah Cyrus and Lizzy McAlpine feature on the new ‘Hunger Games’ soundtrack URL: https://readdork.com/news/hunger-games-sunrise-on-the-reaping-soundtrack-tracklist-a687c89f6d Date: 2026-11-02 Author: William Thomas Type: News Artists: Noah Kahan, Violet Grohl, Lizzy McAlpine, Ella Langley, The Smashing Pumpkins, Kacey Musgraves, Mckenna Grace, Noah Cyrus, The Cure, Gigi Perez Excerpt: It's out one week before ‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping’ reaches cinemas on 20th November. ### Mariah Carey has starred in Gucci's festive campaign, soundtracked by ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/mariah-carey-gucci-holiday-campaign-harmony-korine-3adbb278bb Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Oliver Green Type: News Artists: Mariah Carey Excerpt: Mariah Carey fronts Gucci’s 2026 festive film, soundtracked by ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ and directed by Harmony Korine. ### Pixies have released four rare archive recordings, including an early Steve Albini version of ‘Dig For Fire’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/pixies-archive-recordings-streaming-release-a4e2932afe Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Finnley Mcdonald Type: News Artists: Frank Black, The Breeders, Kim Deal, Pixies, Black Francis Excerpt: Four tracks previously confined to bonus seven-inches with the band’s recent ‘Bossanova’ and ‘Trompe le Monde’ editions are now available digitally. ### RAYE is heading to BST Hyde Park for her biggest London headline show yet URL: https://readdork.com/news/raye-bst-hyde-park-2027-headliner-3776ae85e3 Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: News Artists: Raye, Sienna Spiro Excerpt: RAYE will headline BST Hyde Park on Saturday 10th July 2027, with Sienna Spiro joining as special guest. ### California emo newcomers Car Underwater have shared a video for ‘Waiting (For The Rope To Slip)’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/car-underwater-waiting-for-the-rope-to-slip-video-7c3e34461b Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Dan Harrison Type: News Artists: I Promised The World, Car Underwater, Static Dress Excerpt: Car Underwater’s new single ‘Waiting (For The Rope To Slip)’ arrives with a video directed by 2uduri, ahead of their North American dates supporting Static Dress. ### Seven Days, Seven Features: A Week on the Crown Pokies Platform URL: https://readdork.com/features/seven-days-seven-features-a-week-on-the-crown-pokies-platform Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Guest Post Type: Guest Posts Excerpt: A day-by-day week on Crown Casino Online - sign-up, 4,000+ pokies, live tables, Friday free spins, Sunday cashback and how payouts actually work. ### Tim Burgess’ Merch Market has announced 2027 dates in London, Manchester and Glasgow URL: https://readdork.com/news/tim-burgess-merch-market-2027-dates-957da266fd Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Dan Harrison Type: News Artists: Tim Burgess Excerpt: Tim Burgess’ artist-run merchandising event will return across three cities early next year, including its first Scottish date. ### Gregory Porter has added a fourth Royal Albert Hall show to his 2027 UK tour URL: https://readdork.com/news/gregory-porter-fourth-royal-albert-hall-show-2027-77f7f5bf0e Date: 2026-11-02 Author: William Thomas Type: News Artists: Gregory Porter Excerpt: Gregory Porter will now play London’s Royal Albert Hall four times next summer, with an extra date added for 3rd July. ### Sofia and the Antoinettes has announced the first chapter of ‘Existential in High Heels’ with new single ‘Eden’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/sofia-and-the-antoinettes-eden-existential-in-high-heels-part-1-f89c997c96 Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Sam Thomas Type: News Artists: Matt Maltese, Sofia and the Antoinettes, Beabadoobee, Gotts Street Park, Lola Young Excerpt: Sofia and the Antoinettes’ new four-track project arrives on 20th November, led by the new single ‘Eden’. ### Leigh-Anne has released ‘My Ego Told Me To…Do A Fan Edition’ with new track ‘Bora’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/leigh-anne-my-ego-told-me-to-fan-edition-bora-03616082f7 Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Andy Norman Type: News Artists: Leigh-Anne, Rvssian, Valiant, Kojey Radical Excerpt: Leigh-Anne’s expanded debut album adds seven tracks, including new song ‘Bora’, recent single ‘Clickbait’ and collaborations with Kojey Radical and Rvssian. ### Primal Scream have completed their ‘Bunker Trilogy’ reissue series with an expanded edition of ‘Evil Heat’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/primal-scream-evil-heat-bunker-trilogy-release-32c192bbdb Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: News Artists: Primal Scream, Bobby Gillespie, Andrew Innes Excerpt: Primal Scream’s newly mastered and expanded ‘Evil Heat’ is out now, completing their 2026 ‘Bunker Trilogy’ reissue series. ### Whitney are playing ‘Light Upon The Lake’ in full for the first time to celebrate its 10th anniversary URL: https://readdork.com/news/whitney-light-upon-the-lake-anniversary-shows-23a5db8ec1 Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Jess Hunt Type: News Artists: Whitney Excerpt: Whitney will play their debut album in full for the first time at three European shows in April and May 2027. ### London post-punk project Joyeria are releasing a live album they didn't know was being recorded URL: https://readdork.com/news/joyeria-live-at-the-windmill-album-donkey-video-2de8b32671 Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Dan Harrison Type: News Artists: Silver Jews Excerpt: Joyeria’s live album, recorded at Brixton’s Windmill, arrives digitally and on limited pink vinyl on 20th November. ### Supergrass are heading to Cheltenham's Wychwood Festival, with Razorlight, The Fratellis and Natalie Imbruglia also joining the bill URL: https://readdork.com/news/wychwood-festival-2027-line-up-supergrass-razorlight-aa56cb4102 Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Andrew Wescott Type: News Artists: Inspiral Carpets, The Ordinary Boys, The Molotovs, The Fratellis, Hard-Fi, Razorlight, Supergrass, The Human League, Natalie Imbruglia Excerpt: Supergrass will headline Wychwood’s Friday night, joining The Human League, Razorlight, Natalie Imbruglia and more at Cheltenham Racecourse next June. ### Robert Plant & Saving Grace are taking their Roots & Branch Tour to castles, palaces and outdoor venues next summer URL: https://readdork.com/news/robert-plant-saving-grace-2027-tour-dates-6c8974b123 Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: News Artists: Kate Rusby, Seth Lakeman, Saving Grace, Robert Plant Excerpt: Robert Plant, Saving Grace and Suzi Dian will play five shows next June, with Kate Rusby and Seth Lakeman joining selected dates. ### Hampton Court Palace Festival has announced Robert Plant, The Corrs, Alison Moyet and Kaiser Chiefs for 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/news/hampton-court-palace-festival-2027-first-lineup-ddae28690a Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Esme Sharp Type: News Artists: Kaiser Chiefs, Saving Grace, Alison Moyet, The Corrs, Robert Plant Excerpt: Robert Plant with Saving Grace and Suzi Dian, The Corrs, Alison Moyet and Kaiser Chiefs lead the first Hampton Court Palace Festival names for June 2027. ### The Itch are throwing a secret London party, and you'll need to text them for tickets URL: https://readdork.com/news/the-itch-planned-obsolescence-secret-london-show-a80d1c9d06 Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Sarah Peters Type: News Artists: The Itch Excerpt: The Luton duo’s first new music since their debut album arrives ahead of November and December live dates. ### Greta Thunberg, Paloma Faith and Nemahsis joined Macklemore at his sold-out Wembley benefit concert URL: https://readdork.com/news/macklemore-london-free-palestine-tour-finale-guests-5ff1445b44 Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: News Artists: Nemahsis, Macklemore, Paloma Faith Excerpt: Macklemore’s sold-out OVO Arena Wembley benefit show brought Greta Thunberg, Paloma Faith and Nemahsis to the stage, closing his three-date Free Palestine Tour. ### Harry Styles has taken Harryween back to 2010 with a recreation of his X Factor audition URL: https://readdork.com/news/harry-styles-x-factor-look-harryween-isnt-she-lovely-1ebaa94bfd Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Helena Dean Type: News Artists: Stevie Wonder, Harry Styles Excerpt: Harry Styles recreated his 2010 X Factor audition outfit and performed Stevie Wonder’s ‘Isn’t She Lovely’ at Madison Square Garden. ### My Chemical Romance are eyeing a new album in 2027 and a return to touring in 2028 URL: https://readdork.com/news/my-chemical-romance-new-album-2027-tour-2028-f6e338903e Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: News Artists: Bert McCracken, Gerard Way, The Used, My Chemical Romance Excerpt: Gerard Way has told fans My Chemical Romance want to make a record next year, with a possible return to touring in 2028. ### Phoebe Bridgers has dressed as Peter Pan and brought out Billie Eilish and MUNA for a Halloween show URL: https://readdork.com/news/phoebe-bridgers-billie-eilish-muna-los-angeles-homecoming-b8d96941b6 Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Andrew Wescott Type: News Artists: Phoebe Bridgers, Billie Eilish Excerpt: Billie Eilish joined Phoebe Bridgers for ‘Savior Complex’, while MUNA returned for ‘Silk Chiffon’ at the first of three sold-out Intuit Dome dates. ### Gracie Abrams has given ‘Here You Come, There You Go’ its TV debut on ‘Saturday Night Live’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/gracie-abrams-snl-hit-the-wall-here-you-come-there-you-go-a9e7fdf1ce Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: News Artists: Amy Allen, Aaron Dessner, Gracie Abrams, Jim-E Stack Excerpt: Gracie Abrams brought a ‘Daughter From Hell’ album track and its forthcoming deluxe edition to ‘Saturday Night Live’. ### Shania Twain has announced a summer tour, with stops at State Fayre, Belsonic and Blenheim Palace URL: https://readdork.com/news/shania-twain-uk-ireland-shows-2027-4c84d39b46 Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: News Artists: Shania Twain Excerpt: Shania Twain will play eight outdoor UK and Ireland dates next June, including a headline slot at Chelmsford’s State Fayre. ### horsegiirL has turned up the BPM with her new rave-inspired EP ‘HARDCORE HEALING’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/horsegiirl-hardcore-healing-ep-release-be01ffeab8 Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Finnley Mcdonald Type: News Artists: FREE JIMI, Aamourocean, Dylan Brady, horsegiirL Excerpt: The five-track companion to ‘NATURE IS HEALING’ takes horsegiirL’s euphoric world further into the club. ### Levellers are heading back to Wakefield after more than 10 years for Live at Tileyard North URL: https://readdork.com/news/levellers-live-at-tileyard-north-2027-b35d3a36b9 Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Nathaniel Hill Type: News Artists: Mad Dog McRea, Levellers, Skinny Lister Excerpt: Levellers will return to Wakefield for the first time in more than a decade on 28th August 2027, joined by Skinny Lister and Mad Dog Mcrea. ### East London shoegazers Roscoe Roscoe have announced their debut album ‘One Day I’ll Return To You With Loving Arms’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/roscoe-roscoe-one-day-ill-return-to-you-with-loving-arms-5c331e27b7 Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Edward Howard Type: News Artists: Mandrake Handshake, Long Distance Runner, Sarah Meth Excerpt: The East London band will release their debut LP on 18th January, led by new single ‘Bossa 916’ and a launch show at St. Pancras Old Church. ### Mighty Hoopla is turning 10, and Robyn and The Pussycat Dolls are coming to the party URL: https://readdork.com/news/mighty-hoopla-2027-robyn-pussycat-dolls-headliners-c61ac83235 Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Lena Hunt Type: News Artists: Mighty Hoopla, Bebe Rexha, Alcazar, Robyn, Nicola Roberts, Jordin Sparks, Kelis, Icona Pop, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, The Pussycat Dolls Excerpt: Robyn and The Pussycat Dolls will top Mighty Hoopla’s 10th birthday celebrations at Brockwell Park next June. ### Did 5 Seconds of Summer actually break up before ‘Everyone’s A Star!’? URL: https://readdork.com/features/did-5-seconds-of-summer-break-up-everyones-a-star-92c43a9d49 Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Sarah Peters Type: Features Artists: Ashton Irwin, Calum Hood, 5 Seconds of Summer, Michael Clifford, Luke Hemmings Excerpt: No. Michael Clifford and Ashton Irwin said 5 Seconds of Summer never broke up or went on hiatus before ‘Everyone’s A Star!’, despite the members’ solo projects. ### David Byrne doesn’t wait around for inspiration, but he does make room for it URL: https://readdork.com/features/does-david-byrne-wait-for-inspiration-or-write-to-a-routine-8627e64669 Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Dan Harrison Type: Features Artists: David Byrne Excerpt: David Byrne has described songwriting as a regular practice: ideas may arrive unpredictably, but he says he needs to be working when they do. ### Kid Kapichi’s songs about getting older have moved from fury to reflection URL: https://readdork.com/features/kid-kapichi-getting-older-smash-the-gaff-tamagotchi-rabbit-hole-analysis-fbc6edaf6e Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Jessica Lowe Type: Features Artists: Kid Kapichi, Jack Wilson Excerpt: Across ‘Smash The Gaff’, ‘Tamagotchi’ and ‘Rabbit Hole’, Kid Kapichi turn ageing from everyday frustration into a more searching question. ### How Eminem, ‘Coneheads’ and a 2021 hook led Waterparks to ‘Red Guitar’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/waterparks-red-guitar-eminem-coneheads-explained-3f26b51e48 Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Tyler Cook Type: Features Artists: Eminem, Waterparks Excerpt: Awsten Knight’s 2025 account of writing ‘Red Guitar’ traces the Waterparks single through Eminem’s ‘Lose Yourself’, the ‘Coneheads’ soundtrack and a hook he first wrote in 2021. ### How MUNA turned an RCA setback into their self-titled breakthrough URL: https://readdork.com/features/muna-self-titled-album-rca-saddest-factory-rediscovery-70a3bb70e0 Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: Features Artists: MUNA, Phoebe Bridgers, Katie Gavin Excerpt: MUNA’s 2020 departure from RCA shaped the resourceful, contradictory and newly expansive third album they released through Saddest Factory in 2022. ### How ‘Dancing On My Own’ became a reason to dance together URL: https://readdork.com/features/robyn-dancing-on-my-own-dancing-together-74b391e58f Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: Features Artists: Lydia Night, David Byrne, Talking Heads, Robyn, YUNGBLUD, The Regrettes Excerpt: From The Regrettes’ participatory cover video to Robyn and David Byrne’s SNL pairing, performers have found ways to make a song about solitude communal. ### Dave Bayley’s Tom Vek remix revisited a ‘We Have Sound’ ambition URL: https://readdork.com/features/dave-bayley-tom-vek-remix-we-have-sound-production-ambition-8012220b60 Date: 2026-11-02 Author: Helena Dean Type: Features Artists: Justin Timberlake, Dave Bayley, Timbaland, Tom Vek, Glass Animals Excerpt: Tom Vek heard a long-held production reference in Dave Bayley’s reworking of ‘C-C (You Set The Fire In Me)’: the Timbaland-era Justin Timberlake sound he once chased for a follow-up to ‘We Have Sound’. ### What was RAYE’s role in Charli XCX’s ‘After the Afterparty’? URL: https://readdork.com/features/raye-charli-xcx-after-the-afterparty-vip-mix-explained-a626dc9568 Date: 2026-11-01 Author: Nat Macdonald Type: Features Artists: Raye, Charli XCX, Stefflon Don, Rita Ora Excerpt: RAYE co-wrote Charli XCX’s 2016 single before joining Rita Ora and Stefflon Don as a featured vocalist on the 2017 VIP Mix. ### How Master Peace turned refusing the box into ‘How To Make A Master Peace’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/master-peace-black-musician-grime-indie-pop-debut-album-e33b6f13fa Date: 2026-11-01 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: Features Artists: M.I.A., Calvin Harris, Phil Collins, Georgia, LCD Soundsystem, Justin Timberlake, The Libertines, Master Peace, Nelly Furtado, Bloc Party Excerpt: From grime radio sets to a debut album built around pop, indie and emotional candour, Master Peace’s early insistence on self-definition became the point of the project. ### Where to start with Rosalía: El Mal Querer, MOTOMAMI or LUX? URL: https://readdork.com/features/where-to-start-with-rosalia-el-mal-querer-motomami-lux-2a97e0a7d4 Date: 2026-10-31 Author: Edward Howard Type: Features Artists: Rosalía, The Weeknd, Carminho, Yves Tumor, Estrella Morente, Björk Excerpt: Rosalía’s three major albums offer three very different ways in. Choose the concept record, the restless pop collision or the orchestral four-part work. ### What State Champs released before ‘The Finer Things’, and how ‘Critical’ helped them get signed URL: https://readdork.com/features/state-champs-before-the-finer-things-critical-demo-pure-noise-63364f6362 Date: 2026-10-31 Author: Brian Andrews Type: Features Artists: State Champs Excerpt: Before their 2013 debut, State Champs released their 2010 EP, reworked early songs for ‘Apparently, I’m Nothing’ and put out ‘Overslept’. Interest in a ‘Critical’ demo preceded their Pure Noise signing. ### How ‘R.A.P. Music’ and ‘Cancer 4 Cure’ laid the groundwork for Run The Jewels URL: https://readdork.com/features/how-rap-music-and-cancer-4-cure-led-to-run-the-jewels-eb0f30db02 Date: 2026-10-31 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: Features Artists: El-P, Killer Mike, Run The Jewels Excerpt: Killer Mike and El-P’s 2012 solo records established the reciprocal creative partnership that touring turned into Run The Jewels. ### Which KATSEYE releases are remixes or alternate versions? URL: https://readdork.com/features/katseye-remixes-alternate-versions-yeonjun-ice-spice-young-miko-4648e06610 Date: 2026-10-31 Author: Dan Harrison Type: Features Artists: Ice Spice, Young Miko, JULiA LEWiS, YEONJUN, KATSEYE, TXT Excerpt: Where to find YEONJUN’s ‘Touch’ feature, Ice Spice’s ‘Gnarly’ remix and Young Miko’s ‘Gabriela’ appearance, plus KATSEYE’s other alternate releases. ### How Hot Milk’s UK chart peaks work, from ‘A Call To The Void’ to ‘Corporation P.O.P.’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/hot-milk-uk-chart-peaks-explained-a3cd652893 Date: 2026-10-31 Author: Ellen Gray Type: Features Artists: Hot Milk Excerpt: Hot Milk have a UK Top 40 album to their name, but sales, physical, vinyl, genre and midweek charts each measure different things. ### Before ‘Royals’ ruled the world, Lorde’s The Love Club EP was a five-song introduction URL: https://readdork.com/features/lorde-the-love-club-ep-rediscovery-5841d79cbe Date: 2026-10-31 Author: Sam Thomas Type: Features Artists: Joel Little, Lorde Excerpt: Released first on SoundCloud in 2012, Lorde and Joel Little’s debut EP arrived before ‘Royals’ became an international pop landmark. ### How Against The Current’s ‘In Our Bones’ made room for pop, rock and everything between URL: https://readdork.com/features/against-the-current-in-our-bones-rediscovery-7995281589 Date: 2026-10-31 Author: Nat Macdonald Type: Features Artists: Chrissy Costanza, Against The Current Excerpt: Against The Current’s 2016 debut treated its competing impulses as material to work with, rather than a contradiction to solve. ### 7 Confidence Man collaborations and remixes to explore beyond the albums URL: https://readdork.com/features/confidence-man-collaborations-remixes-guide-28fbd7d069 Date: 2026-10-31 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: Features Artists: Saint Etienne, Fcukers, Eliza Rose, DJ Seinfeld, Sweetie Irie, Daniel Avery, David Penn, Confidence Man, Sarah Cracknell Excerpt: From Saint Etienne’s animated ‘Brand New Me’ to partnerships with JADE, DJ Seinfeld and Daniel Avery, here is a route through Confidence Man’s collaborative catalogue. ### Sandhouse are getting carried away URL: https://readdork.com/features/sandhouse-interview-nov26 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Dan Harrison Type: Features Artists: Sandhouse Excerpt: With second EP 'Pollyanna', South London duo Sandhouse follow their appetite for the strange into songs about the things we'd rather not believe. ### How Oasis made ‘D’You Know What I Mean?’ into a blockbuster URL: https://readdork.com/features/oasis-dyou-know-what-i-mean-making-video-9eb9a015df Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Nat Macdonald Type: Features Artists: Oasis, Noel Gallagher, Liam Gallagher, Owen Morris Excerpt: Oasis’ Be Here Now opener paired a deliberately oversized sound with Dom & Nic’s 35mm helicopter spectacle, before both were revisited in 2016. ### The Big Moon: Forever URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-big-moon-interview-nov26 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Ciaran Picker Type: Features Artists: The Big Moon Excerpt: Juliette Jackson couldn't hear properly, couldn't write songs she liked and wasn't sure how she could keep making music, so The Big Moon made 'Forever'. ### 16-year-old Australian artist Maple’s Pet Dinosaur has shared her debut EP ‘Child’s Play’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/maples-pet-dinosaur-childs-play-ep-f681a3dbd4 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: News Excerpt: The Australian artist’s five-track debut arrives alongside new single ‘Ice Cream Truck’. ### Gretta Ray has released her new album ‘Heartsong’ and announced a London headline show URL: https://readdork.com/news/gretta-ray-heartsong-album-london-show-31c487e699 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Dan Harrison Type: News Artists: Gretta Ray Excerpt: Gretta Ray’s new album ‘Heartsong’ is out now, alongside the video for ‘Every Aching Minute’ and a London show for March 2027. ### S Club have announced a 13-date UK and Ireland arena tour for October 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/news/s-club-2027-aint-no-party-tour-593d73f2c5 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Lena Hunt Type: News Artists: Boyzlife, S Club Excerpt: S Club will return to UK and Ireland arenas next October, with Boyzlife joining them across all 13 dates. ### London post-punk outfit Body Horror have shared their debut EP ‘At The Nepo’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/body-horror-at-the-nepo-ep-release-8d80f6847d Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: News Artists: Body Horror Excerpt: The four-track debut, produced by Syd Kemp, is out now, with European dates following in 2027. ### Native James has unveiled ‘Dumb Bruddah’ and its nu-metal tribute video URL: https://readdork.com/news/native-james-dumb-bruddah-video-62ec712a18 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Finnley Mcdonald Type: News Artists: Native James, Frisco Excerpt: Native James’ new SharpTone single arrives with a Thomas Brooker-directed video that nods to classic 00s nu-metal visuals. ### Crown The Empire have released new single ‘Violet’ with a music video and online game URL: https://readdork.com/news/crown-the-empire-violet-video-online-game-acbfa2fcf3 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Sam Thomas Type: News Excerpt: Crown The Empire’s new single ‘Violet’ arrives via Rise Records alongside an official video and ‘Violent Violet’, a browser game set inside its eerie house. ### Anja Huwe and New Model Army will headline Tomorrow’s Ghosts Festival in Whitby next Halloween URL: https://readdork.com/news/tomorrows-ghosts-festival-2027-lineup-1768bd5b96 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: News Artists: Mercy Girl, Mouth Ulcers, Anja Huwe, New Model Army, Corpus Delicti, Heartworms, David J Excerpt: Anja Huwe, New Model Army, Chameleons, Heartworms and more will play the Halloween gathering next October. ### Home Counties have joined the line-up for Paint By Numbers in Bristol and Nottingham this December URL: https://readdork.com/news/home-counties-paint-by-numbers-december-2026-0a388c7fd4 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: William Thomas Type: News Artists: Home Counties, Midnight Rodeo, Jeanie and the White Boys, The New Cut, Tom A. Smith, Sweets Excerpt: Home Counties will play Paint By Numbers in Bristol and Nottingham this December. ### Rising Scottish artist Pat Hamilton has announced his biggest headline show at Glasgow’s St Luke’s URL: https://readdork.com/news/pat-hamilton-see-you-round-glasgow-st-lukes-show-67757a716e Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: News Artists: Pat Hamilton Excerpt: The Scottish singer-songwriter has released ‘See You Round’ and will play Glasgow’s St Luke’s next April. ### Australian rock band Full Flower Moon Band have announced their fourth album ‘After Dark’ alongside new single ‘Party Hard’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/full-flower-moon-band-after-dark-album-party-hard-6c2bbfa989 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Esme Sharp Type: News Artists: Full Flower Moon Band, Foo Fighters Excerpt: Kate 'Babyshakes' Dillon's Australian rock project will release its fourth album in February, with new single 'Party Hard' out now. ### Wunderhorse’s Harry Fowler has shared his solo album ‘Blankets’, featuring songs written since his teens URL: https://readdork.com/news/harry-fowler-blankets-solo-album-6d873facb2 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: James Houghton Type: News Artists: Wunderhorse Excerpt: Harry Fowler’s solo album ‘Blankets’ arrives on Friday 30th October, led by debut single ‘Perfect Colours’. ### anaiis and Tayo Rapoport have announced an immersive performance at London's Barbican Conservatory URL: https://readdork.com/news/anaiis-tayo-rapoport-devotion-barbican-conservatory-8829603986 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: News Excerpt: The one-day film, music and movement event will be the Conservatory’s final public performance before its restoration begins. ### Sam Fender has added three more dates to his Proper Massive Stadium Tour ’27 URL: https://readdork.com/news/sam-fender-proper-massive-stadium-tour-2027-new-dates-e2c0c37c76 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Sam Thomas Type: News Artists: Wunderhorse, Sam Fender Excerpt: Sam Fender will now play a third Wembley Stadium date, plus second nights in Cardiff and Edinburgh, on his 2027 stadium tour. ### Eurovision winner DARA has released her new single ‘BAD IDEA’ ahead of her first English-language album URL: https://readdork.com/news/dara-bad-idea-single-english-language-album-8bfba1e5ed Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: News Excerpt: Eurovision 2026 winner DARA has shared ‘BAD IDEA’, the first preview of her debut full-length English-language album, due in 2027. ### 5 Seconds of Summer have given six tracks a dancefloor makeover on new EP ‘CLUBSOS Vol. 1’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/5-seconds-of-summer-clubsos-vol-1-remix-ep-7dbb66e0e0 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Alex Bennett Type: News Artists: Cub Sport, 5 Seconds of Summer Excerpt: 5 Seconds of Summer have reworked six songs from ‘EVERYONE’S A STAR!’ for new remix EP ‘CLUBSOS Vol. 1’. ### Connecticut metalcore band Currents have signed to Rise Records and announced their new album ‘Our Fates Lie in Tandem’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/currents-rise-records-our-fates-lie-in-tandem-retributioner-db6342e693 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Dan Harrison Type: News Artists: Caskets, Currents, Aviana Excerpt: Currents will release their fourth album, ‘Our Fates Lie in Tandem’, in February 2027, led by new single ‘Retributioner’. ### COBRAH has shared ‘Torn - Apart’, an expanded edition of her debut album featuring Grimes URL: https://readdork.com/news/cobrah-torn-apart-deluxe-album-a1978add6a Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Sarah Peters Type: News Artists: Only Fire, Grimes, COBRAH, Coucou Chloe Excerpt: COBRAH’s deluxe edition of ‘Torn’ adds four tracks, including ‘Sign From God’ with Grimes, alongside a new visual for ‘Touch of an Angel’. ### Skye Newman has released her personal new single ‘Survival’ ahead of five nights at Brixton Academy URL: https://readdork.com/news/skye-newman-survival-single-03cbafdc7c Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Sam Thomas Type: News Artists: Skye Newman Excerpt: Skye Newman’s new single ‘Survival’ reflects on trauma, resilience and learning to feel safe, ahead of her 14-date UK headline tour. ### Bash Croft has announced his debut EP ‘The Great Forever’ alongside new single ‘Everything Always Now’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/bash-croft-everything-always-now-great-forever-ep-16442512ff Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Lena Hunt Type: News Artists: Bash Croft Excerpt: Bash Croft’s new single ‘Everything Always Now’ is out now, with his eight-track debut EP ‘The Great Forever’ arriving on Friday 13th November. ### Bess Atwell has shared ‘Glass’, the emotional centre of her forthcoming album ‘Cut A Figure’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/bess-atwell-cut-a-figure-glass-08428276e7 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Nathaniel Hill Type: News Artists: Bess Atwell Excerpt: Bess Atwell’s fourth album, ‘Cut A Figure’, arrives on 5th February via Nettwerk, with new single and video ‘Glass’ out now. ### Bleech 9:3 have released their cover of The Cure’s ‘Lullaby’ ahead of debut album ‘Bleed’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/bleech-9-3-the-cure-lullaby-cover-b9d47b26c8 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Dan Harrison Type: News Artists: Bleech 9:3, The Cure Excerpt: Bleech 9:3 have shared their version of The Cure’s ‘Lullaby’, alongside a lyric video, ahead of their sold-out UK and Irish tour. ### Irish singer-songwriter Aaron Rowe has released his new single ‘Painter (Double-Edged Sword)’ ahead of a UK and Ireland tour URL: https://readdork.com/news/aaron-rowe-painter-double-edged-sword-single-22b5cb72a9 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Lena Hunt Type: News Artists: Aaron Rowe Excerpt: Aaron Rowe’s latest single reflects on sacrifice, life choices and the paths left unexplored while pursuing a dream. ### BLACKPINK’s JISOO has shared her new dance-pop single ‘ADDICTED’ alongside a music video URL: https://readdork.com/news/jisoo-addicted-single-music-video-ee41abfc85 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Sam Thomas Type: News Excerpt: JISOO follows September’s ‘CLICK’ with ‘ADDICTED’, a dance-pop single and music video out now via Warner Records. ### Sam Smith and Jacob Lusk have shared their new duet version of ‘My Guy’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/sam-smith-jacob-lusk-my-guy-duet-5218a43301 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: News Artists: Jacob Lusk, Sam Smith Excerpt: Sam Smith’s ‘My Guy’ has been reworked with Jacob Lusk, while a London Coliseum performance video arrives at 3pm today. ### Belfast newcomers Esmeralda Road have released ‘Here Honey’ ahead of their Great Escape First Fifty appearance URL: https://readdork.com/news/esmeralda-road-here-honey-single-f9f1daddbf Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Sarah Peters Type: News Artists: Esmeralda Road Excerpt: Belfast outfit Esmeralda Road’s new single ‘Here Honey’ is the first release from newly founded label 26.2. ### Berlin electronic duo DJ HEARTSTRING have shared new single ‘3AM / 4AM’ ahead of their debut album URL: https://readdork.com/news/dj-heartstring-3am-4am-monk-3ndles5-crazymike-cd94eac8e9 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Ellen Gray Type: News Artists: DJ HEARTSTRING, 3NDLES5 Excerpt: DJ HEARTSTRING’s new ‘3AM / 4AM’ brings MONK, 3NDLES5 and Crazymike into the ‘Sentimental Ultra’ fold. ### Billie Eilish and Phoebe Bridgers have joined the voice cast of My Chemical Romance’s new short film URL: https://readdork.com/news/my-chemical-romance-prelude-to-the-end-animated-short-cb3686467c Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Dan Harrison Type: News Artists: Phoebe Bridgers, Hideo Kojima, Billie Eilish, My Chemical Romance Excerpt: ‘Prelude to the End’, made with visual artist Lauren Tsai, also features voice performances from Hideo Kojima and John C. McGinley. ### Gigi Perez has shared her new ‘Hunger Games’ soundtrack contribution ‘Favor’ ahead of the film's release URL: https://readdork.com/news/gigi-perez-favor-hunger-games-sunrise-on-the-reaping-4b7e00f675 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Nathaniel Hill Type: News Artists: Gigi Perez Excerpt: Gigi Perez’s ‘Favor’ is out now as the latest song from ‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping (The Album)’. ### Indonesian-born, London-based artist Naya Yeira has unveiled her debut EP ‘Almost There’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/naya-yeira-almost-there-spiders-video-90d8f25ab3 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Owen Bradley Type: News Artists: Naya Yeira Excerpt: Naya Yeira’s six-track debut EP ‘Almost There’ is out now, led by a new video for focus track ‘spiders’. ### How Chappell Roan’s ‘Pink Pony Club’ and debut album became late-breaking hits URL: https://readdork.com/features/how-chappell-roan-pink-pony-club-midwest-princess-became-hits-be50c12ef8 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Jess Hunt Type: Features Artists: Chappell Roan, Olivia Rodrigo Excerpt: Chappell Roan’s 2020 single and 2023 debut found a much larger audience in 2024, when ‘Good Luck, Babe!’, touring and an already-established fan community converged. ### Becky Hill has taken aim at music industry pressures on her new single ‘l0st the pl0t’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/becky-hill-l0st-the-pl0t-rebecca-d532743ff3 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: William Thomas Type: News Artists: Becky Hill Excerpt: Becky Hill’s final ‘REBECCA’ preview confronts the pressure of measuring a career in numbers. ### JOY (Anonymous) have marked their sold-out Hackney Church shows with surprise release ‘Us People (Source Material)’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/joy-anonymous-us-people-source-material-play-power-b3d22034eb Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Molly Bennett Type: News Artists: JOY (Anonymous), Ezra Collective Excerpt: JOY (Anonymous) have released a 16-track collection of source versions alongside new single ‘JOY (Play Power)’ and its video. ### Chloe Qisha has released her new mixtape ‘Fantasize’, exploring heartbreak, sexuality and self-confidence URL: https://readdork.com/news/chloe-qisha-fantasize-mixtape-release-9fbb0cc5e2 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: News Artists: Holly Humberstone, Chloe Qisha Excerpt: Chloe Qisha’s new mixtape ‘Fantasize’ is out now, led by final single ‘He Likes Boys’ and its accompanying video. ### Rising pop artist Mollie Elizabeth has released her new EP ‘People Pleaser’ via Capitol Records URL: https://readdork.com/news/mollie-elizabeth-people-pleaser-ep-release-9755af3309 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: News Artists: Mollie Elizabeth Excerpt: Mollie Elizabeth’s six-track EP ‘People Pleaser’ is out now via Capitol Records, ahead of sold-out 2026 dates and an expanded 2027 tour. ### Why Lady Gaga won the MAYHEM trademark case, and why her legal fees remain undecided URL: https://readdork.com/features/lady-gaga-mayhem-trademark-case-legal-fees-explained-3424934510 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: Features Artists: Lady Gaga Excerpt: Lady Gaga’s use of MAYHEM was protected as part of an expressive work, but her request for $232,484 in legal fees requires a separate court decision. ### How Paramore turned experimentation into their first US No. 1 album URL: https://readdork.com/features/paramore-self-titled-first-us-number-one-explained-94b8fd6b75 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Helena Dean Type: Features Artists: Hayley Williams, Paramore, Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Zac Farro, Ilan Rubin Excerpt: Paramore’s 2013 self-titled album expanded the band’s possibilities while ‘Still Into You’ and ‘Ain’t It Fun’ brought that new version of the group to a larger audience. ### Why is ‘Good Riddance’ Gracie Abrams’ debut album when ‘Minor’ and ‘This Is What It Feels Like’ came first? URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-good-riddance-gracie-abrams-debut-album-minor-this-is-what-it-feels-like-f33c18c17d Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Andrew Wescott Type: Features Artists: Aaron Dessner, Gracie Abrams Excerpt: ‘Minor’ and ‘This Is What It Feels Like’ were EPs. ‘Good Riddance’ was Abrams’ first full-length album, planned as a start-to-finish record. ### Why The Cribs stepped back after their 2017 chart success URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-the-cribs-stepped-back-after-2017-chart-success-8e4a87c0a5 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Alex Bennett Type: Features Artists: The Cribs, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters, Gary Jarman Excerpt: The success of ‘24-7 Rock Star Shit’ was followed immediately by a split with The Cribs’ management, a lengthy fight over their recordings and the band’s first real time away from the treadmill. ### Why Julien Baker and TORRES took nine years to release ‘Send A Prayer My Way’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-julien-baker-torres-send-a-prayer-my-way-took-nine-years-f89a239f69 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: William Thomas Type: Features Artists: Boygenius, Julien Baker Excerpt: Julien Baker and TORRES first discussed a country album in 2016, but its songs changed over time and Baker chose not to release it immediately before boygenius. ‘Send A Prayer My Way’ ultimately arrived in April 2025 with room for its own campaign. ### Why Gorillaz’ debut still feels like its own universe URL: https://readdork.com/features/gorillaz-debut-album-guide-eaebe2e758 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Edward Howard Type: Features Artists: Miho Hatori, Tina Weymouth, Gorillaz, Phi Life Cypher, Damon Albarn, Jamie Hewlett Excerpt: Gorillaz’ 2001 debut gave Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett a collaborative, genre-fluid world beyond Blur. Start with ‘Clint Eastwood’, then follow its four singles. ### Why English Teacher’s ‘Song About Love’ finds romance in the chores URL: https://readdork.com/features/english-teacher-song-about-love-chores-explained-54d8180458 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: Features Artists: Dan Carey, English Teacher, Lily Fontaine Excerpt: Lily Fontaine’s 2023 explanation makes English Teacher’s standalone single less a rejection of love songs than an argument that love is hiding inside them anyway. ### Rachel Chinouriri’s earliest songs already had a method URL: https://readdork.com/features/rachel-chinouriri-so-my-darling-adrenaline-early-songwriting-ae35ad59b4 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: Features Artists: Rachel Chinouriri Excerpt: ‘So My Darling’ and ‘Adrenaline’ show an early Rachel Chinouriri turning imperfect bedroom recordings and heightened real-life feeling into songs with purpose. ### How Jamie xx, Romy and Oliver Sim’s solo records led to ‘Waited All Night’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/jamie-xx-romy-oliver-sim-waited-all-night-solo-records-guide-c387e4bf5b Date: 2026-10-30 Author: William Thomas Type: Features Artists: Jamie xx, Nia Archives, The xx, Romy, Oliver Sim Excerpt: Jamie xx, Romy and Oliver Sim had not stopped collaborating before ‘Waited All Night’. Here’s how their solo work fed into the 2024 reunion, and where Nia Archives’ remix fits. ### How The Menzingers’ ‘Bad Actors’ became an Eagles soundtrack pick URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-menzingers-bad-actors-philadelphia-eagles-soundtrack-explained-e408d04c6e Date: 2026-10-30 Author: James Houghton Type: Features Artists: The Menzingers Excerpt: Released in 2023 as part of the Philadelphia Eagles’ Gameday Series Soundtrack, ‘Bad Actors’ had begun life years earlier as a late ‘Hello Exile’ session track and tribute to a lost friend. ### How IDLES found their voice between ‘Welcome’ and ‘Brutalism’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/idles-welcome-ep-brutalism-finding-voice-06b52f1f6f Date: 2026-10-30 Author: William Thomas Type: Features Artists: Joe Talbot, Idles Excerpt: IDLES’ 2017 debut was shaped by years of tentative releases, changed writing habits and a rhythm section forceful enough to let Joe Talbot say what he meant. ### What is the queer outlaw story behind Ezra Furman’s ‘Transangelic Exodus’? URL: https://readdork.com/features/ezra-furman-transangelic-exodus-queer-outlaw-story-explained-4f962b3e8b Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Tyler Cook Type: Features Artists: Ezra Furman Excerpt: Ezra Furman’s 2018 album turns a flight from a hostile government into a loose, charged story about love, secrecy and vulnerable bodies. ### A guide to Christine and the Queens’ EPs and standalone releases URL: https://readdork.com/features/christine-and-the-queens-eps-standalone-releases-guide-64bec476db Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Nathaniel Hill Type: Features Artists: Purple Disco Machine, Charli XCX, Logic1000, Rahim Redcar, Caroline Polachek, Christine and the Queens, 070 Shake, George Michael Excerpt: From the formative ‘Nuit 17 à 52’ to ‘La Vita Nuova’, ‘Joseph’ and Rahim Redcar’s recent singles, these releases offer a clearer route through the spaces around the studio albums. ### Kendrick Lamar and Jhené Aiko’s collaboration history, from ‘Overly Dedicated’ to ‘So Good’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/kendrick-lamar-jhene-aiko-collaboration-history-279d57e682 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Dan Harrison Type: Features Artists: Kendrick Lamar, Jhené Aiko Excerpt: ‘So Good’ is Kendrick Lamar and Jhené Aiko’s first direct collaboration in more than a decade, following an early mixtape appearance and 2013’s ‘Stay Ready (What a Life)’. ### Where to start with Big Thief’s six studio albums URL: https://readdork.com/features/where-to-start-with-big-thiefs-six-studio-albums-2893253133 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: Features Artists: Laraaji, Alena Spanger, Buck Meek, Adrianne Lenker, Big Thief, June McDoom, Max Oleartchik, James Krivchenia, Hannah Cohen Excerpt: A practical route through Big Thief’s six albums, from their 2016 debut to the collaborative reset of ‘Double Infinity’. ### How The Lemon Twigs’ ‘My Golden Years’ video puts band setbacks beside making every minute count URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-lemon-twigs-my-golden-years-video-explained-9800807b53 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: Features Artists: The Lemon Twigs Excerpt: The Lemon Twigs’ 2024 single and Ambar Navarro’s video connect the idea of potential with the less glamorous practicalities of trying to keep a band together. ### Which Tom Grennan album should you start with? A guide based on the songs you know URL: https://readdork.com/features/which-tom-grennan-album-should-you-start-with-4178d5a60f Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Dan Harrison Type: Features Artists: Ella Henderson, Joel Corry, Chase & Status, Tom Grennan, Justin Tranter Excerpt: From ‘Found What I’ve Been Looking For’ to ‘Shadowboxing’, here’s where to start with Tom Grennan’s four albums. ### How The Sophs set out to turn Mac DeMarco’s ‘For The First Time’ into a surf-punk love song URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-sophs-mac-demarco-for-the-first-time-surf-punk-cover-analysis-566dfbced7 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Jess