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London-based psychedelic indie outfit DAAY step further into their own warped universe with Memories of the Future, released on November 21, 2025, via their own Yada Recordings. Led by songwriter Alex Barty-King, the five-track EP lands as a snapshot and a transmission, nostalgic and futuristic at once. Recorded at Love…

Wagner the Band comes charging back with XTC, released this November 14, 2025, via R.A.W. Records, and it sounds exactly like a group doubling down on what they believe in, which is soul, sweat, and distortion. Based in Vienna and led by frontman Rainer Wagner, the band leans hard into…

Hovercraft closes the curtain on its Bond-themed resurrection trilogy with Blown Away, a gripping and unfiltered finale built from the surviving fragments of Charlie “Pepper” Wildman’s earliest songwriting. Unlike the polished reinterpretations on Shaken Not Stirred and On the Rocks, this release digs straight into the cardboard-box archive, with songs…

Los Angeles-based electro-industrial artist Staytus returns with “The God, The Artist, & The Creator,” a darkly provocative single that prays reverently to a very carnal god, while confessing sins in the same breath. Released December 12, 2025, the track continues her reputation for cinematic intensity, pushing deeper into the uneasy…

Montreal artist Chris Quesnel steps into a new era with “Dance in the Bar,” an original single released November 7, 2025, born from real-life serendipity and shaped by a team that knows how to bottle nostalgia without sounding dated. Co-produced with Fushi Agato and mixed by Jean-François Vézina, the song…

The Idiot Kids return with Instants, a blistering indie-punk document of urgency, anxiety, and self-reckoning shaped entirely by frontperson Jon-Mikal, who performs every instrument for the first time in the band’s history. With rehearsal time shrinking and life stretching everyone thin, the project naturally evolved into a solo-recording endeavor, while…

Latchkey’s Where We Come From feels like someone dusted off the warm glow of 70s AM radio, stirred in country-soul harmonies, and ran it all through a punk-tinted filter until it snapped with attitude and tenderness at the same time. The Northern California five-piece — led by Jen Martell’s smoky…

Jamie Alimorad, the award-winning vocalist behind hits like Brighter Days and Fade Into You, kicks off the holiday season with a riotous twist on Christmas cheer in his brand-new single “Santa Sucks.” Released November 7th, this track marks his first-ever holiday song, and instead of mistletoe dreams or cozy fireplace…

Australian alternative rock project Highroad No. 28 continues its creative rebirth with “Thistroubledsoul,” the second single paving the way toward the upcoming album The Will to Endure. Released November 28, 2025, via The Orchard (Sony Music), the track strikes closer to the heart than ever before, confronting the emotional weight…

Scott Swain is a Leeds-based, noir-influenced singer-songwriter whose music draws heavily on cult cinema and moody, atmospheric storytelling. In 2018, he released his debut EP Goodbye Home, Goodbye Country via a successful crowdfunding campaign, followed by his second EP Isolation in 2021, both on Resonating Wood Recordings. His work often…