INDIE

Kansas City native Jared Bond just stepped out from behind the drum kit and into a sharper spotlight. After years as the drummer for Josephine Collective and more than a decade playing in David Bennett’s band akkilles, Bond has spent the past year dropping singles with clockwork consistency. His February…

Hailing from Frome, UK, Lee Feather and The Night Movers close out their debut EP with “Everybody Sings,” a February 13th, 2026 release that feels like the last scene of a beautifully strange film. Issued via Stray Records, the track captures the band’s flair for blending mood and message, part…

Knoxville’s Rellyo Bambini doesn’t make albums so much as build neon worlds you can get lost in. Cloned & Upgraded, Insert Soul Here (Rebirth Edition) is a full-on sci-fi mood board turned into sound, with dark electronic, psychedelic hip-hop, and futuristic rock stitched together with the big question hanging over…

Banquet Darling is basically what happens when a globe-trotting circus acrobat decides pop music needs more danger, more glitter, and a little “summon-the-dancefloor-demons” energy. Todd Kilby’s Newcastle/Muloobinba project has always thrived on eclectic curveballs (their 2021 debut Dreamlove Obscura built a cult following for a reason), and “Dynamite Daddy” (out…

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…

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…

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…

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…