Royel Otis – hickey
This is an album that doubles down on all the things that make Royel Otis so adored.
Wolf Alice – The Clearing
These songs are built to be inhabited: headphones become immersion tanks, and living rooms become stages.
Radio Free Alice – Empty Words EP
This isn’t just another promising EP from a buzzy guitar band, it’s a properly brilliant one.
Conan Gray – Wishbone
A bruised, beautiful album that reaffirms his place as Gen Z’s most dramatic diarist.
Rise Against – Ricochet
Rise Against still sound urgent, defiant and fully engaged: a band with purpose, not just volume.
Joey Valence & Brae – HYPERYOUTH
Packed with personality and powered by invention.
Black Honey – Soak
This is album four, and there’s no sign of the band slowing down.
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Westside Cowboy – This Better Be Something Great EP
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DE’WAYNE – june
DE’WAYNE commits completely to this technicolour retro-pop vision.
Hard Life – onion
Brave, painfully honest and peppered with moments of stark, off-kilter beauty.
Indigo De Souza – Precipice
A laidback collection that feels like a warm breeze on a spring afternoon.
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Panic Shack aren’t reinventing punk: they’re reclaiming it.
FLETCHER – Would You Still Love Me If You Really Knew Me?
A messy, honest lesson in choosing yourself.
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An EP about getting too close, getting burned, but doing it anyway.
Billie Marten – Dog Eared
‘Dog Eared’ is the singer turning the page and stepping things up a notch.