Cardiacs LSD
The culmination of the late Tim Smith’s work and brings all of his faculties to bear in one place: a unified whole world of experience. Elements of more folk-horror offshoot The Sea Nymphs, his solo work OceanLandWorld and pop-flavoured Spratleys Japs flow alongside distinct references to Cardiacs’ 80s albums and on through to later work like the 1996 seminal album, Sing To God.
Kieran Hebden + William Tyler 41 Longfield Street Late ‘80s
When they discussed references for an album, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Fennesz, and AM oldies radio stations came up. But the main influence was found when they discovered a shared deep connection to ‘80s American country and folk music – artists like Lyle Lovett, Nanci Griffith, and Joe Ely.
Robin Richards Taproots
Debut solo album from Dutch Uncles frontman in a Flying Lotus, Steve Reich, Arvo Pärt, Phillip Glass, Tim Hecker, Boards of Canada and Kate Bush vein.
Yasmine Hamdan I Remember I Forget بنسى وبتذكر
A trailblazer of Arabic indie electronic pop and a key figure in the underground music scene, Hamdan blurs the lines between traditional sounds, electronic textures, and hypnotic melodies.
Falle Nioke Love From The Sea
Mixing West African rhythms with experimental electronic music.
pôt-pot Warsaw 480km
Lisbon based Irish quintet infuse the propulsive grooves of krautrock with a phosphorescent psych-rock radiance, all underscored by harmonium drones, hypnotic vocal harmonies, and deep layers of rough-hewn texture.
ALA.NI Sunshine Music
Sunshine Music was shaped by two and a half years spent living across Barbados, Grenada (her parents’ birthplace), and Jamaica, before returning to Paris to write and record. It’s a richly textured, sun-warmed collection drawing on calypso, jazz, bossa nova, and golden-era songwriting – threaded together by ALA.Ni’s singular voice.
Gans Good For The Soul
An eclectic album ranging through the churning punk and murky psych textures of a song like ‘In Time’, or the darkly soulful procession of ‘Nightwalking’ (which features brass from members of Ibibio Sound Machine), the post-punk canter of ‘This Product’, and the stately widescreen indie of ‘Everything In Extreme’.
Caroline Kingsbury Shock Treatment EP
On her new EP, “Shock Treatment,” queer popstar Caroline Kingsbury imagines a world of reverse-conversion-therapy where being gay is in and being straight is out.
Scustin Confessions of a Pub Talker
Post-funk band with a modern Irish concept record that tells the story of Larry, a barman in his mid-to-late 20s struggling to find his way amidst the social and economic uncertainties of modern Irish life.
Donner Party The Donner Party
Out of print since its release in 1987, the cult record will be available once more nearly four decades later on LP and digitally. With the band named after a group of 19th-century American travellers who turned cannibalistic while stranded, Donner Party’s songs often prominently satirised themes of death, anxiety, and the occult.
Igorrr Amen
French producer and multi-instrumentalist Gautier Serra has always made clear that IGORRR is as much about the influence of Bach and Chopin as it is about Cannibal Corpse, Aphex Twin, and Meshuggah
The Divine Comedy Rainy Sunday Afternoon
Their 13th album reflects Neil Hannon’s darker, melancholy side: Mortality; memories; relationships; political and social upheaval.
Nathan O’Regan Olive Branch
Irish singer-songwriter whose album was recorded at Attica Studios in Donegal – run by Villagers guitarist Tommy McLaughlin
Stella and the Very Messed Big Familiar
Channelling the jagged catharsis of ’90s alt-rock with a sleek modern edge.
Black Lips Season of the Peach
A 40-minute rock and roll odyssey, tripping through DIY genres where garage rock meets new wave pop, and disgruntled country shakes hands with epic western soundtracks.
Boo Boos Young Love
Debut album from bicoastal duo Boo Boos (comprised of co-singer/songwriters Katie Boo and Bronco Boo, AKA E of EELS and Kate Mattison of 79.5).
Motion City Soundtrack The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World
The quintet’s signature cocktail of neurotic charm and hook-laden pop-punk is still potent.
Lola Young I’m Only F**king Myself
Third album from the chart topper explores themes of self-sabotage, using vices like sex and drugs as a form of escapism, which can quickly turn into nihilism.
Milo Korbenski Sex Angel
The record references a broad range of influences, including Kurt Vile, Helado Negro, Black Sabbath, The xx, The Cocteau Twins, Siouxsie Sioux, Jagwar Ma, and Calvin Johnson
Briscoe Heat of July
Texas duo produced by Grammy-nominated Brad Cook (Waxahatchee, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats) and featuring a “folk supergroup” featuring Watchhouse (formerly Mandolin Orange) and studio musicians who have performed with artists including Bon Iver, Houndmouth, and Hiss Golden Messenger.