Hunt Type: Features Artists: The Sophs, Mac DeMarco Excerpt: The LA six-piece’s 2025 cover was built around a clear choice: preserve the longing in Mac DeMarco’s song, then change its pace, guitars, rhythm and vocal delivery. ### How ‘Sister Cities’ turned The Wonder Years’ life away from home into darker territory URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-wonder-years-sister-cities-rediscovery-3a199c5eba Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Tyler Cook Type: Features Artists: Dan Campbell, The Wonder Years Excerpt: Released in 2018, ‘Sister Cities’ used touring, distance and connection to take The Wonder Years into a heavier, more exposed new phase. ### Where to start with Robbie Williams’ early solo albums URL: https://readdork.com/features/where-to-start-robbie-williams-early-solo-albums-9400adb0c3 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: Features Artists: Take That, Nicole Kidman, Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue Excerpt: A four-album route through Robbie Williams’ first solo stretch, from the slow-building debut to his swing-covers pivot. ### Why Linkin Park called their new chapter ‘From Zero’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-linkin-park-from-zero-title-new-lineup-explained-f9f951db9a Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: Features Artists: Colin Brittain, Emily Armstrong, Brad Delson, Mike Shinoda, Linkin Park, Joe Hahn, Chester Bennington, Phoenix Excerpt: Linkin Park’s 2024 album title reaches back to Xero, the name they used before Linkin Park, while describing the friendships and sessions that formed their new lineup. ### A guide to BULLYACHE’s Dry Cleaning visuals URL: https://readdork.com/features/dry-cleaning-bullyache-visuals-guide-4fd923c44f Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: Features Artists: Florence Shaw, Dry Cleaning Excerpt: BULLYACHE’s work across Dry Cleaning’s ‘Secret Love’ campaign spans a visualiser, Lewis Maynard’s dance routine and the “laundry-noir” images for ‘Sliced by a Fingernail’. ### What does Creeper’s ‘Sanguivore: Special Edition’ add to the original album? URL: https://readdork.com/features/creeper-sanguivore-special-edition-guide-a6577afaec Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Owen Bradley Type: Features Artists: Pat Benatar, Creeper Excerpt: Creeper’s 2024 expanded edition adds three new recordings, an extended mix and revised artwork to 2023’s ‘Sanguivore’. ### Where to hear Mura Masa’s work with Stormzy, Chic and Shygirl URL: https://readdork.com/features/mura-masa-production-writing-credits-stormzy-chic-shygirl-46b42f2f57 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Jessica Lowe Type: Features Artists: Mura Masa, CHIC, Shygirl, Stormzy, Nile Rodgers, PinkPantheress Excerpt: Three records that document Alex Crossan’s work beyond his own catalogue, from Stormzy’s album opener to Chic’s comeback and Shygirl’s Mercury-nominated debut. ### Where to start with mxmtoon beyond ‘prom dress’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/where-to-start-with-mxmtoon-beyond-prom-dress-bf310e5d35 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Sarah Peters Type: Features Artists: Kero Kero Bonito, mxmtoon Excerpt: A route through mxmtoon’s catalogue, from early bedroom pop to the brighter pop, family stories and country-tinged turns that followed. ### What is Lime Garden’s ‘I Want To Be You’ about? URL: https://readdork.com/features/lime-garden-i-want-to-be-you-attraction-ambition-explained-2e375aa80a Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Ellen Gray Type: Features Artists: Wolf Alice, Lime Garden Excerpt: Chloe Howard’s 2023 account of Lime Garden’s ‘I Want To Be You’ traces its central question back to a teenage gig, where attraction and aspiration became difficult to separate. ### Why Charly Bliss recorded ‘Guppy’ twice URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-charly-bliss-recorded-guppy-twice-900dc9b504 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Nat Macdonald Type: Features Artists: Weezer, Tokyo Police Club, Veruca Salt, PUP, Sleater-Kinney, Charly Bliss Excerpt: Charly Bliss scrapped part of their debut and started again because the first version had missed the band’s defining quality: fun with no disposable moments. ### A guide to Jorja Smith’s route to the club sounds of ‘What Are The Odds’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/jorja-smith-what-are-the-odds-club-sounds-listening-guide-b17bb16727 Date: 2026-10-30 Author: Edward Howard Type: Features Artists: Devlin, Nia Archives, P2J, Wizkid, Maverick Sabre, Jorja Smith Excerpt: From ‘Little Things’ to ‘The Way I Love You’, the releases that map Jorja Smith’s dancefloor turn. ### Christine and the Queens will play four European underplays this December URL: https://readdork.com/news/christine-and-the-queens-december-2026-shows-4d7e581ecc Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Tyler Cook Type: News Artists: Logic1000, Christine and the Queens Excerpt: Christine and the Queens will play four European shows with a new band this December, alongside a new single due on 4th November. ### The Strokes’ Nick Valensi has made a surprise appearance with Duran Duran in Paris URL: https://readdork.com/news/nick-valensi-duran-duran-rio-paris-0b386e35b7 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Nat Macdonald Type: News Artists: The Strokes, Duran Duran, Nick Valensi Excerpt: Nick Valensi made a surprise appearance during Duran Duran’s Paris encore, joining the band for their 1982 classic ‘Rio’. ### Swedish singer-songwriter waterbaby has shared her new Sub Pop single ‘Creek’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/waterbaby-creek-sub-pop-single-4222302232 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Andy Norman Type: News Excerpt: The Swedish artist’s standalone new track was written and recorded in Stockholm with longtime collaborator Marcus White. ### Dahi, Ravyn Lenae and Elmiene have performed ‘Drowning’ together for House of Paper URL: https://readdork.com/news/dahi-ravyn-lenae-elmiene-drowning-performance-cd09d43a5b Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Owen Bradley Type: News Artists: Ravyn Lenae, Elmiene, Dahi Excerpt: Dahi’s ‘Drowning’ gets a greenhouse-set performance with Ravyn Lenae and Elmiene for House of Paper. ### Maggie Rogers, Neil Young and Carole King have joined forces for a new anti-oligarchy compilation URL: https://readdork.com/news/take-america-back-benefit-compilation-c9734ab2be Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Lena Hunt Type: News Artists: Neil Young, Joan Baez, Carole King, Maggie Rogers Excerpt: The 19-track, non-streaming compilation arrives in February 2027, with proceeds set to support nonprofits focused on government accountability. ### Beach House's Graham Hill has announced his first solo album and shared ‘Monster In My Head’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/graham-hill-taking-in-stars-monster-in-my-head-ac0aca67d4 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Edward Howard Type: News Artists: Beach House, phin, Graham Hill Excerpt: Graham Hill will release his solo debut ‘Taking In Stars’ in January, led by new single ‘Monster In My Head’. ### Little Simz and LATINMAFIA have been honoured by Instagram alongside creatives from film, fashion and sport URL: https://readdork.com/news/little-simz-latinmafia-instagram-rings-2026-winners-04f8d232b1 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Lena Hunt Type: News Artists: Joyce Alane, Little Simz Excerpt: Little Simz and LATINMAFIA are among the music names selected for Instagram’s 2026 Rings programme. ### Runyu Qian has unveiled ‘Mind Palace’, a ten-track album combining Chinese instrumentation with contemporary pop URL: https://readdork.com/news/runyu-qian-mind-palace-album-11b7e51d9a Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Sarah Peters Type: News Artists: Runyu Qian, Trinidad Cardona Excerpt: The Chinese singer-songwriter, producer and pipa virtuoso’s ten-track record moves between traditional instrumentation and futuristic pop. ### Master Peace has shared a new video for Diamond Cafe collaboration ‘Stay On Me’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/master-peace-stay-on-me-video-5268579b49 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: News Artists: Thomas Day, Diamond Cafe, Master Peace, Muni Long Excerpt: Master Peace’s new ‘Stay On Me’ visual finds him dancing face-to-face with himself, with a 2027 UK and European headline tour also now on sale. ### blink-182, Korn, Bad Omens and Pierce The Veil will headline Florida's Welcome To Rockville 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/news/welcome-to-rockville-2027-lineup-84c7a48513 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: News Artists: Alice In Chains, Bad Omens, Pierce The Veil, Judas Priest, blink-182, Skid Row, Faith No More Excerpt: blink-182, Korn, Alice in Chains, Bad Omens and more than 150 acts will play the Florida festival next May. ### MOTHICA has released ‘My Confession’, a new single born from a stream-of-consciousness demo URL: https://readdork.com/news/mothica-my-confession-single-video-3f91b58048 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Alex Bennett Type: News Artists: Harpy, MOTHICA, RØRY Excerpt: MOTHICA’s ‘My Confession’ is out now via SharpTone Records, alongside a Micah Hamilton-directed video and 2027 UK and European tour dates. ### Suede and Manic Street Preachers have kicked off their UK arena tour with new music and a mystery announcement URL: https://readdork.com/news/suede-my-city-manic-street-preachers-generation-terrorists-tease-287838f8cc Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Oliver Green Type: News Artists: Manic Street Preachers, Suede Excerpt: Suede unveiled ‘My City’ in Glasgow as their tour with Manic Street Preachers began, while a venue poster pointed towards possible anniversary news. ### Phoebe Bridgers has released a surprise acoustic live EP from her Madison Square Garden show URL: https://readdork.com/news/phoebe-bridgers-live-at-madison-square-garden-ep-tidal-7d5a2e2e31 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Jess Hunt Type: News Artists: Phoebe Bridgers Excerpt: Phoebe Bridgers’ five-track ‘Live at Madison Square Garden’ EP captures her acoustic Madison Square Garden finale. ### Mei Semones has shared ‘2 Hands’, a tribute to her bandmates and a life devoted to music URL: https://readdork.com/news/mei-semones-2-hands-single-video-40222ad7dd Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Nicola Harris Type: News Artists: Mei Semones Excerpt: Mei Semones’ latest ‘Howl’ preview celebrates the musicians at the centre of her live band. ### TOMORROW X TOGETHER have revealed the tracklist for new mini album ‘Perfect Storm’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/tomorrow-x-together-perfect-storm-tracklist-angel-bite-8e5badb152 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: News Artists: TOMORROW x TOGETHER Excerpt: The six-track release arrives on 16th November, led by new single ‘Angel Bite’. ### Harry Styles has performed ‘Ever Since New York’ for the first time in four years at Madison Square Garden URL: https://readdork.com/news/harry-styles-ever-since-new-york-msg-return-5f8500e714 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Edward Howard Type: News Artists: Harry Styles Excerpt: Harry Styles revived his 2017 debut track during the final week of his Madison Square Garden residency. ### EXIT Festival is returning to Novi Sad in 2027 ahead of a full-scale comeback in 2028 URL: https://readdork.com/news/exit-festival-serbia-return-2027-49e259dfe9 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: William Thomas Type: News Excerpt: EXIT will return to Petrovaradin Fortress in July 2027 for a special edition, before a planned full-scale comeback in 2028. ### Primavera Sound Porto has announced Fontaines D.C., Hayley Williams and FKA twigs for 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/news/primavera-sound-porto-2027-lineup-f715bd0c29 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: James Houghton Type: News Artists: Hayley Williams, Beabadoobee, Kim Petras, Tinashe, Metronomy, FKA twigs, The Chemical Brothers, Christine and the Queens, Fontaines D.C., Lola Young Excerpt: Fontaines D.C., Hayley Williams, FKA twigs and The Chemical Brothers are among the first names announced for Primavera Sound Porto 2027. ### Gracie Abrams has announced a deluxe edition of ‘Daughter From Hell’ featuring five extra songs URL: https://readdork.com/news/gracie-abrams-daughter-from-hell-deluxe-here-you-come-there-you-go-a0570b9e3f Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Tyler Cook Type: News Artists: Samia, Amy Allen, Marcus Mumford, Aaron Dessner, Paul Mescal, Gracie Abrams, Jim-E Stack, Jake Minch Excerpt: The expanded album arrives on 20th November, led by new single ‘Here You Come, There You Go’. ### Prince’s ‘3121’ is being reissued with previously unreleased music and Las Vegas concert footage URL: https://readdork.com/news/prince-3121-expanded-edition-vault-recordings-26f9e2935f Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: News Artists: Prince Excerpt: Prince’s ‘3121 Expanded Edition’ arrives on 11th December with 10 vault recordings, while a live album and Las Vegas concert film will also be released. ### Tate McRae has scored her first solo Number 1 on Billboard's Streaming Songs chart with ‘Housewife’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/tate-mcrae-housewife-streaming-songs-number-one-c96cb6cccb Date: 2026-10-29 Author: James Houghton Type: News Artists: Tate McRae Excerpt: ‘Housewife’ opens atop Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart after drawing 22.9 million eligible US streams in its first week. ### Angèle has made her US TV debut with Caroline Polachek on The Tonight Show URL: https://readdork.com/news/angele-us-tv-debut-caroline-polachek-tonight-show-83a5106f36 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Jessica Lowe Type: News Artists: Angèle, Caroline Polachek Excerpt: Angèle performed ‘Love Triangle’ on Jimmy Fallon’s late-night show, with Caroline Polachek appearing remotely. ### "Climbing, nudity, high heels, loud guitars" - Bathing Suits are taking the basement with them URL: https://readdork.com/features/bathing-suits-interview-dec26 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Dan Harrison Type: Features Artists: Bathing Suits Excerpt: Leeds four-piece Bathing Suits learnt their trade in the sticky basements of their own club nights. A year of Paris runways and Yard Act tour dates later, Freyja Blevins still isn't explaining any of it. ### Noah Kahan has announced a massive 2027 stadium tour with three nights at Wembley URL: https://readdork.com/news/noah-kahan-2027-last-of-the-bugs-world-tour-1157cb0f4d Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Jessica Lowe Type: News Artists: Noah Kahan Excerpt: Noah Kahan will play 31 stadium dates across North America and Europe next year, including three nights at London’s Wembley Stadium. ### U2 have announced two London stadium shows with Wolf Alice as part of their 2027 world tour URL: https://readdork.com/news/u2-2027-uk-europe-stadium-tour-wolf-alice-d512158408 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: News Artists: Wolf Alice, Beck, U2 Excerpt: U2 will play two nights at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium next June, with Wolf Alice supporting across the UK and European run. ### Museum of Youth Culture has unveiled its November programme featuring The Slits, punk exhibitions and jungle DJs URL: https://readdork.com/features/museum-of-youth-culture-november-programme-2026-79af6ba4c9 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: Culture Artists: The Slits Excerpt: Camden’s Museum of Youth Culture will continue its women-in-punk exhibition with Slits, jungle and independent-film events, alongside new photography displays and a youth-focused DJ series. ### Boys Noize has teamed up with Brutalismus 3000 for new single ‘Nächstenliebe’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/boys-noize-nachstenliebe-brutalismus-3000-84efe930b4 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: News Artists: Boys Noize, Brutalismus 3000 Excerpt: Boys Noize and Brutalismus 3000 join forces on ‘Nächstenliebe’, a new single from forthcoming album ‘7LLVSION’. ### Justice and Gesaffelstein have teamed up for new ‘Grand Theft Auto 6’ track ‘Pusher’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/justice-gesaffelstein-pusher-grand-theft-auto-6-15316f0721 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Edward Howard Type: News Artists: Gesaffelstein, Justice Excerpt: Justice and Gesaffelstein’s seven-minute collaboration ‘Pusher’ is the first released music linked to Justice’s forthcoming Grand Theft Auto 6 score. ### South London collective PARADE have shared new single ‘Stick Up Kid’ ahead of mixtape ‘Catchphrase’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/parade-stick-up-kid-video-london-events-2027-shows-204065ae8d Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Jess Hunt Type: News Artists: Parade Excerpt: PARADE have released new single ‘Stick Up Kid’ with a video, alongside London mixtape events and 2027 headline shows. ### Eaves Wilder has launched a new London music night inspired by Kathleen Hanna and the city's grassroots scenes URL: https://readdork.com/news/eaves-wilder-connect-the-rooms-george-tavern-9b44eb095b Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Esme Sharp Type: News Artists: Eaves Wilder, Opal Mag Excerpt: Eaves Wilder’s new George Tavern showcase series begins on 7th December, with Opal Mag on the first bill. ### Fontaines D.C. have given ‘Demolition’ its live debut in Belgrade while celebrating Serbia's student movement URL: https://readdork.com/news/fontaines-dc-demolition-live-belgrade-a04a7cef5b Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Jessica Lowe Type: News Artists: Rosalía, Chalk, Grian Chatten, Fontaines D.C. Excerpt: Fontaines D.C. played ‘Demolition’ live for the first time in Belgrade, where Grian Chatten also saluted Serbia’s student-led political movement. ### Why Tate McRae’s ‘I Used To Think I Could Fly’ still feels defining despite its scattered sound URL: https://readdork.com/features/tate-mcrae-i-used-to-think-i-could-fly-defining-debut-b90662bb0f Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: Features Artists: Finneas, Ryan Tedder, Tate McRae Excerpt: Tate McRae’s 2022 debut captured a young songwriter putting every feeling on the page. Its emotional candour is exactly why it mattered, even if she later wanted a tighter musical identity. ### Why Nilüfer Yanya called her album ‘My Method Actor’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-nilufer-yanya-called-album-my-method-actor-da04e82d37 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Jason Fisher Type: Features Artists: Wilma Archer, Nilüfer Yanya Excerpt: Nilüfer Yanya used method acting as a metaphor for songwriting that returns to defining memories, and for performing without a character to hide behind. ### What Wallows meant by ‘first idea, best idea’ on ‘Model’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/wallows-model-first-idea-best-idea-explained-5315c97d6e Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Sarah Peters Type: Features Artists: Cole Preston, Braeden Lemasters, Wallows Excerpt: Wallows’ instinct-led approach to ‘Model’ meant working quickly enough to avoid overthinking, while trusting their growing studio experience. ### The Linda Lindas were already talking to Epitaph before ‘Racist, Sexist Boy’ went viral URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-linda-lindas-epitaph-talks-before-racist-sexist-boy-viral-584f253b7a Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: Features Artists: The Linda Lindas Excerpt: Yes. The Linda Lindas had been discussing an Epitaph Records deal for months before their 2021 Los Angeles Public Library performance went viral. ### Why Biig Piig performs in both English and Spanish URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-biig-piig-performs-english-spanish-092c8bdf5a Date: 2026-10-29 Author: William Thomas Type: Features Artists: Biig Piig Excerpt: Biig Piig’s bilingual songs reflect Jess Smyth’s childhood in Spain and the different emotional possibilities she finds in each language. ### Is ‘Strangers’ Sigrid’s biggest UK hit? Her singles chart history explained URL: https://readdork.com/features/sigrid-strangers-biggest-uk-hit-singles-chart-history-31228d5222 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Lena Hunt Type: Features Artists: Sigrid, Bring Me The Horizon Excerpt: Yes. ‘Strangers’ is Sigrid’s only UK Top 10 single, peaking at number 10 and spending 18 weeks in the Official Singles Chart Top 75. ### What sits outside Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes’ five studio albums? URL: https://readdork.com/features/frank-carter-rattlesnakes-releases-outside-studio-albums-ccf3dbf46a Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Molly Bennett Type: Features Artists: The Bloody Beetroots, Pheral, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Lynks, Cassyette Excerpt: The Rattlesnakes’ catalogue beyond its five standard albums includes an early EP, live releases, remixes, deluxe editions and standalone singles. ### The Youth Music Awards have revealed their 2026 winners at their first Liverpool ceremony URL: https://readdork.com/news/youth-music-awards-2026-winners-liverpool-6c4ad72f7c Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Jessica Lowe Type: News Artists: Roukaya B, KOJ Excerpt: KOJ, TRXTH & RHIA, IMVN and Conscious Youth C.I.C are among the winners from the Awards’ first ceremony outside London. ### Mietze Conte has shared new album ‘(L)ove (I)s (F)or (E)veryone’ as his European tour kicks off URL: https://readdork.com/news/mietze-conte-releases-origami-love-is-for-everyone-fc734efe30 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Tyler Cook Type: News Artists: Mietze Conte, 1tbsp Excerpt: Mietze Conte’s new album ‘(L)ove (I)s (F)or (E)veryone’ is out now, with focus track ‘origami’ reflecting on his teenage years and a European tour beginning in Prague. ### Was ‘A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out’ Panic! At The Disco’s highest-charting early album? URL: https://readdork.com/features/was-a-fever-you-cant-sweat-out-panic-at-the-discos-highest-charting-early-album-63c14aed18 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Jason Fisher Type: Features Artists: Brent Wilson, Spencer Smith, Ryan Ross, Brendon Urie, Panic! At The Disco Excerpt: No. ‘A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out’ peaked at number 13 on the US Billboard 200, while Panic! At The Disco’s 2008 follow-up ‘Pretty. Odd.’ reached number two. ### Why Will Joseph Cook took time between ‘Sweet Dreamer’ and ‘Something To Feel Good About’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-will-joseph-cook-took-time-between-sweet-dreamer-something-to-feel-good-about-1addfd7da6 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Sarah Peters Type: Features Artists: Tessa Violet, Will Joseph Cook Excerpt: Will Joseph Cook’s second album needed experiences his debut had left little room for. ### Why Brian Fallon stripped back on ‘Local Honey’ after the electric lift of ‘Sleepwalkers’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/brian-fallon-local-honey-sleepwalkers-stripped-back-songwriting-0cca614fa0 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Jessica Lowe Type: Features Artists: Brian Fallon Excerpt: Brian Fallon’s 2020 album ‘Local Honey’ did not reject the songwriting behind ‘Sleepwalkers’; it found that louder, faster arrangements were no longer making those songs more alive. ### How Twenty One Pilots used Oasis to make Reading Festival feel like home in 2019 URL: https://readdork.com/features/twenty-one-pilots-oasis-cover-reading-festival-2019-37347c2e55 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Jess Hunt Type: Features Artists: Oasis, Tyler Joseph, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Twenty One Pilots Excerpt: At Reading Festival in 2019, Twenty One Pilots used ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’ to give their devoted clique and the wider field a chorus in common. ### How Sorority Noise’s ‘Joy, Departed’ made space for pop ambition and hard truths URL: https://readdork.com/features/sorority-noise-joy-departed-pop-ambition-depression-f24f40e2cb Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Andy Norman Type: Features Artists: Old Gray, Regina Spektor, Cameron Boucher, Broken Social Scene, Sorority Noise, Chet Baker, The Smiths Excerpt: Sorority Noise’s 2015 album used bigger hooks and broader reference points without treating depression, addiction or suicidal thoughts as romantic material. ### How Death Cab For Cutie rebuilt after ‘Kintsugi’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/death-cab-for-cutie-kintsugi-thank-you-for-today-line-up-69ecf5ecdb Date: 2026-10-29 Author: James Houghton Type: Features Artists: Yoko Ono, Chris Walla, Dave Depper, Nick Harmer, Ben Gibbard Excerpt: Chris Walla’s departure did not lead to a like-for-like replacement. Instead, Dave Depper and Zac Rae progressed from touring musicians to members as Death Cab For Cutie learned what a five-piece could become. ### Why Trash Boat see ‘Be Someone’ and ‘filthy/RIGHTEOUS’ as twin songs URL: https://readdork.com/features/trash-boat-be-someone-filthy-righteous-violence-power-analysis-7a9c469625 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Nathaniel Hill Type: Features Artists: Tobi Duncan, I Prevail, Crossfaith, Trash Boat Excerpt: Tobi Duncan’s 2024 explanation places two Heaven Can Wait collaborations on different sides of the same argument about violence, power and individual action. ### How Jessie Ware’s ‘Ride’ went from Glastonbury to James Norton’s Western video URL: https://readdork.com/features/jessie-ware-ride-glastonbury-james-norton-video-explained-02b0780bf6 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Helena Dean Type: Features Artists: Jack Peñate, Jessie Ware, Karma Kid Excerpt: Jessie Ware first introduced ‘Ride’ at Glastonbury in 2024 before a Thomas James-directed video turned its club setting into a Western exploration of power, control and desire. ### The story behind The Snuts’ ‘Circles’ video and Tony Curran’s taxi-driver role URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-snuts-circles-video-tony-curran-explained-f9440d730b Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: Features Artists: The Snuts Excerpt: Released in February 2024, The Snuts’ ‘Circles’ video gave Scottish actor Tony Curran a taxi-driver part with a close family connection. ### Love, life, death and declined bank cards: Essence Martins introduces her new EP URL: https://readdork.com/features/essence-martins-introduces-her-new-ep Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Dork Type: Features Artists: Essence Martins Excerpt: Essence Martins' new EP finds her making sense of life's big feelings - she takes us through the release, track by track. ### Why Sprints covered Le Tigre’s ‘Deceptacon’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-sprints-covered-le-tigre-deceptacon-f8614ae996 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Esme Sharp Type: Features Artists: Blondie, Nirvana, Bikini Kill, Jimi Hendrix, Le Tigre, Kathleen Hanna, Sprints Excerpt: Karla Chubb’s January 2026 explanation traces Sprints’ ‘Deceptacon’ cover from a tour-van favourite and festival-set extra to a tribute to Kathleen Hanna. ### Why The Xcerts’ There Is Only You wasn’t the break-up album listeners thought it was URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-xcerts-there-is-only-you-not-break-up-album-explained-55838deef1 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Jess Hunt Type: Features Artists: Jordan Smith, Murray MacLeod, The Xcerts Excerpt: Murray Macleod explained in 2017 that The Xcerts’ emotional 2014 record was written during a troubled relationship, rather than as a reflection on its end. ### Tom Pallant has announced a London YUNGBLUD photography exhibition URL: https://readdork.com/news/tom-pallant-yungblud-idols-london-exhibition-00876f258d Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: News Artists: YUNGBLUD Excerpt: Tom Pallant’s YUNGBLUD: IDOLS exhibition will bring photographs, an album playback and an artist talk to London this November. ### What aspiring producers can learn from Bad Sounds’ tour-van remix games URL: https://readdork.com/features/bad-sounds-tour-van-remix-games-producer-lessons-d50fb260c6 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Alex Bennett Type: Features Artists: Bad Sounds Excerpt: Bad Sounds’ 2020 remix invitation grew from a deliberately small creative exercise: shared materials, a short clock and feedback without ego getting in the way. ### KATSEYE have added 11 Wildworld Tour shows across Asia, Australia and New Zealand URL: https://readdork.com/news/katseye-wildworld-tour-asia-australia-new-zealand-2027-08bf5cc712 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Edward Howard Type: News Artists: KATSEYE Excerpt: KATSEYE will take ‘THE WILDWORLD TOUR’ to 11 more arenas in early 2027, beginning in Yokohama and closing in Auckland. ### Drum and bass producer SOTA has recruited Deaf Havana’s James Veck-Gilodi for ‘Sleep Forever’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/sota-circadian-james-veck-gilodi-sleep-forever-01b92f2afd Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Finnley Mcdonald Type: News Artists: Circadian, Deaf Havana, SOTA, James Veck-Gilodi Excerpt: SOTA’s new single ‘Sleep Forever’ brings Circadian and Deaf Havana frontman James Veck-Gilodi together ahead of his OVO Arena Wembley headline show. ### What Muncie Girls’ ‘B-Sides the Point’ reveals about the politics left outside ‘Fixed Ideals’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/muncie-girls-b-sides-the-point-fixed-ideals-politics-40dd4ac46f Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: Features Artists: Lande Hekt, Muncie Girls Excerpt: Muncie Girls’ 2020 outtakes EP preserved a direct set of songs about government, welfare and the glossy presentation of wealth. ### Indie newcomers The Cindys have shared ‘I Can’t See You’ ahead of their debut album and UK tour URL: https://readdork.com/news/the-cindys-i-cant-see-you-uk-tour-dates-ba7bb525f0 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: News Artists: Naima Bock, The Cindys Excerpt: The Cindys’ new single arrives ahead of debut album ‘Love Century’, with four UK headline shows lined up for February 2027. ### Brighton brat-metal trio EVILLE have announced new EP ‘BRATPOCALYPSE’ alongside single ‘SLAY’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/eville-bratpocalypse-ep-slay-uk-tour-f29db0f4f1 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Molly Bennett Type: News Artists: Eville Excerpt: EVILLE’s new EP arrives on 19th February 2027, with new single ‘SLAY’ out now and a five-date UK headline tour following alongside it. ### Why Troye Sivan made ‘Angel Baby’ a gay power ballad URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-troye-sivan-made-angel-baby-a-gay-power-ballad-a388822c19 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: James Houghton Type: Features Artists: Troye Sivan Excerpt: Troye Sivan’s 2021 single took the grand romantic language of 1990s boyband pop and made its queer love story explicit. ### Teenage punks Yee Loi have taken aim at false prophets and internet influencers on new single ‘Miraclist’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/yee-loi-miraclist-single-video-04a28136b4 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Nathaniel Hill Type: News Artists: Yee Loi Excerpt: The trio’s new track and video arrive ahead of debut album ‘Flicks, licks, party tricks’. ### Jacob Alon, Big Country and Rianne Downey are among the latest Scottish Music Awards winners URL: https://readdork.com/news/scottish-music-awards-2026-latest-winners-afba2c6381 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Brian Andrews Type: News Artists: David Byrne, Rianne Downey, Jacob Alon, Big Country, Susan Boyle, Gary Innes, Callum Beattie, Graham Lyle, Abbie Gordon, Valtos, Kerr Mercer Excerpt: Jacob Alon, Rianne Downey, Big Country, Valtos and more will be honoured at Glasgow’s Scottish Music Awards on 7th November. ### Irish experimental collective Robocobra Quartet have shared ‘Nothing’ from their forthcoming five-hour, 100-track album URL: https://readdork.com/news/robocobra-quartet-nothing-hundred-pieces-single-d7f15e0361 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Brian Andrews Type: News Artists: Robocobra Quartet Excerpt: Robocobra Quartet’s new single ‘Nothing’ previews their five-hour, 100-song album ‘Hundred Pieces’, due on 13th November. ### J. Cole says he no longer plans to retire after making ‘The Fall-Off’ as a potential final album URL: https://readdork.com/news/j-cole-not-retiring-after-the-fall-off-bf05c6bdce Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Sarah Peters Type: News Artists: Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole Excerpt: J. Cole says he no longer plans to retire after completing The Fall-Off and taking it on a sold-out arena tour. ### How Mimi Webb’s ‘Confessions’ widened the frame beyond heartbreak URL: https://readdork.com/features/mimi-webb-confessions-songwriting-beyond-heartbreak-f317a2147a Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Molly Bennett Type: Features Artists: Mimi Webb, Sixpence None the Richer Excerpt: On her second album, Mimi Webb turns attention, family rupture and awkward attraction into pop songs that reach beyond the breakup playbook. ### Finnish metal supergroup Crownshift have announced second album ‘The Shadows We Buried’ alongside new single URL: https://readdork.com/news/crownshift-the-shadows-we-buried-in-the-dead-of-night-49f5b566f4 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Dan Harrison Type: News Artists: Crownshift Excerpt: The Finnish metal quartet’s second album arrives via Nuclear Blast on 29th January 2027, with first single ‘In The Dead Of Night’ streaming now. ### Montreal goth-pop artist Flower Face has announced new album ‘Kill the Muse’ alongside single ‘Better the Devil’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/flower-face-kill-the-muse-better-the-devil-330eaf0a91 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Finnley Mcdonald Type: News Artists: Flower Face Excerpt: Flower Face’s new album ‘Kill the Muse’ arrives in February, with ‘Better the Devil’ serving as its second preview. ### Why Stand Atlantic’s ‘Velcro’ can still break a love-song curse after ‘LOVE U ANYWAY’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/stand-atlantic-velcro-love-u-anyway-love-song-curse-explained-cd6b555e0a Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Tyler Cook Type: Features Artists: Stand Atlantic Excerpt: Bonnie Fraser’s descriptions of the two songs address different moments in her writing about love. ### How While She Sleeps have shaped Bury Tomorrow’s ‘Heretic’ and ‘LIFE’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/while-she-sleeps-bury-tomorrow-heretic-life-explainer-b681987e42 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Tyler Cook Type: Features Artists: While She Sleeps, Bury Tomorrow Excerpt: Loz Taylor’s guest vocal on ‘Heretic’ and Aaran McKenzie’s work behind the camera on ‘LIFE (Paradise Denied)’ show two distinct collaborations with Bury Tomorrow. ### How Lucy Rose and Bombay Bicycle Club’s friendship led from Flaws to Fantasies URL: https://readdork.com/features/lucy-rose-bombay-bicycle-club-flaws-fantasies-explained-c388808406 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: Features Artists: Rae Morris, Bombay Bicycle Club, Jack Steadman, Matilda Mann, Lucy Rose, Liz Lawrence Excerpt: Lucy Rose met Jack Steadman in the late 2000s, contributed vocals to Bombay Bicycle Club’s Flaws, and returned for their friendship-led 2024 EP Fantasies. ### What is the idea behind The Regrettes’ ‘Barely On My Mind’ video? URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-regrettes-barely-on-my-mind-video-explained-fcd7e09f3b Date: 2026-10-29 Author: William Thomas Type: Features Artists: Lydia Night, The Regrettes Excerpt: Claire Vogel’s 2022 video turns the gap between spoken claims and persistent thoughts into its central idea. ### How flu and heartbreak inspired Conan Gray’s ‘Killing Me’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/conan-gray-killing-me-flu-heartbreak-explained-9a0726c4c6 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: Features Artists: Max Martin, Conan Gray Excerpt: Conan Gray’s 2023 single turned a miserable bout of flu and an unhealthy attachment into a blunt pop title. ### How As It Is used grief to confront the romanticisation of depression on ‘The Great Depression’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/as-it-is-the-great-depression-stages-of-grief-explained-61176aef88 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Jessica Lowe Type: Features Excerpt: As It Is’ 2018 album puts depression at the centre of a four-part grief structure, examining the pressures that can make suffering look like an identity. ### Who made Rex Orange County’s ‘One In A Million’ heart video? URL: https://readdork.com/features/rex-orange-county-one-in-a-million-heart-video-making-time-62cb5c934b Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: Features Artists: Rex Orange County Excerpt: Bráulio Amado directed Rex Orange County’s ‘One In A Million’ video, linking it to ‘MAKING TIME’, where Peter Steineck is credited for animation. ### What Kim Petras and Porches’ ‘Jeep’ is about, and why its French road trip matters URL: https://readdork.com/features/kim-petras-porches-jeep-meaning-video-explained-63b2d7a910 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Esme Sharp Type: Features Artists: Kim Petras, Porches Excerpt: Kim Petras’ collaboration with Porches turns a romantic misunderstanding into a circular road-trip story, filmed outside Paris and in Fourchainville. ### How Jamie Lenman carried Lenmania’s community spirit into lockdown URL: https://readdork.com/features/jamie-lenman-lenmania-lockdown-separation-event-analysis-bd7f3510cd Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: Features Artists: Wargasm, Haggard Cat, Frank Turner, Black Peaks, False Advertising, Arcane Roots, Employed To Serve, Ithaca, Jamie Lenman, Orchards, The St Pierre Snake Invasion Excerpt: Jamie Lenman’s all-dayer ethos resurfaced in a remotely assembled video and the guest-filled 2021 concert film Separation Event. ### How Do Nothing stopped mistaking struggle for proof URL: https://readdork.com/features/how-do-nothing-stopped-mistaking-struggle-for-proof-22850d8339 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Brian Andrews Type: Features Artists: Folly Group, Do Nothing, Chris Bailey Excerpt: Chris Bailey’s account of Do Nothing’s songwriting moves from the painful making of ‘Snake Sideways’ to the freer, more collaborative process behind ‘Friend World’. ### Why Lucy Dacus wants you to hear Blaze Foley’s original ‘Clay Pigeons’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-lucy-dacus-wants-you-to-hear-blaze-foley-clay-pigeons-original-754b8c3b2d Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: Features Artists: Lucy Dacus, Blaze Foley, John Prine, Phosphorescent, Ethan Hawke, Lucinda Williams Excerpt: Dacus’s cover is an invitation back to the Texas songwriter’s unresolved travelling song, where escape and starting again can sound remarkably alike. ### How White Lies’ ‘As I Try Not To Fall Apart’ and ‘Breakdown Days’ face up to pressure URL: https://readdork.com/features/white-lies-as-i-try-not-to-fall-apart-breakdown-days-explained-a9496bd3ef Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: Features Artists: White Lies Excerpt: White Lies approached emotional strain from two connected directions: a hymn-like confession about male vulnerability, then a lockdown song about wanting to reach out while stuck indoors. ### What JJerome87’s ‘The Canyon’ title and cover tell us about Joe Newman’s solo debut URL: https://readdork.com/features/jjerome87-the-canyon-cover-art-explained-4fd42751ee Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: Features Artists: Carlos de la Garza, alt-J, Joe Newman, JJerome87 Excerpt: From an Echo Park coffee stop to coyotes and a child peering over Newman’s shoulder, Sally Dunne’s sleeve preserves the Los Angeles surroundings of ‘The Canyon’. ### How Petrol Girls turned Graz demonstrations into ‘Fight For Our Lives’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/petrol-girls-fight-for-our-lives-janey-starling-explained-860295b9cb Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: Features Artists: Petrol Girls Excerpt: Petrol Girls’ 2022 collaboration with Janey Starling carried the images, demands and organising of Graz’s femicide demonstrations into a fundraiser for Level Up. ### How Matt Maltese and Sophie May use scale and humour to make worries feel smaller URL: https://readdork.com/features/matt-maltese-sophie-may-worries-perspective-humour-analysis-5289721837 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Oliver Green Type: Features Artists: Matt Maltese, Sophie May Excerpt: Matt Maltese’s ‘The Earth Is A Very Small Dot’ and Sophie May’s ‘Worst Thoughts In The World’ take different songwriting routes through anxious thinking: cosmic perspective and darkly specific humour. ### Which Mayday Parade songs were reworked for ‘Mayday Parade Lofi’ and who remade them? URL: https://readdork.com/features/mayday-parade-lofi-tracklist-collaborators-guide-c1e264d0fa Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: Features Artists: Mayday Parade, Less Gravity Excerpt: A track-by-track guide to Mayday Parade’s five-song 2024 lofi project, including Less Gravity’s role throughout and Aleks!’s additional credit. ### Where to start with Leigh-Anne’s solo music URL: https://readdork.com/features/where-to-start-with-leigh-anne-solo-music-1aba68d925 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: Features Artists: Leigh-Anne, Ayra Starr, Valiant Excerpt: A route through the electro-pop, R&B, dancehall, Afrobeats and reggae strands of Leigh-Anne’s solo catalogue. ### Why PVRIS’ ‘White Noise’ remains a foundation, and what Courtney LaPlante brought to ‘My House’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/pvris-white-noise-my-house-courtney-laplante-foundation-3312256c88 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: James Houghton Type: Features Artists: Courtney LaPlante, Spiritbox, PVRIS, Lyndsey Gunnulfsen Excerpt: PVRIS’ debut brought electronic detail and post-hardcore force into the same carefully built world. A decade later, Courtney LaPlante joining ‘My House’ made that influence tangible. ### How Coach Party’s KILLJOY puts difficult people and hometown pressure under the microscope URL: https://readdork.com/features/coach-party-killjoy-difficult-relationships-hometown-anxieties-analysis-60ca1da1fe Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Andrew Wescott Type: Features Artists: Coach Party Excerpt: Coach Party’s debut turns irritation, insecurity and the claustrophobia of staying put into direct, unsentimental songs. ### How Willie J Healey built ‘Twin Heavy’ from years of demos and a two-take detour URL: https://readdork.com/features/willie-j-healey-twin-heavy-making-of-bb99745096 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: Features Artists: Felix White, Willie J Healey Excerpt: Willie J Healey’s second album grew from an accumulating archive of songs, nine fast-moving days at Echo Zoo and an improvised New York session that produced ‘Fashun’. ### Why Knuckle Puck went back into the studio to fix ‘Shapeshifter’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-knuckle-puck-went-back-into-the-studio-to-fix-shapeshifter-779f83189f Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Oliver Green Type: Features Artists: Knuckle Puck, Mayday Parade Excerpt: In an October 2017 interview, Knuckle Puck’s Nick Casasanto explained why the band revisited parts of their second album after touring with Mayday Parade. ### Why Sunflower Bean’s ‘There’s a Part I Can’t Get Back’ refuses a neat recovery narrative URL: https://readdork.com/features/sunflower-bean-theres-a-part-i-cant-get-back-recovery-narrative-explained-d6291bc568 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: Features Artists: Julia Cumming, Sunflower Bean Excerpt: Julia Cumming’s 2025 explanation of Sunflower Bean’s ‘There’s a Part I Can’t Get Back’ makes space for anger, lasting harm and questions without easy answers. ### Where to start with Holly Humberstone’s first two EPs and ‘Can You Afford to Lose Me?’