25 September 2026
Blawan (aka Jamie Roberts) today digitally releases a new two-track EP, Gi Mi Keys Back / Auto Fake. A limited 12″ of the EP is available to pre-order now, landing 13 November. A year on from SickElixir, Blawan is back to remind us he’s one of British electronic music’s most singular voices. Since dropping SickElixir on XL Recordings on 10 October 2025, Blawan has not stopped. He’s toured across the world, playing at the best…
24 September 2026
‘Where the Goth Girls At?’ is the striking third single from Queens of the Stone Age’s ninth studio album, Perfecth. The track pairs raw, minimalist riffs with an explosive chorus, amplified by rich string and horn arrangements. Drawing on inspiration and nostalgia from Josh Homme’s youth in a Palm Desert suburb, the song centers on themes of teenage love and the desire to impress others. About the song, Homme says, “Watching…
24 September 2026
Mike Hadreas (Perfume Genius) and choreographer Kate Wallich have reunited for a new evening-length music and dance work, The Lesson, commissioned by Seattle Theatre Group. Blending Perfume Genius’ emotionally charged experimental pop with Wallich’s distinctive choreographic language, The Lesson is a raw, live music and dance performance that draws inspiration from The Piano Teacher, the notorious novel by Elfriede Jelinek that was later adapted into Michael Haneke’s celebrated film. They will premiere The Lesson at REDCAT in…
24 September 2026
DJ Python announces his return to XL Recordings with new EP to accomplish many things, out Friday 23 October. The five-track EP is the follow-up to 2025’s i was put on this earth (“a triumph of gentle reverie and quiet upheaval” – Pitchfork). The first track, ‘Forgetful Angel’, featuring Birmingham rapper Tony Bontana, is out now alongside a music video directed by Vladyslav and conceptualised together with DJ Python. Dreamy yet…
24 September 2026
Earlier this month, 300SkullsAndCounting and Jenny Sparks announced their signing to XL Recordings with the single and music video ‘The Ballad of St Nick’s Park‘ (“Absurdist screamo meets bassline house, lairy rap and seagull noises” – The Guardian). Now – the unlikely collaborative duo return to surprise-drop their debut album THIS IS SPA TOWN! digitally. Across nine tracks, 300SkullsAndCounting’s screamo vocals, 8-bit roots and baroque toy-keyboard melodies collide with Jenny Sparks’ bouncy, bassline-driven production – an infectious sound that sits…
23 September 2026
Swedish artist Murex shares ‘Puddle’, the final track to be unveiled from her debut album Inventio, out this Friday 25th September. It premiered earlier today on Matt Wilkinson’s Apple Music 1 Show. ‘Puddle’ is where Murex begins to find the light, like a glimmer on a pool of rainwater, made sonic by the whorling clarinets of Pelle Westlin and Isak Hedtjärn. “Found myself a puddle to pour into… I’m leaking into…
18 September 2026
Fontaines D.C. – Grian Chatten, Carlos O’Connell, Conor Curley, Conor Deegan and Tom Coll – today announce the full tracklist for their fifth studio album, Dopamine Chamber, released 16th October. Produced by James Ford, Dopamine Chamber features the first guest artist on a Fontaines D.C. album – ROSALÍA on ‘Where Is Gone?’. Dopamine Chamber is the follow-up to 2024’s UK platinum-certified Romance – and the sound of a band moving decisively away from the guitar language of their early records and into their most…
18 September 2026
Norwegian musician, artist and novelist Jenny Hval has released Iris Silver Mist (Remixes) following her latest album, Iris Silver Mist, released in May last year. The EP features two reworks of ‘The Artist is Absent’ by Felicia Atkinson and Julia Holter & Tashi Wada. Felicia Atkinson describes the first remix as “the music as a cut up for ghosts and revelations”. On the second, Julia Holter and Tashi Wanda explain, “We are longtime fans of Jenny’s music. With The artist…
17 September 2026
David Byrne, the musician, performer, writer, multidisciplinary artist and co-founder of Talking Heads, releases a deluxe digital edition of his latest album Who Is The Sky?. The deluxe, which commemorates the one year anniversary of the release, features four bonus tracks, including new single ‘My Madness‘. The track is a buoyant orchestral pop song that suggests a meeting with one’s own personality in playful Byrne-sian fashion. This Saturday at the iconic Forest…
17 September 2026
OR is the new musical project from John Talabot, the Catalan producer, electronic musician, and DJ residing in Barcelona. Today, he announces his forthcoming debut album under the OR moniker, and his first new music in over a decade — Music for Empty Stadiums, out October 30 via AD 93. The record exhibits a more left-field side of Talabot’s repertoire, featuring a tangle of cartwheeling synth hooks bursting with colour and looping electronics. Music…
16 September 2026
Rough Trade Records are excited to announce the debut solo album by one of Ireland’s most influential and revered vocalists, Lankum and ØXN’s Radie Peat. With unique vision, staggering vocal range and a wry sense of knowing, Peat is celebrated for her powerful contralto voice, technical vocal authority, and emotional depth. She distills the essence of folk music, breathing life into old songs and carrying them forward with new meaning, both sustaining…
16 September 2026
To celebrate the release of her new album The Gem, Julia Jacklin returns to the place that gave the record its name for three very special, intimate shows. Recorded above the pub in Collingwood, The Gem will be released on September 25th. That weekend, Sat 26th & Sun 27th, Julia will take over The Gem for three intimate performances. Joined by her band – Jacob Diamond, Jennifer Aslett, Jess Ellwood and Rob…
16 September 2026
Philadelphia based art-folk duo @ (pronounced ‘at’) share a new single entitled ‘Bird’, taken from their debut 4AD album Autosmile, out on Friday 16 October. The band have also announced a new London headline show for June 2027 alongside a North American headline tour. ‘Bird’ is ushered in by an eerie chromatic trance of acoustic guitar and cinematic clarinet passages, juxtaposed by a gorgeously uplifting choral harmony; a portrayal of battling wills. The band says: “This…
15 September 2026
Elena Tonra (of beloved London indie-folk band Daughter) announces the return of cult-classic solo project Ex:Re with new album Save As, out on 30 October. Today, she shares the lead single ‘Radio Station’ along with a music video by Angela Ricciardi. The title of album opener ‘Radio Station’, which begins with stately strummed acoustic guitar and morphs into a trippy song about an endless California road trip, is a metaphor for how Tonra feels about…
14 September 2026
Ahead of their UK & EU live return, Dirty Three announce the release of Ulterior Motives, an album of demos and live radio recordings, due out 6th November and available to pre-order here. Originally available in 2012 as a limited edition CD, sold exclusively at the band’s live shows, Ulterior Motives is a rare and revealing glimpse into the early years of Dirty Three, now receiving a welcome new lease of…
12 September 2026
Standing On The Corner shares their album STANDING ON THE CORNER “II”. Founded in Brooklyn, NY, STANDING ON THE CORNER (est. 2015) is a music recording group whose output moves mercurially between composition, performance, film, installation, social work, and sound. Rooted in the cultural exchange between the U.S.A., Puerto Rico, and Africa, the project machinates an intersection between soul, punk, salsa, doowop, jazz, funk, the avant-garde, and rap traditions, filtered through a…
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Watch: La Force – ‘Darth Vapor’
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Out now: Tiga – IAMWHATIAM Remixes EP
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Announced: Fontaines D.C. – Perth and Adelaide headline shows + ‘Tongue’
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Introducing: Blackhaine
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Announced: SOAK – decembers + title-track
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Announced: Kim Deal – Live at the Barbican
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