Ye Vagabonds                 All Tied Together          

Irish band initially achieving renown as purveyors of their ancestors’ music mixed with folk-based originals, the Mac Gloinn brothers – Brían and Diarmuid – have increasingly focused on honing their own material, enlisting trusted co-conspirators to distil voice and vision into potent tunes.

Sebastien Teller            Kiss The Beast

Kiss the Beast unfolds as an ambitious mosaic, carried by Owen Pallett’s strings, Nile Rodgers’ guitar, and the contributions of Kid Cudi and Slayyyter. An album in which Tellier distills and transcends his experiences: an extravagant love letter to pop, both intimate and universal.

Lande Hekt       Lucky Now       

Lucky Now is indebted to 1980s twee-pop and jangle-pop like The Pastels, Tallulah Gosh and The Bats, plus more modern iterations of the sound such as Autocamper and Jeanines, in its ecstatic, soaring melodies and gorgeous, tactile guitars

Tash Dorji          low clouds hang, this land is on fire  

Are Tashi’s punk anthems for the year 2026 — for all the years, really — to be thrown to the people outside the walls, to aid them in their quest to be allowed in. It’s a sound that lives within silence; a striking signal, meditative and melancholy, with a delicacy comparable to the lineage of Loren Connors or Bill Frisell.

Blackwater Holylight                  Not Here Not Gone     

The album is shaped by location change, refining a strain of heavy, ethereal doom and shoegaze.

Annabelle Chairlegs    Waking Up       

She finds herself exploring grittier, more mechanical textures, while maintaining her knack for blissful hooks and melodies.

James Adrian Brown    Forever Neon Lights   

Debut album from former Pulled Apart By Horses guitarist who has begun paving a new path in instrumental electronic music and composition.

Tyler Ballgame               For the First Time, Again          

It boasts 12 finely crafted tunes rooted in classic rock, indie and Americana. Ballgame’s infectious melodies draw the listener into a story, and his message of belief in one’s true self resonates deep and wide.

Daemönik Fonce          DFII      

A sonic love letter to the music and artists the band grew up with. From Sex Pistols, T Rex, Hawkwind to Fairport Convention and Linton Kwesi Johnson.

Only The Poets               And I’d Do It Again       

A bold 14-track alt-pop statement brimming with raw honesty, soaring hooks, and widescreen ambition.

snake eyes       cash rich          

Gritpop duo whose debut album contains a comical self-reflection on the past and the present, but eco-anxiety and the future of our planet are lyrically at the centre of the record.

Yumi Zouma     No Love Lost To Kindness       

It marks a turning point for Yumi Zouma—both sonically and emotionally. Departing from the shimmering dream-pop of earlier records, Yumi Zouma pursued a rawer, heavier sound.

Plantoid             Flare    

Staying true to the band’s math-rock roots, the album is awash in heavy, reverberated guitar licks, tempo changes, and mind-altering chord progressions—all while expanding Plantoid’s signature sound towards new horizons, like wall-of-sound shoegaze and vocal-forward rock-pop.

Whitelands       Sunlight Echoes           

Their second album sees them develop a more expansive sound that takes them out of the shoegaze shadows to somewhere bigger, better and brighter.

Buzzcocks         Attitude Adjustment   

Bursting with 14 new tracks, Attitude Adjustment finds Buzzcocks doing what they do best: combining raw punk energy with melodic smarts and lyrical bite, all delivered with trademark heart and humour.

Eric Bibb            One Mississippi           

The album contains thirteen original songs written by Bibb or co-written with his Grammy-nominated producer Glen Scott, plus a cover of “One Mississippi”, written by iconic singer-songwriter Janis Ian – whom Bibb has known since they were at high school together in New York in the ’60s – and Fred Koller.

Self Torque       A Brutal Nadir

Pop sensibilities wrangle with a primitive approach akin to the first wave pop-punk bands like Buzzocks and Stiff Little Fingers. Also imbibed in the band’s sound is a garage punk energy reminiscent, at times, of bands like Hot Snakes, Young Livers, Rocket From The Crypt.

Barry Walker Jr              Paleo Sol          

Pedal steel guitarist whose technical prowess is rooted in traditional forms and whose compositions push into entirely new frontiers. Rooted in country and folk traditions, his playing explores minimalism, ambient and spiritual music.

QASU   A Bleak King Cometh  

Black metal trio delivers a crushing and otherworldly sound that fuses blackened psychedelia, occult techno, and warped sound design into a singular, terrifying vision.

The Soft Pink Truth       Can Such Delightful Times Go On Forever?  

Melding the electronic dance floor and the classical conservatory with lavish orchestrations

Indira Paganotto            Arte Como Amante     

Spanish techno protagonist whose debut album is high-pressure, high-energy, and deeply personal.

Pem      other ways of landing EP         

Earthy yet elusive songwriting is paired with analogue crackles, string based sound design and field recordings.

Ronker                Respect The Hustle, I Won’t Be Your Dog Forever     

Think IDLES meets METZ on a caffeine rush, with a touch of Refused’s chaos and Voivod’s weirdness.

Malena Zavala               If This Life Could Start Again 

She creates an atmospheric dream pop world, weaving singer-songwriter intimacy with synth pop, Argentine folk, indiepop, rock and experimental music, threaded together by her blissful vocals and dreamy guitar work.

Stabbing            Eon of Obscenity          

Brutal death metal band inspired by the likes of Disgorge and Deeds of Flesh.

ER Jurken          To Be Continued           

His songwriting is inclined to wander through the past century or so of American music with a uniquely insouciant flair.

Various               CGBG – A New York City Soundtrack 1975-1986        

A 4CD boxset that takes in names associated with the club such as Patti Smith, Blondie, Talking Heads and Television together with a host of lesser-known acts.

David Moore    Graze The Bell

A collection of soul-stirring, mesmerizing solo piano pieces.

Ty Segall & The Muggers            “LIVE” “AT” “THE” “BBC”          

EP collecting their Marc Riley 6 Music session from 2014.

Dani Larkin       Next Of Kin      

A sonic and lyrical exploration of life’s most universal milestones; from the innocence of birth to the acceptance of life’s end.

Geologist           Can I Get A Pack of Camel Lights?     

Animal Collective’s Geologist rides the high country on a hurdy gurdy of many colours.

Scattered Purgatory (破地獄) Post Purgatory               

Album from Taiwanese occult force where downtempo beats collide with doom metal riffs, contemporary sound design and granular sampling summon a surreal, dark tropical atmosphere.

Parkwalker       The Extra Mile

They craft a compact blend of emopop and slowcore: intertwined clean guitars, insistent bass, laid-back drums, and warm vocals.

Steve Poltz        Joyride

He has spent more than three decades as a singer-songwriter-performer with his brand of rockin’ countrified folk Americana.

Radium Dolls                  Wound Up       

Australian band known for their high-energy live shows and ’70s-inspired rock ‘n’ roll.

Kanonenfieber               Die Urkatastrophe       

Black and death metal album based on factual reports, letters and original documents from the surviving and deceased soldiers from the First World War.

Indica Blues     Universal Heat Death

Think Electric Wizard-sized riffs, Sleep-level weight, blues-soaked sludge, and dual-guitar fire collapsing into seven tracks about war, revenge, teenage destruction, and the literal end of the universe.

Large    Marine Life      

Centred on language-driven songs that balance assured production with lyrical nuance, Large occupies a space between classic and contemporary indie, drawing comparisons to Wilco, Belle and Sebastian, and Andy Shauf.