
As she steps out from CHVRCHES, Lauren reveals the struggles, the triumphs, and the unfiltered honesty that fuelled her most personal project yet.
By Ali Shutler

Grab your party hat, pour yourself something fizzy, and join us as we count down the defining songs of 2024.
By Dork

Grab your party hat, pour yourself something fizzy, and join us as we count down the defining songs of 2024.
By Dork

Grab your party hat, pour yourself something fizzy, and join us as we count down the defining songs of 2024.
By Dork

Grab your party hat, pour yourself something fizzy, and join us as we count down the defining songs of 2024.
By Dork

The Italian rock icon trades leather for luxury in a stunning solo transformation.

Alice Ivy talks us through her new release, from front to back.

With her second album 'Everybody Needs A Hero', Orla's embracing the quirks, contradictions, and newfound confidence that have shaped her artistic journey.
By Finlay Holden

As yet another artist is forced to change their name due to the big orange airplane company and their army of lawyers, Finn Keane emerges from PC Music's neon playground with a collection to celebrate the last decade, and a desire to trade synthesised sugar for guitar-driven legacy.
By Martyn Young

Here are some of the acts who've caught our eye ahead of this year's event.
By Dork

Amyl & The Sniffers embrace chaos, humour, and fire on their third album.

As they prepare to drop their debut album 'Access All Areas', Britain's most exciting girl group are ready to show why they're so much more than your typical viral sensation.

After a non-stop few years resulted in something of a burnout, Dana Margolin finds stability within the chaos for Porridge Radio’s new album, ‘Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me’.

Dork catches up with HAYLEY WILLIAMS to discuss what’s next for a band who, after all these years, can be anything they want.
By Ali Shutler

Returning five years after calling it a day, Pennsylvania band Balance and Composure reflect on their newfound energy, growth, and latest album, 'with you in spirit'.
By Alexander Bradley

Dan Smith is stepping outside of Bastille's world to explore history, culture, and creativity with his new album, '&'.

With their fifth studio album, 'The Great Impersonator', set to drop on Friday (25th October), the New Jersey-born shape-shifter is about to take us on a time-travelling odyssey that would make The Doctor's head spin.

As their self-titled album marks its 20th anniversary, Jake Shears, Babydaddy and Del Marquis are back! Back!! Back!!!
By Jack Press

Twelve albums, one winner - as the Mercury Prize prepares to crown another album for 2024, who will walk away with one of music’s most treasured gongs?

As Paramore hit the cover of Dork, we talk to their peers and those they've influenced on exactly why they're such a uniquely positive force, and just what is the essential Paramore song.

Embracing romance and letting go of the past, Pale Waves return with their most liberating album yet.
By Ali Shutler

Soft Launch's meteoric rise has been nothing short of extraordinary.

This summer might have been BRAT, but autumn is gearing up to be positively barking.

Nearly a decade ago, Rizzle Kicks stepped away from the pop battlefield. After years of self-discovery, development and personal growth, they’re back a changed prospect. With lived experience coupled with a desire to lift those around them, Jordan and Harley represent something that could help provide a soothing balm to 2024’s challenging world.

Leave the house? Seems quite likely with all of this going on.

As Simon Cowell’s latest pop telly project reportedly pivots from talent search to pop parody, it’s clear how much culture has changed since the ‘glory’ days of The X Factor, if those days were ever that glorious at all.

As Taylor Swift's Eras Tour hits London for its second leg this week, the biggest star on the planet is only getting bigger. So what happens next?

Leave the house? Seems quite likely with all of this going on.

Music meteorology: predicting the next wave of earworms with the tracks they're teasing now.

As Oasis gear up for what could be the biggest reunion in British music history, are there implications for their return in a world that should have long moved on from late 20th century lad culture.

Leave the house? Seems quite likely with all of this going on.

Music meteorology: predicting the next wave of earworms with the tracks they're teasing now.

The big releases you need to hear from the week ahead.

From 'not thinking about an album' to crafting one of the most exciting debuts of the year so far, Gurriers discuss the unexpected journey to their first full length.

As critics rush to call time on Charli XCX's neon-green revolution, they mistake a meme for a movement: 'BRAT' has sparked a cultural wildfire where authenticity reigns and pop's outsiders are rewriting the rules of the game.

Multi-BRIT-nominated South London artist Cat Burns pens a love letter to early adulthood with her hotly-anticipated debut album, ‘early twenties’.