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/holly-humberstone-first-two-eps-can-you-afford-to-lose-me-guide-6edf336ef8 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Jess Hunt Type: Features Artists: Holly Humberstone, Matty Healy, The 1975 Excerpt: Holly Humberstone’s early releases trace a route from home-life uncertainty to a newly independent, unsettled adulthood, before 2022’s collection rearranged that first chapter. ### How a delivery truck and 100 Gecs shaped Joyce Manor’s ‘All My Friends Are So Depressed’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/joyce-manor-all-my-friends-are-so-depressed-influences-explained-9b2de0f8fe Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Oliver Green Type: Features Artists: Lana Del Rey, Brett Gurewitz, 100 gecs, The Libertines, The Smiths, Barry Johnson, Tiger Army, Joyce Manor Excerpt: Barry Johnson’s 2025 explanation of Joyce Manor’s single traces its route from a Tecate truck on the freeway to a rhyme, a Lana Del Rey thought experiment and contrasting musical reference points. ### The Manics’ biggest chart peaks aren’t quite the same as their longest-lasting album successes URL: https://readdork.com/features/manic-street-preachers-chart-peaks-longest-lasting-albums-b2ce6e0588 Date: 2026-10-29 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: Features Artists: Richey Edwards, Sabrina Carpenter, Manic Street Preachers Excerpt: Number Ones tell one part of Manic Street Preachers’ story. Weeks on the UK Albums Chart tell another, with ‘Everything Must Go’ still the clearest measure of their enduring reach. ### Dan Carey’s Speedy Wunderground has joined forces with Distiller Records for a new label partnership URL: https://readdork.com/news/distiller-speedy-wunderground-label-partnership-heartworms-2ce6a009d3 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Esme Sharp Type: News Artists: Heartworms Excerpt: The independent labels’ partnership begins with Heartworms’ new single, ‘Guess I’m Stuck in the Dark’, while Speedy Wunderground keeps creative control of A&R and production. ### Rosalía's new ‘LUX’ sheet music book has reportedly sold out in less than an hour URL: https://readdork.com/news/rosalia-lux-scorebook-sold-out-cf807d9766 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Nicola Harris Type: News Artists: Rosalía Excerpt: Rosalía’s official ‘LUX’ Scorebook was priced at €45 and made available via her website on 27th October. ### London duo Worldpeace DMT have announced a North American tour and shared a new video for ‘Ivy’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/worldpeace-dmt-ivy-video-2027-north-american-tour-cffebc3512 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Nat Macdonald Type: News Artists: Worldpeace DMT Excerpt: The London duo’s new visual, directed by Alesh Compton, arrives alongside headline dates including New York’s Bowery Ballroom and Los Angeles’ Echoplex. ### Wavves have shared ‘We Get Around’ from an album Nathan Williams partly re-recorded in 12 days URL: https://readdork.com/news/wavves-we-get-around-cherry-soda-release-date-d5fa683628 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Nathaniel Hill Type: News Artists: Wavves, Nathan Williams Excerpt: Wavves’ new single ‘We Get Around’ arrives as ‘Cherry Soda’ receives a revised 13th November release date. ### Ethel Cain has recorded a song in Middle English for Robert Eggers’ new film ‘Werwulf’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/ethel-cain-wynter-waxeth-werwulf-soundtrack-7eb6b4c56e Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: News Artists: Ethel Cain, Robin Carolan Excerpt: Cain’s Middle English collaboration with Robin Carolan will close the soundtrack to Robert Eggers’ forthcoming film. ### This Is the Kit have teamed up with Richard Dawson for new single ‘Safety Valve’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/this-is-the-kit-safety-valve-richard-dawson-51c4365474 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Molly Bennett Type: News Artists: Richard Dawson, Kate Stables Excerpt: Kate Stables’ new duet with Richard Dawson is the latest preview of forthcoming album ‘Ghost Coat’. ### Snoh Aalegra has released tender new ballad ‘Just Friends’ from her upcoming album ‘Legendary Love’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/snoh-aalegra-just-friends-legendary-love-fe671f479a Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Edward Howard Type: News Artists: Snoh Aalegra Excerpt: Snoh Aalegra’s new single ‘Just Friends’ is out now, with her album ‘Legendary Love’ following on 13th November. ### Guided by Voices have announced album number 45, ‘Speculation And Gossip’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/guided-by-voices-speculation-and-gossip-album-9c0c83201f Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Alex Bennett Type: News Artists: Robert Pollard, Guided by Voices Excerpt: Guided by Voices will release 'Speculation And Gossip' in January 2027, with new single 'Designed For Use' available now. ### California electronic duo Skycabin are exploring desire and displacement on new EP ‘Covet’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/skycabin-covet-ep-title-track-video-d4b077bf3f Date: 2026-10-28 Author: William Thomas Type: News Artists: Skycabin Excerpt: California duo Skycabin have released their five-track ‘Covet’ EP alongside a video for its personal title track. ### Robyn has mashed up Tinashe’s ‘Popstar’ and Teddybears’ ‘Punkrocker’ for BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge URL: https://readdork.com/news/robyn-tinashe-teddybears-live-lounge-mashup-374279b6d5 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Nathaniel Hill Type: News Artists: Teddybears, Robyn, Tinashe Excerpt: Robyn combined Tinashe’s ‘Popstar’ with Teddybears’ ‘Punkrocker’ for a BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge performance. ### DIIV have announced a world tour ending at London's Troxy URL: https://readdork.com/news/diiv-2027-world-tour-dare-me-7b361517ac Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Nicola Harris Type: News Artists: DIIV Excerpt: DIIV’s fourth and final ‘ZIRP!’ preview arrives alongside 2027 dates across Australia, New Zealand, Japan, North America and Europe. ### Nick Jonas, Samara Joy and Rufus Wainwright have performed at a gala honouring Disney's Bob Iger URL: https://readdork.com/news/nick-jonas-samara-joy-rufus-wainwright-bob-iger-pac-nyc-gala-23a777fe3d Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Tyler Cook Type: News Artists: Samara Joy, Rufus Wainwright, Jonas Brothers, Nick Jonas Excerpt: Nick Jonas saluted the former Disney chief as PAC NYC’s 2026 Icon of Culture, with Samara Joy and Rufus Wainwright also performing in New York. ### Brian Jones’s letter inviting Charlie Watts to join The Rolling Stones is going up for auction URL: https://readdork.com/news/brian-jones-charlie-watts-rolling-stones-letter-auction-426946718f Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: News Artists: The Rolling Stones, Alexis Korner, Charlie Watts, Keith Richards, Brian Jones Excerpt: A handwritten 1962 letter from Brian Jones to Charlie Watts, sent before The Rolling Stones’ first performance, will be sold at Sotheby’s New York in December. ### Madness have announced remastered reissues of their first five studio albums URL: https://readdork.com/news/madness-first-five-albums-reissues-2027-98f2fa9d3b Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Sarah Peters Type: News Artists: Madness Excerpt: ‘One Step Beyond…’, ‘Absolutely’, ‘7’, ‘The Rise & Fall’ and ‘Keep Moving’ will return on vinyl and CD in January 2027. ### Building a Music Playlist for an Evening at Home URL: https://readdork.com/features/building-a-music-playlist-for-an-evening-at-home Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Guest Post Type: Guest Posts Excerpt: The best playlists don’t just stack favourite tracks in a row. They have pacing. ### An At-Home Music Evening: New Releases, Fan Chats and Friday Listening Ideas URL: https://readdork.com/features/an-at-home-music-evening-new-releases-fan-chats-and-friday-listening-ideas Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Guest Post Type: Guest Posts Excerpt: Here’s how to make the most of it, with fresh music, friendly fan chat and a few easy Friday-night ideas. ### Nashville newcomer elijah has shared ‘Lie Suicide’ via Hopeless Records URL: https://readdork.com/news/elijah-lie-suicide-single-hopeless-records-f073ad4f12 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Jessica Lowe Type: News Artists: Catch Your Breath, Icon For Hire Excerpt: elijah’s new single ‘Lie Suicide’ is out now, ahead of US dates with Icon For Hire and a 2027 UK and European run supporting Catch Your Breath. ### London-via-Paris newcomers Spanish Horses have shared ‘City I Believe’ ahead of their debut EP URL: https://readdork.com/news/spanish-horses-city-i-believe-small-notions-8f50be2ff0 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Jessica Lowe Type: News Artists: Spanish Horses, The Guest List Excerpt: The London-via-Paris quintet’s third single is the final preview of their debut EP, due on 27th November via So Young Records. ### Bicep and Noisia are heading to Boomtown 2027 for two major closing sets URL: https://readdork.com/news/boomtown-2027-bicep-noisia-closing-sets-d23a533d5e Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Sarah Peters Type: News Artists: Noisia, Bicep, Boomtown Excerpt: Bicep will close Lion’s Den and Noisia will top HYDRO XL when Boomtown returns next August, with Anara Forest also set for a major reimagining. ### Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja has curated a Gaza documentary soundtrack featuring Kneecap and David Holmes URL: https://readdork.com/news/kneecap-life-support-documentary-soundtrack-2f35d751ed Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: News Artists: David Holmes, Robert Del Naja, Yasmine Hamdan, Kneecap, Paul Weller, Massar Egbari Excerpt: Kneecap, David Holmes and Róisín El Cherif feature on the newly released soundtrack to Daniele Rugo’s Gaza medic documentary ‘Life Support’. ### New York duo Or Best Offer have announced second album ‘It Will Appear’ and shared ‘Fast Strong Horse’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/or-best-offer-it-will-appear-fast-strong-horse-22dbd52758 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Edward Howard Type: News Artists: My Wonderful Boyfriend Excerpt: New York duo Or Best Offer have signed to Good English Records, with second album ‘It Will Appear’ due in January. ### Panda Bear has announced ‘pb band live 25 at power station’, recorded in New York URL: https://readdork.com/news/panda-bear-pb-band-live-25-at-power-station-a0f4c2c089 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Alex Bennett Type: News Artists: Maria Reis, The Notwist, Tim Koh, Panda Bear, Animal Collective Excerpt: Noah Lennox’s first Panda Bear touring band is documented across a 17-track live album, due 11th December via Domino Documents. ### Montreal audiovisual collective Dark Sky Society have shared ‘First Law Of Thermodynamics’ ahead of their debut album URL: https://readdork.com/news/dark-sky-society-first-law-of-thermodynamics-debut-single-a69fdadaad Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Owen Bradley Type: News Excerpt: The Montreal collective’s first release previews their 57-minute audiovisual debut, ‘As Above So Below’, due in February 2027. ### Sam Akpro has shared new single ‘Gauzy’ featuring HORNET ahead of his five-track EP URL: https://readdork.com/news/sam-akpro-gauzy-ep-title-track-fec7027670 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Nathaniel Hill Type: News Artists: Sam Akpro Excerpt: Sam Akpro’s five-track ‘Gauzy’ EP arrives via ANTI- Records on Friday, 30th October, with its title track out now ahead of a Peckham release show. ### Gloria de Oliveira has shared new single and video ‘Leda Saw Eyes’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/gloria-de-oliveira-leda-saw-eyes-video-42b52b54b4 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Molly Bennett Type: News Artists: Gloria de Oliveira Excerpt: Gloria de Oliveira’s final preview of ‘The Lying Swans’ arrives with a Seda Kaçak-directed video ahead of the album’s 30th October release. ### Obskür have announced The System 2027 UK tour URL: https://readdork.com/news/obskur-the-system-2027-uk-tour-f6dac44e2b Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Jess Hunt Type: News Artists: Obskür Excerpt: The Irish electronic duo will take their club concept to Liverpool, London and Glasgow in January and February 2027. ### Radio Free Alice have shared new single ‘The Intersection’ ahead of debut album ‘What’s In Between’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/radio-free-alice-whats-in-between-the-intersection-3b68349ee4 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Tyler Cook Type: News Artists: Radio Free Alice Excerpt: Radio Free Alice’s debut album is out on Friday, 30th October via PJB, led by new single ‘The Intersection’ ahead of a November UK and European tour. ### Jennifer Lopez has announced new single ‘Proof of Love’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/jennifer-lopez-proof-of-love-single-289dcb231a Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Brian Andrews Type: News Artists: Jennifer Lopez Excerpt: Jennifer Lopez’s forthcoming new song ‘Proof of Love’ will feature as a bonus track on the first vinyl editions of her 2011 album ‘Love?’. ### Big Red have shared new single ‘Man Bites Dog’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/big-red-man-bites-dog-single-eedf384c1e Date: 2026-10-28 Author: James Houghton Type: News Artists: The Orchestra (For Now), Big Red Excerpt: Big Red’s latest single arrives ahead of debut album ‘Big Sur’, due this Friday. ### Apple Music have announced free Warehouse Project broadcasts with Overmono, Andy C and Carl Cox URL: https://readdork.com/news/apple-music-warehouse-project-club-live-broadcasts-60178f7c2c Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Sam Thomas Type: News Artists: Carl Cox, Overmono, Chloé Caillet, 2manydjs Excerpt: Apple Music Club Live will broadcast five sets from The Warehouse Project’s 20th anniversary season, with no subscription required. ### Sam Fender has postponed Newcastle presale after reported bot attack URL: https://readdork.com/news/sam-fender-newcastle-presale-bot-attack-008ec31c27 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Sam Thomas Type: News Artists: Wunderhorse, Sam Fender Excerpt: Sam Fender says the St James’ Park presale will now begin at 9.30am on Thursday 29th October after a reported attack on ticketing site Gigantic. ### Horror-punk trio Mean Ghouls have shared ‘He’s a Serial Killer’ ahead of their debut album URL: https://readdork.com/news/mean-ghouls-hes-a-serial-killer-video-7d858521db Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Andrew Wescott Type: News Excerpt: The south of the UK horror-punk trio have shared a new single and video before ‘…and the Horror Goes On’ arrives this Friday. ### UK Eurovision trio Remember Monday have announced their debut album alongside new single ‘Dream Cheat’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/remember-monday-can-we-press-rewind-dream-cheat-49649ad3de Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: News Artists: Remember Monday Excerpt: The pop trio’s debut album arrives on 29th January, alongside new single ‘Dream Cheat’. ### Everything But The Girl have shared ‘Young and Dumb’ ahead of their new album ‘Blue Reservoir’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/everything-but-the-girl-blue-reservoir-young-and-dumb-f8791d8853 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Ellen Gray Type: News Artists: Tracey Thorn, Everything But The Girl, Ben Watt Excerpt: Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt’s eleventh studio album arrives in February, alongside new single ‘Young and Dumb’ and further intimate live dates. ### London alt-pop artist Tsatsamis has shared new single ‘Masochist’ ahead of his Jessie Ware tour dates URL: https://readdork.com/news/tsatsamis-masochist-jessie-ware-support-dates-c55e740501 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: News Artists: Tsatsamis, Jessie Ware Excerpt: The London artist’s new single will feature on a deluxe edition of debut mixtape ‘Tsycophant’, alongside a Vespers headline show and European dates with Jessie Ware. ### What Arlo Parks’ earliest songs reveal about the writing before ‘Collapsed in Sunbeams’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/arlo-parks-cola-romantic-garbage-super-sad-generation-sophie-ep-rediscovery-de5c1a2e23 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Jess Hunt Type: Features Artists: Arlo Parks Excerpt: Before ‘Collapsed in Sunbeams’, Arlo Parks was already making room for betrayal, romantic uncertainty and a generation she refused to reduce to despair. ### Glasgow newcomers heavyskint have shared new single ‘Headstone’, produced by Idlewild’s Rod Jones URL: https://readdork.com/news/heavyskint-headstone-single-cd9cd8e326 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Brian Andrews Type: News Artists: heavyskint Excerpt: Glasgow quintet heavyskint have shared ‘Headstone’, a new single produced by Idlewild’s Rod Jones. ### CHVRCHES have shared ‘Overthinker’ as they count down to new album ‘All The King’s Men’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/chvrches-overthinker-single-release-771f816c1a Date: 2026-10-28 Author: James Houghton Type: News Artists: Iain Cook, Simon Neil, Chvrches, Martin Doherty, Biffy Clyro, Lauren Mayberry Excerpt: CHVRCHES’ second ‘All The King’s Men’ single arrives following an intimate Glasgow charity show. ### Ex:Re have shared ‘Am I Even Real?’, the final preview of forthcoming album ‘Save As’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/ex-re-am-i-even-real-save-as-single-c05ee4fb32 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: News Artists: Elena Tonra, Ex:Re Excerpt: Elena Tonra’s Ex:Re have unveiled the final preview of ‘Save As’, with a Cuan Roche-directed live session video. ### 6 Music Festival has announced its Newcastle return for 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/news/6-music-festival-newcastle-2027-3537e0f641 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Nathaniel Hill Type: News Excerpt: BBC Radio 6 Music Festival will head back to Newcastle for five days of performances and DJ sets next March. ### Massive Attack have been announced as Rock Werchter 2027’s opening-day headliners URL: https://readdork.com/news/massive-attack-rock-werchter-2027-headliners-8307f37107 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: News Artists: Massive Attack Excerpt: Massive Attack will return to Rock Werchter on Thursday 1st July 2027, 24 years after their last appearance at the Belgian festival. ### 100%WET have shared ‘Indigo’ and welcomed Sanna Heinstedt as a permanent member URL: https://readdork.com/news/100wet-indigo-sanna-heinstedt-permanent-member-6cf6083218 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Lena Hunt Type: News Excerpt: Copenhagen’s 100%WET have released new single ‘Indigo’, with Sanna Heinstedt now officially a permanent member. ### The Chats are tackling hangovers, bad decisions and growing up on new album ‘Half Cut’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/the-chats-half-cut-album-australian-tour-f7e7f624aa Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: News Artists: Frenzal Rhomb, The Chats Excerpt: The Chats’ third album, ‘Half Cut’, arrives in March 2027, with opening track ‘Off It’ out now and 17 Australian shows booked for November and December. ### The Cinematic Orchestra will play KOKO, Earth Theatre and Union Chapel on consecutive nights URL: https://readdork.com/news/cinematic-orchestra-london-shows-2027-40eade0230 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Andy Norman Type: News Artists: The Cinematic Orchestra Excerpt: The group will bring a new live show to KOKO, Earth Theatre and Union Chapel across three consecutive nights next May. ### South London band KEG have announced their second album with Halloween-ready single ‘Call Me Satan’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/keg-relaxin-next-to-the-hospital-call-me-satan-35f047c3e0 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Brian Andrews Type: News Artists: KEG Excerpt: KEG’s second album, ‘Relaxin’ Next To The Hospital’, arrives on 5th March 2027 via Alcopop!, preceded by new single ‘Call Me Satan’. ### Enter Shikari have shared surprise single ‘Lightyears’, inspired by Rou Reynolds’ childhood home videos URL: https://readdork.com/news/enter-shikari-lightyears-new-single-b9a3ea2345 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Brian Andrews Type: News Artists: Enter Shikari Excerpt: Enter Shikari’s new single ‘Lightyears’ finds Rou Reynolds revisiting family footage, former selves and loved ones who are no longer here. ### Amira Elfeky is resisting romance on new single ‘I don’t want to fall in love’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/amira-elfeky-i-dont-want-to-fall-in-love-bdebc003d5 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Brian Andrews Type: News Artists: Amira Elfeky Excerpt: Amira Elfeky’s new single arrives with an official video ahead of her album ‘It Was Only A Dream’. ### Sons of Cream are putting their own spin on their fathers' music with debut album ‘Half and Half’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/sons-of-cream-half-and-half-debut-album-ef3f7923a8 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Brian Andrews Type: News Artists: Sons of Cream, Rob Johnson Excerpt: The Malcolm Bruce, Kofi Baker and Rob Johnson trio will release their first album in January, pairing six originals with six reworked Cream songs. ### Tindersticks have confirmed their fifteenth album ‘Dog Roses’ and a European tour URL: https://readdork.com/news/tindersticks-dog-roses-loving-leaving-2027-tour-d2ff9daead Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Jess Hunt Type: News Artists: Tindersticks, Neil Fraser, David Boulter, Julian Siegel, Dave Okumu, Lucy Wilkins Excerpt: Tindersticks’ fifteenth studio album arrives in March, led by new single ‘Loving, Leaving’ and followed by UK dates including the London Palladium. ### Stockholm psych-pop artist Stephanie Gilbert has shared ‘Lovers Do’ ahead of her debut EP URL: https://readdork.com/news/stephanie-gilbert-lovers-do-single-a5946d2c0c Date: 2026-10-28 Author: James Houghton Type: News Excerpt: Stephanie Gilbert has released ‘Lovers Do’, the final preview of debut EP ‘Elvish’, due on 6th November. ### Folk newcomer Florence Rose Broomfield has shared debut single ‘When You’re Here’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/florence-rose-broomfield-when-youre-here-debut-single-52ac1fa947 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Esme Sharp Type: News Excerpt: The folk-leaning first release explores the uneasy feeling of being beside someone whose attention is fixed elsewhere. ### Hex Girlfriend have announced a 15-date UK and European tour alongside new single ‘Sore Loser’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/hex-girlfriend-sore-loser-2027-tour-a46ef82905 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Esme Sharp Type: News Artists: Noah Yorke, Hex Girlfriend Excerpt: James Knott and Noah Yorke’s new single is out now via Soil To The Sun Recordings, with 15 live dates planned for March 2027. ### Fujiya & Miyagi have shared ‘Elasticated Waste’ lyric video and announced 2027 UK tour URL: https://readdork.com/news/fujiya-miyagi-elasticated-waste-video-uk-tour-acdfa75a7a Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Owen Bradley Type: News Artists: Fujiya & Miyagi Excerpt: The Brighton band’s latest ‘New Shiny Object’ preview arrives ahead of Friday’s album release, alongside launch parties and six UK dates. ### London-based indie duo FanSandro have teamed up with Jenny Shen for new single ‘Tabacchi’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/fansandro-tabacchi-jenny-shen-content-melancholy-b612ba1441 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Molly Bennett Type: News Excerpt: FanSandro’s new single ‘Tabacchi’, featuring Jenny Shen, is the first track from their spring 2027 album ‘Content Melancholy’. ### Prima Queen are getting angry on new single ‘Alanis Morissette’ ahead of their second album URL: https://readdork.com/news/prima-queen-a-touch-of-divine-alanis-morissette-1b13cc6aed Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Finnley Mcdonald Type: News Artists: Prima Queen, The Big Moon Excerpt: Prima Queen’s second album arrives on 26th February 2027, led by new single ‘Alanis Morissette’. ### Why Zara Larsson’s ‘You Love Who You Love’ is a warning, not a love song URL: https://readdork.com/features/zara-larsson-you-love-who-you-love-meaning-explainer-dcbd80e0ed Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Alex Bennett Type: Features Artists: Gorillaz, Zara Larsson Excerpt: Zara Larsson’s 2024 explanation of ‘You Love Who You Love’ puts its apparently open-hearted title in a sharper context: it is about recognising when somebody keeps returning to a harmful relationship. ### Where to start with Turnstile’s albums URL: https://readdork.com/features/where-to-start-with-turnstile-albums-62f674f023 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: Features Artists: Hayley Williams, Faye Webster, Turnstile, Blood Orange, Mall Grab, Shabaka Hutchings Excerpt: A route through Turnstile’s four albums, from the hardcore foundation of Nonstop Feeling to the expansive NEVER ENOUGH. ### Where to start with PinkPantheress’ ‘Fancy Some More?’ after ‘Fancy That’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/pinkpantheress-fancy-some-more-guide-f403edf96e Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: Features Artists: Joe Goddard, Bladee, Nia Archives, Seventeen, Four Tet, Anitta, Zara Larsson, Basement Jaxx, Kylie Minogue, PinkPantheress Excerpt: A route through PinkPantheress’ remix companion, from its guest pairings to producer reworks and the later Four Tet version of ‘Illegal’. ### How Frank Carter’s 2019 car crash refocused his writing, painting and performing URL: https://readdork.com/features/frank-carter-2019-car-crash-writing-painting-performing-3ab74426d4 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Dan Harrison Type: Features Artists: Frank Carter, Foo Fighters, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes Excerpt: 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. ### How LCD Soundsystem’s singles-first beginnings led to their 2005 debut album URL: https://readdork.com/features/lcd-soundsystem-singles-first-debut-album-explained-837df4a71f Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Edward Howard Type: Features Artists: LCD Soundsystem Excerpt: LCD Soundsystem spent several years establishing itself through standalone releases before its 2005 debut gathered those ideas into an album-length statement. ### Why Maggie Rogers was assigning ‘Surrender’ songs track numbers as she wrote them URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-maggie-rogers-assigned-surrender-track-numbers-writing-f9dd5c5b62 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: Features Artists: Maggie Rogers Excerpt: Maggie Rogers was building ‘Surrender’ as a deliberately sequenced whole, using imagined track positions to identify what the album still needed. ### Why Swim Deep wanted their label to be more than a record deal URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-swim-deep-wanted-label-more-than-record-deal-2019-f64580cbf9 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Helena Dean Type: Features Artists: Austin Williams, Bill Ryder-Jones, Swim Deep Excerpt: In 2019, Swim Deep imagined a label built around affordable space to rehearse, write and make demos, rather than simply handing bands money. ### Where to start with Courtney Barnett, from sharp observations to quieter instrumentals URL: https://readdork.com/features/where-to-start-with-courtney-barnett-ff0713974e Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Nicola Harris Type: Features Artists: Courtney Barnett Excerpt: A listening route through Courtney Barnett’s catalogue, whether you want detail-rich songwriting, a gentler record or the wordless drift of ‘End Of The Day’. ### How Boston Manor’s ‘Datura’ and ‘Sundiver’ complete their dusk-to-dawn double album URL: https://readdork.com/features/boston-manor-datura-sundiver-double-album-explained-b3e7e270b4 Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: Features Artists: Boston Manor, Portishead, Heriot, Garbage Excerpt: Boston Manor planned ‘Datura’ and ‘Sundiver’ as two connected records from the beginning. Here’s how the pair moves from a single night into the following day. ### How Everything Everything turned a four-chord challenge into ‘I Want A Love Like This’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/everything-everything-i-want-a-love-like-this-four-chord-banger-explained-bc9c5e368a Date: 2026-10-28 Author: Nathaniel Hill Type: Features Artists: Jonathan Higgs, Everything Everything Excerpt: A concise songwriting brief, a homemade modular synthesiser and a hopeful relationship theme shaped one of ‘Raw Data Feel’’s most direct songs. ### Dove Cameron is counting down to debut album ‘FINAL GIRL’ with new single ‘do the math’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/dove-cameron-do-the-math-final-girl-8fb622fa01 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Owen Bradley Type: News Artists: Sombr, Dove Cameron Excerpt: Dove Cameron’s new single ‘do the math’ is out now, with debut album ‘FINAL GIRL’ set for release on 6th November. ### Alt-R&B artist keshi has kicked off a new chapter with ‘MISS ME’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/keshi-miss-me-single-e6bb9eec5c Date: 2026-10-27 Author: James Houghton Type: News Artists: boylife, keshi Excerpt: keshi’s first new music since 2025, ‘MISS ME’ arrives with a visualiser and credits boylife, Nick Velez and Justin Tranter. ### Titus Andronicus drummer Eric Harm has announced his debut solo album ‘All The Wrong Moves’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/eric-harm-all-the-wrong-moves-debut-solo-album-26a1eb1a9c Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Owen Bradley Type: News Artists: Patrick Stickles, Titus Andronicus Excerpt: The Titus Andronicus drummer’s first solo album, produced by Patrick Stickles, arrives on 6th November. ### U2 have announced an exclusive BBC Music concert in London URL: https://readdork.com/news/u2-bbc-music-london-concert-2026-add60d8274 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Andy Norman Type: News Artists: U2 Excerpt: U2 will play songs from their catalogue and upcoming album ‘Carnaval De Luz’ at a central London show recorded for BBC Music next week. ### The Prodigy have teamed up with Flare Audio to launch their first earphones URL: https://readdork.com/news/the-prodigy-flare-audio-earphones-16a3228ba2 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Helena Dean Type: News Artists: The Prodigy Excerpt: The band’s first audio collaboration is a £179 wired earphone, developed over two years and released through their new BLK.ANT platform. ### Julian Casablancas and Mark Ruffalo have backed Macklemore's Free Palestine Tour with video messages URL: https://readdork.com/news/macklemore-dublin-free-palestine-show-mark-ruffalo-julian-casablancas-b6094df212 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Lena Hunt Type: News Artists: Julian Casablancas, Macklemore, Beoga, Hozier, Kneecap Excerpt: Mark Ruffalo, Julian Casablancas, Hozier, Kneecap and Beoga were among the guests at the opening night of Macklemore’s Free Palestine Tour. ### Metallica’s Kirk Hammett has shared a reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s ‘The Raven’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/kirk-hammett-the-raven-reading-a0504f3746 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Nicola Harris Type: News Artists: Kirk Hammett, Metallica Excerpt: The Metallica guitarist reads the final seven stanzas of Poe’s classic poem in a newly released Halloween-season video. ### Purity Ring have shared remix record ‘transmutations’ and new single ‘only alive’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/purity-ring-transmutations-only-alive-ff95f45cee Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Sam Thomas Type: News Artists: Purity Ring, Emma Aibara, TAAHLIAH, Anamanaguchi, TDJ, Dusqk, Pabllo Vittar, HEALTH Excerpt: Purity Ring’s fourth album gets a full remix treatment, alongside ‘only alive’, written for Julia Jackman’s ‘100 Nights Of Hero’. ### RAYE's album has jumped 77 places in the midweek chart after her Mercury Prize victory URL: https://readdork.com/news/raye-mercury-prize-chart-sales-boost-be782ab2bd Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Lena Hunt Type: News Artists: Raye, Olivia Dean, Nia Archives, Knats, Pulp, Suede, Florence + The Machine, Kojey Radical, Dove Ellis Excerpt: RAYE’s Mercury-winning album has risen from Number 88 to Number 11 in the midweek Official Albums Chart, while several fellow nominees have also seen a post-ceremony boost. ### Luvcat is hosting a Halloween watch party for her ‘Live in Soho’ concert film URL: https://readdork.com/news/luvcat-live-in-soho-halloween-watch-party-2ec196b803 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Oliver Green Type: News Artists: Luvcat Excerpt: Her filmed Viciously Delicious anniversary show will premiere on YouTube at 6pm GMT on 31st October, remaining online for 48 hours. ### Rachel Chinouriri has covered Slayyyter’s ‘brand new chanel$’ in the Radio 1 Live Lounge URL: https://readdork.com/news/rachel-chinouriri-slayyyter-brand-new-chanel-radio-1-live-lounge-8fd0349dcd Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Sarah Peters Type: News Artists: Slayyyter, Rachel Chinouriri Excerpt: Rachel Chinouriri takes on Slayyyter’s ‘brand new chanel$’ in a new Radio 1 Live Lounge performance. ### Snowbombing has added Jayda G, Max Dean, CC:DISCO! and Ross From Friends to its 2027 lineup URL: https://readdork.com/news/snowbombing-2027-third-wave-lineup-3526ccd874 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Oliver Green Type: News Artists: Max Dean, CC:DISCO!, Jayda G, Ross From Friends Excerpt: Jayda G, Max Dean, CC:DISCO! and Ross From Friends lead the latest additions to the Austrian festival next April. ### Ryan Gosling's Dead Man’s Bones have returned with their first new music in 17 years URL: https://readdork.com/news/dead-mans-bones-lost-in-the-night-3513c961d4 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Andrew Wescott Type: News Artists: Ryan Gosling Excerpt: Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields’ Dead Man’s Bones are back with ‘Lost In The Night’, accompanied by a black-and-white video starring Noah Jupe and Rain Spencer. ### Kings Of Leon will celebrate ‘O My Beloved’ with a one-off London headline show URL: https://readdork.com/news/kings-of-leon-british-airways-arc-london-show-156c866c3c Date: 2026-10-27 Author: James Houghton Type: News Artists: Ocean Alley, Kings of Leon Excerpt: Kings Of Leon will play Olympia London’s British Airways ARC on 10th November, four days after tenth album ‘O My Beloved’ arrives. ### Kim Gordon has teamed up with Fender for her own signature Jazzmaster guitar URL: https://readdork.com/news/kim-gordon-fender-signature-jazzmaster-ee331979cf Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: News Artists: Kim Gordon Excerpt: Kim Gordon’s new Fender Jazzmaster pairs an Olympic White offset body with a Seymour Duncan bridge humbucker and a vintage-style floating tremolo. ### Tokyo-Hong Kong collective Meiv have teamed up with Armand Hammer for new single ‘No Future Pt. 1 & 2’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/meiv-no-future-pt-1-2-armand-hammer-1181c476cb Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Nathaniel Hill Type: News Artists: Body Meat, Armand Hammer Excerpt: Meiv’s second single features billy woods and ELUCID, with production from Body Meat. ### senses have released their new single ‘patterns’ while touring with NOAHFINNCE URL: https://readdork.com/news/senses-patterns-single-noahfinnce-uk-tour-9f4c37068f Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Dan Harrison Type: News Artists: NOAHFINNCE Excerpt: Los Angeles duo senses have shared ‘patterns’, a new Hopeless Records single about recognising and breaking difficult mental cycles. ### Philadelphia hardcore band Commitment have shared a new video for ‘STD (Send The Deposit)’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/commitment-std-send-the-deposit-video-ca4f90af8e Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Jessica Lowe Type: News Excerpt: Philadelphia hardcore band Commitment’s new video accompanies a track from their debut album ‘Fear Of’, out now via Get Better Records. ### No Windows' Morgan Morris is going solo with ‘Jesus at the Races’ and a debut EP URL: https://readdork.com/news/morgan-morris-jesus-at-the-races-debut-single-015cc17930 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: News Artists: No Windows Excerpt: The Edinburgh producer and multi-instrumentalist’s first solo release arrives ahead of debut EP ‘Songs For Acoustic Guitar’. ### The Healing Power of Horses have announced ‘8725’, their second EP in six months URL: https://readdork.com/news/the-healing-power-of-horses-8725-xstick-xstick-6fe9cef923 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: News Artists: Swervedriver, Ride Excerpt: The East Anglian duo’s second EP of 2026 arrives on 2nd December via section1, with new single ‘xstick_xstick’ out now. ### Twinnie has been unveiled as the first live vocalist for ‘Love Actually Live in Concert’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/twinnie-love-actually-live-in-concert-2026-uk-tour-d3e0e99897 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Felicity Newton Type: News Artists: Twinnie Excerpt: Twinnie will become the first live vocalist in the UK production, singing six soundtrack songs with the orchestra at every date except London. ### New Jersey singer-songwriter Public Works has announced his new EP ‘Forklift Certified’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/public-works-forklift-certified-boy-scout-139a4f1c10 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Sam Thomas Type: News Artists: Public Works Excerpt: New Jersey pop-punk project Public Works will release the Hopeless Records EP on 26th February 2027, with its first single streaming now. ### St. Vincent has performed ‘Smoking Section’ with Marc Ribot on The Tonight Show URL: https://readdork.com/news/st-vincent-marc-ribot-smoking-section-tonight-show-3c7bb3e12f Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Andrew Wescott Type: News Artists: Marc Ribot, St. Vincent, Hannah Cohen Excerpt: Annie Clark revisited her ‘MASSEDUCTION’ closer with Marc Ribot, Hannah Cohen and two upright bass players. ### Factory Floor have announced new album ‘One Trip’, their first in a decade URL: https://readdork.com/news/factory-floor-one-trip-album-announcement-fa55344e44 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Jess Hunt Type: News Artists: Factory Floor, Squid Excerpt: Factory Floor will release ‘One Trip’ digitally on 27th November, with a vinyl edition following on 4th December. ### South Yorkshire singer-songwriter Sam Scherdel has shared new single ‘Kyoto Snow’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/sam-scherdel-kyoto-snow-video-dd32f6e330 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Brian Andrews Type: News Artists: Sam Scherdel Excerpt: Sam Scherdel’s new single and video ‘Kyoto Snow’ are out now, offering a fragile image of beauty as a relationship begins to break apart. ### Olivia Rodrigo found love. ‘The Cure’ asks why she still feels terrible URL: https://readdork.com/features/olivia-rodrigo-the-cure-heartbreak-antidote-explained-2489009920 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: Features Artists: Olivia Rodrigo Excerpt: A caring partner, a nurse’s uniform and a tangle of red thread: ‘The Cure’ takes apart the idea that romance can fix everything. ### Hello Mary offshoot Nine Perfect Lives have signed to AD 93 and shared debut single ‘Die’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/nine-perfect-lives-die-ad93-c524e6bd3d Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Sarah Peters Type: News Excerpt: Brooklyn duo Nine Perfect Lives have joined AD 93, marking the news with their debut single, ‘Die’, and a Milo Hume-directed video. ### Danny L Harle is bringing a new live soundtrack to 100-year-old horror classic ‘Faust’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/danny-l-harle-faust-mubi-fest-london-6ffc6a597e Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: News Artists: Danny L Harle Excerpt: Danny L Harle will curate a live soundtrack for F. W. Murnau’s 1926 silent film ‘Faust’ at Hackney Picturehouse on 15th November. ### How official Oasis live releases turn gigs into records URL: https://readdork.com/features/oasis-official-live-releases-gigs-explained-5c7d02806c Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Molly Bennett Type: Features Artists: Oasis, John Squire Excerpt: Knebworth 1996 preserves a complete setlist while moving between two nights. That distinction explains plenty about what an official live release actually captures. ### R.E.M. have shared a rare 2001 performance of ‘The Great Beyond’ from their archives URL: https://readdork.com/news/rem-the-great-beyond-black-sessions-live-f30491601f Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Alex Bennett Type: News Artists: R.E.M. Excerpt: The 2001 Radio France recording previews ‘Reveal (25th Anniversary Edition)’ and ‘The Black Sessions Revealed’, out 20th November. ### Band of Skulls have introduced new vocalist Iona Alven on comeback single ‘Bitter Dream’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/band-of-skulls-bitter-dream-iona-alven-3a698a410c Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Andrew Wescott Type: News Artists: Band of Skulls Excerpt: Band of Skulls are back with ‘Bitter Dream’, their first new music to feature vocalist Iona Alven. ### Louisiana pop newcomer DIEYOUNG has shared ‘Sweet’ alongside a new visualiser URL: https://readdork.com/news/dieyoung-sweet-single-visualiser-6118160ec0 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Jess Hunt Type: News Excerpt: Louisiana singer-songwriter Cody Mackenzie’s latest DIEYOUNG single is out now via Adventure Cat Records. ### Kesha has dug into the ‘Animal’ archives for her long-lost ‘Backstabber’ video URL: https://readdork.com/news/kesha-backstabber-video-premiere-8a787f9a20 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Owen Bradley Type: News Artists: Kesha Excerpt: Kesha’s official ‘Backstabber’ video, filmed during the ‘Animal’ era, has arrived 16 years after it was made. ### Little Grandad have shared ‘A Minute On The Lips’ and announced a January in-store tour URL: https://readdork.com/news/little-grandad-a-minute-on-the-lips-in-store-tour-46eb5fb9a1 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: News Excerpt: The new track opens Little Grandad’s debut album ‘Speak Softly, Son’, due on 22nd January 2027. ### London newcomers Bone China are celebrating life's little moments on new single ‘You’re Wonderful’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/bone-china-youre-wonderful-single-90b424e939 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Esme Sharp Type: News Artists: Bone China Excerpt: Four-piece Bone China’s new single ‘You’re Wonderful’ is out now via Blitzcat Records, alongside a visualiser. ### Seoul-based alt-pop artist iiso is communicating with her cat on new single ‘telepathy’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/iiso-telepathy-single-3f1956c33b Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Brian Andrews Type: News Artists: iiso Excerpt: The Seoul-based artist’s new single ‘telepathy / 텔레파시’ is inspired by her connection with her cat, Chaeso. ### Tom Jones has postponed two US shows after being hit by flu URL: https://readdork.com/news/tom-jones-postpones-us-shows-flu-e386aa0a55 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Finnley Mcdonald Type: News Artists: Tom Jones Excerpt: Tom Jones has rescheduled Los Angeles and San Diego dates on medical advice after saying he has “a bad case of the flu”. ### Melanie C will headline a free Sydney DJ party at The Beresford URL: https://readdork.com/news/melanie-c-sydney-beresford-dj-party-c764faaeac Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Jess Hunt Type: News Artists: Melanie C Excerpt: Melanie C is set to play a free DJ set at The Beresford in Sydney on Sunday 15th November, before her final Australian ‘Sweat’ tour show that evening. ### Kings Of Leon have added an extra Dublin 3Arena show URL: https://readdork.com/news/kings-of-leon-extra-dublin-3arena-show-9f510b512b Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: News Artists: Kings of Leon Excerpt: Kings Of Leon will play Dublin’s 3Arena on 23rd June 2027, with tickets for the added date now on sale. ### CMAT has performed ‘Take a Sexy Picture of Me’ and more for NPR's Tiny Desk URL: https://readdork.com/news/cmat-npr-tiny-desk-concert-17f5810530 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: News Artists: CMAT Excerpt: CMAT’s new NPR Tiny Desk set features ‘Take a Sexy Picture of Me’, ‘When a Good Man Cries’, ‘I Wanna Be a Cowboy, Baby!’ and ‘Lord, Let That Tesla Crash’. ### Turnstile have joined the Rock Werchter 2027 line-up alongside Muse, Tame Impala and more URL: https://readdork.com/news/turnstile-rock-werchter-2027-d61198d277 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Lena Hunt Type: News Artists: Turnstile Excerpt: Turnstile will play Belgium’s Rock Werchter on Thursday 1st July, with festival tickets going on sale on Friday 30th October. ### Toronto indie-pop artist MorMor has announced a London show and shared new single ‘Ecstasy’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/mormor-london-ica-show-ecstasy-e0341bd3a8 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: News Artists: MorMor Excerpt: MorMor will play London’s ICA in January 2027, with new single ‘Ecstasy’ offering the final preview of forthcoming album ‘No One Alive Will Listen’. ### King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have announced a Bristol Sounds 2027 headline show URL: https://readdork.com/news/king-gizzard-bristol-sounds-2027-headline-show-53054679ac Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: News Artists: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Excerpt: The Australian six-piece will play Canons Marsh Amphitheatre next June, with tickets on sale this week. ### My Chemical Romance are on course for their first UK Number 1 album URL: https://readdork.com/news/my-chemical-romance-black-parade-reissue-uk-number-one-b385edbfcf Date: 2026-10-27 Author: William Thomas Type: News Artists: My Chemical Romance Excerpt: My Chemical Romance could land their first UK number one album this week as ‘The Black Parade (20th Anniversary)’ leads the midweek chart update. ### girl in red has released her new EP ‘BLUE’, exploring change and fresh starts URL: https://readdork.com/news/girl-in-red-blue-ep-release-581f9aa82f Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Ellen Gray Type: News Artists: girl in red Excerpt: Marie Ulven’s new EP ‘BLUE’ is out now via Columbia Records, with the title track and ‘clean slate’ exploring change, memory and moving forward. ### David Bowie's unreleased 1978 concert film ‘Stage’ is getting a spectacular arena revival URL: https://readdork.com/news/david-bowie-stage-1978-concert-film-2027-c899104acd Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Finnley Mcdonald Type: News Artists: David Bowie Excerpt: Brett Morgen has remastered David Hemmings’ long-unseen Earls Court footage for a new multimedia arena production, ‘Stage’. ### 5 Seconds of Summer are opening an exclusive merch pop-up in Sydney URL: https://readdork.com/news/5-seconds-of-summer-sydney-merchandise-pop-up-2026-39a40df7c8 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Nicola Harris Type: News Artists: Cub Sport, 5 Seconds of Summer Excerpt: The band will take over Marrickville’s Jungle HQ for two days, with exclusive merchandise available before their Sydney arena show. ### Sufjan Stevens has performed live for the first time in eight years at Meg Lui's album launch URL: https://readdork.com/news/sufjan-stevens-first-live-appearance-meg-lui-6087095b82 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: News Artists: Meg Lui, Sufjan Stevens Excerpt: Sufjan Stevens joined Meg Lui on piano and backing vocals at a Kingston record-release show last month. ### Taylor Swift has been inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame URL: https://readdork.com/news/taylor-swift-nashville-songwriters-hall-of-fame-induction-82133497ae Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Nicola Harris Type: News Artists: Lainey Wilson, Liz Rose, Nathan Chapman, Brad Paisley, George Strait, Taylor Swift Excerpt: Taylor Swift used her Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame induction to honour the writers, publishers and collaborators who shaped her earliest songs. ### Glasvegas are returning with a new album, a new single and a Glasgow homecoming URL: https://readdork.com/news/glasvegas-airy-fairy-deguello-2027-tour-3f1e6c8402 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: News Artists: James Allan, Glasvegas Excerpt: Glasvegas’ fifth album arrives in April 2027, with an 11-date UK and Ireland tour following in May and September. ### Lonely The Brave are back with original vocalist Dave Jakes and a new UK tour URL: https://readdork.com/news/lonely-the-brave-so-nearly-2027-uk-tour-83da821ec3 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Tyler Cook Type: News Artists: Other Half, Lonely The Brave Excerpt: Lonely The Brave’s first new music with original vocalist Dave Jakes in more than a decade is out now, alongside five headline dates for May 2027. ### Mia Joy is taking flight with new single ‘Wings of Desire’ and her second album URL: https://readdork.com/news/mia-joy-star-echo-heavy-dove-wings-of-desire-beb81765dc Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: News Artists: Mia Joy, Midwife, Madeline Johnston Excerpt: Mia Joy’s second album arrives via Fire Talk in January, led by the Jordan Nelson-directed video for ‘Wings of Desire’. ### London experimental trio thredd are going for a night swim on new single ‘Swimming’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/thredd-swimming-single-scenic-route-da3994cbf2 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Helena Dean Type: News Artists: Imogen and the Knife, Will Lister, thredd, Max Winter Excerpt: Will Lister, Max Winter and Imogen and The Knife’s collaborative project return with a new single and accompanying video. ### Breakfast Records are throwing a secret Brick Lane gig with The Cindys, Zach Thompson and Classic Trucks URL: https://readdork.com/news/breakfast-records-brick-lane-showcase-0164886e70 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Jess Hunt Type: News Artists: The Cindys, Classic Trucks, Zach Thompson Excerpt: The London label will bring The Cindys, Zach Thompson and Classic Trucks together for a secret-location showcase in November. ### British-Punjabi artist and DJ Mya Mehmi has announced her debut EP, ‘M1’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/mya-mehmi-m1-still-feel-sad-f79be0733e Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: News Artists: Mya Mehmi Excerpt: The British-Punjabi artist, producer and DJ will release her seven-track debut EP via Dialled In Records on 27th November. ### Bruce Dickinson is taking his solo show back on the road with the PsychoGod tour URL: https://readdork.com/news/bruce-dickinson-psychogod-tour-2027-f144616249 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Andy Norman Type: News Artists: Bruce Dickinson, Evergrey Excerpt: Bruce Dickinson will return to solo stages across Europe in 2027, with Evergrey joining the autumn dates. ### Heartworms is back with a sinister new single, ‘Guess I’m Stuck In The Dark’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/heartworms-guess-im-stuck-in-the-dark-single-f328b19017 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: News Artists: Interpol, Heartworms, Bloc Party Excerpt: Heartworms is back with ‘Guess I’m Stuck In The Dark’, a new Dan Carey-produced single ahead of a sold-out Windmill Brixton show and dates with Interpol and Bloc Party. ### JAŸ-Z has been announced as the 2027 Super Bowl Halftime Show headliner URL: https://readdork.com/news/jay-z-super-bowl-lxi-halftime-show-ecbe439698 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Nathaniel Hill Type: News Excerpt: JAŸ-Z will perform at the Apple Music Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on 14th February 2027. ### Bænch are feeling a little detached from reality on new single ‘Teeth’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/baench-teeth-in-amber-ep-f64b7530c3 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: News Artists: Good Health Good Wealth, BÆNCH Excerpt: Bænch’s new single ‘Teeth’ is out now, with their ‘In Amber’ EP set to follow on 20th November. ### What ‘Cherry’, ‘Flicker’ and ‘Valentine’ reveal about Rina Sawayama’s pop between ‘RINA’ and ‘SAWAYAMA’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/rina-sawayama-cherry-flicker-valentine-rina-sawayama-347d542d9f Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Jason Fisher Type: Features Artists: Rina Sawayama Excerpt: Rina Sawayama’s standalone singles made room for sexual identity, outsider belonging and anti-romance while sketching the adventurous pop logic of ‘SAWAYAMA’. ### How St. Vincent’s ‘Cheerleader’ became a formative song for Palehound URL: https://readdork.com/features/st-vincent-cheerleader-palehound-influence-6ca4904f6f Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Jessica Lowe Type: Features Artists: St. Vincent, Palehound, El Kempner Excerpt: El Kempner named their high-school band Cheerleader after St. Vincent’s song, made its refrain a yearbook quote, and said ‘Strange Mercy’ changed their life. ### Sundara Karma added three tracks to their debut album in 2017 URL: https://readdork.com/features/sundara-karma-debut-album-extra-tracks-2017-b73c0fe8af Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Ellen Gray Type: Features Artists: Sundara Karma Excerpt: ‘Explore’, ‘Lakhey’ and ‘Another Word For Beautiful’ expanded ‘Youth Is Only Ever Fun in Retrospect’. ### What Declan McKenna’s ‘Brazil’ is protesting, and its link to the 2014 World Cup URL: https://readdork.com/features/declan-mckenna-brazil-fifa-2014-world-cup-protest-explained-0d90619715 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Nicola Harris Type: Features Artists: Declan McKenna Excerpt: Declan McKenna’s breakout song targets FIFA’s staging of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, questioning the inequality obscured by football’s biggest spectacle. ### Why ‘What’s It Like Over There?’ changed Circa Waves’ relationship with genre URL: https://readdork.com/features/circa-waves-whats-it-like-over-there-genre-turning-point-1f506c421f Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Andy Norman Type: Features Artists: Vampire Weekend, Circa Waves, Kieran Shudall, Colin Jones Excerpt: Circa Waves’ third album did not abandon their appetite for big hooks. It gave them permission to find those hooks in pianos, synths and arrangements that would once have seemed out of bounds. ### Why ‘Sinners Never Sleep’ rewired Honey Revenge’s Devin URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-sinners-never-sleep-mattered-honey-revenge-devin-2d34f01997 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: Features Artists: Honey Revenge, You Me At Six Excerpt: Honey Revenge’s Devin found the perfect meeting of riffs and melodies in You Me At Six’s 2011 album, with a choir Secret Santa helping turn one track into a full-catalogue obsession. ### How Royal Blood’s friendship helped Black Honey find their feet before their debut album URL: https://readdork.com/features/how-royal-blood-helped-black-honey-before-debut-album-52a5f3c050 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Alex Bennett Type: Features Artists: Mike Kerr, Ben Thatcher, Royal Blood, Black Honey, Beastie Boys Excerpt: Before Black Honey released their 2018 debut, touring with Royal Blood brought a familiar support system, backstage camaraderie and Mike Kerr’s encouragement to trust their own instincts. ### Was The 1975’s ‘Sex’ released before their debut album? URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-1975-sex-before-debut-album-reworked-single-95b02ccdc2 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Jason Fisher Type: Features Artists: The 1975 Excerpt: Yes. ‘Sex’ began on The 1975’s early EP run before returning as a reworked single shortly ahead of their self-titled debut in 2013. ### Where to go next after Julia Wolf’s ‘In My Room’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/julia-wolf-in-my-room-listening-guide-afee00eaf0 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Finnley Mcdonald Type: Features Artists: Julia Wolf Excerpt: Start with Julia Wolf’s 2025 album ‘PRESSURE’: ‘Wishbone’ and ‘Jennifer’s Body’ take its candid pop writing towards lovelorn and envious territory, while ‘Deep End’ suggests a possible change of mood. ### What Florence + The Machine’s ‘One Of The Greats’ says about recognition URL: https://readdork.com/features/florence-the-machine-one-of-the-greats-meaning-first-take-7f5278d1cf Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: Features Artists: Florence + The Machine, Florence Welch, Idles Excerpt: Florence Welch described ‘One Of The Greats’ as a long poem about the cost of greatness. Its September 2025 release turns that question into a frank account of ambition, criticism and the urge to keep making work. ### Where to start with Deaf Havana, from post-hardcore to pop URL: https://readdork.com/features/where-to-start-with-deaf-havana-post-hardcore-rock-pop-c8f5d23055 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: Features Artists: Deaf Havana, IDER, James Veck-Gilodi Excerpt: Deaf Havana have shifted from abrasive post-hardcore to expansive rock, pop and candid latter-day songwriting. Here’s where to begin, depending on what you want from the band. ### Why The Wombats’ ‘I Love America and She Hates Me’ video centres on a Cyr wheel performer URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-wombats-i-love-america-and-she-hates-me-cyr-wheel-video-explained-11fc3036c4 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Nathaniel Hill Type: Features Artists: The Wombats Excerpt: Director Logan Fields explained that Hauke Narten’s Cyr wheel routine gave the video a way to explore control, external pressure and self-expression. ### How Los Angeles inspired two key songs on The Amazons’ ‘21st Century Fiction’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-amazons-love-is-a-dog-from-hell-night-after-night-inspiration-9da617417b Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Andrew Wescott Type: Features Artists: Royal Blood, Dolly Parton, The Amazons Excerpt: Matt Thomson traced ‘Love Is a Dog From Hell’ to Dolly Parton playing in a bookshop, while ‘Night After Night’ found its subject in the regulars at Jumbo’s Clown Room. ### What Enter Shikari’s realistic hope means when the world looks bleak URL: https://readdork.com/features/enter-shikari-realistic-hope-darker-records-f53093edb3 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Jason Fisher Type: Features Artists: Enter Shikari, Rou Reynolds Excerpt: Across Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible and 2026’s Lose Your Self, Rou Reynolds has framed hope less as reassurance than a reason to keep acting. ### What Jacob Bugden has brought to beabadoobee beyond lead guitar URL: https://readdork.com/features/jacob-bugden-beabadoobee-writing-production-explained-9aed065dba Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Sarah Peters Type: Features Artists: Beabadoobee, Matty Healy, Cavetown, Georgia Ellery, George Daniel, Rick Rubin, Jacob Bugden, Jack Steadman, PinkPantheress Excerpt: Jacob Bugden’s role in beabadoobee’s work reaches beyond the live band, spanning exploratory writing sessions, co-writing and production across ‘Beatopia’ and ‘This Is How Tomorrow Moves’. ### 6 National collaborations to try after Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers or Bon Iver URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-national-collaborations-guide-taylor-swift-phoebe-bridgers-bon-iver-4f3a427e8d Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Tyler Cook Type: Features Artists: Aaron Dessner, Phoebe Bridgers, Sufjan Stevens, London Contemporary Orchestra, Bon Iver, The National, Matt Berninger, Rosanne Cash, Taylor Swift Excerpt: A guest-led way into The National’s connected 2022-23 releases, from ‘The Alcott’ to ‘Weird Goodbyes’. ### What Taylor Swift’s ‘Lover (Live From Paris)’ is and how it became a UK Number One URL: https://readdork.com/features/taylor-swift-lover-live-from-paris-uk-number-one-explained-95cbaba1a9 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Andrew Wescott Type: Features Artists: Madonna, The Rolling Stones, Robbie Williams, The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Taylor Swift Excerpt: A limited live vinyl release built from one 2019 Paris show became Taylor Swift’s 13th UK Number One album in February 2025. ### What Biffy Clyro’s ‘Hunting Season’ is about, and why Ben Johnston’s response mattered URL: https://readdork.com/features/biffy-clyro-hunting-season-explained-ben-johnston-simon-neil-c79022e9dc Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Esme Sharp Type: Features Artists: Simon Neil, Biffy Clyro, Ben Johnston Excerpt: Simon Neil framed Biffy Clyro’s ‘Hunting Season’ as a song about the difficulty of judging yourself through other people’s eyes. Drummer Ben Johnston’s response helped Neil recognise the value of an almost-finished track. ### How big was Royal Blood’s debut breakthrough, really? URL: https://readdork.com/features/how-big-was-royal-blood-debut-breakthrough-0ca009c5d9 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: Features Artists: Mike Kerr, Ben Thatcher, Royal Blood Excerpt: Royal Blood’s first album topped the UK chart with nearly 66,000 first-week sales, then remained among 2015’s biggest albums. The figures show a breakthrough that lasted beyond release week. ### How ‘Can You Feel My Heart’ travelled beyond Bring Me The Horizon’s scene URL: https://readdork.com/features/bring-me-the-horizon-can-you-feel-my-heart-beyond-metalcore-2535bd54c5 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Molly Bennett Type: Features Artists: Issues, Nirvana, Jordan Fish, Meet Me @ The Altar, Of Mice & Men, The Word Alive, Bring Me The Horizon, Grian Chatten, Fontaines D.C. Excerpt: From Edith Johnson finding heavier music through its video to Fontaines D.C.’s guitar-free 2025 cover, Bring Me The Horizon’s 2013 track has connected artists in distinctly different ways. ### What Charli XCX and Sam Smith’s ‘In The City’ is about, and how ‘Speed Drive’ teased it URL: https://readdork.com/features/charli-xcx-sam-smith-in-the-city-speed-drive-explained-716486d670 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Nathaniel Hill Type: Features Artists: A. G. Cook, Charli XCX, George Daniel, Sam Smith, Ilya, Omer Fedi Excerpt: Charli XCX and Sam Smith’s 2023 collaboration looks back to queer spaces, new connections and the small ‘Speed Drive’ clue that arrived months before release. ### How Self Esteem turned ‘A Complicated Woman’ into a four-act theatrical narrative URL: https://readdork.com/features/self-esteem-a-complicated-woman-four-act-theatrical-narrative-2f67e97164 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: Features Artists: Nadine Shah, Moonchild Sanelly, House Gospel Choir, Self Esteem Excerpt: Rebecca Lucy Taylor’s April 2025 Duke of York’s Theatre presentation arranged new Self Esteem songs and older favourites into a story of release, endurance, messy relationships and an uneasy kind of balance. ### Why Madonna’s 2026 VMAs opening is her first performance in 23 years despite 2021 appearance URL: https://readdork.com/features/madonna-2026-vmas-first-performance-23-years-explained-2e624b6640 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Dan Harrison Type: Features Artists: Madonna, Meghan Trainor, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera Excerpt: Madonna appeared at the 2021 VMAs to mark MTV’s 40th anniversary, but did not perform. Her 2026 opening is her first musical slot at the ceremony since 2003. ### Why Yard Act abandoned the U2-roadie concept for ‘Where’s My Utopia?’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/yard-act-wheres-my-utopia-u2-roadie-concept-explained-a622461883 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Oliver Green Type: Features Artists: Yard Act, U2 Excerpt: Yard Act’s second album began with a touring roadie and his abandoned son. James Smith eventually realised the story was asking him to confront his own life instead. ### Where to start with Static Dress’ ‘injury episode’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/static-dress-injury-episode-guide-best-songs-ea5a7515e5 Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Nat Macdonald Type: Features Artists: Underoath, Static Dress Excerpt: Five entry points into Static Dress’ dense second album, from buried hooks to its Underoath collaboration and alternative-pop pivot. ### What BTS’ ‘PERMISSION TO DANCE ON STAGE – LIVE’ keeps from a defining concert era URL: https://readdork.com/features/bts-permission-to-dance-on-stage-live-seoul-digital-code-explained-6e2d62409c Date: 2026-10-27 Author: Alex Bennett Type: Features Artists: Halsey, BTS Excerpt: BTS’ first live album documents the pandemic-shaped ‘Permission to Dance on Stage’ run, while its companion Seoul release preserves one specific finale on video. ### dodie has celebrated her 31st birthday by recording a deluxe edition of ‘Not For Lack Of Trying’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/dodie-not-for-lack-of-trying-deluxe-as-far-as-we-know-ce5c95b53b Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Nat Macdonald Type: News Artists: dodie Excerpt: dodie’s 'Not For Lack Of Trying' deluxe edition is out now, adding new song 'As Far As We Know' and live reworkings recorded with friends. ### ENHYPEN are heading into an alternate universe with new single ‘THE SIN : PARALLEL WORLD’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/enhypen-the-sin-parallel-world-single-5a37391c01 Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Sam Thomas Type: News Artists: ENHYPEN Excerpt: ENHYPEN will release ‘THE SIN : PARALLEL WORLD’ on 20th November, returning to the group’s ‘THE SIN’ narrative for its final instalment. ### Son Lux have enlisted 125 musicians for a massive new version of ‘Endlessly’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/son-lux-endlessly-again-again-bluecoats-2b31b6914d Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: News Artists: Son Lux, mmeadows Excerpt: Son Lux’s ‘Endlessly’ gets a new live brass-and-percussion arrangement from 125 members of Ohio drum corps The Bluecoats. ### Classic Trucks have announced their debut album ‘Eventually’, featuring Getdown Services and Naima Bock URL: https://readdork.com/news/classic-trucks-eventually-bird-underwater-mumble-tide-4ca7329359 Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: News Artists: Naima Bock, Flora Hibberd, Getdown Services, Mumble Tide, Classic Trucks Excerpt: Josh Jarman’s Classic Trucks will release debut album ‘Eventually’ in February, led by new single ‘Bird Underwater’ featuring Mumble Tide. ### Desperate Journalist are dreaming of open roads on new single ‘Dust’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/desperate-journalist-dust-single-video-ddfc901092 Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: News Artists: Desperate Journalist Excerpt: Desperate Journalist have released ‘Dust’, the latest preview of sixth album ‘Gilding the Lily’, with an official video and UK dates to follow. ### Portland hardcore band Lazer Bullet have announced their debut album and a filthy new single URL: https://readdork.com/news/lazer-bullet-40k-psychosis-angel-angel-shit-a6e012ceb0 Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Jess Hunt Type: News Artists: Lazer Bullet Excerpt: Portland hardcore punk band Lazer Bullet will release their debut album ‘40K Psychosis Angel’ on 6th November via Convulse, led by new single ‘Angel Shit’. ### The Flaming Lips have announced a new album inspired by grief, sci-fi and werewolves URL: https://readdork.com/news/flaming-lips-the-teardrop-throbs-album-london-shows-2fef350478 Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: News Artists: The Flaming Lips Excerpt: The Flaming Lips will release their first all-new album in more than six years in January, led by new single ‘God Will Control The Werewolves’. ### Ella Eyre is bringing ‘Hell Yeah’ to Saturday night's ‘The Voice UK’ final UK final URL: https://readdork.com/news/ella-eyre-hell-yeah-the-voice-uk-final-44328b6e10 Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Jess Hunt Type: News Artists: Ella Eyre Excerpt: Ella Eyre will bring ‘Hell Yeah’ to The Voice UK’s live final this Saturday night. ### GloRilla and Sexyy Red are back with a new single and some granny disguises URL: https://readdork.com/news/glorilla-sexyy-red-jiggly-bow-bow-99a0959f02 Date: 2026-10-26 Author: William Thomas Type: News Artists: GloRilla, Sexyy Red Excerpt: GloRilla and Sexyy Red will release their latest collaboration, ‘Jiggly Bow Bow’, on 6th November. ### Harry Styles has premiered his ‘Coming Up Roses’ video ahead of ‘Harryween’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/harry-styles-coming-up-roses-video-bradley-pablo-b5f41e0628 Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Dan Harrison Type: News Artists: Harry Styles Excerpt: Harry Styles reunites with directing duo Bradley & Pablo for the latest visual from ‘Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally’. ### Sophia Stel has announced ‘the greatest tour of all time’ for 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/news/sophia-stel-greatest-tour-of-all-time-2027-29b444330d Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: News Artists: Sophia Stel Excerpt: Sophia Stel will take debut album ‘the greatest album of all time’ across the UK, Europe, Canada and the US next year. ### Madra Salach have made their ‘Jools Holland’ debut ahead of their first album URL: https://readdork.com/news/madra-salach-jools-holland-fourth-new-york-show-713af4f0cf Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: News Artists: Madra Salach Excerpt: Madra Salach have performed ‘Ribbon Factory’ on Later... with Jools Holland, while adding a fourth New York date to their first US tour. ### HYBE Americas is expanding into Latin pop with new label TRU Records URL: https://readdork.com/news/hybe-americas-tru-records-santos-bravos-d3ef020963 Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Esme Sharp Type: News Artists: SANTOS BRAVOS Excerpt: The new Latin pop label will be led by Alejandro Mejía, while Santos Bravos become the first Latin pop group created by HYBE Americas. ### Anna Meredith has swapped electronics for recorders on ‘Wicker’, starring Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård URL: https://readdork.com/news/anna-meredith-wicker-soundtrack-escape-on-cart-ae6f1da8d2 Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Ellen Gray Type: News Artists: Anna Meredith Excerpt: Anna Meredith’s original score arrives on 30th October, led by new single ‘Escape On Cart’. ### Brighton Rocks has announced a star-studded guitar auction supporting NHS music therapy URL: https://readdork.com/news/nick-cave-fatboy-slim-moby-madness-brighton-rocks-charity-auction-2cde181926 Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: News Artists: Fatboy Slim, Nick Cave, Madness, Moby Excerpt: More than 36 artist-designed guitars will be exhibited in Brighton and auctioned online to support music therapy in Sussex hospitals. ### Pulp are celebrating their Sheffield Walk of Fame induction with a special pub pop-up URL: https://readdork.com/news/pulp-hallamshire-hotel-sheffield-pop-up-2026-713528394d Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: News Artists: Candida Doyle, Pulp, Jarvis Cocker Excerpt: Pulp will celebrate their Sheffield Walk of Fame induction with an all-day pop-up at the Hallamshire Hotel on 30th October. ### Alternative R&B singer chlothegod has released a video for ‘B Polite!’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/chlothegod-b-polite-video-95065b23bc Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Brian Andrews Type: News Artists: chlothegod Excerpt: chlothegod’s recent single ‘B Polite!’ now has an official video, extending a run of releases that includes ‘Middle Man’ and ‘That Can’t Be Normal’. ### Beth McCarthy is embracing her villainous side on new EP ‘The Origin Story of a Pretty Villain’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/beth-mccarthy-the-origin-story-of-a-pretty-villain-ep-3a836d304a Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: News Artists: Beth McCarthy Excerpt: Beth McCarthy’s four-track EP ‘The Origin Story of a Pretty Villain’ arrives on 20th November, expanding the narrative behind her alter ego. ### The Chemical Brothers have joined Robbie Williams as PHILLGOOD 2027 headliners URL: https://readdork.com/news/chemical-brothers-phillgood-2027-headliner-54b2010368 Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Brian Andrews Type: News Artists: Robbie Williams, The Chemical Brothers Excerpt: The Chemical Brothers will headline PHILLGOOD in Plovdiv, Bulgaria on 17th July 2027, joining Robbie Williams on the bill. ### Where to start with sombr’s ‘I Barely Know Her’ beyond the big singles URL: https://readdork.com/features/sombr-i-barely-know-her-guide-beyond-big-singles-4ed3825ae6 Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Owen Bradley Type: Features Artists: Sombr, Boygenius, Phoebe Bridgers, Tony Berg Excerpt: A route through sombr’s 2025 debut using its documented festival highlights, New York settings and full tracklist. ### Hailee Steinfeld has released her cover of The Cars’ ‘Magic’ for Disney’s ‘Hexed’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/hailee-steinfeld-magic-cover-hexed-5a10118415 Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: News Artists: Hailee Steinfeld, The Cars, Kris Bowers Excerpt: Hailee Steinfeld’s version of The Cars’ 1984 hit arrives ahead of Disney Animation’s ‘Hexed’, in which she voices lead character Billie Doe. ### Sam Fender has ditched front-standing ticket tiers following his criticism of tour prices URL: https://readdork.com/news/sam-fender-scraps-premium-front-standing-ticket-prices-2027-tour-c6a4e01ede Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Tyler Cook Type: News Artists: Wunderhorse, Sam Fender Excerpt: Sam Fender has confirmed that all standing tickets for his 2027 UK stadium shows will cost £85 before fees, with planned premium front sections removed. ### Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love’ has returned to Number 1 in the US URL: https://readdork.com/news/olivia-rodrigo-you-seem-pretty-sad-number-one-billboard-200-eec173575b Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Nicola Harris Type: News Artists: Chappell Roan, Olivia Rodrigo Excerpt: Olivia Rodrigo’s third album has claimed a third nonconsecutive week atop the Billboard 200, with the Chappell Roan ‘expectations’ remix helping drive its return. ### RIIZE have shared acoustic pop single ‘Insomnia’ ahead of their second album URL: https://readdork.com/news/riize-insomnia-single-music-video-323a6d4f72 Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Jessica Lowe Type: News Artists: RIIZE Excerpt: RIIZE’s acoustic-pop single ‘Insomnia’ arrives with a cinematic music video, a Seoul fan event and a look ahead to their next full-length album. ### Instrumental trio We Contain Multitudes have shared new single ‘A Camaro’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/we-contain-multitudes-a-camaro-single-4c718f2fd5 Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Jessica Lowe Type: News Excerpt: The trio’s latest preview of forthcoming album ‘Say Nothing’ arrives ahead of its 27th November release. ### WayV’s XIAOJUN has made his solo debut with ‘Hey, Somebody’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/xiaojun-hey-somebody-solo-debut-cff2520a42 Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Finnley Mcdonald Type: News Artists: WayV Excerpt: XIAOJUN’s first solo mini album arrives with a title-track video, five songs and versions in both Chinese and English. ### EsDeeKid has reunited with Wraith9 for new single 'BANDIT' URL: https://readdork.com/news/esdeekid-wraith9-bandit-single-video-19e7e4ffcc Date: 2026-10-26 Author: William Thomas Type: News Artists: EsDeeKid, Wraith9 Excerpt: EsDeeKid and Wraith9 reunite on 'BANDIT', accompanied by a video shot in the Liverpool rapper’s hometown. ### Joan As Police Woman has shared ‘We Don’t Own It’ ahead of her anniversary tour URL: https://readdork.com/news/joan-as-police-woman-we-dont-own-it-anniversary-tour-3630b3920a Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Lena Hunt Type: News Artists: Will Graefe, Thomas Bartlett, Iggy Pop Excerpt: Joan As Police Woman has released ‘We Don’t Own It’ alongside a live trio performance video, as her ‘Real Life’ anniversary tour prepares to begin. ### Phoebe Bridgers has been announced as All Points East 2027’s first headliner URL: https://readdork.com/news/phoebe-bridgers-all-points-east-2027-headliner-47ab108727 Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Edward Howard Type: News Artists: Kelsey Lu, jasmine.4.t, Phoebe Bridgers, Caroline Polachek, Danielle Ponder Excerpt: Phoebe Bridgers will headline London’s All Points East next August, joined by Caroline Polachek, Kelsey Lu, Danielle Ponder and jasmine.4.t. ### Where to start with Baby Queen’s early pop bruises URL: https://readdork.com/features/baby-queen-early-songs-guide-raw-thoughts-buzzkill-these-drugs-pretty-girl-lie-527b0e431c Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Brian Andrews Type: Features Artists: Baby Queen Excerpt: Four early Baby Queen songs where bright pop carries body-image anxiety, self-destruction and a sharply jaded inner monologue. ### Sam Fender’s three Number 1 albums show how ‘People Watching’ became a bigger breakthrough URL: https://readdork.com/features/sam-fender-people-watching-three-album-launches-analysis-00f6e44034 Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Alex Bennett Type: Features Artists: Elton John, Olivia Dean, Sam Fender Excerpt: Three chart-topping albums can look identical on paper. Sam Fender’s third, ‘People Watching’, tells a more revealing story in its opening-week scale, vinyl sales and what followed. ### What is Bastille’s ‘All This Bad Blood’, and how does it differ from ‘Bad Blood’? URL: https://readdork.com/features/bastille-all-this-bad-blood-vs-bad-blood-explained-7e7aa16274 Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Andy Norman Type: Features Artists: Bastille Excerpt: Bastille’s 2013 double album keeps their debut intact, then expands it with extended-edition tracks, B-sides, mixtape material and two new songs. ### What’s different between the original, vinyl and deluxe releases of Tom A. Smith’s ‘Put On A Record Tommy’? URL: https://readdork.com/features/tom-a-smith-put-on-a-record-tommy-original-vinyl-deluxe-differences-63e341d59a Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Nat Macdonald Type: Features Artists: David Byrne, Talking Heads, Rowetta, Tom A. Smith Excerpt: Tom A. Smith’s EP began as a six-track digital release, arrived on limited vinyl, then grew into a 12-track deluxe edition with new material and extended mixes. ### What Ariana Grande and Mac Miller recorded beyond ‘The Way’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/ariana-grande-mac-miller-collaborations-beyond-the-way-04efd50d8b Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Jason Fisher Type: Features Artists: Mac Miller, Ariana Grande Excerpt: Beyond ‘The Way’, Ariana Grande and Mac Miller recorded the ‘Into You’ remix, ‘My Favorite Part’ and a cover of ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’. ### How Nieve Ella reshaped Bradley Simpson’s ‘Favourite Band’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/nieve-ella-bradley-simpson-favourite-band-explainer-2d374cab3a Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Helena Dean Type: Features Artists: Nieve Ella, Bradley Simpson Excerpt: Nieve Ella’s added verse turned Bradley Simpson’s post-break-up revenge song into a collaboration with a second perspective. ### How marriage and independence reshaped Tove Lo’s ‘Dirt Femme’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/how-marriage-independence-reshaped-tove-lo-dirt-femme-f5c53d5324 Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: Features Artists: SG Lewis, Tove Lo, First Aid Kit Excerpt: Tove Lo’s fifth album used a pandemic pause, marriage and a newly independent career to interrogate femininity without accepting anyone else’s rulebook. ### What the younger Olivia represents in Wasia Project’s ‘Bleeding Gold’ video URL: https://readdork.com/features/wasia-project-bleeding-gold-video-younger-olivia-explained-340e0b618d Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Andrew Wescott Type: Features Artists: Olivia Hardy, Wasia Project Excerpt: The younger Olivia in Wasia Project’s ‘Bleeding Gold’ video represents a past self that cannot be revisited, but remains part of the person she becomes. ### How Matilda Mann’s ‘In Plain Sight’, ‘After The Love’ and ‘Make Up’ map new-love uncertainty URL: https://readdork.com/features/matilda-mann-in-plain-sight-after-the-love-make-up-new-relationship-guide-c3d3043584 Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Nat Macdonald Type: Features Artists: Matilda Mann, Joel Pott Excerpt: Matilda Mann’s three songs move from the surprise of finding someone to the questions and arguments that follow. ### Was Lewis Capaldi behind the mystery vinyl? Yes, and the song was ‘Stay Love’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/lewis-capaldi-mystery-vinyl-stay-love-explained-5586612ed8 Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Jess Hunt Type: Features Artists: Lewis Capaldi, Michael Pollack Excerpt: The unmarked vinyl distributed in UK and US record shops was Lewis Capaldi’s ‘Stay Love’. ### Where to start with Harry Styles’ first three solo albums URL: https://readdork.com/features/where-to-start-harry-styles-first-three-solo-albums-9f3643e23e Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Andy Norman Type: Features Artists: Harry Styles Excerpt: Start with ‘Sign of the Times’, then ‘Lights Up’ and ‘As It Was’ for a route through Harry Styles’ first three solo eras. ### How ‘Hymn of the North’ helped Pulp make ‘More’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/how-hymn-of-the-north-helped-pulp-make-more-69479ca514 Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: Features Artists: Steve Mackey, Richard Jones, Jason Buckle, The Stone Roses, James Ford, Pulp, Jarvis Cocker Excerpt: A soundcheck experiment in Sheffield led Pulp towards their first album since 2001, recorded briskly with James Ford in Walthamstow. ### Mystery Jets’ ‘Just Like Christmas’ cover was a tribute to “Mimi, Terry and all the greats” URL: https://readdork.com/features/mystery-jets-just-like-christmas-cover-tribute-b01862e275 Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Andy Norman Type: Features Artists: Mystery Jets, Blaine Harrison Excerpt: Blaine Harrison’s 2022 performance of Low’s seasonal favourite was dedicated to people Mystery Jets had lost that year. ### How Twin Atlantic found their way back to recording with all four founding members URL: https://readdork.com/features/twin-atlantic-four-founding-members-explained-32833b5267 Date: 2026-10-26 Author: Lena Hunt Type: Features Artists: Twin Atlantic, Ross McNae Excerpt: Twin Atlantic’s route from a 2022 duo period to four founding members recording together again unfolded through separate studio and live returns. ### Which Sabrina Carpenter albums came before ‘Short n’ Sweet’, and where does her debut EP fit? URL: https://readdork.com/features/sabrina-carpenter-albums-before-short-n-sweet-ep-explained-6a33da49b2 Date: 2026-10-25 Author: Esme Sharp Type: Features Artists: Sabrina Carpenter Excerpt: Four Sabrina Carpenter studio albums came before 2024’s ‘Short n’ Sweet’. Her 2014 ‘Can’t Blame a Girl for Trying’ release was an EP, not her debut album. ### How ‘Marie Antoinette’ inspired Carly Rae Jepsen’s ‘Versailles’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/carly-rae-jepsen-versailles-marie-antoinette-video-explained-bd40f1c22d Date: 2026-10-25 Author: Andy Norman Type: Features Artists: Carly Rae Jepsen Excerpt: Carly Rae Jepsen’s song turns Sofia Coppola’s stylised palace fantasy into an all-night pop escape, while its video imagines Versailles from a Los Angeles party. ### What does JADE’s ‘Self Saboteur’ mean, and when did she write it? URL: https://readdork.com/features/jade-self-saboteur-meaning-when-written-71c8cc3b57 Date: 2026-10-25 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: Features Excerpt: JADE’s ‘Self Saboteur’ is about running from new love when it begins to feel frightening. It was one of the earliest songs written for her debut album. ### What was Tame Impala’s Secret 7″ release of ‘The Less I Know The Better’? URL: https://readdork.com/features/tame-impala-secret-7-the-less-i-know-the-better-5f87c120b3 Date: 2026-10-25 Author: Alex Bennett Type: Features Artists: The Jam, John Lennon, Etta James, Max Richter, Chvrches, Jack Garratt, Tame Impala Excerpt: In 2016, Tame Impala’s ‘The Less I Know The Better’ was one of seven tracks pressed onto 100 anonymous Secret 7″ records, with sales supporting Amnesty International UK. ### Lady Gaga used Slayyyter’s ‘I’M ACTUALLY KINDA FAMOUS’ on TikTok URL: https://readdork.com/features/lady-gaga-slayyyter-tiktok-song-brooklyn-nights-3b53d1e9b7 Date: 2026-10-25 Author: Esme Sharp Type: Features Artists: Lady Gaga, Slayyyter Excerpt: Lady Gaga used Slayyyter’s ‘I’M ACTUALLY KINDA FAMOUS’ in a September 2026 TikTok, after publicly praising Slayyyter in 2024. ### Start with the originals: Ruel’s ‘Adaptations’ listening guide URL: https://readdork.com/features/ruel-adaptations-originals-listening-guide-25a5c0ddfd Date: 2026-10-25 Author: Sarah Peters Type: Features Artists: The Weeknd, Ruel, M-Phazes, Imogen Heap, Miley Cyrus, Sixpence None the Richer Excerpt: Ruel chose five covers from a playlist of hundreds with producer M-Phazes. Here are the original recordings behind the 2024 EP. ### Why Ashton Irwin split ‘BLOOD ON THE DRUMS’ into ‘The Thorns’ and ‘The Roses’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/ashton-irwin-blood-on-the-drums-thorns-roses-guide-7a9935843a Date: 2026-10-25 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: Features Artists: Ashton Irwin, John Feldmann, 5 Seconds of Summer Excerpt: Ashton Irwin’s 2024 solo album arrived in two eight-track