Mappe Of Afterglades
A sweeping experimental sci-fi-folk album, Afterglades is a meditation on the end of the world—and what it means to face it alongside the people you love.
Native Sun Concrete Jungle
Their songs are soaring, raucous, and is reminiscent of acts like The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Velvet Underground.
Mule Jenny Take Enough Leeway
Although the music remains complex – full of math-rock twists and hairpin turns – vocal lines guide the sound through a more melodic pop direction.
Looms Big Dream EP
Brooklyn-based indie rock quartet
Total Wife Come Back Down
A fuzzed-out sonic journey through sweet melodies and new beginnings, harnessing the hope of change over churning guitars.
Child of Prague Clothed in the Sun EP
Their sound is best described as an ‘Irish take on Midwest emo’.
Joanne Robertson Blurrr
Written between painting sessions and also whilst raising a child, Blurrr is a record of loose and playful intuition. Robertson’s vocals and guitar drift, murmur and whisper across the record; fostering a deep intimacy as unknown emotions rise up from the well.
Johnny Marr Look Out Live!
Recorded at his sold-out show at Hammersmith Apollo in 2024.
Frog The Count
It takes a left turn from even Frog’s most idiosyncratic past material, with Bateman assuming the titular role of a mysterious New Yorker turned piano man for one impromptu and unforgettable performance.
David Cultura Cultura
Seven songs loaded with melodic hooks, taut musicianship, and infectious, insistent grooves begging for a dance partner.
Mirador Mirador
Band coming from a deep passion for rock ‘n’ roll, early folk, and country blues as well as folklore
SANAM Sametou Sawtan
The lyrical focus of this album is one inspired by forceful displacement, distance, love and longing. The Beirut-based group blend genres on this exploration of sound, memory and cultural identity
Propaganda Remix Encounters
A reimagining of their self-titled 2024 comeback album featuring remixes from Moby, Tangerine Dream, Rhys Fulber, Schiller.
The Prize In The Red
Melbourne’s fave three-guitar rock’n’roll power poppers.
Dug Have At It!
Their music draws from traditions rooted on both sides of the Atlantic – in one breath echoing the great American folk troubadours, in the next, channelling the elder statesmen of Irish folk.
Portland We’re Headed To The Lake
Portland band fusing elements of 90’s slacker rock, post-punk and beat making.
Jo Bartlett & Neil Haydock The River or the Road EP
These particular songs are all in the folk tuning of DADGAD, invented by Davy Graham in the ‘60’s initially on his song ‘Anji’.
Vilde Tuv Truthbomb
She brings a singular blend of sincerity and sonic exploration that recently earned her Electronic Album of the Year at Norway’s prestigious Spellemann Awards.
Jordan Astra Time Will Tell
A collection steeped in R&B, sunlit funk, and pop sparkle.
A Lost Asylum Feeding The Nightmare
EP from Salt Lake heavy outfit. Each track is drenched in frustration, loss, addiction, and obsession.
Autumn Tears Crown of the Clairvoyant
The album features a fully orchestrated classical ensemble and full choir. The album includes contributions from original Autumn Tears composer, pianist, and lyricist Ted Tringo, classical and opera duet Caroline Joy Clarke and Darren Clarke (Trovatori), singer-songwriter Tamar Singer (Zeresh, Cruel Wonders, Necromishka), and violinist and violist Sanja Smileska.
Narrenwind Gorzkie plony
Polish black metal/blackened heavy metal outfit Narrenwind release their fifth full-length album.
GØK2 Therapy Doesn’t Work EP
Babataş’ DIY productions blend elements of dance, electro, punk rock, hip-hop and break-beat.
Cochemea Vol. 3: Ancestros Futuros
Saxophonist and flautist who had long tenure with Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings before going on to work with Kevin Morby, Run The Jewels, Jon Batiste, Amy Winehouse, The Roots, Archie Shepp, Mark Ronson, and Quincy Jones.
Vijunns Collapse
Since 2018, he has explored the terrain between ambient and techno, carving out a space beyond rave euphoria and the contemplative depths of electronica rich with lucid imagery and immersive storytelling.
Abbey Lane Lessons Learnt EP
Artist known for her energy-packed anthems made up of powerful vocals, toe-tapping drum rhythms, and infectious guitar melodies.
