There’s been plenty of crossover between Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE over the years, but ‘POMPEII // UTILITY’ is where it all clicks into place. Built with SURF GANG and stretched across a double album, it captures two artists doing exactly what they want, exactly how they want to do it.
By Jake Hawkes
Boy Throb built a boyband in public. The songs are catchy, the audience is real, and the U.S. government has chosen to call it begging.
By Dan Harrison
Collar up, chest out. Eric Cantona has always been an artist. With the same defiant freedom that once lit the theatre of dreams, he's now burning through poetry, music and the art of becoming something else entirely.
By Martyn Young
After years of being labelled a pop prodigy, Ruel is rewriting his own narrative. The London-born, Sydney-raised singer first broke through as a teenager, but with 'Kicking My Feet' and the upcoming 'Kicking & Screaming', he's embracing big feelings and unapologetic joy. Growing up might just be his best era yet.
By Ali Shutler
From Grimm’s Fairy Tales to South East London renovations, Holly Humberstone’s second album transforms upheaval into escapism. ‘Cruel World’ is a celebration of sisterhood, romance and learning to trust your instincts when everything else feels unstable.
By Ali Shutler
Alongside a new generation of artists, The Itch’s debut album embraces dancefloor energy and a shared desire to make music that feels immediate and alive.
By Jake Hawkes
Seven albums deep, James Blake is no longer chasing chart positions or fire-emoji approval. 'Trying Times' finds him back in London and unafraid to confront capitalism, celebrity culture and his own ambition, delivering a record that's both deeply personal and politically awake.
By Martyn Young
On their fourth album 'Dancing On The Wall', MUNA step into a darker, sweat-soaked world where queer desire, apocalypse anxiety and theatrical self-awareness collide.
By Neive McCarthy
Kim Gordon - Sonic Youth co-founder, visual artist and lifelong disruptor - is back with her third solo album 'Play Me'. It's a fierce, funny record that dares AI (and everyone else) to keep up.
By Ali Shutler
After a chance Coachella meeting with Kenneth Blume (FKA Kenny Beats), New York duo Fcukers scrapped the overthinking and sprinted toward their debut ‘Ö’. The result is a high-octane collage of 90s house and club chaos; a record born from nightlife revival.
By Abigail Firth
After a breakthrough year that turned Antony Szmierek into a beloved people’s poet, the Manchester artist is stepping into a bold new chapter.
By Jamie Muir
Written in the wake of relocation and reflection, Courtney Barnett’s new album finds her trusting the subconscious - and a well-timed mantis.
By Ciaran Picker
With ‘How Did I Get Here?’, Louis Tomlinson slows everything down, chases joy over expectation and discovers a lighter, braver version of himself along the way.
By Neive McCarthy
Chloe Qisha is setting an unhelpful standard for everyone else starting out. Two EPs in, the run rate is basically perfect: big hooks, killer one-liners, zero filler. With stadium support slots on the CV and 'Chloe Qisha 3' loading, she's less "one to watch" and more "get ahead of this now".
By Ali Shutler
What do you get when you cross a boyband revival, a spiritual awakening, and dice worth seven grand? 5SOS, obviously. The band are back with ‘Everyone’s A Star!’, a maximalist new era full of satire, brotherhood, and absolute bangers.
By Abigail Firth
Eleven months after 'Rushmere', they've made their boldest record in years - a fun-first, collaboration-heavy 'Prizefighter' with Aaron Dessner and a guest list that screams Dork-core, from Gracie Abrams to Justin Vernon.
By Ali Shutler
Poppy is already bracing for the tired authenticity tests - and has zero interest in passing them. Her swaggering new album 'Empty Hands' turns fury into something exhilarating, with tenderness and resolve flickering beneath the blast.
By Ali Shutler
DEADLETTER’s Zac Lawrence has two jobs: gardener by day, frontman by night. On ‘Existence Is Bliss’, the sextet bottle the tension between going through the motions and grabbing life by the collar.
By Ciaran Picker
Arcane Roots are back as a five-piece, armed with new single 'A Wave, Across The Sea' and festival slots at 2000trees and ArcTanGent. From Iceland studios to “beauty and chaos”, Andrew Groves and Daryl Atkins unpack how time away sharpened the band’s ambition.
By Alexander Bradley
Keo have spent the past year becoming one of the UK’s most talked-about new bands, selling out their first headline tour and turning debut EP ‘Siren’ into a word-of-mouth phenomenon.
By Jamie Muir
Discovered in her teens and scrutinised ever since, Madison Beer has learnt the hard way when to let the world in and when to shut it out. Now, with ‘locket’, she’s stepping back from the noise, the thinkpieces and the pressure to constantly prove herself to focus on creative freedom and making music that follows her gut.
By Abigail Firth
Feat. Alien Chicks, plus 10 more names you need on your radar.
By Dork
Feat. Fletchr Fletchr, plus 10 more names you're about to get obsessed with.
By Dork
After 20 years of relentless forward motion, The Cribs finally stopped long enough to ask why they were still doing this. The answer? Brotherhood, independence and a refusal to compromise.
By Martyn Young