chapters. His stated aim was to let listeners spend time with each part, and form their own interpretations, before hearing the full record. ### Why Ben Beetham continued to appear in Kid Kapichi’s production credits after leaving the lineup URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-ben-beetham-kid-kapichi-production-credits-a81dc3b8c0 Date: 2026-10-25 Author: Oliver Green Type: Features Artists: Kid Kapichi, Jack Wilson Excerpt: Ben Beetham’s departure from Kid Kapichi ended his role in the live lineup, not the creative relationship that continued in the studio. ### 3 MUNA collaborations to hear beyond the band’s albums URL: https://readdork.com/features/muna-collaborations-to-hear-beyond-studio-albums-878cc487d1 Date: 2026-10-25 Author: Edward Howard Type: Features Artists: MUNA, Holly Humberstone, Mitski, Katie Gavin, Empress Of Excerpt: From Holly Humberstone’s reworked ‘Into Your Room’ to Katie Gavin’s Mitski duet, three routes beyond MUNA’s studio catalogue. ### What connects Röyksopp and Robyn’s 2014 ‘Do It Again’ to its True Electric remake? URL: https://readdork.com/features/royksopp-robyn-do-it-again-true-electric-version-history-629a430c87 Date: 2026-10-25 Author: James Houghton Type: Features Artists: Robyn, Röyksopp, Fever Ray, Susanne Sundfør Excerpt: Röyksopp’s 2025 ‘True Electric’ version of ‘Do It Again’ captures how their 2014 collaboration changed after entering the duo’s live repertoire. ### Who plays God, the devil and the angels on Waterparks’ ‘Tell Me Why’? URL: https://readdork.com/features/waterparks-tell-me-why-god-devil-angels-danny-elfman-explained-6ece86834f Date: 2026-10-25 Author: Brian Andrews Type: Features Artists: Danny Elfman, Foxy Shazam, blink-182, Dillon Francis, Eric Nally, Mark Hoppus, Waterparks Excerpt: Waterparks’ ‘TELL ME WHY’ opens ‘JINX’ with Mark Hoppus as God, Danny Elfman as the devil, and Eric Nally and Dillon Francis in an angelic chorus. Here’s the dated context around Elfman’s appearance. ### What is Glass Animals’ Fresh Fruit series? URL: https://readdork.com/features/what-is-glass-animals-fresh-fruit-series-11f9911832 Date: 2026-10-25 Author: Oliver Green Type: Features Artists: Joey Bada$$, Dave Bayley, Glass Animals, Denzel Curry, Albert Hammond Jr Excerpt: Glass Animals’ five-release Fresh Fruit series gives the band a home for collaborations and experiments beyond the usual shape of an album campaign. ### What David Byrne’s ‘Who Is The Sky?’ digital deluxe edition adds URL: https://readdork.com/features/david-byrne-who-is-the-sky-digital-deluxe-edition-explained-f147c4c041 Date: 2026-10-25 Author: Alex Bennett Type: Features Artists: Hayley Williams, David Byrne, Natalia Lafourcade Excerpt: David Byrne’s expanded digital edition adds four tracks, including ‘My Madness’, an older live-set song and a Spanish-language reworking with Natalia Lafourcade. ### What does ‘Foo Fighters’ mean, and where did the band’s name come from? URL: https://readdork.com/features/what-does-foo-fighters-mean-band-name-origin-f6339c34cd Date: 2026-10-24 Author: Molly Bennett Type: Features Artists: Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters Excerpt: Foo Fighters took their name from Second World War aircrew slang for unexplained aerial phenomena. Dave Grohl chose it for the plural, which made his early solo recordings sound like a band. ### No, the VILLANELLE behind ‘Bury Your Halo’ is not Gene Gallagher’s band URL: https://readdork.com/features/is-bury-your-halo-villanelle-gene-gallaghers-band-92541341bb Date: 2026-10-24 Author: Andrew Wescott Type: Features Artists: Ben Taylor, VILLANELLE Excerpt: Two separate bands share the name VILLANELLE, with distinct members, releases and official pages. ### A guide to Master Peace’s collaborations, from Georgia to Muni Long URL: https://readdork.com/features/master-peace-collaborations-guide-32524f37b3 Date: 2026-10-24 Author: Nicola Harris Type: Features Artists: Franz Ferdinand, Georgia, Thomas Day, Declan McKenna, AJ Tracey, Master Peace, Johnny Marr, Muni Long Excerpt: Six collaborations offer different ways into Master Peace’s guitar-led, genre-crossing world. ### Who is Maisie Peters’ ‘Brooklyn’ about, and what does it have to do with Twinhood? URL: https://readdork.com/features/maisie-peters-brooklyn-ellen-twinhood-podcast-explained-0bf737c539 Date: 2026-10-24 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: Features Artists: Maisie Peters Excerpt: ‘Brooklyn’ is identified in biographical background as a song inspired by Maisie Peters’ twin sister, Ellen. The pair later became the co-hosts of Twinhood. ### What RAYE’s ‘Escapism’ is really about URL: https://readdork.com/features/what-is-raye-escapism-about-075fa950b2 Date: 2026-10-24 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: Features Artists: Raye, 070 Shake Excerpt: Beyond the TikTok surge and chart success, RAYE’s breakout with 070 Shake traces a messy attempt to outrun heartbreak. ### Fontaines D.C. have landed 2026’s biggest opening week by a group with ‘Dopamine Chamber’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/fontaines-dc-dopamine-chamber-uk-number-one-f8bb75a59f Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: News Artists: Rosalía, Fontaines D.C. Excerpt: Fontaines D.C.’s ‘Dopamine Chamber’ has topped the UK Albums Chart, giving the band their second Number One. ### Slayyyter has cancelled her remaining UK and European tour dates URL: https://readdork.com/news/slayyyter-cancels-uk-european-tour-dates-9fe934c497 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: News Artists: Slayyyter Excerpt: Slayyyter has cancelled the remaining UK and European dates on her ‘Wor$t Girl in the World’ tour after being diagnosed with laryngitis and vocal cord tears. ### LA punks Niis have released new EP ‘Play Niis’ alongside a ‘Bad Aim’ video URL: https://readdork.com/news/niis-play-niis-bad-aim-video-d6b165df32 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: William Thomas Type: News Artists: Niis, Midrift, Movements Excerpt: Niis’ six-track Rise Records EP ‘Play Niis’ is out now, with a Nick Pillot-directed video for opener ‘Bad Aim’. ### HMLTD have released third album ‘FANGS’ alongside a new ‘What The Hell’ video URL: https://readdork.com/news/hmltd-what-the-hell-video-fangs-release-35d6259d9c Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Sarah Peters Type: News Artists: HMLTD Excerpt: HMLTD’s third album ‘FANGS’ is out now via Lucky Number, accompanied by a new video for opening track ‘What The Hell’. ### ADÉLA has made her late-night TV debut with a performance on Jimmy Fallon URL: https://readdork.com/news/adela-late-night-tv-debut-fallon-74649803fe Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Brian Andrews Type: News Artists: Adéla Excerpt: ADÉLA performed a medley of ‘Nicole Kidman’ and ‘Ain’t In LA’ after joining Jimmy Fallon for an interview on The Tonight Show. ### Claud has shared a live ‘Gay Witchcraft’ performance to celebrate their new album URL: https://readdork.com/news/claud-me-and-the-music-gay-witchcraft-live-video-404a46bee7 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Tyler Cook Type: News Artists: Claud, John Congleton, Dan Nigro Excerpt: Claud’s third album is out now via Dead Oceans, alongside a live Electric Lady Studios performance of opener ‘Gay Witchcraft’. ### Pixie McCann has some dirty laundry to air URL: https://readdork.com/features/pixie-mccann-interview-oct26 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Dan Harrison Type: Features Artists: Pixie McCann Excerpt: A busker on Galway's pavements at eleven and a self-taught producer since, Pixie McCann has a new single named after herself that, she says, is about being anyone but. ### Grumpy have never met a red flag they couldn't write about URL: https://readdork.com/features/grumpy-interview-nov26 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Dan Harrison Type: Features Artists: Grumpy Excerpt: Six people, one good chair and some magnificently bad romantic decisions. On debut album 'Unfindable Ring', Brooklyn's Grumpy let everybody in, even when it gets embarrassing. ### LEAP have shared ‘Bury Me’, their second single for Epitaph Records URL: https://readdork.com/news/leap-bury-me-single-9c98c55693 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Nathaniel Hill Type: News Artists: Leap Excerpt: LEAP’s latest Epitaph Records single ‘Bury Me’ arrives with a lyric video as the band prepare for sold-out UK and European dates. ### Jeshi's got a headrush, and everyone's invited URL: https://readdork.com/features/jeshi-feature-oct26 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Martyn Young Type: Features Artists: Jeshi Excerpt: From dodgy Essex clubs to the electronic sounds of his teenage years, Jeshi is revisiting his nightlife memories on new mixtape ‘Headrush’. ### How Japan became part of Oasis' story from the start URL: https://readdork.com/features/how-oasis-audience-grew-japan-5a92ff607f Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Tyler Cook Type: Features Artists: Oasis Excerpt: From a sold-out Tokyo club in 1994 to two Tokyo Dome shows in 2025, Oasis' Japanese history shows how an audience beyond Britain took shape over decades. ### Banoffee is putting her rage somewhere useful URL: https://readdork.com/features/banoffee-interview-dec26 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Dan Harrison Type: Features Artists: Banoffee Excerpt: Melbourne-born, LA-based producer Banoffee spent a terrible year hitting a heavy bag, then road-tested the songs it left her with on her own dancefloor. The 'Muscles' EP is the result, and she'd like it known that she is not, technically, a boxer. ### The Cranberries have announced expanded ‘Wake Up And Smell The Coffee’ anniversary editions URL: https://readdork.com/news/the-cranberries-wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee-25th-anniversary-128eb17563 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Nat Macdonald Type: News Artists: The Cranberries, Stephen Street Excerpt: The band’s fifth album returns in January with Stephen Street’s new mixes, previously unreleased Vicar Street recordings and a coffee-filled vinyl edition. ### ATEEZ have shared new single ‘Drip’ ahead of EP ‘GOLDEN HOUR : Part.6’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/ateez-drip-single-video-golden-hour-part-six-f53f9f1014 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: News Artists: ATEEZ Excerpt: ATEEZ’s new pre-release single and official video arrive before their 15th EP lands on 13th November. ### Mahalia has released ‘the 5 stages of heartbreak’, her first single as an independent artist URL: https://readdork.com/news/mahalia-the-5-stages-of-heartbreak-single-7ec3dcbb48 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: News Artists: Mahalia Excerpt: Mahalia’s first release as an independent artist explores love, loss and the untidy process of moving on. ### Fatboy Slim, Robbie Williams and Kings of Leon will headline Isle of Wight Festival 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/news/isle-of-wight-festival-2027-line-up-11c9d0a4d1 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: News Artists: Kaiser Chiefs, Fatboy Slim, Robbie Williams, 5 Seconds of Summer, Becky Hill, Inhaler, Bastille, Rudimental, Courteeners, Kings of Leon, Myles Smith Excerpt: Fatboy Slim, Robbie Williams and Kings of Leon will lead the Isle of Wight Festival’s 25th edition since its 2002 revival. ### LISA has released new EP ‘PRESS PLAY’ alongside an action-packed ‘Tarantino’ video URL: https://readdork.com/news/lisa-releases-press-play-tarantino-video-a111adbb39 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: News Excerpt: LISA’s six-track ‘PRESS PLAY’ EP is out now alongside a hotel-set action video for focus track ‘Tarantino’. ### total tommy has released second album ‘Trapezoid’ alongside a new ‘Gutterball’ video URL: https://readdork.com/news/total-tommy-gutterball-video-trapezoid-album-3b583f016d Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Andrew Wescott Type: News Artists: total tommy Excerpt: Jess Holt’s second album ‘Trapezoid’ is out now via Play It Again Sam, with a new video for ‘Gutterball’ arriving alongside it. ### London art-grunge band Tough Cookie have shared new EP ‘Devotion’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/tough-cookie-devotion-ep-home-run-e3d19c74d0 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Molly Bennett Type: News Artists: thistle., The Rolling People, Tough Cookie Excerpt: The London art-grunge four-piece’s new EP arrives with ‘Home Run’, plus headline dates in Manchester and London next month. ### Scottish Gaelic metalcore band Gun Ghaol have announced their new album ‘Eadar Bàs is Bruadaran’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/gun-ghaol-eadar-bas-is-bruadaran-limonead-gabh-ceum-air-ais-4c903c0341 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Brian Andrews Type: News Artists: Gun Ghaol, Limonead Excerpt: The Gaelic metalcore band’s second album arrives in February, led by new Limonead collaboration ‘Gabh Ceum Air Ais’. ### My First Time have shared new single ‘Tough’ inspired by the morning commute URL: https://readdork.com/news/my-first-time-tough-single-video-897daf8708 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Edward Howard Type: News Artists: My First Time Excerpt: My First Time’s new single ‘Tough’ turns a crowded Circle line commute into a sharp take on the monotony of working life. ### Arthur Hill is reflecting on lost love with his new single ‘Record Timing’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/arthur-hill-record-timing-single-live-video-dccb742e35 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Jess Hunt Type: News Artists: Arthur Hill Excerpt: Arthur Hill’s new two-track ‘Record Timing’ release pairs studio and live versions with a live performance video. ### Stand Atlantic have released their fifth album ‘GODBREATH’ alongside new single ‘SO COOL’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/stand-atlantic-so-cool-godbreath-release-6a8dec777d Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Nicola Harris Type: News Artists: Stand Atlantic, Silverstein Excerpt: "It’s a fun song to play in your car with the windows rolled down." ### Tom Grennan has shared new single ‘Wrapped In Gold’, his first release for RCA Records URL: https://readdork.com/news/tom-grennan-wrapped-in-gold-single-video-84ad260e21 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Jess Hunt Type: News Artists: Tom Grennan Excerpt: Tom Grennan’s first release for RCA Records arrives with a Freddie Cattaneo-directed video. ### Haute & Freddy have shared ‘Film Noir’ and covered Peter Gabriel's ‘In Your Eyes’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/haute-freddy-film-noir-single-video-041f9f7482 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Molly Bennett Type: News Artists: Haute & Freddy Excerpt: Haute & Freddy’s new single ‘Film Noir’ arrives with an Amalia Irons-directed video and a Peter Gabriel cover B-side. ### Tune-Yards are calling for solidarity on new single ‘The Ones’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/tune-yards-the-ones-single-f12d815386 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: News Artists: tUnE-yArDs, Merrill Garbus, Rituals Of Mine Excerpt: Tune-Yards return with ‘The Ones’, a standalone new song about solidarity ahead of their North American tour next month. ### Alfie Jukes has announced his debut album, new single and biggest headline tour yet URL: https://readdork.com/news/alfie-jukes-funny-little-feeling-tour-2027-2414a8fa46 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Owen Bradley Type: News Artists: Alfie Jukes Excerpt: The Brighton singer-songwriter will play UK and European shows in spring 2027 as debut album ‘Funny Little Thing’ approaches. ### Gus Dapperton and Ledbyher have shared a new ‘Sweet Tooth’ video as ‘4 Dear Life’ arrives URL: https://readdork.com/news/gus-dapperton-sweet-tooth-video-4-dear-life-92914cd2d1 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Lena Hunt Type: News Artists: Ledbyher, Gus Dapperton Excerpt: Gus Dapperton’s fourth album ‘4 Dear Life’ is out now, alongside a self-directed New York video for Ledbyher collaboration ‘Sweet Tooth’. ### Australian indie-rock band The Buoys have released second album ‘Concrete Cowboy’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/the-buoys-concrete-cowboy-album-af1bb1a078 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Alex Bennett Type: News Artists: The Buoys Excerpt: Sydney four-piece The Buoys’ second album ‘Concrete Cowboy’ is out now, ahead of Australian shows and a UK and European headline tour in early 2027. ### chlothegod is throwing politeness out the window on new single ‘B Polite!’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/chlothegod-b-polite-single-b1aef9a087 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Alex Bennett Type: News Artists: chlothegod Excerpt: chlothegod’s new single ‘B Polite!’ is out now, following ‘Middle Man’ and ‘That Can’t Be Normal’. ### Tommy Lefroy have announced a UK and European tour for debut album ‘The Precariat’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/tommy-lefroy-2027-uk-european-headline-tour-b75277937a Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: News Artists: Tommy Lefroy Excerpt: Tommy Lefroy will take debut album ‘The Precariat’ across the UK and Europe in January and February 2027, including London’s Village Underground. ### Cardiff electronic pop-rock artist Heavy Head Feeling confronts grief on new single ‘Don’t Look Down’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/heavy-head-feeling-dont-look-down-single-719fcbc5d6 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: News Excerpt: Cardiff’s Heavy Head Feeling channels a period of family loss into the self-produced new single ‘Don’t Look Down’. ### Ishmael Ensemble have recruited Ezra Collective's Joe Armon-Jones for new single ‘Rise’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/ishmael-ensemble-rise-pete-josef-joe-armon-jones-f7bd6f7a24 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Owen Bradley Type: News Artists: Joe Armon-Jones, Pete Josef, ishmael ensemble Excerpt: The Bristol group’s first release since 2025’s ‘Golden’ features Pete Josef and Joe Armon-Jones. ### Who are the collaborators behind Lorde’s music, from ‘The Love Club’ to ‘Hammer’? URL: https://readdork.com/features/lorde-collaborators-joel-little-jack-antonoff-jim-e-stack-fabiana-palladino-8b9ff6c39f Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Brian Andrews Type: Features Artists: Joel Little, Lorde, Fabiana Palladino, Jim-E Stack, Jack Antonoff Excerpt: From Joel Little’s early work with a teenage Lorde to Jim-E Stack and Fabiana Palladino’s roles on ‘Virgin’, these are the collaborators documented across her catalogue. ### What Fucked Up planned to record at Jack White’s Blue Room in 2015 URL: https://readdork.com/features/fucked-up-jack-white-blue-room-zodiac-series-2015-6921930d42 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Jason Fisher Type: Features Artists: Jack White, Fucked Up Excerpt: Fucked Up’s 2015 Blue Room plan involved randomly selected Zodiac series songs, recorded direct-to-acetate before a small audience. ### Was Lauran Hibberd’s ‘Garageband Superstar’ built from her earlier EPs or written from scratch? URL: https://readdork.com/features/lauran-hibberd-garageband-superstar-written-from-scratch-64adb25464 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Molly Bennett Type: Features Artists: Lauran Hibberd Excerpt: Lauran Hibberd said her 2022 debut ‘Garageband Superstar’ was written completely from scratch during lockdown, with its final tracklist chosen from more than 50 new songs. ### What does ‘Wear & Tear’ mean to Cruz Beckham? URL: https://readdork.com/features/what-does-wear-and-tear-mean-cruz-beckham-b28182493b Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Esme Sharp Type: Features Artists: Cruz Beckham, The Breakers Excerpt: Cruz Beckham has described ‘Wear & Tear’ as the emotional marks, lessons and contradictions that build up over a life. ### Here’s when to watch Noah Kahan’s Seattle tour finale on Amazon Music Live URL: https://readdork.com/features/noah-kahan-amazon-music-live-seattle-tour-finale-watch-2675a751e2 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: Features Artists: Noah Kahan Excerpt: Noah Kahan’s Seattle Great Divide World Tour finale airs on Amazon Music Live on Thursday 24th September as a recorded concert, not a live broadcast. ### What State Champs’ ‘Everybody But You’ is about, and who appears in its video URL: https://readdork.com/features/state-champs-everybody-but-you-meaning-video-cast-909616d96e Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: Features Artists: Mitchell Tenpenny, Tyler Posey, Chrissy Costanza, Against The Current, Four Year Strong, lil aaron, State Champs, Neck Deep, The Story So Far Excerpt: State Champs turned an exhausting relationship into a 2022 breakup-party song, with Neck Deep’s Ben Barlow on the track and friends including Tyler Posey, Lil Aaron and Kelen Capener in the video. ### Where to start with KATSEYE’s music, from ‘SIS (Soft Is Strong)’ to ‘WILD’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/where-to-start-with-katseye-music-guide-54c8ba3f24 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: William Thomas Type: Features Artists: KATSEYE, Ed Sheeran Excerpt: Start with ‘Touch’, then follow KATSEYE’s three EPs through the digital-age ambitions of ‘BEAUTIFUL CHAOS’ and the maximalist pop of ‘WILD’. ### What connects Crawlers’ ‘Golden Bridge’ and ‘AFRAID TO DIE’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/crawlers-golden-bridge-afraid-to-die-analysis-d2ebc47eb8 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Tyler Cook Type: Features Artists: Crawlers Excerpt: Across two songs released two years apart, Holly Minto has described survival through familiar places, friendship and the small routines that make a future feel possible. ### How Nia Archives and Jorja Smith turned a ‘Little Things’ remix into ‘Get Me Down’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/nia-archives-jorja-smith-little-things-get-me-down-explained-56c8a9ce42 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Jess Hunt Type: Features Artists: Nia Archives, Tems, Jorja Smith, Sampha Excerpt: Nia Archives’ 2023 remix of Jorja Smith’s ‘Little Things’ became the starting point for ‘Get Me Down’, a studio collaboration and Nia’s first album feature. ### How ‘Love To Walk Away’ gave The Vaccines a way forward URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-vaccines-love-to-walk-away-pick-up-full-of-pink-carnations-direction-f09bf050a8 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: Features Artists: The Vaccines, Don McLean, Dave Fridmann, Freddie Cowan Excerpt: The first song written with Andrew Wells became the sonic and thematic compass for The Vaccines’ sixth album, even as its songs reckoned with uncertainty, loss and disappointed Californian dreams. ### Run The Jewels made RTJ4 free, but it wasn’t their first time URL: https://readdork.com/features/run-the-jewels-rtj4-free-release-history-explained-f2c27f53eb Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: Features Artists: Zack de la Rocha, Pharrell Williams, El-P, Mavis Staples, Killer Mike, Run The Jewels Excerpt: RTJ4 arrived early and free in June 2020 amid protests against police violence. That urgency was particular to the record, but free digital access had been part of Run The Jewels’ history since their debut. ### How Hot Milk made ‘Where Does The Light Get In’ a prayer for change URL: https://readdork.com/features/hot-milk-where-does-the-light-get-in-piano-espera-choir-eb134f5bb1 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: Features Artists: Hot Milk, Jim Shaw Excerpt: Jim Shaw’s piano-first arrangement and Espera’s choral response gave Hot Milk’s 2024 single a deliberately exposed shape. ### A guide to Rosalía’s ‘LUX’: four movements, an orchestra and its guest voices URL: https://readdork.com/features/rosalia-lux-four-movements-orchestra-guest-voices-guide-eb6c50b7df Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Nicola Harris Type: Features Artists: Rosalía, Carminho, Yves Tumor, Estrella Morente, Björk Excerpt: Rosalía’s ‘LUX’ is organised in four movements, with orchestral and choral writing shaping the space around its songs. ### How Chrissy Costanza’s solo debut connects with Against The Current’s 2026 singles URL: https://readdork.com/features/chrissy-costanza-solo-debut-against-the-current-2026-themes-209264869e Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Dan Harrison Type: Features Artists: Chrissy Costanza, Against The Current, VOILÀ Excerpt: Across ‘7 Minutes In Hell’, ‘If Looks Could Kill’, ‘Heavenly’ and ‘Always You & I’, Chrissy Costanza returns to liberation, fate and love beyond a single lifetime. ### How Confidence Man turned song titles into absurd dance-pop URL: https://readdork.com/features/confidence-man-song-title-writing-method-4d79c62493 Date: 2026-10-23 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: Features Artists: Confidence Man Excerpt: Confidence Man’s title-first writing rule made everyday pop language the spark for songs built to meet the dancefloor at 2am. ### GIRLBAND! have announced six in-store shows and post-gig pub meet-ups URL: https://readdork.com/news/girlband-uk-in-store-shows-debut-album-2c3d80fe99 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Tyler Cook Type: News Artists: Girlband! Excerpt: The Nottingham trio will mark their self-titled debut with six UK in-store dates this November. ### Cate Le Bon and L’Rain lead Mexican Summer's new 12-track compilation URL: https://readdork.com/news/cate-le-bon-lrain-everybodys-got-a-song-to-sing-df9671feca Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Tyler Cook Type: News Artists: No Joy, Andy Boay, Alex Izenberg, Starcleaner Reunion, Sessa, Cate Le Bon Excerpt: Mexican Summer’s 12-track ‘Everybody’s Got A Song To Sing’ is out now, featuring new songs from Cate Le Bon, L’Rain, Starcleaner Reunion and more. ### Kacey Musgraves has announced ‘Tex Mex Tapes’ featuring Spanish-language songs and country covers URL: https://readdork.com/news/kacey-musgraves-middle-of-nowhere-vol-2-tex-mex-tapes-f9977b6464 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: News Artists: Kacey Musgraves Excerpt: Kacey Musgraves’ 16-track ‘Middle of Nowhere’ companion arrives in January. ### 2hollis has announced his biggest headline tour to date URL: https://readdork.com/news/2hollis-biggest-headline-tour-2027-d98b3f51a2 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: News Artists: 2hollis, Conceal, Lucy Bedroque Excerpt: 2hollis will play London’s OVO Arena Wembley and Manchester’s Aviva Studios as part of a 2027 North American, UK and European tour. ### Art d’Ecco has shared a surreal new video for ‘Scheele’s Green’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/art-decco-scheeles-green-title-track-eab3f651b0 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: News Artists: Art d’Ecco Excerpt: Art d’Ecco’s title track arrives with an accompanying video before ‘Scheele’s Green’ lands on Friday, 23rd October. ### Touching Ice have joined Ninja Tune imprint Technicolour with new single ‘Trace me on2 u’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/touching-ice-technicolour-trace-me-on2-u-66228f4285 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Andy Norman Type: News Artists: Touching Ice, CFCF Excerpt: LA trio Touching Ice make their Technicolour debut with ‘Trace me on2 u’, accompanied by an Aaron Garcia Peretz-directed video and a UK and European tour. ### Claire Rosinkranz has joined Ashe’s 2027 Girl Of Your Dreams Tour URL: https://readdork.com/news/claire-rosinkranz-ashe-girl-of-your-dreams-tour-2027-75637f193f Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: News Artists: Claire Rosinkranz Excerpt: Claire Rosinkranz will support Ashe across North America in February and March 2027, with presale tickets available from 27th October. ### An Amy Winehouse West End musical is reportedly in development URL: https://readdork.com/news/amy-winehouse-west-end-musical-development-297eaca2aa Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Andy Norman Type: News Artists: Amy Winehouse Excerpt: A stage musical built around Amy Winehouse’s songs is reportedly in early development, with casting said to be under way. ### The Strokes and Phoebe Bridgers are returning to ‘Saturday Night Live’ in November URL: https://readdork.com/news/the-strokes-phoebe-bridgers-snl-november-2026-694eac8c11 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: James Houghton Type: News Artists: Phoebe Bridgers, The Strokes Excerpt: The Strokes and Phoebe Bridgers will return as musical guests on Saturday Night Live in November, appearing alongside hosts Druski and John Mulaney. ### Young Eman is celebrating his northern roots on ‘BINE (Born In New England)’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/young-eman-bine-born-in-new-england-announcement-50c815a774 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Edward Howard Type: News Artists: Young Eman Excerpt: The Sheffield rapper and producer will release ‘BINE (Born In New England)’ on 30th October. ### Blackhaine has released his Wraith9-produced new single ‘Northside Needs Me’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/blackhaine-northside-needs-me-single-video-b66f170c41 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: James Houghton Type: News Artists: Blackhaine, Wraith9 Excerpt: The second song from Blackhaine’s debut album ‘Saints In The Wethouse’ arrives with a Mao Morgó-directed video. ### Eminem's former sound engineer has pleaded guilty to leaking unreleased music URL: https://readdork.com/news/former-eminem-employee-pleads-guilty-stolen-unreleased-music-a92d536cab Date: 2026-10-22 Author: James Houghton Type: News Artists: Eminem Excerpt: Joseph Strange has pleaded guilty to criminal copyright infringement after unreleased Eminem tracks were copied, sold and leaked online. ### Creamfields have unveiled their new Runway 2.0 stage for 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/news/creamfields-runway-2-0-stage-2027-1d120a1401 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Molly Bennett Type: News Artists: Creamfields Excerpt: The 20,000-capacity arena will combine elements of Creamfields’ former Runway and HALO stages at its 30th-anniversary festival. ### Daft Punk's legendary live show is getting the LEGO treatment URL: https://readdork.com/news/daft-punk-lego-alive-2007-pyramid-stage-set-da025197dd Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Nicola Harris Type: News Artists: Daft Punk Excerpt: Daft Punk and LEGO’s new partnership begins with a fan-created ‘Alive 2007’ pyramid stage model entering development, plus a 48-second Minifigure film set to ‘Human After All’. ### Kraftwerk will play two UK outdoor concerts in June 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/news/kraftwerk-uk-shows-summer-2027-90079bee7f Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Jess Hunt Type: News Artists: Kraftwerk Excerpt: Kraftwerk will play outdoor dates in Halifax and Cardiff next June, with tickets on sale this Friday. ### Mark Hoppus has launched a limited-edition Fender Jaguar Bass, available for 182 hours URL: https://readdork.com/news/mark-hoppus-fender-stoned-fruit-jaguar-bass-f5e39cbbfd Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: News Artists: blink-182, Mark Hoppus Excerpt: Fender’s Guava Green Mark Hoppus Stoned Fruit Jaguar Bass recreates the blink-182 musician’s current instrument, with a Burrito Breath decal pack included. ### Fleetwood Mac have named their Apple TV documentary The Chain URL: https://readdork.com/news/fleetwood-mac-the-chain-apple-tv-release-date-56db684e0b Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Jess Hunt Type: News Artists: Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks Excerpt: Fleetwood Mac’s first fully authorised documentary, The Chain, will arrive on Apple TV on 29th January 2027. ### FaltyDL is exploring life, death and fatherhood on his new album ‘VEGA’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/faltydl-vega-album-december-10aa50c9b5 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Esme Sharp Type: News Artists: FaltyDL Excerpt: FaltyDL’s new album ‘VEGA’ arrives in December via Drowned By Locals, led by the single ‘Queen Brute’. ### Austin trio Being Dead have signed to Polyvinyl and shared two new singles URL: https://readdork.com/news/being-dead-polyvinyl-man-or-myth-aquarium-ea49139b07 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: News Artists: Being Dead Excerpt: Austin trio Being Dead have joined Polyvinyl with two new songs, two videos and some unusually aquatic subject matter. ### Ella Langley has matched Mariah Carey's Billboard streaming record with ‘Choosin’ Texas’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/ella-langley-choosin-texas-streaming-songs-record-24f7c7a97a Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Esme Sharp Type: News Artists: Ella Langley Excerpt: Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ has matched Mariah Carey’s record with 26 weeks at Number One on Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart. ### French electronic trio Sky Problem have announced their debut EP for 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/news/sky-problem-sign-geographie-self-titled-single-218bdd58ea Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Oliver Green Type: News Excerpt: The Paris trio introduce themselves with ‘Sky Problem’, ahead of a six-track debut EP in early 2027. ### Lady Gaga has hinted that fans might not have to wait long for new music URL: https://readdork.com/news/lady-gaga-hints-new-music-tiktok-22884ebe2b Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Tyler Cook Type: News Artists: Lady Gaga Excerpt: Lady Gaga replied “don’t worry” when a fan asked her not to make them wait too long for more music, but she has not announced a release. ### Billie Joe Armstrong's Pinhead Gunpowder have announced a 300-capacity Berkeley show URL: https://readdork.com/news/pinhead-gunpowder-berkeley-924-gilman-show-a79f90c6f5 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Dan Harrison Type: News Artists: Pinhead Gunpowder Excerpt: Pinhead Gunpowder will play Berkeley’s 924 Gilman St. on 6th November, with tickets sold in person at the club. ### The Leadmill has launched a prize draw for a Bring Me The Horizon-signed dancefloor guitar URL: https://readdork.com/news/leadmill-bring-me-the-horizon-signed-guitar-prize-draw-6c3b5bb197 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: News Artists: Bring Me The Horizon Excerpt: The Sheffield venue is offering a one-off guitar made from its original dancefloor, with the draw linked to its relocation fund. ### Korn, Bad Omens and Iron Maiden will headline Boardwalk Rock Fest 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/news/boardwalk-rock-fest-2027-lineup-41240b9186 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: News Artists: Bad Omens, Iron Maiden Excerpt: Korn, Bad Omens and Iron Maiden will headline Boardwalk Rock Fest when it returns to Ocean City, Maryland next May. ### Doechii has shared new Swamp Session ‘Catwoman’ as work continues on her debut album URL: https://readdork.com/news/doechii-catwoman-swamp-session-7fe8d1c78a Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Edward Howard Type: News Artists: Doechii Excerpt: Doechii’s latest Swamp Session, ‘Catwoman’, is out now as she continues work on her debut album. ### W. H. Lung are taking an indefinite break after their 10th-anniversary Manchester show URL: https://readdork.com/news/w-h-lung-indefinite-hiatus-where-will-you-go-81f36dcd6f Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Jason Fisher Type: News Excerpt: The Manchester band’s 10th-anniversary Albert Hall show on 20th November is currently their final date in the diary. ### Priya Ragu has shared ‘Madras’, the title track from her forthcoming third album URL: https://readdork.com/news/priya-ragu-madras-album-title-track-9127d18cd3 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: James Houghton Type: News Artists: Priya Ragu Excerpt: Priya Ragu’s third album ‘Madras’ arrives on 26th November, with its title track available now. ### Chappell Roan has brought out Christina Aguilera for a ‘Coffee’ duet in Los Angeles URL: https://readdork.com/news/chappell-roan-christina-aguilera-coffee-duet-los-angeles-f1399bb5cf Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Nat Macdonald Type: News Artists: Chappell Roan, Olivia Rodrigo, Christina Aguilera Excerpt: Christina Aguilera joined Chappell Roan at the first Super Graphic Spectacular show, performing ‘Beautiful’ before the pair sang ‘Coffee’. ### Where Chappell Roan’s stage name comes from and its link to ‘The Strawberry Roan’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/chappell-roan-stage-name-the-strawberry-roan-explained-e2045c2698 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Dan Harrison Type: Features Artists: Chappell Roan Excerpt: Chappell Roan’s stage name honours her grandfather Dennis Chappell and references his favourite song, ‘The Strawberry Roan’. ### What was Rockinhaim, the family band that came before HAIM? URL: https://readdork.com/features/what-was-rockinhaim-haim-family-band-1e39bad9f8 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: Features Artists: Haim Excerpt: Rockinhaim was the recreational family group Este, Danielle and Alana Haim played in with their parents before forming HAIM. ### How The Fame’s five singles built Lady Gaga’s breakthrough URL: https://readdork.com/features/lady-gaga-the-fame-five-singles-breakthrough-bd194b943f Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Molly Bennett Type: Features Artists: Lady Gaga Excerpt: Lady Gaga’s debut became a sustained breakthrough through five distinct singles, from the global scale of ‘Just Dance’ and ‘Poker Face’ to the contrasting colours of ‘Eh, Eh’, ‘LoveGame’ and ‘Paparazzi’. ### Finn Forster has announced a 2027 UK and European headline tour URL: https://readdork.com/news/finn-forster-2027-uk-european-tour-b81b4673ac Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: News Artists: Finn Forster, Des Rocs Excerpt: The Teesside singer will play 14 dates across the UK and Europe next February and March. ### What does All Time Low’s ‘Don’t Panic: It’s Longer Now!’ add to the original album? URL: https://readdork.com/features/all-time-low-dont-panic-its-longer-now-explained-dd8eb4936b Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: Features Artists: Vic Fuentes, Pierce The Veil, All Time Low Excerpt: All Time Low’s expanded 2013 edition of ‘Don’t Panic’ adds four new tracks and four acoustic remixes to the 2012 album. ### Gang of Youths, Ninajirachi and Hilltop Hoods will lead Party In The Paddock 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/news/party-in-the-paddock-2027-lineup-047badbe48 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Tyler Cook Type: News Artists: Holly Humberstone, The Jungle Giants, Ninajirachi, Missy Higgins, Violent Soho, Gang of Youths, Hilltop Hoods, Lime Cordiale, G Flip Excerpt: Party In The Paddock will return to Tasmania next February with Gang of Youths, Ninajirachi, Hilltop Hoods and more. ### Talking Heads have announced ‘New Feeling’, a book of handwritten lyrics and archive material URL: https://readdork.com/news/talking-heads-new-feeling-book-announcement-5b3addeb36 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Helena Dean Type: News Artists: Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth, David Byrne, Talking Heads, Chris Frantz Excerpt: Talking Heads’ four members have reunited for ‘New Feeling’, a coffee-table book arriving on 18th May. ### Northlane have rescheduled their Australian and New Zealand tour to May 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/news/northlane-reschedule-australia-new-zealand-tour-2027-a2b9cf8b93 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Helena Dean Type: News Artists: Josh Smith, Northlane Excerpt: The band have moved the dates as guitarist Josh Smith requires immediate treatment for worsening chronic health issues. ### FLO, Jorja Smith and more have celebrated Amy Winehouse’s ‘Back to Black’ at the Roundhouse URL: https://readdork.com/news/amy-winehouse-back-to-black-roundhouse-celebration-5bc961cfce Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Jessica Lowe Type: News Artists: Mark Ronson, Nia Smith, Baby Rose, Salaam Remi, Sasha Keable, Amy Winehouse, Jessie Reyez, Lianne La Havas, Jorja Smith, Corinne Bailey Rae Excerpt: Mark Ronson, Salaam Remi and the Amy Winehouse Band reunited in Camden for a one-night performance of the album in full. ### Marsy have announced their ‘Miss Wave’ EP and shared its title track URL: https://readdork.com/news/marsy-miss-wave-ep-title-track-video-c6c909ee65 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Jess Hunt Type: News Artists: Mike Lindsay, Marsy Excerpt: Marsy’s five-track ‘Miss Wave’ EP arrives on Heavenly Recordings on 20th November, with its title track and video out now. ### Beaks has shared new single ‘vanilla sky’ ahead of debut album ‘ALDIE’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/beaks-vanilla-sky-new-single-aldie-ab39a49b0c Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: News Artists: Beaks Excerpt: Beaks’ final ‘ALDIE’ preview, ‘vanilla sky’, is out now ahead of the album’s 13th November release. ### PIXY has released self-directed videos for ‘TRAD WIFE’, ‘THRONE’ and ‘2 DRACOS’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/pixy-self-directed-madebygod-videos-c5d1682ed7 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Jess Hunt Type: News Artists: Ledbyher, PIXY, Asenssia Excerpt: PIXY has expanded her SoundCloud-exclusive EP ‘MADEBYGOD’ into a self-directed visual series, with videos for ‘TRAD WIFE’, ‘THRONE’ and ‘2 DRACOS’ now available. ### Heidi Curtis has released new single ‘Run’ ahead of her ‘Summon’ EP URL: https://readdork.com/news/heidi-curtis-run-single-summon-ep-20809c387d Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Oliver Green Type: News Artists: Heidi Curtis Excerpt: Heidi Curtis’ new single ‘Run’ is out now with an accompanying video, ahead of her ‘Summon’ EP next month. ### Isak Danielson has announced new album ‘Love, Isak’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/isak-danielson-love-isak-album-announcement-46d35d0487 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: News Artists: Isak Danielson, Lewis Capaldi Excerpt: The Swedish singer-songwriter’s sixth album, ‘Love, Isak’, will arrive on 22nd January 2027. ### How long was Bombay Bicycle Club’s hiatus, and why is it sometimes called five years? URL: https://readdork.com/features/bombay-bicycle-club-hiatus-five-years-explained-f97dca2622 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Dan Harrison Type: Features Artists: Suren De Saram, Bombay Bicycle Club, Jack Steadman, Ed Nash Excerpt: Bombay Bicycle Club’s formal hiatus ran from 2016 to 2019. “Five years” usually refers more loosely to the gap between their 2014 album era and their 2019 return. ### Tony Njoku has shared new single ‘Red Night’ and its accompanying video URL: https://readdork.com/news/tony-njoku-red-night-single-video-50ba6c1def Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Sarah Peters Type: News Artists: Tony Njoku Excerpt: Tony Njoku returns with ‘Red Night’, a vocal-led new single shaped by grief, self-reflection and an unsettling accompanying film. ### Alphabet have announced an Old Blue Last headline show alongside new single ‘Into The Blur’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/alphabet-into-the-blur-old-blue-last-show-8126b3460c Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Dan Harrison Type: News Excerpt: London four-piece Alphabet will headline the Old Blue Last on 3rd December, with new single ‘Into The Blur’ out now. ### Noel Gallagher is heading to ‘Chicken Shop Date’s’ final season URL: https://readdork.com/news/noel-gallagher-chicken-shop-date-final-season-85f44a6e74 