From secret Glasto sets to dry-cleaner album shoots and the wildest dating stories imaginable, the HAIM sisters embraced a year of saying “fuck it” - and made their most freeing record yet.
By Dork
What made your 2025?
By Dork
Consider this the official receipt for 2025.
By Dork
These EPs and mixtapes are where 2025’s most exciting voices sharpened their sound and upped the stakes.
By Dork
Whether you're raising a toast or just raising an eyebrow, here's our countdown of the albums that shaped 2025.
By Dork
His debut solo album 'SIDEQUEST' dropped in July through Hopeless Records.
By Felicity Newton
Joe Keery lets DJO run wild on 'The Crux Deluxe'. Playful and unguarded, it marks the close of one chapter and the start of another.
By Ali Shutler
With ‘Body Broker’ out now, the Melbourne band unpack the feelings behind the songs, the live rush, and the debut album already lined up for next year.
By Felicity Newton
No longer chasing hits, she’s chasing truth - and her new music carries the confidence of someone who knows what she wants.
By Martyn Young
From North Shields open mics to arena support slots, Heidi Curtis has taken the long road to her first release — and ‘Undone’ signals a striking new chapter for a rising talent.
By Finlay Holden
Call it alt-pop, call it post-emo, call it whatever you want: South Arcade are doing it their way.
By Harry Shaw
Early bird tickets are now available.
By Felicity Newton
Their debut made them overnight icons. Their follow-up sees them digging deeper into grief, glamour, fury and friendship. ‘From The Pyre’ isn’t a reinvention of The Last Dinner Party: it’s them, turned all the way up.
By Ali Shutler
Twelve years into her career, Sigrid is still obsessed with music – but this time, she's doing things her way.
By Ciaran Picker
After years of late nights, day jobs, and relentless touring, The Belair Lip Bombs' new album 'Again' feels like the start of something huge.
By Ciaran Picker
With new record 'FEVEREATEN', Witch Fever evolve from punk fury to gothic grandeur.
By Linsey Teggert
Nell Mescal’s second EP, ‘The Closest We’ll Get’, charts a messy, moving journey through limbo-love and self-preservation.
By Dork
He's not long released a new album with his band Soft Play.
By Sam Taylor
The cult goth-punks return with ‘Sanguivore II’, a bombastic vampire sequel about love, damnation and the music industry.
By Jack Press
In a world that often seems to demand silence, Sprints are getting louder. Their second album is a statement of purpose, a release of tension and a reminder that sometimes just existing is a political act.
By Steven Loftin
With new album 'Midnight Sun', pop powerhouse Zara Larsson is stepping out of the algorithm and into the light.
By Ali Shutler
Jason Yarger is embracing uncertainty, cheerleader chants and the chance to sound like anything on new album 'SPIRIT!'.
By Steven Loftin
Four years after 'Skin', Joy Crookes is back with a record shaped by grief, growth and the fruits of her labia.
By Ali Shutler
Intimate, candlelit shows are set for UK venues in December.
By Sam Taylor
After a year of sleepless touring and mental exhaustion, Nova Twins were thrown back into their bedrooms with a looming deadline. The result? Something raw, real and very, very loud.
By Ciaran Picker
With a new album, a new label, and a saxophone (yes, really), shoegaze’s heaviest dreamers are heading into uncharted territory.
By Steven Loftin
At 2025's Reading Festival, Leigh-Anne opens up about independence, identity and her next chapter.
By Ali Shutler
Johnny Franck’s emo party-rock beast is finally stepping into the spotlight.
By Ali Shutler
At 2025's Reading Festival, the indie-pop firestarter reflects on a summer of sweaty gigs and fan epiphanies
By Ali Shutler
On the rare occasion a K-pop group books a tour date outside of London, they make it count. ENHYPEN do that and then some. Before they even step on stage at Manchester’s AO Arena, the energy is already at a 10, with the fans packing it out roaring at eardrum-rattling decibels as music videos play on the big screens. Obviously, this is par for the course at K-pop concerts, but it’s exceptionally noticeable tonight.
By Abigail Firth
Spiritual awakenings, falsetto funk and sliding into Lenny Kravitz's DMs.
By Steven Loftin
Matravers’ sharp-tongued comeback is less about bitterness and more about surviving the fallout.
By Finlay Holden
With a freshly-inked deal with Fiction and more new music on the way, Sunderland’s indie upstart is stepping into his boldest chapter yet.
By Felicity Newton
With their debut album ‘McCartney, It’ll Be OK’, UNIVERSITY are gleefully dismantling expectations through unhinged jams and creative freedom.
By Steven Loftin
Whether you’re front row or hillside lounging, don’t sleep on these sets: you’ll be bragging about them for years.
By Aurora Henni Krogh
Frost Children announce their third album 'SISTER' and share new EDM single with a self-directed video featuring Angelina Hoffman.
By Sam Taylor
Seven years after their abrupt farewell, the post-hardcore revolutionaries find freedom in starting fresh.
By Alexander Bradley
On their raw and rebellious new album 'Corporation P.O.P.', the Manchester duo dig deep into social commentary while keeping their signature wit.
By Ali Shutler
On new album 'Like Plasticine', Gordi confronts grief, queerness, and post-pandemic transformation with songwriting that stretches and reshapes emotion into sound.
