Announced: Carla Geneve – Don’t Be Afraid Australian Tour

Following the release on her critically acclaimed new album Don’t Be Afraid, multi-award-winning songwriter Carla Geneve announces a 2026 headline tour across Australian in January, presented by Double J. Don’t Be Afraid is a raw and honest exploration of fear, acceptance and love. The record debuted at #13 on the Australian Album ARIA charts and was picked up as Double J’s Feature Album, following it’s release. Don’t Be Afraid weaves…

Watch: David Byrne – ‘T Shirt’

David Byrne releases a new single ‘T Shirt’. Co-written by Byrne’s longtime friend and collaborator Brian Eno, the song is a classic piece of electro-pop wrapped in lightly humorous, but always earnest, political commentary. The track has become a notable moment and quick fan favorite on Byrne’s latest tour. David Byrne is currently touring North America, celebrating the release of his critically acclaimed new album Who Is The Sky?, Byrne’s…

Announced: Danny L Harle – Cerulean + ‘Crystallise My Tears’

Danny L Harle announces details of his highly-anticipated new album Cerulean, which will be released on 13th February 2026. The album marks his first full-length release on XL Recordings and is 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.” Cerulean is a voyage into vast, alien sonic…

Listen: Overmono – ‘Paradise Runner’

Off the back of their sold-out headline show at Alexandra Palace, Overmono release new single ‘Paradise Runner’, a track born on the road. After headlining and curating a landmark night at Manchester’s Warehouse Project, brothers Tom and Ed Russell climbed aboard their tour bus, set up a makeshift studio on the top deck, and finished the track as the sun rose. Built around a striking sample from Monifah’s “All I…

Out Now: Lisa O’Neill – The Wind Doesn’t Blow This Far Right

Lisa O’Neill releases her new EP, The Wind Doesn’t Blow This Far Right, out now digitally alongside a 12″ available to pre-order. She has also shared a video for her stunning version of the seasonally classic ‘The Bleak Midwinter’. The EP is comprised of a group of six tracks, they include Lisa’s haunting rendition of Bob Dylan’s ‘All The Tired Horses’ recorded to soundtrack the closing scene of the final…

Listen: Anjimile – ‘Auld Lang Syne II’

North Carolina based singer-songwriter Anjimile releases a new single ‘Auld Lang Syne II’. The track, produced by Brad Cook, is the first release since his emotionally raw 2023 album The King, picking up where he left off with a tender note-to-self on resilience and hard-fought freedom, characterised by delicate finger-plucked strings, charming horn passages, and intimate vocal delivery. Anjimile shares: “‘Auld Lang Syne II’ was originally intended as something of…

Announced: Lifeguard – ‘Ultra Violence’

Early next year, Lifeguard will release a new 7” maxi single, ‘Ultra Violence’ / ‘Appetite’. Recorded at the band’s rehearsal space / studio, the music continues the unstable ethos of this year’s much-loved debut album Ripped and Torn – alternating high-velocity punk-energies with surreal dub-inflected interludes. The new single ‘Ultra Violence’ is out now. The physical 7” is available to pre-order via Matador Direct through Tuesday, January 13th. A digital…

Introducing: Robyn

Robyn returns with her first new music in over seven years. New single ‘Dopamine’ sees the generational Swedish pop icon teaming up with longtime collaborator Klas Åhlund for one of the decade’s most hotly-anticipated comebacks, and the latest in a long line of era-defining pop moments. Released today via new label home Young, it’s a song that captures the rush of chemical euphoria that floods your body when you fall…

Watch: Dry Cleaning – ‘Cruise Ship Designer’

Dry Cleaning share ‘Cruise Ship Designer’, the second single from their new album Secret Love, out 9 January 2026. The new track follows lead single ‘Hit My Head All Day’ and arrives alongside a music video featuring the band’s Lewis Maynard performing a dance routine choreographed for the track by BULLYACHE. ‘Cruise Ship Designer’ is a classic Dry Cleaning pop song sung from the perspective of a nautical entrepreneur who…

Listen: Treanne – ‘Sense Of Your Heart’

After returning last month with ‘I Fell In Love’, Treanne releases her new single ‘Sense Of Your Heart’. These tracks mark the first new music from Treanne since her 2024 EP 20/20, a striking showcase of her prowess as both songwriter and vocalist that cemented her as a compelling new voice in this genre. ‘Sense Of Your Heart’ captures the ache of loneliness in an unfamiliar place. It explores the…

Out now: Lush – Gala (25th Anniversary Edition)

Lush release the 35th anniversary edition of their compilation album Gala, comprising their earliest releases – Scar (1989), Mad Love (1990), and Sweetness and Light (1990) – in reverse chronological order, plus two additional tracks (a cover version of ABBA’s ‘Hey Hey Helen’ and the extended Robin Guthrie mix of Scar track ‘Scarlet’). Originally released in 1990 as the band’s introduction to the US and Japanese markets, the compilation’s 35th…

Announced: caroline – caroline 2 (deluxe) + ’Two riders down’ live

caroline are excited to announce caroline 2 (deluxe), featuring seven new tracks and out now digitally. Additionally, their 2025 album caroline 2 has been named one of Rough Trade shops’ Albums of the Year. To celebrate they have announced a new 12” exclusive available at Rough Trade shops with 5 tracks from the band titled Not everything needs to even out, which includes some from the deluxe release of the…

Announced: Maria Somerville – Luster Remixes

Maria Somerville shared her second album and debut project on 4AD, Luster, in April. A few months on from its release, Somerville now announces a brand new Luster (Remixes) EP, out January 21. In total, 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…

Announced: Ye Vagabonds – All Tied Together + ‘On Sitric Road’

Multi-award-winning Irish band Ye Vagabonds will release their fourth album, and third for Rough Trade’s River Lea Label, All Tied Together on Jan 30th 2026. Listen to the first single from the album ‘On Sitric Road’ now. The video for the single is a live version recorded at the Lilliput Press bookshop in Stoneybatter, Dublin – watch it here. Recorded live in a house in Galway, with acclaimed producer Philip…

Out now: Stella Donnelly – Love and Fortune

Stella Donnelly releases Love and Fortune, her highly anticipated third studio album, out now. Love and Fortune marks a brave and vulnerable return to self for the Boorloo-born, Naarm-based singer-songwriter, written during a period of rest and reflection amid the wattle-lined streets and creeks of Melbourne’s inner north. Stella recently announced her first international tour in over two years, with dates on sale now across Australia, United Kingdom, Europe and…

Announced: Pulp – Aus/NZ Headline Tour

Fresh off the release of their critically acclaimed 2025 album More, Pulp are set to make their long-awaited return to Australian and New Zealand stages — marking their first visit in 13 years. The UK band have announced headline dates across Auckland, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, alongside an appearance at Adelaide Festival. Tickets and further tour details below. More is Pulp’s first album since 2001’s We Love Life and came…

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