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Jess Hunt Type: News Artists: Oasis, Noel Gallagher Excerpt: Noel Gallagher will make his first appearance on Amelia Dimoldenberg’s ‘Chicken Shop Date’ on Friday 23rd October. ### José González has announced Australia and New Zealand tour dates for 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/news/jose-gonzalez-australia-new-zealand-tour-2027-b3e3ce4ab2 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Finnley Mcdonald Type: News Artists: José González Excerpt: José González will play seven Australia and New Zealand shows next February and March, with ticket pre-sales beginning later this month. ### Sabrina Carpenter, Julia Roberts and Oprah have honoured Dolly Parton in CMA tribute broadcast URL: https://readdork.com/news/sabrina-carpenter-julia-roberts-oprah-dolly-parton-cma-tribute-28b5f11eba Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Tyler Cook Type: News Artists: Katy Perry, Sabrina Carpenter, Kacey Musgraves, Dolly Parton, Carol Burnett, Taylor Swift Excerpt: Sabrina Carpenter, Julia Roberts, Oprah and more paid tribute to Dolly Parton during the CMA’s televised celebration special. ### Zoumer has announced new EP ‘Life Delay’ with mishmish collaboration ‘Round and round’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/zoumer-life-delay-ep-round-and-round-mishmish-41244f2b88 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Helena Dean Type: News Excerpt: Zoumer has shared ‘Round and round’ featuring mishmish, the first single from six-track EP ‘Life Delay’, due in March 2027. ### Arca has shared her Daniel Sannwald-directed ‘Fxck’ video and Latin American tour dates URL: https://readdork.com/news/arca-fxck-video-latin-american-tour-dates-dd222a7ef1 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Tyler Cook Type: News Artists: Arca Excerpt: Arca’s new ‘Fxck’ visual reshapes footage from the XXXXX:Diva.Experimental livestream, alongside dates across Europe and the Americas. ### SZÁRA has announced her new EP ‘METTAMÖRPH’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/szara-announces-mettamorph-ep-8fe6c4f55c Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Nat Macdonald Type: News Artists: SZÁRA Excerpt: The seven-track record arrives on 13th November, bringing together three existing singles and four new tracks. ### How DJing shaped Jungle’s approach to ‘Volcano’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/how-djing-shaped-jungle-volcano-810a925909 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: Features Artists: Tom McFarland, JUNGLE Excerpt: DJing pushed Jungle towards self-created loops, club-informed electronics and a freer way of fitting styles together on their 2023 album ‘Volcano’. ### Helena Deland has announced ‘Eternity Shrugs’ and shared ‘Tip of My Tongue’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/helena-deland-eternity-shrugs-tip-of-my-tongue-2dc246ade8 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Jason Fisher Type: News Artists: Helena Deland Excerpt: Helena Deland’s third solo album, ‘Eternity Shrugs’, arrives on 22nd January 2027, led by new single ‘Tip of My Tongue’. ### Spanish Love Songs have released new single ‘Welcome To Hell’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/spanish-love-songs-welcome-to-hell-single-55b47888b6 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Ellen Gray Type: News Artists: Spanish Love Songs Excerpt: Spanish Love Songs’ ‘Welcome To Hell’ is out now with a video, ahead of fifth album ‘Future Nausea’ on 6th November. ### Willie J Healey has announced new album ‘Lucky’ and a UK headline tour URL: https://readdork.com/news/willie-j-healey-lucky-benjamin-uk-tour-eac3781862 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Oliver Green Type: News Artists: Willie J Healey Excerpt: Willie J Healey will release ‘Lucky’ via V2 in March 2027, led by new single ‘Benjamin’ and followed by a 16-date UK tour. ### Why ‘Conventional Weapons’ isn’t counted as My Chemical Romance’s fifth studio album URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-conventional-weapons-isnt-my-chemical-romances-fifth-studio-album-324814ea9c Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Finnley Mcdonald Type: Features Artists: Gerard Way, My Chemical Romance Excerpt: The songs began as an abandoned album project, but My Chemical Romance released them as five paired singles rather than a new full-length. ### Where to go after Ten Tonnes’ debut album URL: https://readdork.com/features/ten-tonnes-guide-so-long-dancing-alone-heaven-sent-ed9ca2581b Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Oliver Green Type: Features Artists: Ten Tonnes Excerpt: From the ‘So Long’ EP to ‘Dancing, Alone’ and 2025’s ‘Heaven Sent’, here’s a route through Ten Tonnes’ later releases. ### What English Teacher’s Mercury Prize win for ‘This Could Be Texas’ recognised URL: https://readdork.com/features/english-teacher-this-could-be-texas-mercury-prize-judges-analysis-f42c777508 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Nat Macdonald Type: Features Artists: English Teacher Excerpt: The 2024 Mercury Prize judges singled out English Teacher’s debut for its surrealism, social observation and lightly worn innovation. Their statement offers a clear way into the record’s particular strengths. ### Why Julien Baker’s ‘Hardline’ opens ‘Little Oblivions’ with a shock URL: https://readdork.com/features/julien-baker-hardline-little-oblivions-analysis-07dba024cc Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: Features Artists: Lucy Dacus, Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker Excerpt: Julien Baker’s 2021 album begins in distortion rather than the stillness associated with her earlier work. The point, she explained at the time, was to make that change impossible to miss. ### 7 Gracie Abrams songs to start with beyond ‘That’s So True’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/gracie-abrams-songs-guide-beyond-thats-so-true-34b738b852 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Oliver Green Type: Features Artists: Aaron Dessner, Gracie Abrams, Taylor Swift Excerpt: A listening route through Gracie Abrams’ early EPs, the considered arc of ‘Good Riddance’ and a key collaboration from ‘The Secret of Us’. ### How The Cribs' influence reached Courting and Sofie Royer URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-cribs-influence-courting-sofie-royer-opium-bab38ecfff Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Jessica Lowe Type: Features Artists: The Cribs, Courting, Ryan Jarman, Gary Jarman, Sofie Royer Excerpt: The Cribs' connection to Courting's 'New Last Name' was hands-on; Sofie Royer's link to 'Opium' began with the band's drum patterns. ### How Sleigh Bells turned their origin story into ‘Wanna Start a Band?’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/sleigh-bells-wanna-start-a-band-origin-story-explained-8faa25b5d8 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Nat Macdonald Type: Features Artists: Derek Miller, Alexis Krauss, Sleigh Bells Excerpt: Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller’s 2025 single connects a Brooklyn meeting in 2008 with a riff Miller began developing in 2014. ### Four Paramore covers that trace the band’s changing instincts URL: https://readdork.com/features/paramore-covers-live-lounge-talking-heads-guide-62dc7b8cd6 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: James Houghton Type: Features Artists: Paramore, David Byrne, Kaiser Chiefs, Talking Heads, alt-J, Kings of Leon Excerpt: From Radio 1’s Live Lounge to Talking Heads’ ‘Burning Down The House’, these are four documented Paramore covers beyond their own catalogue. ### What Rachel Chinouriri’s ‘I think I spoke too soon’ singles tell us about self-worth URL: https://readdork.com/features/rachel-chinouriri-i-think-i-spoke-too-soon-guide-521db0534f Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: Features Artists: Lucy Dacus, Rachel Chinouriri Excerpt: Rachel Chinouriri’s second album arrives on 16th October. Here’s what ‘One song away from crying’ and ‘Make believe’ have revealed so far. ### How girl in red and Sabrina Carpenter put ‘You Need Me Now?’ together URL: https://readdork.com/features/how-girl-in-red-sabrina-carpenter-you-need-me-now-collaboration-a4a0f5c115 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Andrew Wescott Type: Features Artists: Finneas, Sabrina Carpenter, girl in red Excerpt: Marie Ulven’s deliberately unexpected guest spot became a fast, playful part of ‘I’M DOING IT AGAIN BABY!’ ### How Caroline Polachek and Danny L Harle found their ‘trance siren’ on ‘Azimuth’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/caroline-polachek-danny-l-harle-azimuth-partnership-pang-analysis-698d4f4904 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Esme Sharp Type: Features Artists: Danny L Harle, Caroline Polachek Excerpt: Danny L Harle’s 2025 single ‘Azimuth’ crystallised a vocal-led idea he and Caroline Polachek had been developing since ‘Pang’. ### How Tom Grennan’s ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ takes on the pressure to ‘man up’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/tom-grennan-boys-dont-cry-man-up-explained-4184041333 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: Features Artists: Tom Grennan Excerpt: Tom Grennan’s March 2025 single ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ challenges the expectation that men should suppress emotion, while its visualiser brings Mind research into the conversation. ### What MGMT and Christine and the Queens were reaching for in the ‘Dancing in Babylon’ video URL: https://readdork.com/features/mgmt-christine-and-the-queens-dancing-in-babylon-video-explained-cfae9cfd4c Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Sarah Peters Type: Features Artists: Christine and the Queens, MGMT Excerpt: A 2024 collaboration turns a turkey sandwich, a war game and a power ballad into an argument for imagination as resistance. ### Where to start with Laura Marling’s collaborations beyond her solo albums URL: https://readdork.com/features/laura-marling-collaborations-guide-7b85950de6 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Jason Fisher Type: Features Artists: Laura Marling, LUMP, Marika Hackman, Johnny Flynn, Mystery Jets, Flyte Excerpt: From LUMP’s partnership with Mike Lindsay to guest appearances with Flyte, Marika Hackman and more, here’s a route through Laura Marling’s work outside her solo catalogue. ### How IDLES’ underground breakthrough became two UK Number One albums URL: https://readdork.com/features/idles-underground-breakthrough-two-uk-number-one-albums-447459f3f6 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: Features Artists: Joe Talbot, Paloma Faith, Idles Excerpt: IDLES’ path from ‘Joy As An Act Of Resistance’ to chart-topping albums ‘Ultra Mono’ and ‘TANGK’ was built on an audience that turned word of mouth into record sales. ### 4 places to find Mac DeMarco beyond his solo records URL: https://readdork.com/features/mac-demarco-collaborations-production-video-guide-aceb8beecc Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Jess Hunt Type: Features Artists: Weyes Blood, Julian Casablancas, Eyedress, Kirin J Callinan, The Voidz, Mac DeMarco, Snail Mail Excerpt: From Eyedress’s ‘The Dark Prince’ to The Voidz’s extended ‘Flexorcist’ video, four documented appearances and credits outside Mac DeMarco’s own catalogue. ### What is Big Thief’s ‘Vampire Empire’ about, and how does ‘Born For Loving You’ complement it? URL: https://readdork.com/features/big-thief-vampire-empire-born-for-loving-you-explained-7cb9de7e47 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Tyler Cook Type: Features Artists: Adrianne Lenker, Big Thief Excerpt: Adrianne Lenker described ‘Vampire Empire’ as a song about escaping destructive inner patterns. Its 2023 companion, ‘Born For Loving You’, approaches love from a more openly romantic place. ### Why The Wonder Years returned to ‘The Upsides’ for ‘Brakeless’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-the-wonder-years-returned-to-the-upsides-for-brakeless-57b86a322d Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Lena Hunt Type: Features Artists: Dan Campbell, The Wonder Years Excerpt: ‘Brakeless’ was a newly written 2020 song prompted by an abandoned demo idea, with The Wonder Years deliberately revisiting the approach of their 2010 album ‘The Upsides’. ### What Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ video cameos, locations and owl imagery mean URL: https://readdork.com/features/kendrick-lamar-not-like-us-video-cameos-locations-owl-imagery-explained-8759b99522 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Nat Macdonald Type: Features Artists: Mustard, Kendrick Lamar, Dave Free, Thundercat, YG, Roddy Ricch, Steve Lacy, Drake Excerpt: A guide to the Compton landmarks, familiar faces and OVO references in Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free’s 2024 ‘Not Like Us’ video. ### Why Robbie Williams framed ‘BRITPOP’ as the solo debut he wanted to make in 1995 URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-robbie-williams-framed-britpop-as-the-solo-debut-he-wanted-to-make-in-1995-3a183e3778 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Nicola Harris Type: Features Artists: Gaz Coombes, Chris Martin, Jesse & Joy, Gary Barlow, Robbie Williams, Tony Iommi Excerpt: Robbie Williams’ ‘BRITPOP’ revisits the moment he left Take That, using guitar-forward collaborators, 1995 imagery and ‘Life Thru a Lens’ to explore an alternate first step rather than rewrite his career. ### How Bob Dylan’s Fort Worth and Fort Collins shows fit into ‘Hard Rain’ and the 1976 Rolling Thunder archive URL: https://readdork.com/features/bob-dylan-hard-rain-fort-worth-fort-collins-explained-710a448960 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Esme Sharp Type: Features Artists: Joan Baez, Scarlet Rivera, Rob Stoner, Dylan, T Bone Burnett, Steven Soles, Mick Ronson, David Mansfield, Bob Dylan Excerpt: ‘Hard Rain’ was assembled from two May 1976 shows. The forthcoming Rolling Thunder archive puts Fort Worth and Fort Collins back into their full tour context. ### Why Ezra Furman stopped trying to sound hopeful on ‘Twelve Nudes’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-ezra-furman-stopped-trying-to-sound-hopeful-on-twelve-nudes-2bd0f205d3 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: Features Artists: Ezra Furman Excerpt: Ezra Furman’s 2019 punk record chose recognition over reassurance, making space for anger and fear before asking what might change. ### The Lemon Twigs played Todd Rundgren’s ‘Couldn’t I Just Tell You’ when he joined them at Coachella URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-lemon-twigs-todd-rundgren-coachella-2017-couldnt-i-just-tell-you-48588d860a Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Dan Harrison Type: Features Artists: The Lemon Twigs, Todd Rundgren, Jonathan Rado Excerpt: The Long Island brothers brought Rundgren onstage during their 2017 Coachella set to perform his 1972 ‘Something/Anything?’ song. ### How The Menzingers build four-person songs, and where Will Yip fits in URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-menzingers-songwriting-will-yip-explained-bcbeee061e Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Dan Harrison Type: Features Artists: The Menzingers, Will Yip Excerpt: Greg Barnett and Tom May may bring the initial ideas, but The Menzingers’ own accounts place collective arrangement and producer Will Yip’s outside ear at the centre of turning them into songs. ### Start with ‘Life’ to hear Jamie xx and Robyn together, then try the ‘Dopamine’ remix URL: https://readdork.com/features/jamie-xx-robyn-life-dopamine-remix-guide-233da1d11b Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: Features Artists: Jamie xx, Robyn, Honey Dijon, The Avalanches, Romy, Oliver Sim Excerpt: Jamie xx and Robyn’s two collaborations serve different purposes: one is a duet on In Waves, the other a later reworking of Robyn’s comeback single. ### Where to start with flowerovlove beyond ‘MINI SKIRT WARRIOR’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/flowerovlove-where-to-start-guide-f49f09eaed Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Finnley Mcdonald Type: Features Artists: flowerovlove Excerpt: From early bedroom-pop experiments to songs about maternal love, toxic friendships and all-consuming crushes, here’s a route into flowerovlove’s catalogue before her debut album. ### Why Creeper’s ‘Black Heaven’ marked a new direction URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-creeper-black-heaven-marked-a-new-direction-6a0cadfe7c Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Tyler Cook Type: Features Artists: Type O Negative, Depeche Mode, Creeper, Boy Harsher, New Order, Simple Minds Excerpt: Creeper’s 2023 single pushed their gothic framework towards electronic darkwave without leaving its theatrical world behind. ### What connects peony buds, unwanted attention and a picture-book dog in Dry Cleaning’s ‘Sliced by a Fingernail’? URL: https://readdork.com/features/dry-cleaning-sliced-by-a-fingernail-peony-buds-picture-book-dog-explained-b5b0d86620 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Dan Harrison Type: Features Artists: Florence Shaw, Dry Cleaning, Cate Le Bon Excerpt: Florence Shaw’s images in ‘Sliced by a Fingernail’ form a small, uneasy study of exposure, concealment and the strange physicality of being noticed. ### How Linkin Park became a gateway between pop, electronics and heavy music URL: https://readdork.com/features/how-linkin-park-became-a-gateway-between-pop-electronics-heavy-music-b373e37765 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Nicola Harris Type: Features Artists: Lizzy Farrall, Linkin Park, Waterparks Excerpt: Lizzy Farrall and Waterparks’ Geoff Wigington explain how Linkin Park made heavy music feel open to listeners who already loved pop and electronics. ### Where to start with Charly Bliss: Guppy, Young Enough or Forever? URL: https://readdork.com/features/where-to-start-with-charly-bliss-guppy-young-enough-forever-2de242cc95 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: James Houghton Type: Features Artists: Charly Bliss Excerpt: Three Charly Bliss albums offer three routes into a band that has consistently treated huge hooks and emotional candour as compatible ambitions. ### How mxmtoon’s ‘rising’ holds growth and nostalgia in the same frame URL: https://readdork.com/features/mxmtoon-rising-growing-up-time-passing-explained-36335c2934 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Esme Sharp Type: Features Artists: mxmtoon Excerpt: On her 2022 album and its deluxe additions, mxmtoon treats growing up as something to celebrate, worry about and keep examining. ### How Lime Garden’s ‘Maybe Not Tonight’ turns a night out into a reckoning URL: https://readdork.com/features/lime-garden-maybe-not-tonight-heartbreak-guide-2a067af5f9 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Nat Macdonald Type: Features Artists: Lime Garden Excerpt: From anticipation and distraction to the walk home afterwards, Lime Garden’s second album follows heartbreak as it changes shape. ### How Aitch and Bou’s ‘Raving In The Studio’ connects to Gorillaz and De La Soul’s ‘Feel Good Inc.’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/aitch-bou-raving-in-the-studio-gorillaz-feel-good-inc-explained-3c2dae26d3 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Dan Harrison Type: Features Artists: Dawn Penn, De La Soul, Gorillaz, Aitch, Bou, Damon Albarn Excerpt: Aitch and Bou’s 2025 drum and bass single uses an approved sample from Gorillaz and De La Soul’s ‘Feel Good Inc.’. Here’s how that connection came together. ### How movement and camerawork shape Mura Masa’s music videos URL: https://readdork.com/features/mura-masa-movement-camerawork-music-videos-guide-9290ba2a84 Date: 2026-10-22 Author: Finnley Mcdonald Type: Features Artists: Mura Masa Excerpt: From the camera-facing momentum of ‘Rise’ to twin choreography in ‘I’m Really Hot (For Myself)’, Mura Masa’s videos use movement as part of each song’s central idea. ### Slam Dunk Festival have added Billy Talent, Joyce Manor and more to their 2027 line-up URL: https://readdork.com/news/slam-dunk-festival-2027-billy-talent-joyce-manor-lineup-6c1eedb1f9 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: News Artists: Ben Quad, The Paradox, Amira Elfeky, Super Sometimes, Shoreline, Games We Play, Car Underwater, Billy Talent, Joyce Manor Excerpt: Billy Talent, Joyce Manor, Amira Elfeky and Forever The Sickest Kids are among the latest names confirmed for Slam Dunk Festival 2027. ### Kingfishr have performed ‘How Lonely’ on Later... with Jools Holland URL: https://readdork.com/news/kingfishr-how-lonely-later-jools-holland-a26ac80346 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Brian Andrews Type: News Artists: Kingfishr Excerpt: The Limerick trio brought their latest single to BBC Two’s Later... with Jools Holland. ### Austin post-hardcore band Porcelain have shared politically charged new single ‘DSD’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/porcelain-dsd-single-video-todays-minor-victories-92e6f01dee Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Sarah Peters Type: News Artists: Porcelain, Zastava Excerpt: Austin post-hardcore band Porcelain have released ‘DSD’, the final preview of their second album ‘Today’s Minor Victories’, due this Friday via TODO Records. ### Puma Blue has shared trip-hop-inspired new single ‘Whispering’ ahead of his deluxe album URL: https://readdork.com/news/puma-blue-croak-deluxe-whispering-ab7ddd2151 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Andrew Wescott Type: News Artists: Puma Blue Excerpt: Puma Blue will release an expanded edition of ‘Croak Dream’ on 13th November, led by newly shared single ‘Whispering’. ### German electronic producer Roosevelt is embracing nostalgia on his new single ‘Bliss’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/roosevelt-releases-new-single-bliss-ab0aaf379f Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Nicola Harris Type: News Artists: Roosevelt Excerpt: Roosevelt’s new Counter Records single ‘Bliss’ pairs lyrics about longing with an instrumental hook designed to recapture a fading memory. ### Martin Garrix has announced his debut pop album ‘MARTY’ featuring U2 and Madonna URL: https://readdork.com/news/martin-garrix-marty-debut-pop-album-4584914093 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Alex Bennett Type: News Artists: Madonna, Martin Garrix, Bono, Ed Sheeran, U2, Aitana Excerpt: Martin Garrix’s 14-track debut pop album 'MARTY' arrives on 5th March 2027. ### CHVRCHES have announced new album ‘All The King’s Men’ and a 2027 tour URL: https://readdork.com/news/chvrches-all-the-kings-men-2027-tour-b3f0c58d52 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Jason Fisher Type: News Artists: Chvrches Excerpt: CHVRCHES’ fifth album arrives in January, with UK, Ireland and North American dates following in 2027. ### Hilary Duff is getting festive again with new Christmas EP ‘Holiday Things’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/hilary-duff-holiday-things-ep-01351789f5 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Esme Sharp Type: News Artists: Hilary Duff, George Michael Excerpt: Hilary Duff’s festive EP ‘Holiday Things’ arrives on Friday 23rd October, 24 years after her first seasonal album, ‘Santa Claus Lane’. ### Warpaint are celebrating two decades together with new live album ‘Artifact’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/warpaint-artifact-live-album-8418a3c067 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Alex Bennett Type: News Artists: Warpaint Excerpt: The 16-track collection arrives on 11th December, with live versions of ‘Billie Holiday’ and ‘New Song’ available now. ### Iranian-Swedish R&B singer Snoh Aalegra has announced new album ‘Legendary Love’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/snoh-aalegra-legendary-love-i-love-you-d9a1981801 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Oliver Green Type: News Artists: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Snoh Aalegra, Raphael Saadiq, Mustafa, Daniel Caesar, Dahi, Nile Rodgers, Joel Compass Excerpt: Snoh Aalegra’s new album ‘Legendary Love’ arrives on 13th November via Stem, led by ‘Karma’ and new single ‘I Love You’. ### Ben Folds Five are reuniting for their first tour in 15 years URL: https://readdork.com/news/ben-folds-five-2027-us-tour-6f0e8cf71e Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Nicola Harris Type: News Artists: Ben Folds Five, Ben Folds Excerpt: Ben Folds, Robert Sledge and Darren Jessee will return to US stages in April 2027, with more dates promised. ### Dance Hall Crashers have unveiled lost single ‘Don’t Call’ for the first time URL: https://readdork.com/news/dance-hall-crashers-dont-call-lost-single-76c5b011c2 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: News Artists: Dance Hall Crashers Excerpt: Dance Hall Crashers have shared ‘Don’t Call’, a previously unreleased song recovered from the era of their 1999 album ‘Purr’. ### Ninajirachi, Kaytranada and deadmau5 lead Igloofest Montreal's 2027 lineup URL: https://readdork.com/news/igloofest-montreal-2027-lineup-369cdd6b56 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Helena Dean Type: News Artists: Subtronics, Chris Lorenzo, deadmau5, Kettama, Fcukers, Ninajirachi, James Hype, Fatboy Slim, Boris Brejcha, Frost Children Excerpt: The 2027 edition is themed ‘Face the Beast’. ### Portland singer-songwriter Blu Miller has shared celestial new single ‘Strawberry Moon’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/blu-miller-strawberry-moon-single-cfd077b787 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Nicola Harris Type: News Artists: Sam Weber, Harlan Silverman Excerpt: The Portland artist’s second single from forthcoming debut album ‘Bask in the Wonder’ arrives ahead of its 20th November release. ### The Wonder Years frontman Dan Campbell has announced an intimate solo US tour URL: https://readdork.com/news/dan-campbell-2027-solo-tour-620f25fbaa Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: News Artists: Dan Campbell, The Wonder Years Excerpt: The Wonder Years frontman will bring songs, poetry and short stories to intimate US shows from February, following a Philadelphia date in December. ### Lily Allen has confirmed her Australian shows will go ahead after Auckland cancellation URL: https://readdork.com/news/lily-allen-australian-shows-go-ahead-auckland-cancellation-81d5f650cc Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: News Artists: Lily Allen Excerpt: Lily Allen plans to resume her ‘West End Girl’ tour in Brisbane on 23rd October after cancelling Auckland due to illness. ### The Offspring’s Noodles has stepped away from live shows over health issue URL: https://readdork.com/news/the-offspring-noodles-steps-away-live-shows-health-issue-fa25f27f06 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: William Thomas Type: News Artists: noodles, The Offspring Excerpt: Noodles has said The Offspring will continue performing while he takes time away from the stage to address a “fairly serious health issue”. ### jo from school has performed ‘Chicken’ and ‘Living Room’ in a London pub session URL: https://readdork.com/news/jo-from-school-london-pub-session-chicken-living-room-1aa753f2b4 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Lena Hunt Type: News Artists: Emily Tran Excerpt: jo from school plays a stripped-back two-song set with Emily Tran at Camberwell’s The Old Dispensary. ### Django Django side-project {C}{O}{M}{B} have shared new single ‘Mosquito’ featuring Tony Morris URL: https://readdork.com/news/comb-mosquito-tony-morris-e582d86948 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Esme Sharp Type: News Artists: Tony Morris Excerpt: The Margate duo’s second Brace Yourself Records release pairs found-sound percussion with Tony Morris’s lead vocal. ### Lily Allen has cancelled her Auckland show due to a viral infection URL: https://readdork.com/news/lily-allen-cancels-auckland-show-viral-infection-f71316eeeb Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Jess Hunt Type: News Artists: Lily Allen Excerpt: Lily Allen has cancelled her Spark Arena show in Auckland after falling ill with a viral infection, with ticket refunds to follow. ### Glasgow electronic post-punk duo DOSS have shared their new single ‘HOWDYPARTNER’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/doss-howdypartner-new-single-9cbca3d2d1 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Lena Hunt Type: News Artists: Doss Excerpt: Scottish electronic/post-punk duo DOSS are back with ‘HOWDYPARTNER’, their first new music since their self-titled debut EP. ### Scottish singer-songwriter Blair Davie has announced a deluxe EP and shared ‘Mess Like Mine’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/blair-davie-you-like-ugly-deluxe-mess-like-mine-079584ca11 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Finnley Mcdonald Type: News Artists: Blair Davie Excerpt: The expanded EP arrives on 13th November with three new tracks, including new single ‘Mess Like Mine’. ### NOAHFINNCE has announced a new album about life's wonky moments URL: https://readdork.com/news/noahfinnce-wonky-album-announcement-e994531fbe Date: 2026-10-21 Author: William Thomas Type: News Artists: NOAHFINNCE, Patty Walters, TomSka Excerpt: NOAHFINNCE’s second album, ‘WONKY’, will arrive via Hopeless Records on 19th February 2027. ### Capital Buzz have announced inaugural live show with Arthur Hill, flowerovlove and more URL: https://readdork.com/news/capital-buzz-live-arthur-hill-flowerovlove-london-97b56c89f7 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Esme Sharp Type: News Artists: Arthur Hill, Bash Croft, Chloe Qisha, Mulaa Joans, flowerovlove Excerpt: Capital Buzz Live will bring Arthur Hill, flowerovlove, Chloe Qisha, Mulaa Joans and Bash Croft to indigo at The O2 this December. ### Rosalía has joined the 2026 Latin Grammys performance lineup URL: https://readdork.com/news/rosalia-2026-latin-grammys-performance-lineup-63569004b5 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: News Artists: Rosalía, Jorge Drexler, Daddy Yankee, Silvana Estrada, Rawayana, Anitta, Banda Los Recoditos, Vivir Quintana, Mon Laferte, Carín León, Juanes Excerpt: Rosalía will perform at this year’s Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas alongside Anitta, Silvana Estrada, Mon Laferte, Jorge Drexler and Daddy Yankee. ### LA rock singer DIAMANTE has shared ‘Hollywood Blvd’ ahead of new album ‘SUPERNOVA’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/diamante-supernova-hollywood-blvd-d0fa66a210 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Andy Norman Type: News Artists: DIAMANTE Excerpt: DIAMANTE’s third full-length album arrives via Sumerian Records in January, led by new single ‘Hollywood Blvd’. ### Four Tet, DJ Harvey and HAAi lead GALA Festival's first 2027 line-up announcement URL: https://readdork.com/news/four-tet-gala-festival-2027-lineup-a1d2779c90 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Sam Thomas Type: News Artists: SHY FX, Skin On Skin, DJ Harvey, HAAi, Benji B, Four Tet, Hunee, Introspekt, Oppidan, Egyptian Lover Excerpt: Here are the first artists confirmed for GALA Festival’s return to Peckham Rye Park next May. ### Angine de Poitrine have announced 2027 UK dates at Halifax and Brixton URL: https://readdork.com/news/angine-de-poitrine-2027-uk-tour-halifax-brixton-822c1da689 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Dan Harrison Type: News Artists: Angine de Poitrine Excerpt: The Québec duo will play Halifax’s Piece Hall and two nights at London’s O2 Academy Brixton next June as part of a newly announced global tour. ### De La Soul have shared a J Dilla remix of ‘Stakes Is High’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/de-la-soul-stakes-is-high-j-dilla-remix-4e30e527b3 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Edward Howard Type: News Artists: De La Soul, J Dilla, Truth Enola, Mos Def Excerpt: De La Soul’s newly released ‘Stakes Is High’ J Dilla Remix features Mos Def and Truth Enola, ahead of a 30th anniversary edition of the 1996 album. ### Pulled Apart By Horses have confirmed their first independent album, ‘Dopamine Hits’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/pulled-apart-by-horses-dopamine-hits-great-white-lies-741f242d96 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Jason Fisher Type: News Artists: Pulled Apart By Horses Excerpt: The Leeds trio’s sixth album arrives in February via their new label, Damage Limited Records. ### Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have announced their first album in six years, ‘Burned’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/clap-your-hands-say-yeah-burned-fever-of-the-mind-tour-2027-5ca7e4e72e Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Edward Howard Type: News Artists: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Alec Ounsworth Excerpt: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s seventh album, ‘Burned’, arrives in January, with a 2027 world tour to follow. ### Cloud Nothings are paying homage to heavy rock with their new album, ‘What Kind of Hell Did You Survive?’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/cloud-nothings-what-kind-of-hell-did-you-survive-2a547e00da Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Alex Bennett Type: News Artists: Cloud Nothings Excerpt: Cloud Nothings will release ‘What Kind of Hell Did You Survive?’ on 29th January, with new single ‘Death Keeps Me Alive’ available now. ### A guide to the emotional routes through Arlo Parks’ ‘Ambiguous Desire’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/arlo-parks-ambiguous-desire-emotional-guide-4a4c5a5416 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Molly Bennett Type: Features Artists: John Glacier, Jacques Greene, Arlo Parks, Sampha Excerpt: From the charged first step of ‘2SIDED’ to ‘Beams’’ hard-won self-acceptance, five songs show how Arlo Parks lets desire hold joy, distance and uncertainty at once. ### What is Franz Ferdinand’s ‘Hooked’ about, and how does it connect love with ‘The Human Fear’? URL: https://readdork.com/features/franz-ferdinand-hooked-meaning-the-human-fear-3f1d75a411 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: Features Artists: Franz Ferdinand, Alex Kapranos Excerpt: Franz Ferdinand’s ‘Hooked’ treats falling in love as an exhilarating surrender to vulnerability, connecting its love-struck refrain to The Human Fear’s wider concerns with anxiety and acceptance. ### Where Walt Disco’s ‘Unlearning’ and ‘The Warping’ charted URL: https://readdork.com/features/where-walt-disco-unlearning-the-warping-charted-f08a788725 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Edward Howard Type: Features Artists: Walt Disco Excerpt: Walt Disco’s first two albums reached the top 20 of the Official Scottish Albums Chart, alongside entries on sales, physical, vinyl, record-store and independent rankings. ### What ‘Anemoia’ means and where London Grammar’s ‘Feelings Gone’ fits URL: https://readdork.com/features/sg-lewis-anemoia-meaning-london-grammar-feelings-gone-dd1ee93a55 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Owen Bradley Type: Features Artists: Frances, SG Lewis, Hannah Reid, London Grammar, Oliver Sim, Teed, Shygirl, Rahh Excerpt: SG Lewis named his 2025 album after nostalgia for times he never lived through. ‘Feelings Gone’, featuring Hannah Reid, is its second track. ### What music did Wallows make as The Feaver and The Narwhals? URL: https://readdork.com/features/wallows-the-feaver-the-narwhals-music-a13a8ab51a Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Nat Macdonald Type: Features Artists: Cole Preston, Braeden Lemasters, Wallows Excerpt: Before becoming Wallows in 2017, Dylan Minnette, Braeden Lemasters and Cole Preston played as The Feaver and The Narwhals. Their documented pre-Wallows release is The Narwhals’ four-song EP from October 2014. ### Olly Alexander, jasmine.4.t and Porij have written new songs at Transpose London URL: https://readdork.com/news/olly-alexander-jasmine-4-t-porij-transpose-london-songs-93a02eb11b Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: News Artists: Olly Alexander, Haviah Mighty, jasmine.4.t, Sans Soucis, Nxdia, CATTY, Satch, Porij, Tom Rasmussen Excerpt: SongTeller’s trans+ songwriting and production camp brought nine artists together with trans+ writers and producers across three days in London. ### Navy Blue has confirmed a London date for his Knight Vision production URL: https://readdork.com/news/navy-blue-knight-vision-london-show-dd0f02a8ab Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Ellen Gray Type: News Artists: Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Navy Blue Excerpt: Navy Blue will bring Knight Vision to St Giles Church on 18th November with Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and The Sacred Arts & Gratitude Ensemble. ### What changed when The Linda Lindas wrote together in the same room for ‘GOTTA GET OUT’? URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-linda-lindas-gotta-get-out-same-room-writing-d07abc208b Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Alex Bennett Type: Features Artists: Hayley Williams, The Linda Lindas Excerpt: For ‘GOTTA GET OUT’, The Linda Lindas began writing songs together from unfinished ideas and spontaneous demos, allowing the quartet to shape them before their forms were fixed. ### Ellie Goulding has apologised for promoting diamonds from the Argyle mine URL: https://readdork.com/news/ellie-goulding-apologises-argyle-mine-diamonds-fac0b5d317 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: News Artists: Ellie Goulding Excerpt: Ellie Goulding says she was unaware of concerns around Western Australia’s Argyle mine before modelling Boodles’ pink diamonds in London. ### Exploring Birdsong have announced a UK headline tour for February 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/news/exploring-birdsong-uk-tour-february-2027-75d24dadad Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Jason Fisher Type: News Artists: Exploring Birdsong, oktobernatt Excerpt: The five-date run will take the band from Edinburgh to Leeds, with oktobernatt joining as support. ### Hayley Williams isn't having any daft nonsense said about Fontaines D.C.’s ‘Dopamine Chamber’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/hayley-williams-defends-fontaines-dc-dopamine-chamber-6481063369 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: News Artists: Hayley Williams, Fontaines D.C. Excerpt: Hayley Williams has praised Fontaines D.C.’s new album, backing the band’s stylistic range and picking out ‘Demolition’ and ‘Happy For You’. ### Doves’ Jez Williams has announced debut solo album ‘Life Of Me And You’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/jez-williams-life-of-me-and-you-hollow-man-bd842672ab Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Lena Hunt Type: News Artists: Doves, Elbow, Jez Williams Excerpt: Jez Williams will release his first solo album in February 2027, led by new single ‘Hollow Man’ and three Manchester shows supporting Elbow. ### What is NiNE8, and how did it become Biig Piig’s early creative network? URL: https://readdork.com/features/what-is-nine8-biig-piig-early-creative-network-c5b6eb1b86 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: Features Artists: Mac Wetha, Biig Piig, Deb Never, Lava La Rue Excerpt: NiNE8 was the creative collective that connected Biig Piig with collaborators including Lava La Rue and Mac Wetha, creating an early space for sessions, writing and performance. ### Nabihah Iqbal has returned with new single ‘Heaven Can Wait’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/nabihah-iqbal-heaven-can-wait-single-7b1f4dd092 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: News Artists: Nabihah Iqbal Excerpt: Nabihah Iqbal’s first new music since 2023’s ‘DREAMER’ arrives with a video after her signing to Ghostly International. ### claire rousay and zander raymond have announced collaborative album ‘something good’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/claire-rousay-zander-raymond-something-good-2f8f05d668 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Nathaniel Hill Type: News Artists: Claire Rousay Excerpt: The pair’s first full-length together arrives via Thrill Jockey on 29th January, led by new single ‘can’t we have both’. ### Lucky Iris have teamed up with Lynks for new single and video ‘LALALALALA’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/lucky-iris-lynks-lalalalala-single-video-7f0ac091e0 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: News Artists: Lucky Iris, Lynks Excerpt: The Leeds duo’s new collaboration with Lynks is out now via Launchpad+ and EMI North. ### Bicep have announced new album ‘SLUG’, arriving in January URL: https://readdork.com/news/bicep-announce-slug-album-02683780f0 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Alex Bennett Type: News Artists: Kučka, Rowena Fysx, Saskia, Lauren Duffus, Eartheater, Bicep, George Riley, Sassy 009, Kehina Excerpt: Bicep’s third album, ‘SLUG’, lands via Ninja Tune on 29th January 2027, led by new singles ‘Gas’, ‘Ultra’ and ‘Equarium’. ### Caroline Rose has announced a 2027 North American headline tour URL: https://readdork.com/news/caroline-rose-2027-north-american-tour-b59bfcdd14 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Sarah Peters Type: News Artists: Caroline Rose Excerpt: Caroline Rose will take ‘Gentling the Horse at the Walt Whitman Mall’ across North America next spring, including shows in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. ### Charli xcx has cancelled her Arizona show due to illness URL: https://readdork.com/news/charli-xcx-cancels-arizona-show-illness-94d479d924 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: News Excerpt: Charli xcx will no longer play Glendale’s Desert Diamond Arena on Wednesday 21st October after losing her voice. ### Geese have announced Australian and New Zealand headline shows for 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/news/geese-australia-new-zealand-headline-shows-2027-e626f0c36b Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Brian Andrews Type: News Artists: Geese Excerpt: Geese will play Auckland, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne before returning to Golden Plains Festival next March. ### Four Year Strong have announced 25th anniversary tour with ‘Rise or Die Trying’ in full URL: https://readdork.com/news/four-year-strong-25th-anniversary-tour-rise-or-die-trying-189457c844 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Ellen Gray Type: News Artists: Four Year Strong, Drug Church, Heart Attack Man Excerpt: Four Year Strong will celebrate 25 years as a band with a Spring 2027 US tour, playing ‘Rise or Die Trying’ in full alongside deep cuts. ### What song did Chloe Moriondo write for Life Is Strange: Double Exposure? URL: https://readdork.com/features/chloe-moriondo-life-is-strange-double-exposure-song-september-3c99c00cda Date: 2026-10-21 Author: James Houghton Type: Features Artists: Chloe Moriondo, Matilda Mann, dodie Excerpt: Chloe Moriondo’s contribution to the Life Is Strange: Double Exposure soundtrack was ‘September’. ### Who sings the additional vocals on Will Joseph Cook’s ‘EYE 2 EYE’? URL: https://readdork.com/features/will-joseph-cook-eye-2-eye-additional-vocals-laurie-case-6df55fde28 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Tyler Cook Type: Features Artists: Will Joseph Cook Excerpt: Laurie Case provides the additional chorus vocals on Will Joseph Cook’s ‘EYE 2 EYE’. ### Soul Glo have shared ‘Ppl Worried’ featuring Tunde Adebimpe URL: https://readdork.com/news/soul-glo-ppl-worried-tunde-adebimpe-447462f4ed Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Molly Bennett Type: News Artists: Soul Glo, Tunde Adebimpe Excerpt: Soul Glo have released ‘Ppl Worried’, featuring TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe, ahead of January’s ‘NA I’M GON GRAB ALLAT’. ### Royal Blood have performed on Later… With