13 February 2026
GRAMMY-nominated musician, producer and composer Danny L Harle today releases Cerulean, his highly-anticipated debut album. Cerulean marks Harle’s first full-length release on XL Recordings and his most definitive artistic statement to date. Following 2021’s immersive Harlecore project, Harle considers Cerulean his true debut. “This is my debut album,” he says. “It really is the big one.” A voyage into vast, alien sonic landscapes, Cerulean fuses speaker-blowing bass and euphoric trance synths with classical harmonies, tactile sound design and Harle’s own…
13 February 2026
War Child Records today release ‘Flags’ by Damon Albarn, Grian Chatten & Kae Tempest – taken from the highly anticipated forthcoming HELP(2) album. ‘Flags’ is the crowning collaboration on HELP(2), a powerful reflection on youth and selfhood written by Damon Albarn, Grian Chatten (Fontaines D.C.) and Kae Tempest. Produced by Albarn, James Ford, Marta Salogni and Toby L, the track stands as a bold statement of resilience – finding strength within and solidarity with others. Driven by a memorable…
13 February 2026
Kim Gordon has released ‘DIRTY TECH,’ the second single from her upcoming third solo album, PLAY ME, which is due out on March 13th. The track explores the power struggle between humans and robots, a theme visually complemented by the Moni Haworth-directed video, which features Gordon in an abandoned corporate office. Gordon spoke on the track, saying: “I was kind of musing about, is my next boss going to be an AI…
13 February 2026
North Carolina based singer-songwriter Anjimile releases ‘Waits For Me,’ the second single from his upcoming album You’re Free to Go, due March 13th. “When I was a little girl, I wanted to be free… When I was a little boy, I wanted to be real.” he disarmingly reflects on ‘Waits For Me’, a powerful reckoning on childhood identity, as he affirms and soothes his inner child via warm acoustic guitar, glimmering synths and bright…
13 February 2026
Flore Laurentienne—the project of composer and orchestrator Mathieu David Gagnon—returns with ‘Fleuve VII’, a new piece from his upcoming album Volume III, arriving April 10. This new work highlights a delicate dialogue between the piano and the string orchestra, carried by minimalist and hypnotic writing. Mathieu David Gagnon explains: “I created this series of pieces, called Fleuve, based on a fairly simple concept: reusing the same chords, but in a different…
13 February 2026
Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Los Angeles six-piece The Sophs are sharing a new song and video ‘SWEETIEPIE’ from their upcoming debut album GOLDSTAR, out March 13. The group have ridden a wave of notoriety ever since signing to Rough Trade Records on the strength of their demos – which they cold-emailed to labelheads Geoff Travis and Jeannette Lee before they ever even played a show. Following singles ‘GOLDSTAR’,…
6 February 2026
Two generational musical icons – Robyn and Arca – come together on record for the first time, with the release of ‘Sexistential (Arca’s Take)’ – out now. Flexing both her production and vocal skills, it sees Arca reimagining the title track of Robyn’s hotly-anticipated forthcoming album; once again subverting expectations with a version that takes the original even deeper into the club. “I’ve loved Robyn’s music for years, and am…
6 February 2026
2025 saw Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas) release his critically acclaimed album, Glory, which, along with its singles, has landed on numerous “best-of 2025 lists” including NPR, The New York Times, and Pitchfork and, with his band, tour the world playing to packed – if not sold-out – audiences. Perfume Genius performed ‘It’s A Mirror’ on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (watch here) and the album’s art earned a GRAMMY®…
6 February 2026
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Charlotte Day Wilson releases her new project Patchwork, out now. Alongside the release arrives new single, ‘If Only‘, a brooding, atmospheric track with hushed jazz textures, pristine instrumentation, and spacious production, placing Wilson’s voice at the center. Lyrically, ‘If Only’ explores themes of vulnerability and longing for holding onto moments that feel just out of reach, its subtle chorus adding emotional weight to a minimalist…
6 February 2026
Liverpool-born, Glasgow-based electronic producer KAVARI unveils PLAGUE MUSIC, her debut EP for XL Recordings. Arriving today through the label’s legendary House Bag series, PLAGUE MUSIC represents KAVARI’s most concentrated and unrelenting work yet; a statement that refines her distinctive sound, expands her creative universe, and establishes her presence on XL with purpose and precision.The four-track EP evolved through repeated revisions, each iteration stripping back and rebuilding the sound to sharpen its focus and…
