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The Transits, the powerhouse New Zealand–South African trio, return swinging bigger, bolder, and more emotionally charged than anything in their catalogue so far, with Bleed Hope, a 15-track album. Released as their most ambitious statement yet, the record captures a band fully in their stride, balancing widescreen indie drama with…

Cavan’s alt-rock underground gets a serious jolt of electricity with Little White Hair, the debut album from Muddshovel, released on November 28, 2025. The record arrives as a full-throated introduction to a band that thrives on grit, volume, and lived-in storytelling. Built from snarling guitars, bruising rhythms, and lyrics that…

With Watching The World Go By, Jernej Zoran delivers a quietly confident milestone in an already prolific career. Released on November 28, 2025, the record is his seventh studio album and, notably, his first written entirely in English, marking a natural widening of perspective rather than a reinvention. Known across…

After seven years away from releasing music, Regan Vincenza storms back into the spotlight with “Glitter Party,” a defiant pop anthem that doubles as a personal reset and a loud celebration of creative freedom. Dropped on November 20 across Bandcamp and all major streaming platforms, the single marks a major…

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…