With the release of their debut album 'Scream From New York, NY', Been Stellar discuss how they carved out their sound, the highs and lows of living in New York, and the cliquiness of the city's music scene.
By Rebecca Kesteven

From guttural screams to nut-mix-fuelled cow moos, Goat Girl’s ‘Below The Waste’ is a testament to the band’s growth, resilience, and unwavering trust in each other.
By Rebecca Kesteven

Nieve Ella lets us in on what she's up to.
By Dork

This Friday, the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival will vibrate with a sound it's never heard before.
By Dan Harrison

Glastonbury 2024 is rammed to the rafters with acts you need to see. Here's an arbitrary ten of them as some sort of arbitrary preview.
By Dan Harrison

With their debut EP out now, Picture Parlour are taking the chaos that followed their introduction, and turning it into something to last.
By Stephen Ackroyd

Shining a spotlight on the best and brightest emerging talents from Canada's vibrant independent music scene.

Who's coming?

Norwegian alt-pop sensation AURORA delves into the depths of the human psyche with her emotionally charged fourth album, ‘What Happened To The Heart?’.
By Stephen Ackroyd

Co-founder Pete Heywoode talks us through the new compilation from buzzy indie faves, Nice Swan Records.

A. G. Cook's latest project, ‘Britpop’, blurs genre boundaries, exploring the essence and future of pop through a blend of nostalgia, innovation, and a deep dive into British cultural identity.
By Martyn Young

Laufey's unconventional blend of jazz, classical, and pop has taken the world by storm, encouraging fans to embrace what they love and chase their dreams, no matter how niche.
By Ali Shutler

LYNKS lets the mask drop for their personal dance-pop debut, ‘ABOMINATION’.
By Ciaran Picker

Conan Gray is embracing vibrant new horizons as he meets his prime pop potential with ‘Found Heaven’.
By Neive McCarthy

Willow ditches genre-hopping for a funk-fuelled exploration of self-love on ‘empathogen', an album bursting with new-found confidence after a cathartic rock era.
By Ali Shutler

Shedding commercial concerns for a yearning to be her authentic self, Lizzy McAlpine’s new album ‘Older’ is an evolution that marks out an artist in pursuit of genuine self-expression.
By Liam Konemann

After smashing through the collective consciousness with their debut track 'Home', Good Neighbours are back with their second offering, 'Keep It Up', proving that first throw of the dice was no fluke.
By Stephen Ackroyd

Porij are serving up their very own, innovative take on dance with debut album ‘Teething’.
By Ciaran Picker

When Yard Act found themselves locked in a battle for a Number 1 album at the start of 2022, it felt like an impossible dream. As they talk to Jake Hawkes ahead of its follow up this March, this time, they’re searching for Utopia.
By Jake Hawkes

From bedroom ballads to pop phenomenon, 18-year-old singer-songwriter ELLE COVES captures hearts with her evocative storytelling and infectious melodies.”
By Martyn Young

Talk Show let us in on what they're up to.
By Dork

Doncaster-via-Manchester four-piece THE BLINDERS are beating the odds, breaking boundaries and fighting expectations with their third album, ‘Beholder’.
By Steven Loftin

With her new mixtape ‘Still Learning’, Caity Baser is embracing the crazy side of pop. From hyperactive chaos to introspective brilliance, her path to Main Pop Character looks set.
By Martyn Young

Fletcher combines her trademark wit and unflinching honesty for a second album that’s both relatable and addictive.
By Ali Shutler

They’re the band everyone is talking about, and they’ve scored the biggest debut album in years.
By Ali Shutler

With a debut album and a devoted fanbase following them along the way, 2023 Hype List alumni Crawlers are ready to make 2024 their own.
By Ali Shutler

MGMT navigate positivity, partnerships, and the idea that love conquers all with their new album, ‘Loss Of Life’.
By Finlay Holden

With ‘TANGK’, IDLES are redefining the punk ethos for a new era
By Jake Hawkes

Unfiltered and unapologetic, L Devine dives into the depths of self-discovery with ‘Digital Heartifacts’.
By Ali Shutler

Laura Jane Grace navigates a whirlwind of life-changing events and creative bursts in her latest album 'Hole In My Head,' capturing the essence of living fast and embracing the chaos.
By Alexander Bradley

For as long as most can remember, the push and pull of corporate interests and mentalities into underground scenes has created a sense of distrust, suspicion, smoke and mirrors. Revisiting previous work under a different guise, BODEGA are back to poke at the sometimes suspiciously shiny underbelly of alternative music culture.
By Sam Taylor

With their debut full-length, Courting set themselves up as indie-pop’s plucky new disrupters. As they return for its follow up, ‘New Last Name’, they’re playing a much bigger game.
By Neive McCarthy

Alkaline Trio are back with a vengeance, embracing the darkness and the light in their latest album, 'Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs'.
By Steven Loftin

Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes continue their exploration of silliness, self-critique and identity with their new album, ‘Dark Rainbow’.
By Jack Press

Sleater-Kinney's return marks a renewed commitment to urgency, authenticity, and the unpredictable path of rock.
By Ali Shutler

With their new full-length 'Peachy' due this March, The Rhythm Method are changing up their sound with widescreen ambition.
By Martyn Young