2022

The 1975: Parts of the band

With their fifth album, ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’, The 1975 turned inwards to push out.

By Jamie Muir

Hype List 2023: Crawlers: "There's such joy in being surrounded by people who understand you"

The band unafraid to speak their truth.

By Ali Shutler

The Best of 2022 feat. <strong>PUP, Rolo Tomassi, NOAHFINNCE, Static Dress</strong> and more

We asked the bands about their 2022. They responded. Here's what they had to say.

Hype List 2023: Part 2

We've already been bringing you some of our standout picks, but there's a whole universe of exciting music to get lost in.

By Dork

Hype List 2023: Part 1

We've already been bringing you some of our standout picks, but there's a whole universe of exciting music to get lost in.

By Dork

Dork's Albums of the Year 2022

We’ve worked out 10 of the best, put them in a list, and published them so you can complain.

By Dork

Witch Fever: "There are no rules"

One of the UK's most exciting new bands, Witch Fever are riding a wave of buzz with their debut album, 'Congregation'.

By Dork

Viva Sounds 2022: a festival of new, emerging and exciting music

Swedish festival Viva Sounds kicks off this week. Here's some of the stuff to check out from the 2022 line-up.

By Dork

Kim Petras: "No one's heard anything like this from me before"

Topping charts all over the planet with Sam Smith, and with a whole new era ready to kick off, Kim Petras' main pop girl era has arrived.

By Stephen Ackroyd

The 1975 vs The Fans - your questions answered by the band

We asked the band some of your questions. Here are the results.

By Dork

L.S. Dunes: "We didn't realise how much we needed this"

L.S. DUNES may be a band of familiar faces, but don’t go calling them a ‘supergroup’ - there’s much more to them than that.

By Dork

Cavetown: "It's important that people feel heard"

Robin Skinner is an artist who means more to his fans than most. Already a bedroom pop sensation, new album 'worm food' sees Cavetown pushing out towards new horizons.

By Neive McCarthy

The Wonder Years: "We are trying to stretch narrative. We are trying to tell stories"

The Wonder Years are the definition of a beloved band, but as they prepare to drop their new album, they may be the best they’ve ever been too.

By Dork

<strong>Pinkshift</strong>: "There is a lot of anger on the album, a lot of anguish"

This wasn't the plan when Ashrita Kumar's parents left India for the United States. Or as Paul Vallejo's family moved from Peru for better financial pro...

Chloe Moriondo: "It's a new era for me; I'm excited to slap people in the face with it"

Chloe Moriondo is already a bit of a sensation, but with new album ‘Suckerpunch’ and its hyperactive new sound, what comes next could be something else entirely.

By Martyn Young

Easy Life: "Our unique selling point: we're completely lame"

It’s time to say hello again to Easy Life, back with a quite frankly luxurious second album.

By Finlay Holden

Inhaler: "We've never stayed in one place, and I don't think we ever will"

They've just dropped a new track, 'Love Will Get You There', and announced their second album, 'Cuts and Bruises', to come early next year. But after a chart topping debut, are Inhaler ready to do it all over again?

By Jamie MacMillan

The Big Moon: "Music always finds a way"

At the start of 2020, with a new album in tow, The Big Moon were ready to move up a gear. Then everything stopped. One pandemic later, they're back - their lives changed, but better, and closer together, than ever before.

By Jessica Goodman

Hot Milk: "We're just a bunch of dickheads trying to do some cool shit and take over the world"

A band capable of the moments that make music so exciting, Hot Milk aren't here to compromise or back down.

By Dork

Fletcher: "To radically love yourself is truly the most revolutionary thing you can do"

Fletcher may not create chaos, but when it finds her she’s sure as hell not going to put it to waste, with a debut album that fizzes with alt-pop energy.

By Martyn Young

Ezra Furman: "I'm feeling a lot more melty these days"

With new album 'All Of Us Flames' about to land, a lot has changed for Ezra Furman.

By Alex Cabre

YUNGBLUD: "The age of the new kid on the block is over. Who is YUNGBLUD? I don't know, you fucking tell me"

With a desire to be the most honest version of himself possible, YUNGBLUD's self-titled era has arrived.

By Ali Shutler

5 Seconds of Summer: "We wanted to slay this shit. So we did"

5 Seconds Of Summer have been at the top of the game for more than a decade, but as they prepare to release their fifth album, they're only looking to the future.

By Abigail Firth

Sports Team: "We've always been the outsiders"

With their new album 'Gulp!' imminent, it's time for the second coming of Sports Team.

By Jake Hawkes

Deaf Havana: "It was the first time ever that we weren't trying to sound like someone else"

A lot has changed for Deaf Havana, but as they prepare for their new album ‘The Present Is A Foreign Land’, they’re confident in their own skin.

Pale Waves: "It feels exciting; very unapologetic, very bold, and very in your face"

With a pandemic pause forced upon them, Pale Waves have embraced their heavier roots.