5 February 2026
Buck Meek releases ‘Ring of Fire’, the second single from his upcoming album The Mirror, out 27 February. ‘Ring of Fire’ offers a heartfelt promise glowing with warm guitars and Adrianne Lenker’s swooning background vocals. ‘Ring of Fire’ follows lead single ‘Gasoline’ released alongside a Noel Paul-directed music video, in which Meek holds the absurdity of devotion, the choice to love, with equal parts ache and grin. On The Mirror, love, as an…
5 February 2026
In celebration of Record Store Day 2026, we’re thrilled to announce the following special releases, available in limited quantities exclusively in-stores on vinyl on Saturday, April 18. Adrianne Lenker – Live at Revolution Hall First-time vinyl pressing of 2025 43-track live album. 3xLP on standard black vinyl. Produced by Andrew Sarlo. Mark Lanegan – Bubblegum (Original Draft) Pressed on white vinyl, this 2xLP has been beautifully mastered by Geoff Pesche…
30 January 2026
Tyler Ballgame, Rough Trade Records’ astonishingly gifted, infectious crooner today shares his debut album For The First Time, Again. Accompanying the debut album, comes the new music video for the title track, which follows earlier album singles ‘Matter Of Taste’, ‘I Believe in Love’ and ‘Got a New Car’. Watch here. Speaking on the new single, Ballgame shares, “For The First Time, Again is a song about the perennial nature of love….
30 January 2026
Multi-award-winning Irish band Ye Vagabonds share a new track and video, ‘Danny’ taken from their new album, All Tied Together, out now. ‘Danny’ comes with a video directed by Ellius Grace (Lankum, Lisa O’Neill, Junior Brother) and follows the album’s previous singles, ‘The Flood’ and ‘On Sitric Road’ which was accompanied by a live video recorded in Dublin. ‘Danny’ is a poignant character study over a distinctive mix of cello, synthesizer,…
29 January 2026
Two Shell returns with ‘The Nightmare’, a shift away from their darker, more obfuscated previous release, instead leaning into positive, intentional escapism. In November, they invited fans to Ormside Projects for a party simply named ‘Hear The Music’, where the duo played 3 hours of ‘what feels like an infinite amount’ of new 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘. The accompanying event description read, ‘we’re living in the nightmare. A dark + confusing world. But…
23 January 2026
War Child Records today announce HELP(2). You can listen to the first single from the album, ‘Opening Night’ by Arctic Monkeys, now HERE. HELP(2) is a brand new collaborative album inspired by the landmark 1995 release HELP to engage music lovers globally in support of War Child’s vital work delivering immediate aid, education, specialist mental health support, and protection to children affected by conflict around the world. The new album, like the original, speaks to the urgency of the…
23 January 2026
Snail Mail — the project of Lindsey Jordan — announces her highly anticipated third album, Ricochet, due out March 27. Her first album in five years, she returns with a renewed sense of clarity and control, asserting herself as a generational songwriter with a sharpened perspective. While her early work chronicled the emotional turbulence of young love, Ricochet reveals a deeper fixation: time, mortality, and the quiet terror of watching the things you love slip…
23 January 2026
Guess what? Tiga’s havin’ fun again on ‘HOT WIFE’ the latest single ahead of his upcoming HOTLIFE album, due 17th April. His third offering from the highly-anticipated comeback record, ‘HOT WIFE,’ out today, brings back a longtime collaborator and old friend, superstar producer Boys Noize. These two certified legends of electronic music have helped define late-2000s electro and club culture, with a mutual respect that has been fostered over decades of b2b DJ sets and…
23 January 2026
Maria Somerville shared her second album and debut project on 4AD, Luster, last April. She now returns with her brand-new Luster (Remixes) EP, out now. The EP gives six tracks off Somerville’s already mesmerising, wind-swept record new life in fitting, and sometimes surprising ways via its enlisted cast of friends and collaborators (Seefeel, YHWH Nailgun, Fatshaudi, colle, Asa Nisi Masa & Oscar18, and Boris). Announced in November, Somerville initially shared three tracks off the Luster…
23 January 2026