By Felicity Newton
From session gigs and shared hangovers to dancefloor euphoria and acid house anthems, Scottish duo KuleeAngee are turning instinct into musical magic.
By Felicity Newton
With no time for melancholy, the band embrace speed and spectacle for their most energetic and optimistic record to date.
By Jake Hawkes
When you're one of the biggest pop stars on the planet, headlining major festivals across the globe with a catalogue of anthems that fans have cherished since their release, a boiling summer day in Hyde Park proves the perfect setting to celebrate. When it comes to defining an era, Olivia Rodrigo has become that voice. A modern pop icon crafting a hall-of-fame career that crosses generations while doing things her way. Moulding pop into a mix of crunching rock, infectious hooks and raw personality, Hyde Park has hosted legendary moments that cement artists' place in history. Tonight, Olivia Rodrigo joins them in a way only she can.
By Jamie Muir
After stepping away at their peak in 2017, The Maccabees return to the stage in 2025 for All Points East with renewed perspective and the same magnetic chemistry that made them indie legends.
By Steven Loftin
With her new album 'I Got Too Sad For My Friends', Shura invites us into a world where vulnerability becomes strength and sadness makes space for joy.
By Felicity Newton
With their debut EP 'Baby Names', the Dublin-born, London-based band transform displacement into five tracks of fuzzy emo catharsis.
By Harry Shaw
With Download and Reading & Leeds on the horizon, and a new EP out now, House of Protection discuss creative freedom, breakneck pace, and why sometimes the best way forward is to blow up the blueprint.
By Harry Shaw
The band give us a peak behind the scenes of their packed weekend. What's one more job to do, eh?
By Dork
Muse and Nine Inch Nails will headline Portugal's NOS Alive festival on July 12th, alongside other major acts performing across three days.
By Sam Taylor
As global chaos reigns, Employed To Serve return with ‘Fallen Star’, a rallying cry for inclusivity that proves metal’s power to unite rather than divide.
By Ciaran Picker
The up-and-coming trio guide us through their new EP.
By Dork
From a nightclub drain to festival stages, the Merseyside trio channel raw creativity and introspection on debut EP 'skip! worried'.
By Harry Shaw
Manchester's self-proclaimed Britainicana pioneers transform friendly jam sessions into one of the UK's most intriguing new sounds.
By Felicity Newton
What started as tracks left off 'Triple Seven' has evolved into a bold new direction for the rising dream-pop experimentalists.
By Felicity Newton
Turnstile releases dual music video for two tracks from their upcoming album 'Never Enough', featuring collaborations with Blood Orange and Paramore.
By Sam Taylor
With her most experimental album yet dividing opinion, pop's fearless innovator discusses creative risks, mental health, and chasing understanding.
By Ali Shutler
From unexpected outsiders to rock veterans, The Darkness channel two decades of experience into their most honest album yet.
By Steven Loftin
From 'Infinite Granite''s bold departure to their new album 'Lonely People With Power', metal's boundary-pushers keep moving forward.
By Jack Press
The Brighton three-piece turn heartbreak into blissful indie-pop on their cathartic new album 'Bicker'
By Linsey Teggert
The South London artist has journeyed from skateboarding culture to crafting 'Evenfall', his genre-defying debut album.
By Felicity Newton
Post-punk legends Public Image Ltd will headline the 2026 Rockaway Beach festival at Butlin's Bognor Regis alongside Dry Cleaning and others.
By Sam Taylor
As their landmark second full-length 'i like it when you sleep...' turns nine years old today (Wednesday 26th February), we're republishing our December 2016 Album of the Year cover feature with Matty Healy of The 1975.
By Ali Shutler
After nearly calling it quits, As It Is reunite their classic lineup to reimagine their debut album with help from friends old and new.
By Jack Press
From stealing bikes to selling out Sweden's biggest venue, Sebastian Murphy and co. show that maturity doesn't mean losing your edge.
By Jake Hawkes
After scrapping an entire album's worth of recordings, Jessica Dobson emerged with Deep Sea Diver's most fearless and vital work yet - and a coveted spot on Sub Pop's roster.
By Felicity Newton
With her breakthrough EP ‘15’, bedroom producer-turned-cosmic pop architect Annie-Dog is rewriting the rules of artistic intuition one synchronicity at a time.
By Felicity Newton
Alt-pop duo The Driver Era release two new singles ahead of their fourth album 'Obsession', following fan-voted release strategy.
By Felicity Newton
L.S. Dunes may have started as an experiment in remote collaboration, but their second album ‘Violet’ finds the supergroup operating at the peak of their collective powers.
By Alexander Bradley
Three decades in, and Wales' most vital band return with 'Critical Thinking', an album that turns their legendary scrutiny inward
By Martyn Young
Between nihilist abandon and deep introspection, Victoria Canal’s debut album ‘Slowly, It Dawns’ captures the beautiful confusion of finding yourself.
By Martyn Young
From MOBO nominations to crowd surfers at 2000trees, this sister duo are crafting their success story on their own nocturnal schedule.
By Sam Taylor
As AI threatens to sanitise pop music, FKA twigs' 'Eusexua' stands as a defiant manifesto for human chaos, physical connection and algorithmic rebellion.
By Dork
Spanish-born Marti Perramon explores trust issues and personal vulnerability in his new alt-pop single 'Truck', released via Polydor Records.
By Sam Taylor
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