By Jamie Muir

Phoebe Green: "I watched a lot of Disney; that's where I got the idea that you sing about your feelings"

Phoebe Green has been on our lists of buzzy new acts for ‘quite a while’ now. Embracing new horizons, her debut album ‘Lucky Me’ takes all that potential and sends it stratospheric.

By Martyn Young

Lauran Hibberd: "If Netflix is reading this, I'm available"

After a run of killer EPs, Lauran Hibberd is finally about to drop her debut album, 'Garageband Superstar' - a record so dripping in vivid personality, it's almost its own movie soundtrack.

By Neive McCarthy

Stella Donnelly: "I was able to take up space without having to apologise for it"

Stella Donnelly has returned with her new album 'Flood', a record with depth that lives up to its name.

By Neive McCarthy

Lauv: "I realised I need to strip things back to myself"

Many musicians tackle their second album by striving for a new maturity, often becoming insular and dull in the process. Not Lauv.

By Neive McCarthy

Maggie Rogers: "There was something in me I had to get out"

In her new album ‘Surrender’, Maggie Rogers has quite possibly provided one of 2022’s defining pop masterpieces.

By Jessica Goodman

2000trees returns better than ever for 2022

It's been two years without 2000trees, and frankly, it's been hell - but this year, the festival has returned to remind everyone what a vital outlet it is for alternative music.

beabadoobee: Welcome to Beatopia

With her debut album 'Fake It Flowers', beabadoobee made a splash. With its follow-up, she's making her own unique world.

By Ali Shutler

Katy J Pearson: "It’s hard to follow through with your vision when you’re still insecure about what you think you are"

Katy J Pearson’s debut album may have put her on the musical map, but with its follow-up, she’s pushing out her horizons and doing it in her own way.

By Neive McCarthy

Nova Twins: "We want people to listen to 'Supernova' and feel like they can take on the world"

Nova Twins aren’t just the future of rock, they’re the present too - and with their new album ‘Supernova’, they’re here to prove it.

By Dork

Regressive Left: “This is the time that we really go for it”

Luton trio Regressive Left sound more like they were made for the cool kids of Brooklyn.

By Jamie Muir

Stand Atlantic: "I love making sure people don't know what to fucking expect"

Roaring back with their best album to date, Stand Atlantic have a clear message - Fuck Everything And Run.

By Dork

The rise of Norwegian emo: "We're growing because other bands are growing, and that's great"

"If they like you abroad, you get Norway for free," comes the disembodied voice from Flight Mode's rehearsal studio. The band are in the middle of their...

NOAHFINNCE: "I like the whole idea of being different in a way that's true to yourself"

NOAHFINNCE is a superstar in waiting. And he’s not waiting for anyone.

By Dork

Alexisonfire: "This is the best era of Alexisonfire"

There are a thousand different similes that could be written in countless different ways when it comes to Alexisonfire: "The dying embers from which the...

Will Joseph Cook: Goofin' around

A viral hit, a sense of global community and a new record finds Will Joseph Cook more assured than ever before.

By Neive McCarthy

Muna: Wild horses

For most bands, leaving their label while the world battles a global pandemic would be a disaster. With their best album yet, Muna aren't most bands.

By Martyn Young

The Linda Lindas: "Punk is about freedom and doing what you want to do"

Breaking through with an unexpected viral video filmed in a library, there’s so much more to The Linda Lindas. As their debut album drops, they might be the future of punk, but they’re ready for the here and now.

By Dork

Being Alfie Templeman: “Everything I do with music is me saying, here’s what’s going on in my brain”

The indie prince is ready for his coronation. With debut album ‘Mellow Moon’ finally on deck and ready to launch, Alfie Templeman opens up about his journey so far, and why he’s still striving for new and exciting worlds.

By Jamie Muir

mxmtoon: "Having to grow up with so many people watching you, it’s really not a normal experience"

mxmtoon is taking her music to new heights by delving deep and creating a guide for life.

By Abigail Firth

Simple Plan: "We're only one hit song away from a new era of Simple Plan"

Pierre Bouvier isn't 'just a kid' anymore. The Simple Plan frontman is racking up twenty-plus years in music, and now he's toting his band's sixth album...

State Champs: "We have an all-star line-up of tracks for this album"

The throne has been vacant for a while in the pop-punk scene, and all of a sudden, there is a new wave of artists staking a claim backed by radio play a...

Sunflower Bean: Roll the dice

Sunflower Bean have never been slouches, but their latest full-length ‘Headful of Sugar’ is something altogether different.

By Neive McCarthy

PUP: "We lost the plot and our inhibitions"

Back with a new album, and heading to 2000trees, PUP are all set to divide and conquer.

By Dork

Fontaines D.C.: “This album hasn’t been a squeeze to get out; it bled from us by necessity”

Fontaines D.C.’s ascent has been nothing short of stratospheric, but their third album ‘Skinty Fia’ might very well be their best yet.

