Glasgow’s heavyskint don’t really do “polite.” Since forming in 2024 and locking in their current line-up in early 2025, they’ve been ripping through the city with sold-out shows and sweat-soaked intensity, including turns at iconic rooms like King Tut’s and QMU. Their second single, “When Are You Coming For Me…

Brett Ashby approaches music like an artist expanding his canvas. Known internationally since his 2009 Obama collage caught fire at Art Basel Miami, Ashby has spent years moving between large-scale visual art, billboards in Miami and New York, live performance painting, and film. Now, with “La Luna,” he extends that…

Richard Green, split between Milan and London, builds electronic and experimental tracks with one rule at the centre: melody first, always. “Ending up in the wrong way” (released June 28, 2024) might be a couple of years old now, but it doesn’t feel dusty—more like a time capsule that still…

Simonne Draper has the rare combo of conservatory-trained classical guitar chops and a genuine curiosity for modern texture, so it makes total sense that she’d link up with British downtempo wizard Jon Kennedy for “Finesca II” (released Dec 19, 2025). Draper isn’t new to getting her music out into the…

After the heavy, history-haunted swing of Silent Spike, Ken Woods & The Old Blue Gang show they’ve got another gear, and it’s set to “good-time trouble.” Released January 9, 2026, “Oh Denise!” is the band kicking off the year like they just walked out of a dusty bar somewhere between…

Pantomime Horse makes “Everyone’s a Ghost” hit different from everything they have done so far. It’s their sixth single, and it leans into a darker corner of their 60s/80s DNA, with the sharp pop brains of XTC, the storytelling wink of The Kinks, and that indie shimmer you’d file near…

New York songwriter Eshan Agarwal has always had a knack for making feelings sound cinematic, but “The Siren” (released Jan 23, 2026) is where he stops looking at love through soft-focus glass and starts staring straight into the undertow. Working with producer Marrick Smith via the Biscuit Head Collective, and…

Medberg’s stuff moves, glitches, flirts, and occasionally shoulder-checks you in the best way. “Mirrorfield” is a perfect snapshot of that electronica vibe. It’s colourful and playful, packed with dreamy chords and jagged little textures, switching between warm and cold like mood lighting in a sci-fi diner. If you like your…

Asheville’s Pretty Little Saturday (Kristi Knupp) has finally grabbed the mic. After a run of singles through 2025, her debut Long Overdue (out Jan 20, 2026) lands like a personal archive cracked open, with indie-pop that’s lushly electronic but still warm-blooded. You can hear the photographer’s eye in the songwriting…

Gorseinon, Wales, might not scream “time machine to 1968,” but Karl Ian James, aka The K.I.J Experience, clearly keeps one parked in his Music Room. Dropping on February 14, 2026, “Life (You saved me)” is his fully self-built follow-up to “Best Friend,” and it’s powered by that late-60s melodic glow…

Kaliopi & The Blues Messengers are clearly in that sweet spot right now: seasoned enough to sound effortless, hungry enough to still swing for the fences. After turning heads with Blues For Minnie (2023) and the award-winning The Devil’s Voodoo Curse (2024), they’re lining up 2026 with their second single,…

Northamptonshire’s Deekie is one of those UK Afrobeats names that’s been stacking wins. After a 2024 streaming bump (16,200 Spotify streams across 70 countries, 6,200 listeners) and radio love for “Kilofe” on BBC Radio Northampton’s Introducing Northants, plus extra spins for “Kilofe Remix” on Inspiration FM with an interview, he’s…

Deptford Sound Collective moonwalks in the room for a quick dance. Hailing from South East London, this loose-knit crew of musicians, artists, and community activists debuts with “Give Me. Give Me . Give Me, I want it all”, a disco-fuelled parody that looks shiny on the surface but bites hard…

Metz, France, isn’t the first place people name-drop when they’re talking “big, bold rock singles,” but Dan Szyller clearly didn’t get that memo. Teaming up with full producer Yannick Horner, he dropped “Journey to the Moon” on February 3, 2026, and it lands like an adrenaline shot for anyone doom-scrolling…

Fresh off the momentum of HOPE (November 2025), SLAPPER comes back swinging—well, gliding—on “Into the Light”, a February 6, 2026 drop that doesn’t need lyrics to say something real. He’s carved out a niche where synthwave nostalgia, synthpop sheen, and melodic techno drive all melt into one cinematic lane, and…

Montreal-based pianist/composer Pat Piperni is sitting you down in a quiet room, turning the lights low, and letting a single piano tell the truth on “Quiet Storm” (released December 23, 2025). Recorded and mastered solo in his home studio, with digital piano (Ivory 3) through Cubase, the track wears its…

London-based Italian composer Alessandro Inglima has spent years living in that sweet overlap between music and film, and with his project Komok, he finally dives headfirst into electronic territory—no safety rails, just curiosity, groove, and a love of weird textures. It ends up on “Quasi-Human[e]”, released February 6, 2026, the…

Santiago’s Chroma Noir, Mauricio Solari on vocals and Mario Castro steering the synth machinery, are building a slick little corner of noir synth-pop where darkwave mood meets pop momentum. After “Burned Into My Mind” put them on a few radars, they level up with “Black Rain”, a mid-tempo new wave…

Philadelphia’s own Neo Brightwell has never been one to color inside the lines, and on “We Didn’t Survive to Be Quiet,” he doesn’t just step over them — he sets them on fire. Billing his sound as Moonshine Disco, Brightwell fuses outlaw gospel, queer liberation energy, Americana grit, and dance-floor…

Out of Houston, Blossom Aloe arrives with The Silver Lining Shines Bright, an album born from a year that turned everything upside down. Released on February 13, 2026, the record channels lead singer Mia Jane Coyle’s whirlwind season of first-year sobriety, the loss of her father, and falling in love…

Pacificaze returns with “Savage,” a bold slice of indie surf rock, tailor-made for open roads and emotional release. Dropped on February 13, 2026, the track sees the genre-blurring band double down on their sun-charged roots while sharpening the edges with punchier, modern production. Written and produced by Jack Pilkington alongside…

Out of San Francisco’s ever-creative haze, Michellar returns with “Love Peace War (Acoustic Version).” This stripped-back remix, released on February 13, 2026, and produced by Bay Area collaborator Robi Bean at his El Cerrito studio, the track serves as the first glimpse into her upcoming acoustic EP Homegrown, due later…

What started as a birthday gift has quietly bloomed into something far bigger. “A Song To C” began as an intimate gesture, written by Tobias Borelius of Emerald Park for his wife and performed live at her birthday alongside Daniel from Danish Daycare. The reaction in the room said it…

A tattoo is a permanent part of you, so you really can’t afford to rush the process of picking an artist. In Newmarket, the difference between a “good” tattoo and a great one is the person doing the work. You need an artist who really listens to your ideas. They…