Tamikrest Assikel
Sixth studio album from Saharan rock band. The album is by turns intimate, raw and deeply atmospheric. Recorded on analogue tape, with the band playing live and direct, ‘Assikel’ fully captures their instinctive interplay and hypnotic presence. Songs of resistance, community and longing.
Kelley Stoltz If You Don’t Know Me, Buy Now
A collection that continues his long exploration of hook‑laden psych‑pop, introspective lyrics, and richly textured arrangements.
Genesis Owusu Redstar Wu & The Worldwide Scourge
Owusu collates his blended taste seamlessly across an eclectic sound bed, threading Neo-Soul into Alt Pop, Synth Punk into Deep Funk, Brit Rock and more. Rich in lyricism and earnest in its message.
devices Divorces
Art rock four piece weaves the sound influences of their international roots (Martin grew up in Argentina; Fadi in Lebanon and France) with their solidarity as four gay men making music reflecting upon genres which would often conflict with their own sexuality in their formative years.
Sam Gelband That’s All
Gelband’s lyrical edge and classic melodic sensibilities are front and centre on this focused and sparse songwriter album, and it shines in its simplicity. A recent collaborator with The Sons of Rainier, Bella White, Dean Johnson, and Chris Acker.
The Gnomes More EP
One of Australia’s most exciting new guitar bands — blending ‘60s beat, garage rock and left-of-centre power pop with a fresh, instinctive energy.
The Karma Effect Cruel Intentions
South London blues rockers’ third album is a collection which captures the visceral atmosphere of the band’s lauded live performances and is the most complete, crystal clear realisation of the band’s ambitions yet: leaner, louder, heavier and joyously larger-than-life.
Gipsy Kings Historia
Adorning their core flamenco sound with Latin influences, a pop accessibility and touches of reggae and jazz.
Farveblind Micropleasures
With touchstones ranging from Battles and The Chemical Brothers to Underworld and Viagra Boys, Farveblind’s hard-edged brand of electronic music collides breakbeats, acid-drenched techno, punk fury, and sweeping cinematic layers.
Held. Grey
Trio featuring both Douglas Robinson and Sal Mignano of The Sleeping and Josh Eppard from Coheed And Cambria.
Dua Saleh Of Earth and Wires
Saleh threads and deconstructs indie, R&B and electronic pop with flashes of Sudanese folk, UK dance and baile funk.
Rhododendron Ascent Effort
Drawing from the angular experimentation of underground rock in the 1980s and 1990s alongside elements of jazz, ambient, and progressive music, their compositions are deliberate with intensity.
Holy Sun Opera House Holy Sun Opera House
At its core is soprano and drummer Krissy Barker with composer dl Salo. Along with a revolving cast of collaborators, singers and performers, they create emotionally engaging and haunting symphonic music embellished by electronics, heavy drums and synthesizers.
Rostam American Stories
Fully exploring his Persian roots for the first time on a record, on American Stories Rostam quilts together elements of Americana and traditional Persian music. An accomplished multi-instrumentalist, Rostam’s vocals are complimented by his own playing across the album; on acoustic guitar and piano and, in places, drums and percussion.
Kreidler Schemes
Berlin/Düsseldorf-based outfit Kreidler focus on atmospheric soundscapes – of course maintaining their signature rhythmic groove, which on Schemes is simply more buoyant and less insistent.
Anthony Almonte Conversando Con La Luna
He has previously worked and performed with artists like Paul McCartney, Wynton Marsalis and Eddie Palmieri. This project leans into a modern take on salsa with touches of pop and rock.
Spencer Krug Same Fangs
There are shades of Tobias Jesso Jr.’s stark confessionals, the literate cool of Destroyer, the late-era gravity of Leonard Cohen, even flashes of Lou Reed’s conversational bite.
Borscht Colour of Forever EP
Five-track debut from South London group that operates somewhere between alt-rock ritual and darker esoteric folk.
Split A Thousand Reflections
Danish hardcore band with a fierce and uncompromising sound, the band blends raw intensity with carefully crafted structure
Bugeye The Shape of Things
Queer electro-pop outfit blending the brooding synth-pop pulse of Gary Numan and Depeche Mode with the darker art-pop textures of St. Vincent and the raw edge of Bones UK,
The All-American Rejects Sandbox
Prior to headlining a stage at Download comes their new album which has camaraderie at its foundations, built with the desire to reconnect with their roots while establishing new ones.
Mad Honey Bridge Over Cumberland
One of the buzziest acts in the prolific Oklahoma City shoegaze scene, with lead vocalist Tuff Sutcliffe’s poignant lyricism serving as an enigmatic centrepiece.
Lea Bertucci The Days Pass Quickly Immersed in the Shadow of Eternity
Experimental musician and composer with a striking work combining pre-recorded flute samples, triggered and diffused live, with live performance, unfolding across an eight-channel spatial audio field.
The Hoosiers Compassion
On their sixth album, they pick up where they left off; honing a more adult take on the jubilant sound that made a name for them back in 2007.
Eel Men Glass Hammers EP
Drawing on more Eno-esque production sensibilities and a loose, groove-led approach, on this new material the band open up their sound into something more expansive, slinkier, and rhythm-driven.
Maximum Robot Away With The Fairies
A band that define their sound as grunge but with influences from punk rock and metal of various sub-genres.
Mr. Bruce OK Listen
A wildly ambitious, shape-shifting record that pulls together hyperpop, dancehall, dubstep and more.
Bad Fractals The Sea Sang Screaming
A thundering, psychedelic avalanche of acid punk and glam trash rock.
Acid Reign Daze of the Week
There has been a lot of change in the AR camp since the release of their universally praised comeback album The Age Of Entitlement in 2019. From the line up that recorded it Marc (drums) Paul & Cooky (Guitars) have been and gone and now we have Acid Reign 3.0, the re-reboot.
Bleech 9:3 Bleech 9:3 EP
Self-titled debut from Dublin duo channelling their experiences of addiction.
