Phoebe Green goes all in 'like the little creep I am' on new single
Green says the song's themes of consuming and being consumed have become a recurring thread across her recent writing.
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Jonathan Wilson brings soft analogue warmth to Grace Cummings' darkest song yet
Cummings devised the video's concept herself; shot by Tori Styles in a vertical 9:16 frame, it stays locked on her face throughout.
Eight billion pounds and five demands: what UK Music wants from Andy Burnham
The demands land days after Andy Burnham replaced Keir Starmer as Prime Minister, and a week after the Government unveiled its Music Plan at UK Music's summer party on July 13th.
Five record shops and a beer factory: how Grandmas House are marking their debut album
Ahead of the album, Grandmas House host a free listening party at Bristol Beer Factory on July 31st, with branded beer cans and a meet-and-greet with mascot The Headless Man.
Lava La Rue turns overheard conversations into a shoplifting chase on 'Prince of Bologna'
Dan Carey first saw Lava La Rue perform at Latitude Festival in 2021; five years on, 'Prince of Bologna' is the record he wanted to make with them.
The year Nate Daviau spent falling apart became his debut EP
Recorded during Daviau's first year of sobriety, The Apology's title track was written before recovery, walking through the addiction cycle in real time rather than looking back on it.
Different When It's Silent review | The Tricky album where Tricky goes missing
Recorded quietly between France and Bristol with singer Mitch Sanders throughout, Different When It's Silent is Tricky's 15th album, and the one where he disappears into his own record on purpose.
You're Gonna Need A Little Music review | Yard Act burn the Rover and build a studio
Yard Act's teaser trailer showed their famous old Rover going up in flames. Their third album, recorded live together as a full band for the first time, sounds like the aftermath.
The Healing Power of Horses release debut EP Summer Indoors (or outside wearing black)
Two acclaimed singles down, The Healing Power of Horses release their first EP and confirm a run of summer and autumn shows.
Jo From School shares new single 'Weight' ahead of debut EP Grace, Flair & Distance on 7th August
Jo Geller works part-time at Alexandra Palace ice rink and is releasing her debut EP on Chess Club Records on 7th August. 'Weight', filmed in Wales by her sister, is the final single.
Phoebe Bridgers shares 'Lost Boy (Acoustic)' and announces 300 global midnight listening parties for Lost Weekend
Phoebe Bridgers performed 'Lost Boy' on The Tonight Show twice in one week: first with a band of children, then acoustically with veteran musicians. The acoustic version is out now and 300 midnight listening parties follow on 13th August.
Man/Woman/Chainsaw share album closer 'Something Else To Give' as Cannonball confirmed as Rough Trade's Album of the Month
Man/Woman/Chainsaw have shared 'Something Else To Give', the closing track of their debut album Cannonball, out 7th August via Fiction Records,...
Asha Jefferies shares new single 'Cool Guy' from sophomore album Desire Is An Angel
Asha Jefferies' album treats desire as a path to self-knowledge rather than a form of lack. 'Cool Guy' is what that philosophy sounds like when the longing is not returned.
Overmono and John Joseph Holt share new single 'Knight In Shining Prada' from album Pure Devotion
Overmono's Prophet analogue synthesiser, a voice note from The Fens and 80 attempts to get it right: 'Knight In Shining Prada' is the centrepiece of Pure Devotion and a tribute that earns every second of that care.
Sharp Pins reissue teenage cassette Mod Mayday 23 on vinyl and share new single 'Saturday Sun'
Sharp Pins' teenage cassette debut gets its first vinyl release in September. Kai Slater plays King Tut's, The Deaf Institute and the ICA this August. 'Saturday Sun' bridges the two moments.
Brann Dailor lost his mother and his bandmate of 25 years in the same year. Marrow Deep is how Mastodon processed both.
Mastodon lost Brent Hinds in 2025 and Brann Dailor lost his mother. Marrow Deep, their ninth album and first without Hinds, addresses both losses directly, with the Three Fates of Greek mythology as its conceptual framework. It arrives on 28th August.
Sam Tompkins' father died in 2023. His second album closes with a home video of him.
'Crawling Out My Skin' is about appreciating life when it is just ordinary and stable. Sam Tompkins recorded it outside in a garden at the end of a writing camp. It is one of his best songs.
Frost Children's Tweaker Poem is out now: six songs made in 24 hours in Tokyo after fleeing a stalker
Frost Children fled a stalker in New York, flew to Tokyo and made six songs in a single sleepless sitting. Tweaker Poem, three minutes long and out today, is one of the most emotionally charged releases of the year.
TV Priest announce new album Cartoons and share new single 'Love Song (A Good Kind of Weapon)'
TV Priest have never written a love song before. 'Love Song (A Good Kind of Weapon)' is their first, and it arrives as the most emotionally open and most immediately beautiful thing they have released.
Willie J Healey announces new EP 143 and shares lead single 'Ditch'
'Ditch' was sent from above, with the windows all the way down and Loren Humphrey at the wheel. Willie J Healey has described his new EP as his most Neil yet. Both of these descriptions make complete sense.
Sungazer review | The Temper Trap finally learn to slow down
The first song The Temper Trap wrote when they reunited was 'Kuru' - the closing track on Sungazer, not the first. Eight years after burnout ended their run, it's the sound of a band that finally learned patience.
Frozen Charlotte review | Jack White proves some things shouldn't change
Jack White's Frozen Charlotte reviewed: how Victorian folklore and a road-tested touring band built his most focused solo record since the White Stripes.
Jawdropped announce debut album Secret to Spare and share new single 'Split Lip'
The Lemonheads, Teenage Fanclub, Dinosaur Jr. and the darker side of Los Angeles: Jawdropped's debut album is an immediately loveable piece of alt-country-adjacent indie rock from a band with nothing to lose and everything to say.
The alternative metal band Robert Plant called essential listening
Robert Plant on Faith No More's Introduce Yourself: "Listen to this – and if you don't like it, fuck off." Here's why the Led Zeppelin icon holds the album in such high regard.
When Frank Zappa was nearly murdered on stage
n December 1971, a fan threw Frank Zappa into a fifteen-foot orchestra pit at the Rainbow Theatre. The reason? His girlfriend said she loved Frank.
Really Good Time release 'The Love Song' ahead of debut album as bassist takes the mic for the first time
Three weeks before Affirmations, Really Good Time release the most warmly human thing they have ever made. Basist Jacque le Coque takes lead vocals for the first time. Tell your friends you love them.
Brooklyn songwriter Belle Blue shares new single 'Wash' and announces East Coast tour including Newport Folk Festival debut
A Brooklyn teenager with a Newport Folk Festival debut and a single that sounds like it has been distilled from years of patience: Belle Blue is one to watch, and 'Wash' makes that case plainly.
Ezra Collective share new single 'Well Organised' featuring Lila Iké from album Here Because Of Hope
Ezra Collective heard a steel pan line at a Hackney youth club, recorded it on a phone and built a summer anthem around it. 'Well Organised', featuring Lila Iké and interpolating Max Romeo, is their best single in years.
Oasis share first teaser for reunion documentary Don't Look Back In Anger, in cinemas 11th September
One year on from Cardiff, Oasis have shared the first teaser for their reunion documentary. Don't Look Back In Anger opens in IMAX on 11th September and features the brothers' first joint interview in over 20 years.
All Points East announces new acts for Deftones' Outbreak London headline show on 23rd August
IDLES, Amyl and the Sniffers and Interpol on the same bill as Deftones, Mannequin Pussy and JPEGMAFIA: All Points East Outbreak London is one of the summer's most essential days out.