Jools Holland URL: https://readdork.com/news/royal-blood-later-jools-holland-performance-e8d2afc1d9 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Andrew Wescott Type: News Artists: Royal Blood Excerpt: Royal Blood brought ‘Ten Over Ten’ and ‘Swallow the Bomb’ from forthcoming fifth album ‘Dead Company’ to Later… With Jools Holland. ### PINS have announced fourth album ‘If I’m Alive Now, Then I Was Dead’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/pins-if-im-alive-now-then-i-was-dead-album-5b84a7304c Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: News Artists: PINS Excerpt: PINS will release their fourth album, ‘If I’m Alive Now, Then I Was Dead’, on 12th February via Haus of PINS, alongside new single ‘All Over’. ### FKA twigs will curate Meltdown 2027 at Southbank Centre URL: https://readdork.com/news/fka-twigs-meltdown-2027-curator-f14216ec0e Date: 2026-10-21 Author: James Houghton Type: News Artists: Jamie Cullum, Pauline Black, Kelly Lee Owens, FKA twigs, Stewart Lee, Rhoda Dakar, Kathryn Joseph Excerpt: FKA twigs will headline and curate Southbank Centre’s 2027 Meltdown, while Hometown Meltdown takes the festival model to six grassroots venues. ### They Are Gutting a Body of Water’s Doug Dulgarian has revealed cancer diagnosis and cancelled tour URL: https://readdork.com/news/they-are-gutting-a-body-of-water-doug-dulgarian-cancer-tour-cancelled-0d73760a8e Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Finnley Mcdonald Type: News Artists: They Are Gutting a Body of Water Excerpt: Doug Dulgarian has said treatment will begin in the coming weeks, with December dates in Brooklyn and Philadelphia still provisionally scheduled. ### U2 will headline the NFL’s first Thanksgiving Eve halftime show URL: https://readdork.com/news/u2-nfl-thanksgiving-eve-halftime-show-443aa0580b Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Oliver Green Type: News Artists: U2 Excerpt: U2 will perform at halftime when the Los Angeles Rams host the Green Bay Packers on 25th November, with the game streaming live on Netflix. ### Cleo Sol has announced her first North American arena tour URL: https://readdork.com/news/cleo-sol-north-american-arena-tour-2027-90151c698a Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Esme Sharp Type: News Artists: Cleo Sol Excerpt: The ‘Gentlewoman’ tour will take Cleo Sol from Madison Square Garden to Oakland Arena in spring 2027. ### Karol G has wrapped the North American Tropitour with more than one million tickets sold URL: https://readdork.com/news/karol-g-north-american-tropitour-million-tickets-8bf2e5244c Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: News Artists: Judeline, rusowsky, KAROL G Excerpt: Karol G closed the North American leg of her ‘Viajando Por El Mundo Tropitour’ in Dallas, alongside releasing a live video for ‘BbY WOW’. ### INDIA BLUE has shared new Hilts collaboration ‘Hold Me Close’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/india-blue-hilts-hold-me-close-18b5adf852 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Oliver Green Type: News Artists: Hilts, INDIA BLUE Excerpt: INDIA BLUE’s new single ‘Hold Me Close’, featuring South London rapper Hilts, is out now and previews her forthcoming EP ‘Only Attempt In Dark’. ### WRKHOUSE have announced new EP ‘Method Actor’ and shared ‘Echo Chamber’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/wrkhouse-method-actor-echo-chamber-c8ceaf23dd Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Brian Andrews Type: News Artists: WRKHOUSE Excerpt: The North Wales-formed four-piece will release ‘Method Actor’ on 27th November, with a Cardiff release show on the same day. ### PeelingFlesh have shared new single ‘Crackology’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/peelingflesh-crackology-new-single-ef06173b8c Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: News Artists: Sanguisugabogg, Mike Ryan, Bayway, Extermination Dismemberment, PeelingFlesh, Stabbing, Missing Link Excerpt: PeelingFlesh’s latest album preview arrives with a visualizer ahead of their self-titled second record this November. ### George FitzGerald has announced new album ‘Lima Romeo’ and shared ‘Hold’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/george-fitzgerald-lima-romeo-hold-2ff13ff9d8 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: News Artists: Kučka, George FitzGerald, BJOERN, Alexis Taylor, Lawrence Hart, Ghost Culture, Lil Silva, Dot Major Excerpt: George FitzGerald will release his fourth album, ‘Lima Romeo’, in February 2027, with new single ‘Hold’ out now. ### Black Marble have announced a spring 2027 European tour URL: https://readdork.com/news/black-marble-spring-2027-european-tour-32f99af66e Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Nathaniel Hill Type: News Artists: Black Marble Excerpt: Chris Stewart’s project will play UK, Irish and European dates in March and April following the release of ‘Life in Small Spaces’. ### IAMDDB has accused the Israeli government of using an AI-generated version of her likeness URL: https://readdork.com/news/iamddb-israeli-government-ai-likeness-statement-c024d7d915 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: News Artists: IAMDDB Excerpt: The Manchester-based rapper says she did not consent to an AI-generated visual resembling her being used in political messaging. ### Why Modern Baseball’s ‘The Perfect Cast’ is the bridge to ‘Holy Ghost’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/modern-baseball-the-perfect-cast-holy-ghost-bridge-f4807ce7c5 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Edward Howard Type: Features Artists: Modern Baseball, Brendan Lukens Excerpt: Modern Baseball’s 2015 EP caught the band’s sound widening and its circumstances changing before ‘Holy Ghost’ gave both developments their fullest form. ### Texas have announced a ‘White On Blonde’ anniversary release, new single and 2027 arena tour URL: https://readdork.com/news/texas-white-on-blonde-anniversary-tour-another-way-to-cry-bb0cd858ec Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Oliver Green Type: News Artists: Del Amitri, Texas Excerpt: Texas will mark 30 years of ‘White On Blonde’ with an expanded edition, new single ‘Another Way To Cry’ and 18 UK and European arena dates. ### The Joy Hotel have shared new single ‘Misery ’93’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/the-joy-hotel-misery-93-single-1a3921f195 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: News Artists: Big Special, The Joy Hotel Excerpt: Glasgow five-piece The Joy Hotel’s latest ‘Consume’ single confronts misogyny and incel radicalisation. ### Konyikeh has released new single ‘Scar’ with an official video URL: https://readdork.com/news/konyikeh-scar-single-video-f1477a85e8 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: News Artists: Konyikeh Excerpt: Konyikeh’s piano-led standalone single ‘Scar’ follows this year’s ‘Cinere’ and arrives ahead of her London headline show. ### VANT's Mattie Vant has shared Father Hell single ‘Talking To God’ and announced debut headline show URL: https://readdork.com/news/father-hell-talking-to-god-london-headline-show-7d75aa14b3 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Molly Bennett Type: News Excerpt: Mattie Vant’s latest Father Hell single arrives ahead of debut album ‘Trust Some Machines’ and a 10th December date at Servant Jazz Quarters. ### Where to start with Arcane Roots’ ‘Melancholia Hymns’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/arcane-roots-melancholia-hymns-listening-guide-7efe1493e5 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: Features Artists: Arcane Roots Excerpt: A route into Arcane Roots’ 2017 album, where big riffs, drum machines and piano-led space belong to the same restless idea. ### Gregory Porter has announced six UK shows for 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/news/gregory-porter-2027-uk-tour-dates-e11d137778 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Nicola Harris Type: News Artists: Gregory Porter Excerpt: The jazz and soul vocalist will play Swansea, Manchester and Glasgow before three nights at London’s Royal Albert Hall. ### New York electronic artist DJ Python has shared EDEN collaboration ‘Mi Fai Sorridere’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/dj-python-mi-fai-sorridere-eden-6c7f5b196c Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: News Artists: DJ Python Excerpt: DJ Python’s new collaboration with EDEN is out now ahead of Friday’s EP ‘to accomplish many things’. ### LISA has previewed ‘Tarantino’ in a new PlayStation promo URL: https://readdork.com/news/lisa-tarantino-playstation-promo-preview-5bc9dd3062 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: News Excerpt: LISA’s new PlayStation campaign spot offers an extended preview of ‘Tarantino’ ahead of the release of her ‘Press Play’ EP on 23rd October. ### Bea has shared new single ‘Peter Pan Syndrome’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/bea-peter-pan-syndrome-single-10d372fb89 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: News Artists: Bea Excerpt: Bea’s piano-led new single takes aim at grand promises and people who cannot commit. ### MNEK has cancelled his ‘THE!! BULLDOZER!! TOUR!!’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/mnek-cancels-bulldozer-tour-2026-8fd73a9ad2 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Owen Bradley Type: News Artists: MNEK Excerpt: MNEK has called off his forthcoming UK and European headline tour, citing low ticket sales, high production costs and a wish not to deliver a show below his standards. ### Dove Ellis has announced a Tokyo headline show for 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/news/dove-ellis-tokyo-show-2027-448642c834 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Ellen Gray Type: News Artists: Bricknasty, Dove Ellis Excerpt: Dove Ellis will play his first Asian headline show at Tokyo’s Daikanyama UNIT on 8th January 2027. ### Glee's Darren Criss and Chris Colfer have reunited for a Royal Albert Hall duet URL: https://readdork.com/news/darren-criss-chris-colfer-royal-albert-hall-duet-b9c4f80e46 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Jess Hunt Type: News Artists: Chris Colfer, Darren Criss Excerpt: Darren Criss brought Chris Colfer onstage for ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ during his Royal Albert Hall debut in London. ### The Ivors Composer Awards have announced their 2026 nominees URL: https://readdork.com/news/ivors-composer-awards-2026-nominees-3c2ac2d543 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Nat Macdonald Type: News Artists: Hannah Peel, Max Richter, Laura Bowler, Brian Irvine Excerpt: The Ivors Academy has unveiled 36 nominees across nine categories, including a new award for original documentary scores. ### How Marika Hackman’s ‘Big Sigh’ turns anxiety into relief URL: https://readdork.com/features/marika-hackman-big-sigh-anxiety-love-relief-analysis-5783adbf40 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: William Thomas Type: Features Artists: Marika Hackman Excerpt: Marika Hackman’s 2024 album follows anxiety, old attachment and new desire without mistaking relief for a neat ending. ### Where to start with Nilüfer Yanya after Bonobo’s ‘Youth’s Fountain’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/where-to-start-nilufer-yanya-after-bonobo-youths-fountain-6af0fac724 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Edward Howard Type: Features Artists: Nilüfer Yanya, Bonobo Excerpt: Found Nilüfer Yanya through Bonobo’s ‘Youth’s Fountain’? Start with ‘PAINLESS’, then follow her work through ‘My Method Actor’, ‘Dancing Shoes’ and the earlier EPs. ### How Fluorescent and Neon Light Shape Liminal Spaces URL: https://readdork.com/features/how-fluorescent-and-neon-light-shape-liminal-spaces Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Guest Post Type: Guest Posts Excerpt: Liminal spaces, the corridors and car parks built for passing through, have become one of horror's go-to settings. ### How Blood Orange makes room for other voices without losing Dev Hynes’ story URL: https://readdork.com/features/how-blood-orange-brings-collaborators-into-dev-hynes-personal-stories-86a77c070b Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Edward Howard Type: Features Artists: The Durutti Column, Erika de Casier, Eva Tolkin, Caroline Polachek, Blood Orange, Ian Isiah, Daniel Caesar, Porches Excerpt: From the separately recorded guests on ‘Saint’ to the expansive cast of ‘Essex Honey’, Dev Hynes treats collaboration as part of a personal song’s perspective rather than a way of stepping away from it. ### What Sprints’ ‘Rage’ and ‘Trickle Down’ say about where anger should land URL: https://readdork.com/features/sprints-rage-trickle-down-anger-analysis-3bf2641982 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: Features Artists: Sprints Excerpt: Across two politically charged singles, Sprints draw a line between understandable fury and the systems, figures and narratives that profit from misdirecting it. ### A Death Cab for Cutie fan’s guide to Frightened Rabbit’s ‘The Midnight Organ Fight’ covers URL: https://readdork.com/features/death-cab-for-cutie-frightened-rabbit-midnight-organ-fight-covers-guide-ec2309a9a4 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Esme Sharp Type: Features Artists: Aaron Dessner, Scott Hutchison, Frightened Rabbit, Daughter, Julien Baker, The Twilight Sad, Manchester Orchestra, Biffy Clyro, Ben Gibbard, Lauren Mayberry Excerpt: Ben Gibbard’s ‘Keep Yourself Warm’ and Death Cab for Cutie’s ‘My Backwards Walk’ provide two well-connected ways into Frightened Rabbit’s 2008 album. ### TWICE’s Jihyo has launched her own agency, EMITHAUS URL: https://readdork.com/news/twice-jihyo-launches-emithaus-agency-3ccc0e2e1d Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Jess Hunt Type: News Artists: JIHYO Excerpt: Jihyo will continue activities with TWICE while pursuing solo work independently following her departure from JYP Entertainment. ### Northlane have released ‘Deathwish’ and moved new album ‘Anemoia’ to 27th November URL: https://readdork.com/news/northlane-deathwish-anemoia-release-date-52be6231fb Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: News Artists: Jordan Fish, Rory Rodriguez, Dayseeker, Northlane Excerpt: Northlane’s fourth ‘Anemoia’ preview arrives as production delays push the album’s release back to 27th November. ### East London dance-punk duo Big Softy are taking aim at toxic expectations on ‘Troubleshooting’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/big-softy-soft-tissue-troubleshooting-a2a31099ff Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: News Artists: Big Softy Excerpt: The London duo’s debut EP arrives on 4th November, alongside a new single and November headline shows. ### What Stuart Price unlocked for Jessie Ware on ‘Free Yourself’ and ‘Pearls’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/jessie-ware-stuart-price-free-yourself-pearls-analysis-7049ef70e0 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: Features Artists: Stuart Price, Donna Summer, Sarah Hudson, Teena Marie, Jessie Ware, Chaka Khan Excerpt: Jessie Ware’s early sessions with Stuart Price helped turn the disco confidence of ‘What’s Your Pleasure?’ into bigger choruses, playful theatricality and an increasingly open sense of performance. ### Rotterdam quartet Elephant have shared their bittersweet new single ‘About You’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/elephant-about-you-single-video-49099e1f32 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: William Thomas Type: News Artists: Elephant Excerpt: Rotterdam quartet Elephant’s new single ‘About You’ is out now via V2 Records, alongside a video and November live dates. ### LLORÉN has shared ‘Take Me Away’ from ‘Love Is Alien (To Me)’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/lloren-take-me-away-chapter-one-planning-the-escape-a45636453e Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: News Excerpt: The new single opens ‘Chapter 1: Planning The Escape’, the first instalment of LLORÉN’s forthcoming three-part album project. ### MOBO have announced a free Outernet installation marking 30 years of the awards URL: https://readdork.com/news/mobo-outernet-30th-anniversary-installation-ca6e78c558 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: News Artists: Mobo Excerpt: The central London visual experience opens on 22nd October, celebrating MOBO’s history and the legacy of founder Kanya King CBE. ### Los Bitchos have brought vocals into the mix on ‘El Pençe’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/los-bitchos-el-pence-kit-sebastian-4b3d59abc2 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Helena Dean Type: News Artists: Kit Sebastian, Los Bitchos Excerpt: Los Bitchos’ new single and visualiser with Kit Sebastian preview collaborative album ‘Los Bitchos & Friends Vol 1’. ### Start with these six Troye Sivan songs before ‘Rush’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/where-to-start-with-troye-sivan-before-rush-817b7fbda2 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Sarah Peters Type: Features Artists: Troye Sivan, Ariana Grande, Gordi Excerpt: A chronological route through six Troye Sivan tracks, from ‘Happy Little Pill’ to ‘Angel Baby’, before 2023’s ‘Rush’. ### Lou Doillon has shared her first new music in seven years URL: https://readdork.com/news/lou-doillon-i-try-my-best-single-video-b1c0ff9ac6 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Owen Bradley Type: News Artists: Lou Doillon, Jonathan Wilson Excerpt: Lou Doillon’s first single for Columbia France, ‘I Try My Best’, is out now with an Alexandra Cabral-directed video and a new album due in 2027. ### National Album Day has reported a vinyl sales surge after its 2026 celebrations URL: https://readdork.com/news/national-album-day-2026-vinyl-sales-results-85e301ac91 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: James Houghton Type: News Excerpt: Vinyl LP sales rose 56% over the National Album Day weekend, with campaign titles taking 47 places in the Official Vinyl Albums Chart Top 100. ### Canned Pineapple have signed to Missing Piece Records and shared ‘Done With Everything’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/canned-pineapple-sign-missing-piece-records-done-with-everything-17510d8f14 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Jessica Lowe Type: News Artists: Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard, Canned Pineapple Excerpt: Brighton five-piece Canned Pineapple have joined Missing Piece Records, releasing new single ‘Done With Everything’ to mark the signing. ### Angine de Poitrine have announced their debut Australian tour URL: https://readdork.com/news/angine-de-poitrine-australian-tour-2027-7a7e541f98 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: William Thomas Type: News Artists: Angine de Poitrine Excerpt: The Québec duo will play Melbourne, Meredith, Adelaide and Sydney in March 2027. ### Where to start with Bad Sounds’ collaborations and remixes URL: https://readdork.com/features/bad-sounds-collaborations-remixes-guide-f837541c48 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Sam Thomas Type: Features Artists: Tungz, Broods, Ruti, Jake Isaac, Bad Sounds Excerpt: From a Bristol-scene meeting with Tungz to a guest turn from BROODS, these tracks map out Bad Sounds’ collaborative side beyond their own lead singles. ### Esme Emerson have shared ‘Gun’, a song about unrequited love and guilt URL: https://readdork.com/news/esme-emerson-gun-single-video-509685f00b Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: News Artists: Esme Emerson Excerpt: The Suffolk sibling duo’s latest preview of ‘It’s All Just Noise’ arrives with a tape-shot road-trip video. ### Sam Fender has confirmed his Proper Massive Stadium Tour for 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/news/sam-fender-proper-massive-stadium-tour-2027-7b06071b94 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: News Artists: Olivia Dean, Wunderhorse, Sam Fender Excerpt: Sam Fender will play UK and Ireland stadium dates next summer, with Wunderhorse supporting the UK shows. ### Stockholm duo Horse Vision have returned with new single ‘Goblin’s Head’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/horse-vision-goblins-head-scenic-route-cbaefee112 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Andrew Wescott Type: News Artists: Horse Vision Excerpt: The Stockholm duo’s first release for Scenic Route began as a stripped-back studio ballad before taking shape in the archipelago. ### Chiedu Oraka has shared new single ‘Damned’ ahead of his ‘Kwechiri’ EP URL: https://readdork.com/news/chiedu-oraka-damned-kwechiri-single-0bdf582c80 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: James Houghton Type: News Artists: Chiedu Oraka Excerpt: Hull rapper Chiedu Oraka follows ‘Cocoa Butter’ with the smooth, stripped-back ‘Damned’, accompanied by a video addressing racial profiling. ### How ‘Cannibal’ changed the way Dani Winter-Bates wrote about mental health URL: https://readdork.com/features/bury-tomorrow-cannibal-dani-winter-bates-mental-health-writing-f74649badd Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Owen Bradley Type: Features Artists: Bury Tomorrow Excerpt: Bury Tomorrow’s 2020 album ‘Cannibal’ gave Dani Winter-Bates a more direct way to address mental-health difficulties in his writing, a confidence he explicitly carried into 2022’s ‘DEATH (Ever Colder)’. ### Bicep have been announced as Labyrinth on the Thames’ first 2027 act URL: https://readdork.com/news/bicep-labyrinth-on-the-thames-2027-7f6220fc8c Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Sam Thomas Type: News Artists: Bicep Excerpt: Bicep Live will take over Greenwich’s Old Royal Naval College on Saturday 31st July 2027. ### Sam Fender has opened pre-orders for his fourth album ahead of new live dates URL: https://readdork.com/news/sam-fender-fourth-album-confirmed-4986991e32 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Tyler Cook Type: News Artists: Sam Fender Excerpt: Sam Fender’s fourth album is available to pre-order, confirming a follow-up to 2025’s ‘People Watching’. ### Why Camden’s Underworld keeps recurring in Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes’ history URL: https://readdork.com/features/frank-carter-rattlesnakes-camden-underworld-history-0afdb4e2a3 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Andy Norman Type: Features Artists: Lambrini Girls, Frank Carter, IDestroy, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, High Vis Excerpt: The Underworld was a formative venue for Frank Carter and Dean Richardson, a practical home for a crucial 2015 show and a room the band repeatedly chose for milestones. ### Do Nothing have announced a 2027 UK tour ahead of second album ‘Friend World’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/do-nothing-smile-2027-headline-shows-4223032c0e Date: 2026-10-21 Author: James Houghton Type: News Artists: Do Nothing Excerpt: Nottingham quartet Do Nothing have released ‘Smile’, the latest preview of second album ‘Friend World’, and confirmed UK headline dates for early 2027. ### A$AP Rocky and FINNEAS have signed up to judge Instagram's Rings awards URL: https://readdork.com/news/asap-rocky-finneas-instagram-rings-judges-2026-4f50ca8102 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Andrew Wescott Type: News Artists: Finneas, A$AP Rocky Excerpt: A$AP Rocky and FINNEAS are among the judges selecting this year’s Instagram Rings recipients, with winners due on 29th October. ### Fenne Lily is finding reasons to be optimistic with new single ‘Stranger Things’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/fenne-lily-stranger-things-win-win-single-video-e7b13255bc Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Nat Macdonald Type: News Artists: Fenne Lily Excerpt: Fenne Lily’s new single ‘Stranger Things’ arrives with a Puget Sound-shot video before her fourth album ‘Win Win’ lands this Friday. ### What ‘Pearls’, ‘Better Before’ and ‘Not Bad For New Jersey’ reveal about Brian Fallon’s new album URL: https://readdork.com/features/brian-fallon-not-bad-for-new-jersey-stories-explained-05e95691fe Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: Features Artists: Butch Walker, Brandon Flowers, Marc Ribot, Lori McKenna, Donovan Woods, Phil Collen, Brian Fallon Excerpt: Brian Fallon’s latest solo album brings self-worth, a relationship’s end and a hard-won hometown perspective into the same frame. ### Who tells Mimi Webb’s ‘You Don’t Look At Me The Same’ story? URL: https://readdork.com/features/mimi-webb-you-dont-look-at-me-the-same-perspective-explained-82b53fdeec Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Tyler Cook Type: Features Artists: Mimi Webb Excerpt: Mimi Webb’s 2025 single is told through the eyes of a child watching two loved people grow apart. ### Why As It Is let go of the rulebook on ‘okay.’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/as-it-is-okay-album-rediscovery-1e4ec65d6e Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Sarah Peters Type: Features Artists: Patty Walters Excerpt: On their 2017 second album, As It Is made their writing broader, more collaborative and more personally exposed. ### How Sigrid and Bring Me The Horizon came together for ‘Bad Life’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/sigrid-bring-me-the-horizon-bad-life-explained-183c5ed480 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Molly Bennett Type: Features Artists: Jordan Fish, Sigrid, Bring Me The Horizon Excerpt: A backstage meeting at Reading & Leeds Festival led Sigrid and Bring Me The Horizon to turn a shelved demo into a duet about getting through difficult days. ### What Lucy Rose has said about ‘This Ain’t The Way You Go Out’ and ‘Pale Blue Eyes’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/lucy-rose-this-aint-the-way-you-go-out-pale-blue-eyes-explained-18aee9c34f Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Brian Andrews Type: Features Artists: Lucy Rose Excerpt: Lucy Rose’s own accounts of illness, recovery, motherhood and a return to the piano place these songs in a clear personal context. ### What is Sorority Noise’s ‘No Halo’ about? URL: https://readdork.com/features/sorority-noise-no-halo-meaning-video-grief-23918114d2 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Molly Bennett Type: Features Artists: Sorority Noise Excerpt: Cam Boucher’s 2017 explanation puts bereavement and absence at the centre of ‘No Halo’, while its video gives that grief a communal visual frame. ### Why Phoebe Green’s songs keep returning to what we hold in and who we let in URL: https://readdork.com/features/phoebe-green-containing-feelings-being-consumed-analysis-3e63328083 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Alex Bennett Type: Features Artists: Phoebe Green Excerpt: Across ‘IDK’, ‘The Container’ and ‘Polluting You With Me’, Phoebe Green has traced the overlap between suppression, attachment and self-recognition. ### How The Regrettes made ‘Dancing On My Own’ a reason to dance together URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-regrettes-dancing-on-my-own-dance-together-d5588a2220 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Andy Norman Type: Features Artists: Lydia Night, Robyn, YUNGBLUD, The Regrettes Excerpt: Lydia Night’s cover of Robyn’s bruised club classic found room for solitude, breakup catharsis and a crowd moving in the same direction. ### Where to start with Jamie Lenman’s solo records URL: https://readdork.com/features/where-to-start-jamie-lenman-solo-records-7ba2236492 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: Features Artists: Reuben, Weezer, Annie Lennox, Cyndi Lauper, Pete Yorn, Gemma Hayes, Jamie Lenman Excerpt: Jamie Lenman’s solo catalogue has routes for listeners after heavy riffs, melodic songwriting or its more unruly experiments. Here’s where to begin. ### How Pink Elephant’s lost tour helped set Stand Atlantic up for F.E.A.R. URL: https://readdork.com/features/stand-atlantic-pink-elephant-fear-lockdown-writing-84b5f2415b Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Andrew Wescott Type: Features Artists: Hot Milk, Stand Atlantic Excerpt: Stand Atlantic released Pink Elephant into a world without concerts. The disruption changed how Bonnie Fraser and her bandmates measured progress, approached songwriting and made their restless 2022 follow-up. ### JAY-Z is reportedly set to headline the 2027 Super Bowl halftime show URL: https://readdork.com/news/jay-z-reported-2027-super-bowl-halftime-show-6c6821451e Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: News Artists: JAY-Z Excerpt: JAY-Z is reportedly planning his first Super Bowl halftime performance, though neither he nor the NFL has confirmed the booking. ### Jack Reacher has returned in new novel ‘Chain Reaction’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/jack-reacher-chain-reaction-novel-release-6c61aa29f5 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Esme Sharp Type: Literature Artists: Chain Reaction Excerpt: Lee and Andrew Child’s 31st Jack Reacher novel, ‘Chain Reaction’, is out now, bringing General Susan Turner back into Reacher’s orbit. ### Underworld have announced Australian headline shows for 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/news/underworld-australia-headline-shows-2027-419b667c78 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Sam Thomas Type: News Artists: Underworld Excerpt: Underworld will play Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne next March, with two special sets planned for each headline date. ### Dominic Fike has shared new single ‘Pangea’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/dominic-fike-pangea-single-0f09cb07b6 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Edward Howard Type: News Artists: Dominic Fike Excerpt: Dominic Fike’s latest ‘How To Quit Smoking’ preview arrives with a Vancouver-shot video and news of 2027 UK and European dates. ### Before her breakthrough singles, Kim Petras was already learning the trade of songwriting URL: https://readdork.com/features/kim-petras-songwriting-before-breakthrough-singles-0c168415fa Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Nat Macdonald Type: Features Artists: Freddie Mercury, Carole King, Boy George, Charli XCX, Cyndi Lauper, Kim Petras, Britney Spears, Fergie Excerpt: A 2018 Dork interview traced Kim Petras’ route from bedroom writing in Cologne to the Los Angeles studios where her pop project took shape. ### How Ryan Tedder became a recurring partner in Tate McRae’s pop pivot URL: https://readdork.com/features/tate-mcrae-ryan-tedder-creative-partnership-fdc2b79f70 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: William Thomas Type: Features Artists: Ryan Tedder, Savan Kotecha, Amy Allen, Tyler Spry, Flo Milli, The Kid LAROI, Julia Michaels, Ilya, Tate McRae Excerpt: Ryan Tedder’s credits across ‘Think Later’, ‘So Close To What’ and ‘Just Keep Watching’ trace a continuing collaboration built around Tate McRae’s increasingly focused pop direction. ### Who is JJerome87’s ‘Mr Alligator’, and why does it begin with double dutch? URL: https://readdork.com/features/jjerome87-mr-alligator-explained-b58e1ef0ca Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: Features Artists: alt-J, Joe Newman, JJerome87 Excerpt: Joe Newman’s opening track for ‘The Canyon’ pairs a fictional coercive grifter with field recordings and a Sally Dunne visualiser. ### How White Lies found a groove beyond the album format URL: https://readdork.com/features/white-lies-dancefloor-side-album-format-f987a6705b Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: Features Artists: White Lies Excerpt: White Lies’ route from the disco-minded songs on ‘Friends’ to 2019’s standalone releases began with a live concern: how to make room for people to dance. ### How Muncie Girls’ ‘Fixed Ideals’ connects private pain and public politics URL: https://readdork.com/features/muncie-girls-fixed-ideals-personal-politics-guide-57f986c7ca Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Edward Howard Type: Features Artists: Lande Hekt, Muncie Girls Excerpt: A guide to the family history, friendship, social frustration and dessert-inspired artwork behind Muncie Girls’ 2018 album. ### Why Do Nothing’s ‘Nerve’ sounds like a sad love song URL: https://readdork.com/features/do-nothing-nerve-sad-love-song-explained-d60d6f527d Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Lena Hunt Type: Features Artists: Big Thief, Perfume Genius, Do Nothing Excerpt: Chris Bailey explained how Do Nothing used relationship language on ‘Nerve’ to explore pressure, self-worth and social media anxiety. ### How Lucy Dacus made ‘No Burden’ in a day, and what its anniversary edition adds URL: https://readdork.com/features/lucy-dacus-no-burden-tenth-anniversary-history-be17b5e8a5 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Ellen Gray Type: Features Artists: Lucy Dacus Excerpt: Lucy Dacus’s debut was recorded at speed in Nashville before EggHunt and Matador gave it a longer life. Ten years on, its expanded edition adds a long-held song and returns the album’s masters to her. ### Frank Iero’s Keep The Coffins Coming was the missing link between two records URL: https://readdork.com/features/frank-iero-keep-the-coffins-coming-im-a-mess-explained-9e10dbc748 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Edward Howard Type: Features Artists: Nirvana, Steve Albini, Frank Iero, Ross Robinson, Frank Iero and the Patience Excerpt: Recorded with Steve Albini in three days, Frank Iero and the Patience’s 2017 EP preserved a moment of uncertainty, including an earlier version of ‘I’m A Mess’. ### Where to start with Twenty One Pilots’ live recordings: ‘Blurryface Live’ or ‘More Than We Ever Imagined’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/twenty-one-pilots-live-recordings-guide-blurryface-live-more-than-we-ever-imagined-24d3e0c706 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Edward Howard Type: Features Artists: Twenty One Pilots Excerpt: Oakland’s Blurryface-era vinyl release and Mexico City’s 21-track live album capture Twenty One Pilots at very different points in their story. Here’s where to begin. ### What Trash Boat’s ‘He’s So Good’ was addressing, and how its 2021 release supported AKT URL: https://readdork.com/features/trash-boat-hes-so-good-akt-explained-37ecdcd0f6 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: Features Artists: Tobi Duncan, Trash Boat Excerpt: Trash Boat’s 2021 single confronted homophobia within a family, while merchandise profits from its release campaign were directed to AKT. ### How Knuckle Puck moved from ‘everything’s copacetic’ to the honest panic of ‘Losing What We Love’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/knuckle-puck-copacetic-losing-what-we-love-optimism-analysis-e0f0645b83 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: Features Artists: Knuckle Puck Excerpt: Across three albums and eight years, Nick Casasanto’s comments trace a change in what Knuckle Puck thought their lyrics owed listeners: reassurance first, then room for thoughts that could not be tidied away. ### PVRIS can celebrate ‘White Noise’ without turning back the clock URL: https://readdork.com/features/pvris-white-noise-anniversary-nostalgia-evergreen-analysis-82751590f4 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: Features Artists: Courtney LaPlante, Spiritbox, PVRIS Excerpt: Lynn Gunn’s resistance to a back-to-basics reset and PVRIS’ ‘White Noise’ anniversary make sense when the debut is treated as shared history rather than a creative instruction. ### How Ellur turned songwriting frustration into ‘The Wheel’ with Jack Cochrane and Scotty Anderson URL: https://readdork.com/features/ellur-the-wheel-jack-cochrane-scotty-anderson-explained-78425da61e Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Dan Harrison Type: Features Artists: Ellur, The Snuts Excerpt: Ellur’s 2025 single came from wanting to stop mining heavy feelings for material and write instead about the precarious, ordinary reality of trying to make music. ### How Conan Gray’s ‘This Song’ and ‘Vodka Cranberry’ videos are connected URL: https://readdork.com/features/conan-gray-this-song-vodka-cranberry-videos-connected-e0adce3463 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Molly Bennett Type: Features Artists: Conan Gray Excerpt: Conan Gray’s first two Wishbone singles share Wilson and Brandon, co-star Corey Fogelmanis, director Danica Kleinknecht and a Texas setting, while ‘Vodka Cranberry’ continues their story on Kodak 35mm 500T film. ### Where to start with Bleachers’ live recordings, from MTV Unplugged to Madison Square Garden URL: https://readdork.com/features/bleachers-live-recordings-guide-mtv-unplugged-madison-square-garden-5679e97624 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Nathaniel Hill Type: Features Artists: Bleachers Excerpt: From an 11-song session at Asbury Park’s Stone Pony to a 23-track Madison Square Garden document, here’s a route through Bleachers live. ### How Rolo Tomassi’s DIY demos led to their first Holy Roar EP URL: https://readdork.com/features/rolo-tomassi-early-demos-holy-roar-ep-explained-9170c20db1 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Jason Fisher Type: Features Artists: Rolo Tomassi Excerpt: Rolo Tomassi’s earliest releases moved from a three-track CD-R on James Spence’s Mayday! label to a limited split and, eventually, a Holy Roar EP that reworked earlier material. ### How Petrol Girls repurpose Destiny’s Child and Stealers Wheel in ‘Survivor’ and ‘Clowns’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/petrol-girls-survivor-clowns-destinys-child-stealers-wheel-82353fa4d2 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: Features Artists: Petrol Girls, Stealers Wheel, Destiny’s Child Excerpt: Petrol Girls’ Ren Aldridge has described two different ways familiar songs entered the band’s work: a direct lyric quotation in ‘Survivor’, and a politically pointed rewrite that began as a joke in ‘Clowns’. ### The stories behind Jake Bundrick’s ‘Losing My Mind’, ‘Got Me All Wrong’ and ‘Miracle’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/mayday-parade-jake-bundrick-losing-my-mind-got-me-all-wrong-miracle-stories-266e75e74c Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Edward Howard Type: Features Artists: Mayday Parade Excerpt: Jake Bundrick’s own explanations of three Mayday Parade songs about absence, an early relationship and finding words for difficult feelings. ### What Matt Maltese wrote for the RSC’s ‘Twelfth Night’, and how it connects to ‘Always Some MF’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/matt-maltese-rsc-twelfth-night-always-some-mf-explained-1be6c91bfb Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: Features Artists: Matt Maltese Excerpt: Matt Maltese wrote an original live score and Christmas song for the RSC’s 2024-25 ‘Twelfth Night’; director Prasanna Puwanarajah later directed the video for ‘Always Some MF’. ### Why Willie J Healey wrote ‘The Apple’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-willie-j-healey-wrote-the-apple-b41af886b2 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Dan Harrison Type: Features Artists: Willie J Healey Excerpt: Willie J Healey’s 2024 single grew from a bout of self-consciousness and a decision to spend less time trapped in his own thoughts. ### How Leigh-Anne’s idea of creative control grew between ‘No Hard Feelings’ and ‘My Ego Told Me To’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/leigh-anne-creative-control-no-hard-feelings-my-ego-told-me-to-1b67c03b69 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: Features Artists: Leigh-Anne, Clarence Coffee Jr., Little Mix Excerpt: Across three Dork interviews, Leigh-Anne’s language moves from solo freedom and discovery to independence as a practical way of protecting a fuller artistic identity. ### How Death Cab for Cutie turned an anniversary tour into ‘I Built You A Tower’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/death-cab-for-cutie-i-built-you-a-tower-anniversary-tour-explained-432187857b Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: Features Artists: The Postal Service, Dave Depper, Nick Harmer, John Congleton, Ben Gibbard Excerpt: Revisiting ‘Transatlanticism’ and ‘Give Up’ helped Death Cab for Cutie reconnect with an older working instinct, while Ben Gibbard’s songs faced grief and uncertainty. ### Manic Street Preachers’ ‘This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours’ opens up beyond ‘If You Tolerate This’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/manic-street-preachers-this-is-my-truth-tell-me-yours-anniversary-edition-guide-bcf58bc429 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: Features Artists: Manic Street Preachers, Mogwai, Massive Attack Excerpt: The 2018 anniversary edition of Manic Street Preachers’ 1998 breakthrough offers demos, rehearsals, B-sides and remixes that put its huge hit back in a wider picture. ### Why Coach Party’s ‘What’s The Point In Life’ is an invitation to live rather than give up URL: https://readdork.com/features/coach-party-whats-the-point-in-life-meaning-explained-69a9b43411 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Molly Bennett Type: Features Artists: Coach Party Excerpt: Coach Party’s KILLJOY opener frames mortality as a reason to make life your own, not a reason to surrender to it. ### How The Beach Boys’ ‘Busy Doing Nothing’ informed Julia Cumming’s ‘Please Let Me Remember This’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/how-beach-boys-busy-doing-nothing-informed-julia-cumming-please-let-me-remember-this-b4c2f35091 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: Features Artists: The Beach Boys, Julia Cumming Excerpt: Julia Cumming drew on the mundane-detail vignettes of The Beach Boys’ 1968 song to explore memory’s frustrating lack of rules. ### Why Rex Orange County’s ‘WHO CARES?’ is really about keeping going URL: https://readdork.com/features/rex-orange-county-who-cares-encouragement-self-doubt-analysis-a921bf8e3f Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Jess Hunt Type: Features Artists: Benny Sings, Rex Orange County Excerpt: Its title sounds dismissive, but Rex Orange County’s 2022 album makes room for insecurity, reassurance and the difficult business of taking yourself seriously. ### A guide to the books, films and theatre behind Holly Humberstone’s ‘Cruel World’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/holly-humberstone-cruel-world-influences-guide-d49021e00b Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Alex Bennett Type: Features Artists: Holly Humberstone Excerpt: From Grimm’s Fairy Tales to a Victorian theatre, Holly Humberstone’s second-album world finds escape in stories where romance, girlhood and danger remain closely entwined. ### How Joyce Manor’s ‘Million Dollars to Kill Me’ grew older without going acoustic URL: https://readdork.com/features/joyce-manor-million-dollars-to-kill-me-growing-older-analysis-af37094498 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: Features Artists: Kurt Ballou, Converge, Teenage Fanclub, Barry Johnson, Joyce Manor Excerpt: Barry Johnson’s 2018 fear of becoming “that pop-punk guy who turns thirty” hangs over ‘Million Dollars to Kill Me’, but the album made room for tenderness without abandoning Joyce Manor’s compact charge. ### Why Murray Macleod features on As It Is’ ‘Ruin My Life’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-murray-macleod-features-as-it-is-ruin-my-life-9b6f51ac58 Date: 2026-10-21 Author: James Houghton Type: Features Artists: Murray MacLeod, Patty Walters, The Xcerts Excerpt: Murray Macleod’s guest vocal on ‘Ruin My Life’ comes from the song’s writing session, while Patty Walters has described its reckless love story as one about As It Is themselves. ### Green Lantern: Doomed Cosmos will send Hal Jordan to war in January 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/features/green-lantern-doomed-cosmos-release-details-0d2e52ac3c Date: 2026-10-20 Author: James Houghton Type: Literature Excerpt: Dan Watters and Kyle Hotz’s six-issue DC Elseworlds series casts humanity as a conquering empire, with Hal Jordan fighting alongside the Green Lantern Corps. ### Daredevil is joining the X-Men in ‘X-Men United’ #11 URL: https://readdork.com/features/daredevil-joins-x-men-united-11-f5d9c28152 Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Andrew Wescott Type: Literature Excerpt: Matt Murdock will team up with Kitty Pryde, Emma Frost and Nightcrawler when ‘X-Men United’ #11 arrives in January. ### Iceland Airwaves has added Janus Rasmussen, GRIMA and Upper Mall Rats to its 2026 line-up URL: https://readdork.com/news/iceland-airwaves-2026-janus-rasmussen-grima-upper-mall-rats-d4ba2a57be Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Nicola Harris Type: News Artists: The Streets, Janus Rasmussen, Daði Freyr, Shygirl Excerpt: Six new names have joined the Reykjavík festival’s bill, taking the completed 2026 programme to 107 artists. ### Kris Bowers will compose Disney’s ‘Hexed’ score URL: https://readdork.com/news/kris-bowers-hexed-disney-score-632618307a Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: News Artists: Kris Bowers Excerpt: Oscar-winning composer Kris Bowers is scoring Disney Animation’s upcoming ‘Hexed’, a coming-of-age fantasy led by Hailee Steinfeld. ### Charli xcx has signed a "chaotic" two-year deal with Absolut Vodka (ours is a double, please) URL: https://readdork.com/news/charli-xcx-absolut-vodka-deal Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Felicity Newton Type: News Artists: Charli xcx Excerpt: The singer links with Swedish spirits brand for drops, glassware and fan events. ### Lambrini Girls have shared new double single ‘The Basement’ and ‘Spilt’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/lambrini-girls-the-basement-spilt-double-single-b14d5200d4 Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Alex Bennett Type: News Artists: Lambrini Girls Excerpt: Lambrini Girls’ new tracks ‘The Basement’ and ‘Spilt’ arrive ahead of second album ‘No Refunds’, alongside a 2027 North American tour. ### Dungeons & Dragons has a new ongoing comic arriving this November URL: https://readdork.com/features/dungeons-dragons-ongoing-comic-november-2026-25367f3971 Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: Literature Excerpt: Dark Horse’s new Dungeons & Dragons series follows Mordenkainen as he assembles heroes from across the Forgotten Realms. ### Monde UFO have shared new music ahead of their Stewart Lee-hosted London show URL: https://readdork.com/news/monde-ufo-1159-rangini-drone-double-single-91ce99353b Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Nat Macdonald Type: News Artists: Deradoorian, Monde UFO, Vanishing Twin Excerpt: LA duo Monde UFO’s new double single ‘1159 / Rangini Drone’ is out now, ahead of UK, Netherlands and London Samhain Ritual dates. ### FLO have shared an ‘I Can’t Be High Around You Anymore’ lyric video URL: https://readdork.com/news/flo-i-cant-be-high-around-you-anymore-lyric-video-a19f939427 Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Molly Bennett Type: News Excerpt: FLO’s new lyric video arrives as the trio prepare for a 2027 North American, UK and European headline tour. ### Sienna Spiro has extended her ‘My House’ tour into North America for 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/news/sienna-spiro-my-house-tour-extended-2027-0f0cfd2b2a Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Helena Dean Type: News Artists: Sienna Spiro Excerpt: Sienna Spiro will play 22 new North American ‘My House Tour (Extended)’ shows next August and September. ### CHALK have shared new double single ‘Heaven’ and ‘Hell’ with Phantogram’s Sarah Barthel URL: https://readdork.com/news/chalk-heaven-hell-phantogram-fontaines-dc-tour-46ae946479 Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: News Artists: Sarah Barthel, Phantogram, Chalk, Fontaines D.C. Excerpt: The Belfast duo’s latest release arrives with a two-part video and an arena run supporting Fontaines D.C. ### Olivia Dean, Nia Archives and RAYE are this year's Mercury Prize frontrunners URL: https://readdork.com/news/olivia-dean-mercury-prize-bookies-favourite-2026-d7c880acec Date: 2026-10-20 Author: James Houghton Type: News Artists: Raye, Paul McCartney, Olivia Dean, Dave, Nia Archives, Knats, Suede, Florence + The Machine, Kojey Radical, Dove Ellis Excerpt: William Hill has Olivia Dean at 3/1, with Nia Archives and RAYE close behind in its market for the 2026 Mercury Prize. ### One Step Closer have recruited members of Knocked Loose and Fiddlehead for new album ‘Zero’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/one-step-closer-zero-blue-hour-was-it-ever-enough-099ac479ec Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: News Artists: Hot Mulligan, Riley!, Isaac Hale, Senses Fail, Rotting Out, Pain of Truth, wakelee, Madball, One Step Closer, Pat Flynn Excerpt: One Step Closer’s new album ‘Zero’ arrives on 19th February 2027 via Run For Cover Records, led by ‘Blue Hour’ and ‘Was It Ever Enough?’. ### How Oasis’ reunion merchandise grew beyond the souvenir T-shirt URL: https://readdork.com/features/oasis-live-27-official-store-ticket-registration-0d9a5e735e Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Molly Bennett Type: Features Artists: Oasis Excerpt: City-centre shops, an Adidas collection and records in exclusive colours made Live ’25 merchandise a business well beyond the stadium stalls. ### Toria Wooff has shared her grief-stricken new single ‘Noiselessly’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/toria-wooff-noiselessly-single-video-797fe4058a Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: News Artists: Toria Wooff Excerpt: Toria Wooff has released ‘Noiselessly’, the second single from her forthcoming album ‘Aleister’, alongside a new video. ### NCT DREAM have unveiled ‘The Sun’ ahead of new album ‘DREAM AFTER DREAM’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/nct-dream-the-sun-video-dream-after-dream-645dcc2268 Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Andy Norman Type: News Artists: NCT DREAM Excerpt: NCT DREAM’s new video for ‘The Sun’ arrives ahead of their sixth studio album, ‘DREAM AFTER DREAM’, due on 9th November. ### Bradford has unveiled new music strategy with Nia Archives' backing URL: https://readdork.com/news/bradford-district-music-strategy-launch-b8858c27c6 Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Edward Howard Type: News Artists: Nia Archives Excerpt: The Bradford District Music Strategy will launch at Bradford Live on 29th October, setting out plans for talent pathways, venues, audiences and investment. ### Cyn Cwsg have taken inspiration from Television for single ‘Katter’, and announced a new EP URL: https://readdork.com/news/cyn-cwsg-katter-let-a-thousand-blossoms-bloom-ep-e8309674d4 Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Molly Bennett Type: News Artists: Cyn Cwsg Excerpt: Cardiff indie-psych quartet Cyn Cwsg’s new single ‘Katter’ is out now, with second EP ‘Let A Thousand Blossoms Bloom’ following in January. ### Hannah Frances is breaking old relationship patterns on her new single, ‘Circadian Heart’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/hannah-frances-circadian-heart-video-715879f95e Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: News Artists: Hannah Frances Excerpt: Hannah Frances’ new single ‘Circadian Heart’ arrives with a Derrick Alexander-helmed video as her UK and European tour continues. ### Mirrortalk have released ‘Calm On The Surface’ ahead of their biggest hometown headline show URL: https://readdork.com/news/mirrortalk-calm-on-the-surface-single-16692c4d4e Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Jason Fisher Type: News Artists: Head Cloud, Mirrortalk, Vienna Excerpt: The Birmingham quartet’s latest EP preview finds strength amid loss and the pressure to appear okay. ### Cali Santo has announced his debut album ‘Miles Away’ and shared new single ‘Bones’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/cali-santo-miles-away-album-bones-single-a50126da1b Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Owen Bradley Type: News Excerpt: Cali Santo’s debut album ‘Miles Away’ arrives on 4th December via Hunky Dory Music, with new single ‘Bones’ out now. ### Why Courtney Barnett brought Waxahatchee into ‘Site Unseen’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/courtney-barnett-waxahatchee-site-unseen-explained-7baaa1faf2 Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Owen Bradley Type: Features Artists: Waxahatchee, Courtney Barnett Excerpt: Katie Crutchfield joined Courtney Barnett’s ‘Site Unseen’ after three recording attempts across two years had failed to find the song’s final shape. ### What relationship dilemma is Zara Larsson describing in ‘Crush’? URL: https://readdork.com/features/zara-larsson-crush-relationship-dilemma-explained-18ce7ae653 Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Dan Harrison Type: Features Artists: Helena Gao, MNEK, Margo XS, Zara Larsson Excerpt: Zara Larsson’s ‘Crush’ weighs a fleeting infatuation against the reality of an existing relationship. ### Does Remi Wolf play herself in ‘Off Campus’? Her premiere songs explained URL: https://readdork.com/features/remi-wolf-off-campus-premiere-songs-3db4aeb6e2 Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Nathaniel Hill Type: Features Artists: Generation X, Remi Wolf, Billy Idol Excerpt: Remi Wolf appears as herself in the first episode of ‘Off Campus’, performing three ‘Big Ideas’ songs and a cover of ‘Dancing with Myself’. ### Love ‘King City’ and ‘Honey’? Here’s where to go next in Swim Deep’s catalogue URL: https://readdork.com/features/swim-deep-guide-beyond-king-city-honey-e7eb44df01 Date: 2026-10-20 Author: William Thomas Type: Features Artists: Bill Ryder-Jones, Swim Deep Excerpt: From the spacious close of their debut to an eight-minute disco detour and their records with Bill Ryder-Jones, here’s a route through Swim Deep beyond the early favourites. ### What was Black Foxxes’ ‘Pines’ EP before ‘I’m Not Well’? URL: https://readdork.com/features/what-was-black-foxxes-pines-ep-29b9fa63e5 Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Brian Andrews Type: Features Artists: Black Foxxes Excerpt: ‘Pines’ was Black Foxxes’ five-song early EP, written and rehearsed in a Plymouth scout hut before the trio made their 2016 debut album. ### Why do Oasis’ ‘Whatever’ and ‘Hello’ credit writers outside the band? URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-oasis-whatever-hello-credit-writers-neil-innes-gary-glitter-mike-leander-f6541044d6 Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: Features Artists: Oasis, Gary Glitter, Neil Innes, Mike Leander Excerpt: Neil Innes, Gary Glitter and Mike Leander appear in Oasis song credits for two different reasons: a later co-credit on ‘Whatever’, and borrowed lyrics on ‘Hello’. ### What The Magic Gang’s ‘Make Time For Change’ is about, and why it became a zoetrope picture disc URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-magic-gang-make-time-for-change-explained-e4f78ab310 Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: Features Artists: The Magic Gang Excerpt: The Magic Gang’s 2020 single paired a direct message about self-care with Laura Jayne Hodkin’s animation, made for both a video and a Blood Records picture disc. ### Beyond the albums: five Maggie Rogers releases to explore next URL: https://readdork.com/features/maggie-rogers-singles-guest-appearances-guide-9c00c798ad Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Oliver Green Type: Features Artists: Ian Fitchuk, Sam Gendel, Maggie Rogers, Sam Wilkes Excerpt: From ‘Love You For A Long Time’ to recent guest-billed singles, these Maggie Rogers releases sit beyond her three studio albums. ### What ‘Parasite’ and ‘Brambles’ reveal about Frank Carter’s writing on relationships that hurt URL: https://readdork.com/features/frank-carter-parasite-brambles-relationship-writing-eda0537576 Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Nat Macdonald Type: Features Artists: Frank Carter, Jamie T Excerpt: Across two songs released a year apart, Frank Carter turns relationship damage into different images: one gathered from friends’ dating troubles, the other imagined as thorns that tighten through repetition. ### How Turnstile grew from Outbreak’s early days to Alexandra Palace without losing the pit URL: https://readdork.com/features/turnstile-uk-shows-outbreak-victoria-park-alexandra-palace-2e57e083d7 Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Brian Andrews Type: Features Artists: Turnstile, Forced Order, Drug Church, The Story So Far Excerpt: From a 2013 Outbreak set for 1,200 people to Victoria Park and Alexandra Palace, Turnstile expanded their UK audience while keeping early hardcore songs in the set. ### How Nova Twins have turned unity into practical action URL: https://readdork.com/features/nova-twins-unity-practical-campaigning-136b1bf51b Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Nat Macdonald Type: Features Artists: Nova Twins Excerpt: Nova Twins’ message of empowerment has extended from their live shows to War Child fundraising and a targeted Amnesty International UK partnership. ### How ‘new body rhumba’ and ‘x-ray eyes’ reopened LCD Soundsystem’s release cycle URL: https://readdork.com/features/lcd-soundsystem-new-body-rhumba-x-ray-eyes-explained-9443f9cb7d Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Helena Dean Type: Features Artists: Al Doyle, LCD Soundsystem, James Murphy, Nancy Whang Excerpt: LCD Soundsystem’s first two releases after 2017’s ‘American Dream’ arrived in very different forms: a film-linked song in 2022, then a standalone single accompanied by a fifth-album work-in-progress update. ### The xx’s comeback makes room for three solo careers URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-xx-comeback-solo-careers-analysis-b887565169 Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: Features Artists: Jamie xx, The xx, Romy, Oliver Sim Excerpt: The xx’s Coachella return did not treat seven years of solo work as an interruption. A medley of Romy, Oliver Sim and Jamie xx material suggested a band returning with more routes into itself. ### How Everything Everything used AI on ‘Raw Data Feel’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/everything-everything-raw-data-feel-ai-explained-ad67e98850 Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Ellen Gray Type: Features Artists: Everything Everything Excerpt: AI generated text for Everything Everything’s 2022 album ‘Raw Data Feel’, but Jonathan Higgs’ editing, the band’s songwriting and Alex Robertshaw’s production remained fundamental. ### Boston Manor’s ‘GLUE’ holds together through directness URL: https://readdork.com/features/boston-manor-glue-analysis-2367dadf80 Date: 2026-10-20 Author: William Thomas Type: Features Artists: Boston Manor, Otis Redding, Nine Inch Nails, The 1975, Johnny Cash Excerpt: Boston Manor’s third album pulls between industrial weight, distorted unease and brighter hooks, but Henry Cox’s plain-spoken writing gives its 2020 portrait a centre. ### How PinkPantheress made movement the point of ‘Fancy That’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/pinkpantheress-fancy-that-movement-production-performance-analysis-f24df281fd Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Andrew Wescott Type: Features Artists: The Streets, Perfume, Orange Caramel, DESTIN CONRAD, Rachel Chinouriri, Estelle, PinkPantheress Excerpt: From a dance-led production brief to tournament videos and increasingly choreographed shows, ‘Fancy That’ gave PinkPantheress a way to build pop that keeps moving. ### How ‘Glass Built Castles’ turned Black Peaks’ planned debut into a breakthrough URL: https://readdork.com/features/black-peaks-glass-built-castles-statues-breakthrough-5a0c2beeb5 Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Jess Hunt Type: Features Artists: Black Peaks, Mastodon, Deftones, Zane Lowe Excerpt: A Radio 1 play brought early attention to Black Peaks, but their 2016 debut ‘Statues’ was built to hold far more than one breakout song. ### Why Fontaines D.C.’s debut is called ‘Dogrel’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-fontaines-dc-debut-called-dogrel-1b2d0762c8 Date: 2026-10-20 Author: Andy Norman Type: Features Artists: Fontaines D.C. Excerpt: Fontaines D.C. named their 2019 debut after doggerel, a rough, working-class form of verse that fits the album’s poetic and distinctly Dublin perspective. ### Mötley Crüe have confirmed a 2027 Las Vegas residency URL: https://readdork.com/news/motley-crue-2027-las-vegas-residency-10215dcdfb Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Jason Fisher Type: News Artists: Mötley Crüe Excerpt: Mötley Crüe will return to The Colosseum at Caesars Palace for eight ‘Carnival of Sins in Sin City’ shows next spring. ### Sleaford Mods have expanded ‘The Demise Of Planet X’ with nine unreleased songs URL: https://readdork.com/news/sleaford-mods-the-demise-of-planet-x-expanded-edition-75e4761fb2 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: William Thomas Type: News Artists: Sue Tompkins, Sleaford Mods Excerpt: Sleaford Mods have released an expanded edition of ‘The Demise Of Planet X’, adding nine demos recorded during the album’s original sessions. ### Hannah Peel has released her ‘Underland’ score ahead of Barbican premiere URL: https://readdork.com/news/hannah-peel-underland-score-barbican-premiere-03067fc5bd Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: News Artists: Hannah Peel, SHARDS Excerpt: Hannah Peel’s original soundtrack for Robert Petit’s ‘Underland’ is out now via Rivertones, with its live world premiere set for the Barbican on 24th October. ### Papa Roach have announced a 2027 US tour with Ice Nine Kills and Ninth Key URL: https://readdork.com/news/papa-roach-2027-us-tour-ice-nine-kills-ninth-key-5c34fc18f6 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Oliver Green Type: News Artists: Ninth Key, Papa Roach Excerpt: Papa Roach will take their ‘Rise of the Roach Tour’ across the US next May and June, joined by Ice Nine Kills and Ninth Key. ### Tommy Lefroy have expanded their ‘The Precariat’ North American tour URL: https://readdork.com/news/tommy-lefroy-expand-the-precariat-north-american-tour-965a12a347 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Brian Andrews Type: News Artists: Tommy Lefroy, Al Olender, Horsepower Excerpt: Tommy Lefroy will return to North America in 2027, with new Vancouver and Toronto shows joining their run behind debut album ‘The Precariat’. ### 'Nobody Wants This' has revealed its season three soundtrack, feat. Maisie Peters, Ravyn Lenae and more URL: https://readdork.com/news/nobody-wants-this-season-three-soundtrack-tracklist-9e9cc17f93 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: William Thomas Type: News Artists: Noga Erez, Mimi Webb, Metric, Ellie Goulding, Maisie Peters, Miley Cyrus, STELLA LEFTY, Ravyn Lenae, Bailey Zimmerman, Megan Moroney, J Balvin Excerpt: Miley Cyrus, J Balvin, Ellie Goulding and Maisie Peters feature on the official soundtrack, arriving on 23rd October. ### underscores debuted a new Jane Remover collaboration at the Forum in Los Angeles URL: https://readdork.com/news/underscores-jane-remover-everything-forum-debut-c0f95930f2 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: News Artists: Jane Remover, underscores Excerpt: underscores brought Jane Remover onstage during Charli xcx’s Forum show to debut their unreleased collaboration, ‘Everything’. ### UK MPs have renewed calls for a full CMA investigation into Live Nation URL: https://readdork.com/news/uk-mps-renew-cma-live-nation-investigation-call-09ff3fa045 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Alex Bennett Type: News Artists: Live Nation Excerpt: The Commons committee wants the CMA to set out its next steps on Live Nation’s market power before the end of 2026. ### Watch Knocked Loose perform ‘Hive Mind’ at Louder Than Life URL: https://readdork.com/news/knocked-loose-hive-mind-louder-than-life-performance-9899d80494 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Chris Simmonds Type: News Artists: Knocked Loose, Denzel Curry Excerpt: New footage captures Knocked Loose performing ‘Hive Mind’ during their hometown appearance at Louisville’s Louder Than Life festival. ### Miley Cyrus has hit back at criticism of her Hollywood Bowl performance URL: https://readdork.com/news/miley-cyrus-hits-back-hollywood-bowl-performance-criticism-f77566920b Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Lena Hunt Type: News Artists: Miley Cyrus Excerpt: Miley Cyrus told her second Hollywood Bowl audience she was “fully present” after videos questioned her first night’s performance. ### Kings Of Leon have joined Sydney Summertime as headliners URL: https://readdork.com/news/kings-of-leon-sydney-summertime-2027-fe6f468aa6 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Finnley Mcdonald Type: News Artists: Ocean Alley, Kings of Leon Excerpt: Kings Of Leon will headline Sydney Summertime in February 2027, with Ocean Alley appearing as special guests. ### Hot Chip have announced their new album, ‘A Long Way From Kansas’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/hot-chip-a-long-way-from-kansas-album-48eab3345c Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Molly Bennett Type: News Artists: Optimo, Hot Chip, Beth Ditto, Eddie Chacon Excerpt: Hot Chip’s ninth album arrives in January, led by new single ‘Random Violence’ and followed by UK and European dates. ### OK Go have released handbell versions of ‘Return’ and ‘Shooting the Moon’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/ok-go-handbell-return-shooting-the-moon-f9770a49b6 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Esme Sharp Type: News Artists: Damian Kulash, OK Go Excerpt: OK Go have shared handbell arrangements of ‘Return’ and ‘Shooting the Moon’, alongside a newly unveiled video for ‘Return’. ### Bon Jovi is the first headliner for BST Hyde Park 2027 URL: https://readdork.com/news/bon-jovi-bst-hyde-park-2027-headliner-4f793d14aa Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Molly Bennett Type: News Artists: Bon Jovi Excerpt: Bon Jovi will return to BST Hyde Park for a UK-exclusive show on Thursday 24th June 2027. ### LE SSERAFIM have opened their first European tour with a sold-out London show URL: https://readdork.com/news/le-sserafim-sold-out-london-o2-european-tour-029b0ca3ba Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Brian Andrews Type: News Artists: LE SSERAFIM Excerpt: LE SSERAFIM began the UK and European leg of their ‘PUREFLOW’ world tour at a sold-out O2 on 16th October. ### The Cribs have announced a Wakefield show for ‘Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever’ anniversary URL: https://readdork.com/news/the-cribs-wakefield-mens-needs-anniversary-show-e1ff87ac30 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: James Houghton Type: News Artists: The Cribs Excerpt: The Cribs will play ‘Men’s Needs, Women’s Needs, Whatever’ in full at Tileyard North next August, with ¡Forward, Russia! joining them. ### Charli xcx and Chappell Roan have performed ‘Boom Clap’ together in Los Angeles URL: https://readdork.com/news/charli-xcx-chappell-roan-boom-clap-los-angeles-ef2f2c3a4e Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Owen Bradley Type: News Artists: Chappell Roan, Troye Sivan, Madonna, Tinashe, The Dare, PinkPantheress Excerpt: Charli xcx welcomed Chappell Roan, PinkPantheress and the Dare to the Kia Forum stage during the first of two Los Angeles shows. ### Mae Muller and Jodie Harsh have teamed up on new single ‘Hallucination’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/mae-muller-jodie-harsh-hallucination-418f2f6ea3 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Jess Hunt Type: News Artists: Mae Muller, Jodie Harsh Excerpt: Mae Muller and Jodie Harsh reunite for ‘Hallucination’, a euphoric breakup song co-written with Wolf Cutt. ### Harry Styles has debuted a new song written for Liam Payne at Madison Square Garden URL: https://readdork.com/news/harry-styles-liam-payne-song-msg-41a602b084 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: News Artists: Harry Styles, Liam Payne Excerpt: Harry Styles performed an unreleased song written for Liam Payne during a sold-out Madison Square Garden show on the second anniversary of Payne’s death. ### When Creativity Meets Technology: The New Rules of Digital Entertainment URL: https://readdork.com/features/when-creativity-meets-technology-the-new-rules-of-digital-entertainment Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Guest Post Type: Guest Posts Excerpt: Better tools do not automatically mean better entertainment. ### Giant Rooks have released new album ‘If Heaven Exists, This Might Be It’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/giant-rooks-if-heaven-exists-this-might-be-it-album-e8b1a601f4 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Andrew Wescott Type: News Artists: Giant Rooks Excerpt: Giant Rooks’ third album is out now, with a US headline tour following in November. ### Flora Hibberd has released her second album ‘Mammoth’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/rc3-sync-f9325adf62ae8612ef5b09c6 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Pippa Strickland Type: News Artists: Flora Hibberd, Sufjan Stevens Excerpt: The London-born, Paris-based artist’s 10-track follow-up to 2025 debut ‘Swirl’ is out now via 22TWENTY, with a London headline date set for November. ### Ruby Gill has released new album ‘Fishing is not about fishing’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/ruby-gill-fishing-is-not-about-fishing-album-release-3938c33101 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Kiara Henderson Type: News Artists: Ruby Gill, Gordi Excerpt: Ruby Gill’s third album ‘Fishing is not about fishing’ is out now, alongside a video for lead single ‘Jacaranda’. ### Tate McRae has released ‘Housewife’ with a South of France-shot video URL: https://readdork.com/news/tate-mcrae-housewife-single-video-74821fb85e Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Oliver Green Type: News Artists: Tate McRae Excerpt: Tate McRae’s new single ‘Housewife’ is out now, accompanied by a music video filmed in the South of France. ### The Avalanches have released their new album ‘No Bad Memories’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/the-avalanches-no-bad-memories-album-release-a1a7f72f55 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Jessica Lowe Type: News Artists: John Glacier, Jamie xx, The Avalanches, Loaded Honey Excerpt: The Avalanches’ 31-track fourth album ‘No Bad Memories’ is out now, alongside a video for ‘I Give Everything I Have 2 U’ featuring Loaded Honey. ### Max Richter has released ‘While The Flood Rages’ URL: https://readdork.com/news/max-richter-while-the-flood-rages-release-fbf238ec78 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: James Houghton Type: News Artists: Max Richter Excerpt: Max Richter’s new 19-track album ‘While The Flood Rages’ is out now via Decca, with listening events planned across six cities. ### How Madonna and Guy Sigsworth built ‘What It Feels Like for a Girl’ from an unfinished sketch URL: https://readdork.com/features/how-madonna-guy-sigsworth-made-what-it-feels-like-for-a-girl-e191246d8d Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Jason Fisher Type: Features Artists: Mirwais Ahmadzaï, Madonna, David Torn, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Guy Sigsworth Excerpt: A Charlotte Gainsbourg film sample, an intentionally rough backing track and four fast-moving days at Sarm West shaped one of Music’s most distinctive songs. ### Which Blossoms albums reached UK Number 1, and where did ‘Cool Like You’ chart? URL: https://readdork.com/features/blossoms-uk-number-one-albums-cool-like-you-chart-position-0f37a4f038 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Kaitlyn Harrison Type: Features Artists: James Skelly, Blossoms Excerpt: Blossoms have earned four UK Number 1 albums so far, while ‘Cool Like You’ peaked at Number 4. ### Was Circa Waves’ ‘Young Chasers’ originally an EP or an album? URL: https://readdork.com/features/circa-waves-young-chasers-ep-or-album-02bc32a509 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: Features Artists: Circa Waves Excerpt: ‘Young Chasers’ was first the title of a 2014 Circa Waves EP, before becoming the band’s debut album in 2015. ### Did Arctic Monkeys reach Number 1 before releasing their debut album? URL: https://readdork.com/features/did-arctic-monkeys-reach-number-one-before-debut-album-4e94530b29 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Helena Dean Type: Features Artists: Arctic Monkeys Excerpt: Yes. Arctic Monkeys had already topped the UK singles chart twice before ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’ arrived in January 2006. ### What Gia Ford means by rejecting a ‘hyper-clean, optimised sound’ on A Room Within A Room URL: https://readdork.com/features/gia-ford-a-room-within-a-room-hyper-clean-optimised-sound-explained-4b5d03134e Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: Features Artists: Gia Ford Excerpt: Gia Ford’s second album makes room for individual performances, audible spaces and songs that refuse to settle into one uniform mood. ### What is YouTube Music Foundry, and what does it offer underscores? URL: https://readdork.com/features/youtube-music-foundry-underscores-support-explained-f978dc65f0 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: Features Artists: Aiobahn, Zeina, This Is Lorelei, Asfar Shamsi, Max McNown, underscores Excerpt: underscores is part of YouTube Music Foundry’s autumn 2026 class. Here’s what the artist-development programme confirms it provides, and what remains private. ### Why 1 June matters to The 1975, from a book inscription to an album-era signal URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-1-june-matters-the-1975-album-campaigns-c218c87949 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Olivia Thomson Type: Features Artists: Matty Healy, The 1975 Excerpt: The date behind The 1975’s name has repeatedly become a starting point for the band’s carefully staged album campaigns, but it has never been a release-date guarantee. ### How nostalgia, emo and Clarence Clarity shaped Sundara Karma’s ‘Oblivion!’ EP URL: https://readdork.com/features/sundara-karma-oblivion-ep-explained-f25038c06e Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Alex Bennett Type: Features Artists: Charli XCX, Rina Sawayama, Sundara Karma, Hannah Diamond, Clarence Clarity Excerpt: Sundara Karma’s 2022 EP turned Oscar Pollock’s early-2000s nostalgia and revived emo instincts into deliberately maximalist pop-rock. ### Which Black Honey album should you start with? URL: https://readdork.com/features/which-black-honey-album-should-you-start-with-a206f4edb4 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Jason Fisher Type: Features Artists: Black Honey Excerpt: A guide to Black Honey’s four albums, from the foundational self-titled debut to the darker, more unsettled ‘Soak’. ### How Dream Wife brought their live-wire energy to ‘Social Lubrication’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/dream-wife-social-lubrication-live-show-recording-history-b648cbe39c Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Brian Andrews Type: Features Artists: Dream Wife, Marta Salogni Excerpt: Dream Wife’s third album was designed to bring the force of the trio’s live shows closer to the record, after lockdown separated their music from its natural audience. ### The Amazons’ ‘21st Century Fiction’ examines the stories adulthood failed to deliver URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-amazons-21st-century-fiction-fictions-living-a-lie-analysis-820d4a3ca2 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Sam Thomas Type: Features Artists: The Amazons Excerpt: How ‘Living A Lie’ unlocked The Amazons’ fourth album, from stalled expectations and masculinity to misinformation. ### Where to start with Rina Sawayama, from huge hooks to heavier turns URL: https://readdork.com/features/where-to-start-rina-sawayama-guide-bcc398f226 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Lena Hunt Type: Features Artists: Rina Sawayama Excerpt: A branching route through Rina Sawayama’s EP and two albums for anyone after pop choruses with considerably more bite. ### What You Me At Six’s ‘Truth Decay’ Decayed Versions were all about URL: https://readdork.com/features/you-me-at-six-truth-decay-decayed-versions-explained-4e6f1b78f6 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Oliver Green Type: Features Artists: You Me At Six Excerpt: You Me At Six turned a limited edition of their 2023 album into a deliberately distressed object, connecting recycled materials and altered records to Music Declares Emergency’s climate message. ### What MNEK’s executive-producer role involved on FLO’s ‘Access All Areas’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/what-mnek-executive-producer-role-involved-flo-access-all-areas-587ec1c7f7 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Edward Howard Type: Features Artists: MNEK Excerpt: FLO’s August 2024 account of making their debut album described MNEK as a constant presence: patient through rerecording and additions, while ensuring the work was completed. ### Who is the ‘Machine’ in Florence + The Machine? URL: https://readdork.com/features/who-is-the-machine-florence-the-machine-isabella-summers-e43bb8edb8 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Jason Fisher Type: Features Artists: Florence + The Machine, Isabella Summers, Florence Welch Excerpt: Florence + The Machine’s name grew from Florence Welch and Isabella Summers’ early aliases, and a last-minute need for something shorter. ### Declan McKenna’s debut was asking questions from the start URL: https://readdork.com/features/declan-mckenna-what-do-you-think-about-the-car-rediscovery-0fd897af43 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Jessica Lowe Type: Features Artists: Declan McKenna Excerpt: A childhood home-video promise, an album title and ‘Bethlehem’ show how Declan McKenna’s 2017 debut made room for playfulness and political scrutiny. ### How ‘Walking Like We Do’ gave The Big Moon space to be vulnerable URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-big-moon-walking-like-we-do-vulnerability-analysis-2df708c891 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Ellen Gray Type: Features Artists: The Big Moon Excerpt: The Big Moon’s second album did not abandon the confidence of their debut. It gave that confidence more questions to answer. ### 6 St. Vincent studio recordings to pair with ‘Live in London!’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/st-vincent-live-in-london-studio-recordings-guide-edefdd781f Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Oliver Green Type: Features Artists: St. Vincent, Jules Buckley Excerpt: Start with these originals to trace the songs behind St. Vincent’s orchestral BBC Proms reinventions. ### How Deaf Havana rebuilt ‘We’re Never Getting Out’ after scrapping an album URL: https://readdork.com/features/deaf-havana-were-never-getting-out-rebuilt-explained-433d35c5c5 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: Features Artists: Take That, Deaf Havana, Ross MacDonald, The 1975, James Veck-Gilodi, Lewis Capaldi Excerpt: Deaf Havana started again after abandoning an earlier record, with George Glew, Ross MacDonald and Freddie Sheed helping shape the album that followed. ### Green Day’s pre-Dookie releases: where to start with 39/Smooth, 1,039 and Kerplunk URL: https://readdork.com/features/green-day-pre-dookie-39-smooth-1039-kerplunk-guide-60c3aa13c2 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Lucy Phillips Type: Features Artists: John Kiffmeyer, Tré Cool, Green Day, Mike Dirnt, Billie Joe Armstrong Excerpt: A practical route through the Lookout! Records releases that came before Green Day’s major-label breakthrough. ### What Enter Shikari’s ‘The Dreamer’s Hotel’ means, and how it fits ‘Nothing Is True & Everything Is Possible’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/enter-shikari-the-dreamers-hotel-meaning-nothing-is-true-everything-is-possible-436d0c4e62 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Jess Hunt Type: Features Artists: Enter Shikari, Rou Reynolds Excerpt: Rou Reynolds described ‘The Dreamer’s Hotel’ as a space for imagination, collaboration and community. His 2020 explanation makes it a key to Enter Shikari’s most expansive album. ### How beabadoobee’s ‘Coming Home’ connects to the distant connections of ‘Pylon’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/beabadoobee-coming-home-pylon-away-from-home-analysis-0e2a4c8016 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Alex Bennett Type: Features Artists: Hayley Williams, Beabadoobee, Evan Stephens Hall, Chino Moreno Excerpt: Beatrice Laus’ 2024 hotel-room love song and 2026 album announcement share a concern with what touring takes away, and the small ways connection survives it. ### How Jessie shaped Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff’s Toy Story 5 song URL: https://readdork.com/features/how-jessie-shaped-taylor-swift-jack-antonoff-toy-story-5-song-cb8b3ab634 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Nathaniel Hill Type: Features Artists: Randy Newman, Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff Excerpt: Taylor Swift and Jack Antonoff’s ‘I Knew It, I Knew You’ began with an early screening, Jessie’s new story and a shared childhood attachment to Toy Story. ### How Bring Me The Horizon’s festival show grew from ‘Mantra’ to a headline spectacle URL: https://readdork.com/features/bring-me-the-horizon-festival-evolution-reading-2018-2025-b0534fe90a Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Esme Sharp Type: Features Artists: Oasis, Bring Me The Horizon Excerpt: From a sharp 2018 Reading comeback to the full-scale world-building of 2025, Bring Me The Horizon expanded their festival set without losing its central machinery: songs built for release, participation and very large fields. ### How Biffy Clyro’s ‘Many Of Horror’ became Matt Cardle’s Christmas Number 1 URL: https://readdork.com/features/biffy-clyro-many-of-horror-when-we-collide-christmas-number-one-explained-4f7437767f Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Nathaniel Hill Type: Features Artists: Matt Cardle, Biffy Clyro Excerpt: Matt Cardle’s 2010 winner’s single introduced a renamed Biffy Clyro song to a vast audience, while the original made its own Top 10 return. ### What Royal Blood’s 10th anniversary edition adds to their debut album URL: https://readdork.com/features/royal-blood-10th-anniversary-edition-guide-70b1747623 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Nathaniel Hill Type: Features Artists: Mike Kerr, Ben Thatcher, Royal Blood, Tom Dalgety Excerpt: Royal Blood’s expanded debut collects B-sides, an unreleased song, an alternate mix, 2015 live recordings and the documentary Shouting Through The Letterhole. ### Why The National released two companion albums in 2023, and where ‘Weird Goodbyes’ fits URL: https://readdork.com/features/the-national-first-two-pages-frankenstein-laugh-track-weird-goodbyes-explained-5e88523d0d Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Sarah Peters Type: Features Artists: Aaron Dessner, Phoebe Bridgers, Sufjan Stevens, Bon Iver, The National, Matt Berninger, Rosanne Cash, Taylor Swift Excerpt: ‘First Two Pages of Frankenstein’ and ‘Laugh Track’ began in the same sessions, but The National released them as separate companion albums. ### How Dan Haggis and Gen and the Degenerates turned online expectation into ‘Hotter On The Internet’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/dan-haggis-gen-degenerates-hotter-on-the-internet-explained-8612347d67 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Sarah Peters Type: Features Artists: The Wombats, Gen and the Degenerates Excerpt: Dan Haggis co-wrote Gen and the Degenerates’ ‘Hotter On The Internet’ after meeting Genevieve Glynn-Reeves at a Liverpool songwriting panel. The song examines the gap between an online persona and ordinary life. ### What ‘Compliments Please’ established about Self Esteem before ‘Prioritise Pleasure’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/self-esteem-compliments-please-prioritise-pleasure-rediscovery-f3d82a9a35 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Owen Bradley Type: Features Artists: Slow Club, Self Esteem Excerpt: Rebecca Lucy Taylor’s 2019 debut established the creative control, pop ambition and world-building that would carry Self Esteem into her breakthrough second album. ### Why Sam Smith saved ‘To Be Free’ from the ‘Gloria’ sessions, and what its rivers mean URL: https://readdork.com/features/sam-smith-to-be-free-gloria-rivers-explained-4a4e5d48c5 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Ellen Gray Type: Features Artists: Kim Petras, Sam Smith Excerpt: Written during the ‘Gloria’ period but held back for five years, ‘To Be Free’ became a personal marker for Sam Smith before finding its place on ‘Hazel Eyes’. ### Who is Graeme in Yard Act’s ‘Fixer Upper’, and what is the song getting at? URL: https://readdork.com/features/yard-act-fixer-upper-graeme-explained-ff4659874f Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Edward Howard Type: Features Artists: Yard Act, James Smith Excerpt: Yard Act’s 2020 single turns a doorstep chat into a sharply observed portrait of property, certainty and suburban status. ### What Static Dress were taking aim at with ‘death to the overground’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/static-dress-death-to-the-overground-meaning-aa976f20ad Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Alex Bennett Type: Features Artists: Static Dress Excerpt: Static Dress’ 78-second 2025 release turned its attention towards corporate music culture and the superficiality of modern life. ### How j-hope’s 2025 singles connected Miguel, ‘MONA LISA’ and GloRilla URL: https://readdork.com/features/j-hope-2025-singles-miguel-mona-lisa-glorilla-guide-f992cee910 Date: 2026-10-19 Author: Esme Sharp Type: Features Artists: GloRilla, BTS, J-hope, Miguel Excerpt: Across three singles in 2025, j-hope moved from Miguel’s soulful collaboration to gallery imagery and GloRilla’s rap feature, with attraction and performance linking the releases. ### Why Pulp’s ‘Spike Island’ is named after a Stone Roses gig, and how its video became an AI experiment URL: https://readdork.com/features/pulp-spike-island-stone-roses-ai-video-explainer-0b96398537 Date: 2026-10-18 Author: Claire Jacobs Type: Features Artists: Jason Buckle, The Stone Roses, James Ford, Pulp, Dave Haslam, Jarvis Cocker Excerpt: Pulp’s 2025 single took its title from the Stone Roses’ landmark 1990 Widnes show, via co-writer Jason Buckle’s memory of one persistent announcement. ### How Sam Fender’s ‘Hypersonic Missiles’ became a stage for pro-Palestine activism URL: https://readdork.com/features/sam-fender-hypersonic-missiles-pro-palestine-activism-analysis-c4945ab5a9 Date: 2026-10-18 Author: Nat Macdonald Type: Features Artists: Sam Fender Excerpt: A 2019 lyric confronting distance from violence in Gaza acquired a new public setting when activists joined Sam Fender for ‘Hypersonic Missiles’ at Denmark’s Syd For Solen in 2025. ### How Nieve Ella and overpass’s West Midlands roots led to ‘Fall In Love’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/nieve-ella-overpass-fall-in-love-west-midlands-explainer-1ea5778dc6 Date: 2026-10-18 Author: Jason Fisher Type: Features Artists: Nieve Ella Excerpt: Nieve Ella and overpass turned a friendship built while coming up in the West Midlands into a surprise first performance of ‘Fall In Love’ at Reading Festival. ### Why Dylan embraced big pop on Dan Smith collaboration ‘Liar Liar’ URL: https://readdork.com/features/why-dylan-embraced-big-pop-dan-smith-liar-liar-28050f47fc Date: 2026-10-18 Author: Edward Howard Type: Features Artists: Dylan, Bastille, Dan Smith, Taylor Swift Excerpt: Dylan’s 2023 single ‘Liar Liar’ was a deliberate move towards unabashed pop, inspired by Taylor Swift’s ‘Karma’ and made quickly with Bastille’s Dan Smith. --- Total: 1000 articles listed For full content, follow the individual URLs above.