"It feels kind of transformative, rather than being transactional. It’s almost 100% powered on goodwill—a radical sincerity, and a will to make impossible things happen." 20+ years of @upset-the-rhythm.bsky.social & still one of the best! daily.bandcamp.com/label-profil...

ESYA speaks to BBC News about her Chasing Desire exhibitions in Glasgow + London, plus debut solo LP coming next month... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"The Californian creative navigates seamlessly from bass-driven disco to sparse electronic beats on her expansive debut album" Hannah Lew leads The Guardian's Add To Playlist this week: www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m... Debut album out 10th April on @nightschoolrecords.bsky.social

Rural France announce their upcoming album, SLOTHS, and share new track "Lonely Heart Pyramid Scheme", the pair's "triumphant loser anthem".

Catch up with the new single from The Claypool Lennon Delirium on PROG Magazine - new album coming in May via ATO Records: www.loudersound.com/music/music-...

Listen to the new single from The Claypool Lennon Delirium's upcoming album, out 1st May on ATO Records!

We are super excited to be reissuing the two solo albums by ex-Dolly Mixture member Rachel Love: 2021's "Picture In Mind" and 2024's "Lyra." They’re both lovely pop albums, made on a small scale but with big ambitions, rich with melody and wise insight. Out April 10th! rachellove.bandcamp.com

Middleman on NME's New Music Bangers - debut album out now! open.spotify.com/playlist/0xX...

Ms Ray, Hemi Hemingway, Robber Robber and Sophia Yau-Weeks lead this week's New Music Discovery playlist.

The February edition of Crawl Out From The Fallout includes new singles from GUV, Natural Magic, Wet Tuna, King Tuff, Uni Boys, Haylie Davis, Spencer Cullum, The Reds, Pinks and Purples, Hannah Lew, and more! If you missed the show, check out the archive over at WGXC. bit.ly/3MxNBoa

New blog post! Wrote about new records from Remember Sports @getbetterrecords.bsky.social, Gentle Brontosaurus, Sanpaulo @paulnini.bsky.social @old3clabelgroup.bsky.social, and Middleman:

Hannah Lew unveils new solo album single Sunday www.live4ever.uk.com/hannah-lew-s...

Sophia Yau-Weeks announces her debut album, Misty Mountain, out on 3rd April - listen to lead single "Nobody's Laughing" premiering now @onebeatpr.bsky.social @billcummings80.bsky.social www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2026/02/10/n...

Oakland, CA songwriter Sophia Yau-Weeks announces debut album 'Misty Mountain' Written during a two-year spell in London, her spartan, shadowy poetics recall Jessica Pratt or Adrianne Lenker. www.clashmusic.com/news/sophia-...

Sophia Yau-Weeks announces her debut album, Misty Mountain, out on 3rd April - listen to lead single "Nobody's Laughing" premiering now on @godisinthetvzine.bsky.social: www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2026/02/10/n...

UTR are releasing Dog Chocolate’s new album ‘So Inspired, So Done In’ this month! Here’s the latest exuberant anthem - ‘Infinite Nuggets’ - a song dwelling on the spontaneous nature of the mind! UTR x youtu.be/JS253bLqjYk @onebeatpr.bsky.social @southernrecorddist.bsky.social

Music City's debut album 'Welcome To Music City' is out today via @redundantspan.bsky.social! welcometomusiccity.bandcamp.com/album/welcom... Big thanks to @npr.org for including it in this week's recommended records: www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...

New blog post! Wrote about new records from Vegas Water Taxi @pnkslm.bsky.social, Music City @redundantspan.bsky.social, 2070, and Achers:

"..bursting at the seams with memorable, singalong choruses aplenty." Music City's debut album is out tomorrow! @godisinthetvzine.bsky.social reviews: www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2026/02/05/m...

We're also putting on Music City's album release show in Sheffield next Friday 6th Feb at Delicious Clam! Support from Dearthworms & The XOXOs. Tickets: www.skiddle.com/whats-on/She... Check out Music City's new single "It's Alright": musiccity.ffm.to/itsalright @redundantspan.bsky.social

New singles by ESYA (Savages), MIDDLEMAN, Music City (The Number Ones), Hannah Lew (Grass Widow/Cold Beat) & more on our playlist, dig in! open.spotify.com/playlist/5KE...

Savages’ Ayşe Hassan launches solo project ESYA - an album is incoming, with a pair of exhibitions... www.clashmusic.com/news/savages...

Savages' Ayşe Hassan announces debut album as ESYA, out 10th April. Listen to new single "Heaven" via @undertheradar.bsky.social: www.undertheradarmag.com/news/esya_sh...

🚨🚨🚨 New music by UK four piece Middleman. Already been played on BBC 6 Music. This is new single 'Carry The Lie'. Debut album out in Febuary, touring the UK in March. Playing George Tavern, London on 21st Feb @onebeatpr.bsky.social #musicsky youtu.be/pCmkoUhh8Qk?...

Middleman have shared another track from their upcoming debut album, 'Following The Ghost'. Listen to Carry The Lie 🎧 tinyurl.com/3jkbm8t6

"...a constantly evolving music that breaks the notion that traditional means unchanging." More praise for Emergence Collective's new album in @thewiremagazine.bsky.social! www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e... @redundantspan.bsky.social

"..a no-skips blast of scuzzy hooks and ripping leads, with moments of jangle-pop poise emerging from the tangle." Middleman are @stereoboard.com's Ones To Watch 2026 - debut album out 13th Feb! www.stereoboard.com/content/view...