By Jake Hawkes

Blossoms: "If I tried to write a love song like 'Care For' seven years ago, I might not have had the balls to put it out"

Already firmly established at indie’s top table, Blossoms’ fourth album ‘Ribbon Around The Bomb’ is their defining statement.

By Martyn Young

The Regrettes: "I always wanted this album to be dancing the pain away"

Perpetually the coolest kids on the block, The Regrettes are preaching self-acceptance and playing by their own rules.

By Neive McCarthy

Bury Tomorrow: "We want to sound like we can fill a stadium"

Here's a fact for you: Bury Tomorrow break down barriers and bulldoze the charts. In 2020, with their album 'Cannibal' copping a Top 10 spot in the UK's...

Hatchie: “I felt like I didn’t deserve to feel sad because on paper my life was amazing”

The euphoria of dance-pop and the introspection of a global pandemic meet on Hatchie’s new album ‘Giving The World Away’. Turns out, it works.

By Abigail Firth

Static Dress: "There's no fake anything; it's all us"

The buzz around Static Dress might be impossible to ignore, but - while so often such excitement can be built on unstable foundations - they’re the real deal. A band who build a whole universe around them, they’re one to believe in. But what is ‘Rouge Carpet Disaster’, and why did it nearly bring their whole world crashing down?

By Dork

Foals: "It's going to go off"

With their brand new single '2am' out, and a new album on the way, Foals are ready to party.

By Martyn Young

CMAT: Be the cowboy

Cutting humour via the medium of country-pop brilliance, CMAT might well be the greatest pop star on the planet. Don't believe us? You will soon.

By Jamie Muir

Wallows: “It’s bold. Some people might be like, what is happening here? Have they lost the plot?”

Wallows are coming into their own with their new album ‘Tell Me That It’s Over’.

By Martyn Young

Walt Disco: “We’re the antipasti platter of pop”

No one does a good time quite like Walt Disco, and now they’re pulling out all the stops for their debut album, ‘Unlearning’.

By Martyn Young

MICHELLE: "We're all drawn to music that makes us feel good"

After achieving a breakout success no one could have expected with their New York City-based collective MICHELLE are practically the very definition of A Lovely Time.

By Neive McCarthy

As It Is: "This is a record to reintroduce ourselves"

As It Is have been through the lot since the release of their last album back in 2018.

By Dork

Bastille: "I would be lying if I said we set out to make this album"

Over the past decade, Bastille have established themselves as one of the biggest bands, but with new album 'Give Me The Future' they're refusing to focus on the past.

By Martyn Young

Check out Mom Jeans' Teenage Kicks playlist, feat. Avril Lavigne, Barenaked Ladies, Modern Baseball and more

When you load up Spotify, a great big chunk of the time you can’t think what to play, right? You default back to your old favourites, those albums and s...

Black Country New Road: "We're not punks or raging, angry kids; we're actually just quite nice, soft people"

After achieving a breakout success no one could have expected with their debut, experimental London mob Black Country, New Road are back with their second album.

By Jamie MacMillan

Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard: “It's more likely we'll crash and burn, right? But hey, if we do, we'll crash and burn big”

Grounded, yet abstract; meaningful, and yet elusive. Everything Everything’s sixth record ‘Raw Data Feel’ processes trauma through the lens of technology, proving the indie darlings as raw and sophisticated as ever.

By Jamie Muir

Before the pandemic, LAUNDRY DAY were a band on the rise - with new album 'We Switched Bodies', they're better than ever

With their major-label debut 'We Switched Bodies' just dropped, we caught up with New Yorkers Laundry Day for a debrief on an album that hits every mark.

By Stephen Ackroyd

Måneskin: "We want to be who we are without anyone breaking our balls"

Chances are, the first thing you heard of Måneskin was when they conquered Europe. One thing’s for certain, though. It won’t be the last.

By Dork

The Wombats: Fix Up

When we think of indie-pop powerhouses The Wombats - back with brand new album 'Fix Yourself, Not The World' - we think of, well, mini-golf. Why? They're both tee-rific. (Sorry - Ed.)

By Alex Cabre

Twin Atlantic: "People are craving the truth"

There is almost exactly two years between Twin Atlantic releasing their experimental electronic-rock album 'Power' and its follow-up 'Transparency', and...

Here are 14 acts you definitely need to check out at the digital ESNS 2022 event this week

Grab our recommendations of who to check out at this year's online festival of the best new talent.

By Dork

33 albums you'll need to hear in 2022

Here’s a far from exhaustive list of thirty albums we’re expecting we may get over the next twelve months that we think you should be excited about.

By Dork

Yard Act: "I don't think you can write about modern society without being political"

Breaking out of Yorkshire with their tongue-in-cheek but absolutely spot-on social commentary, Elton John's favourite new band (yes, really) Yard Act are kicking off 2022 with the release of their debut album.

By Alex Cabre