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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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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Liverpool-born, Glasgow-based electronic artist KAVARI announces PLAGUE MUSIC, her debut EP for XL Recordings, released on Friday 6 February 2026 via the label’s iconic House Bag series. Having earned early and enduring support from Aphex Twin, Ethel Cain, Ninajirachi, Flume, and Yeule, PLAGUE MUSIC marks KAVARI’s most focused and uncompromising body of work to date; a release that sharpens her sonic signature, deepens her world building, and signals her arrival on XL with clarity and intent. The announcement comes alongside the release of...
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Flore Laurentienne — the project of composer and orchestrator Mathieu David Gagnon — unveils Volume III, a new album out April 10. The first single, ‘Régate’, evokes a rapid shift in perspective, resulting in a lively race between a synthesizer ostinato and a string orchestra. On stage, the project’s seven musicians will embark on a European tour in the spring, with six dates already announced, from London to Paris via...
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Dry Cleaning release their new album Secret Love, out today, along with its final single/video ‘Joy’ earlier in the week, watch it here! With lyrics initially pieced together from advertisements in Virginia Tech University’s History of Food and Drink archive, ‘Joy’ serves as a compassionate coach to those in desperate need of positivity and kindness. Like Stumpwork swansong ‘Icebergs,’ it’s an optimistic sign-off for Secret Love with the parting words, “Don’t give up on being sweet.” Lyricist Florence Shaw comments, “Recently I...
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Generational pop icon Robyn announces her ninth studio album, Sexistential, which will be released on 27th March 2026. Sexistential is the most ecstatic record that Robyn has ever made, the sound of one of contemporary music’s most influential artists coming home. After the club music meditations of 2018’s Honey, the album features nine, deeply playful pop songs that tie back to her era-defining Body Talk trilogy, designed to feel “like a spaceship coming through the atmosphere at a really high speed and...
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Buck Meek announces his new album, The Mirror, out 27 February, and shares its lead single, ‘Gasoline’. There’s a tender power, countered by immutable vulnerability. With an uncanny curiosity, he reveals the uniqueness in the mundane. The Mirror searches for new meaning and the familiar is reframed through Meek’s singular voice. On The Mirror, love, as an idea, is always close – but in its reflection comes an afterimage of the way things could...
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Tyler Ballgame, Rough Trade Records’ astonishingly gifted, infectious crooner shares new single ‘Matter of Taste’ and its accompanying video. This is the latest track to be released from his stunning debut album For the First Time, Again, out January 30th, 2026 and follows earlier album singles ‘I Believe in Love’ and ‘Got a New Car’. A hook-laden rocker, ‘Matter of Taste’ shows Ballgame and his band cutting loose, with what the singer-songwriter calls the...
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Berlin rave renegade Marlon Hoffstadt today steps up with a high voltage reimagining of ‘Dopamine,’ Robyn’s first single in over seven years and one of 2025’s most celebrated pop returns. Fresh off the wave of acclaim surrounding the generational Swedish pop icon’s original, Hoffstadt injects the track with his signature “DJ Daddy Trance” energy, flipping Robyn’s pop euphoria into a riotous, rave-ready anthem. Known for tearing up club conventions and...
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