OUR LIFE IN TWELVE SONGS: MIDDLEMAN Middleman's Noah, Rory, Harper, and Ted give a selection of tracks that helped shaped their musical lives. Including Dinosaur Jr., The Replacements, The Pastels, Buddy Emmons, Killer of Men, and Television. @ioanhumphreys.bsky.social

Hannah Lew is known for playing in San Francisco post-punk bands Grass Widow and Cold Beat, and now she's going solo. Her self-titled debut LP arrives in April, and we get a taste today with the sonically groovy, lyrically gloomy lead single "Another Twilight."

Hannah Lew balances the line between pop’s embrace and the cold edges of her post-punk past. First single “Another Twilght” is a smeared, hazy bout of sythpop. The song glows with a renewed warmth, a humming humidity that’s works well with Lew’s velveteen delivery. bit.ly/49yWd5H

It's been a busy start to 2026 already! Catch up with new music from Radhika, Hannah Lew, Dog Chocolate and Music City on our new playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/5KE...

Hannah Lew (of Grass Widow / Cold Beat) announces s/t debut solo album, out 10th April via @nightschoolrecords.bsky.social! Listen to "Another Twilight" via @ravensingstheblues.bsky.social: www.ravensingstheblues.com/hannah-lew-a...

So excited to welcome Hannah Lew to the label. Ex-Grass Widow + Cold Beat-er has recorded her debut album of dream-like synth pop and i fell pretty hard for it. pump this stuff directly to my brain ha here's the first song + pre-order... hannahlew.bandcamp.com/album/hannah...

Radhika features on @theskinnymag.bsky.social's New Scottish Music for 2026 preview: www.theskinny.co.uk/music/new-mu...

"a beautiful, frosted piece of dream pop, a somnambulist indie pop that drifts into the climes of the sub-conscious." www.clashmusic.com/news/radhika... @clashmusic.com

“Pretty Feelings”, the dazzling new single from Dublin-born, London-based band Music City pledges a delightful ode to 60s and 70s rock 'n' roll sounds.

Glaswegian singer-songwriter Radhika threads together family history and cultural heritage with 60s dream pop in “Starry Eyes”, the first single off her upcoming debut album CINE POP.

Get to know new Scottish dream-poppers Radhika: www.thelineofbestfit.com/tracks/radhi... @thelineofbestfit.com

New & Notable: You'll find chiming guitars, stacked harmonies, and muscular rhythms aplenty on the charming debut from this Dublin-based power pop artist.

"a shouty good time" - @brooklynvegan.bsky.social covers Dog Chocolate's "Employee" www.brooklynvegan.com/23-new-songs... New album coming 27th Feb via @upset-the-rhythm.bsky.social!

“Bonkers and exquisite” isn’t just a lyric in Dog Chocolate’s new single ‘Green Stuff’ - it’s the perfect snapshot of the band themselves! Spindly cascades of guitar, plinky keyboards and eco camaraderie burst into vivid being on Green Stuff, out now! youtu.be/uptoXIFjzLA @onebeatpr.bsky.social

Another mention in @thewiremagazine.bsky.social for Emergence Collective! “The result on Swimming In The Early Hours is a constantly evolving music that breaks the notion that traditional means unchanging.” www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...

Featuring the s/t debut album from Studio Electrophonique, out now via Valley of Eyes Records...

"We’re delighted to report that it remains utterly flawless... The riffs are turbo-charged, the choruses glisten with passion, and the crowd swoon at every single word... It’s a ridiculously exciting experience, embracing emotion as defiance. Twee as f*ck, all over again.” [Robin Murray, CLASH]

A snapshot of some of the praise for Griff Lynch's debut solo album, Blas Melysa’r Mis, out now via Lwcus T. Listen to "Same Old Show" ft James Dean Bradfield of Manic Street Preachers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-0l...

𝗰𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘇𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝗽 • out now • a companion EP that reimagines and expands upon the sonic world of Bots. While Bots was meticulously assembled, this new collection embraces a more immediate, live-inspired energy, and a collaboration with labelmate, Anna McClellan! pickledarling.lnk.to/crumplezones

Inside The Wire 502: Emergence Collective The Sheffield group take a utopian approach to improvisation through their inclusive ethos, folky instrumentation, minimalist patterns and simple rules for playing together. www.thewire.co.uk/shop/

"'Vacant Days' hits the ground running, a pulverising, fizzing blast of undiluted rock’n’roll..." Thanks @godisinthetvzine.bsky.social for premiering Middleman's new single! Debut album coming in Feb, followed by UK tour in March... www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2025/12/03/e...

Dog Chocolate announce new album on @upset-the-rhythm.bsky.social & share new single, "Employee" - an "off-kilter, punk adjacent rocker". Listen at @austintownhall.bsky.social: austintownhall.com/2025/12/02/d...

Music City’s Xmas single flexidiscs are in! Shipping now - listen / order yours: welcometomusiccity.bandcamp.com/album/only-h... @redundantspan.bsky.social