On January 25, 2016, Savages released their riveting sophomore album Adore Life, the band’s final release to date. Today, the London quartet celebrate the album’s first decade by sharing two unreleased songs from the era – a piano-lead cover of Black Sabbath’s iconic ‘Paranoid’ and the haunting original ‘Prayer’. The band’s performance of ‘Paranoid’ was captured on film by Grammy-nominated director Giorgio Testi and premieres today as well. From Savages: Celebrating 10 years of ‘Adore…
23 January 2026
The duo Bibi Club (Adèle Trottier-Rivard and Nicolas Basque) unveil their striking new single ‘Washing Machine’, out today, alongside a music video directed by Anna Arrobas. The first English single from their forthcoming album Amaro, out February 27, ‘Washing Machine’ transforms grief into movement, reminding us that light and sorrow can coexist. About ‘Washing Machine,’ Bibi Club says: “The anomaly. This song is a homage to Tobie, who loved washing machines, the way…
16 January 2026
Sleaford Mods announce additional headline shows in Hobart and Perth, part of their upcoming Australian and New Zealand 2026 tour. Tickets on sale from 1pm local time here. This week Sleaford Mods teamed up with Aldous Harding for their new single, ‘Elitest G.O.A.T’, which was released on Tuesday, and taken from the band’s new album, The Demise Of Planet X, out today. Pulsing with chiming synths and propulsive beats, ‘Elitest G.O.A.T’ is a…
16 January 2026
Kim Gordon’s vision of art and noise has come sharper into focus just as readily as it has changed—a paradigm of possibility that, four decades on, still feels like a dare. The adventure continues on the artist’s third solo album, PLAY ME, which will be released March 13. The lead track ‘NOT TODAY’ is available now, accompanied by a short film directed by Rodarte fashion label founders and filmmakers Kate and Laura Mulleavy with director…
16 January 2026
Danny L Harle releases his new single ‘Raft In The Sea’, featuring acclaimed songwriter and vocalist Julia Michaels. The track is the latest to be unveiled from Harle’s highly-anticipated debut album Cerulean, due for release on 13th February 2026. An emotionally exposed centrepiece of Cerulean, ‘Raft In The Sea’ finds Harle stripping back his trademark maximalism to reveal a song of quiet devastation and fragile, euphoric beauty. Built on swelling synths, slow-burning harmonies and a sense…
16 January 2026
Charlotte Day Wilson releases her latest single, ‘Lean’ featuring fellow Canadian musician Saya Gray, out now via Stone Woman Music / XL Recordings. Resonant and emotionally stirring, ‘Lean’ unfolds through Wilson’s deep, commanding vocals, while its production bends and warps into something ecstatic and sticky. At its core, it’s a love song that leans into the addictive, obsessive, and all-consuming nature of passion. Following her highly anticipated return with last year’s singles ‘Selfish‘ and ‘High Road‘, Wilson kicks…
16 January 2026
Not To Disappear, the studio album by Daughter turns 10 this year. To celebrate reaching the milestone, the trio of Elena Tonra, Igor Haefeli and Remi Aguilella share a brand new song, ‘Not Enough’. Originally written and demo’ed during sessions for Not To Disappear, ‘Not Enough’ was recorded at London’s Total Refreshment studio in November 2025. The track was produced by Igor Haefeli and mixed by Nicolas Vernhes. ‘”Not Enough’ didn’t find its place on Not To Disappear but…
16 January 2026
North Carolina based singer-songwriter Anjimile announces plans to release the full-length album You’re Free to Go, due out March 13. The announcement comes with the luminous lead single ‘Like You Really Mean It’ which overflows with tenderness and vulnerability, accompanied by a beautiful roller skating video directed by Caity Arthur, watch here. Anjimile shares: “I wrote this to make my girlfriend want to give me a kiss. We live about an hour apart,…
16 January 2026
Los Angeles six-piece The Sophs have ridden a wave of notoriety ever since signing to Rough Trade Records on the strength of their demos – which they cold-emailed to labelheads Geoff Travis and Jeannette Lee before they ever even played a show. Following last year’s releases and worldwide touring, the band are ready to unleash their debut album GOLDSTAR, out March 13. The album’s title track is out today, a ferocious, explosive song…
16 January 2026
Fresh from a landmark year expanding their universe between London and Paris, supporting Kamasi Washington on his Spring 2025 European tour, performing at COLORS – Tones of Paris in October, joining the Simple Things Festival lineup alongside keiyaA, Smerz and Florence Sinclair in July, and closing the Fusion Festival main stage after John Maus in August, 15 15 starts 2026 with ‘Queen’s Goodbye’ the second single from their debut album Mārara (which means flying fish), out Friday 6th March. The most stripped-back track…
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