Songs You Must Hear No.750 Second Cities - Sacred The two singles from upcoming album 'Secrets' are pointing towards a band that have now found the chemistry in the music and message they want to send. follow them @secondcities.bsky.social #newmusic #recommendations youtube.com/shorts/fR2-C...

Songs You Must Hear No.749 FERAL THE WOLF - Send the Dogs I've previously described FERAL THE WOLF as "mean, moody and magnificent songs, merging electronic sounds with alternative rock melodies to create something epic" and "A beautiful symbiosis of man and machine". youtube.com/shorts/Ohb6E...

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Songs You Must Hear No 748 Shedfromthebody - Spine This unexpected but totally brilliant song is the lead single from the wonderful surprise announcement of a second album from Shedfromthebody in 2025. 'Everything Out There Has Teeth' is out on October 23rd. #newmusic youtube.com/shorts/iQ8WE...

Songs You Must Hear No.747 SOFIA ISELLA - Out in the Garden SOFIA ISELLA is again putting more power, meaning and emotion into a whisper than most lung-busting throat-shredding singers ever manage. Get invested before the Grammies start rolling in. #newmusic www.youtube.com/shorts/FS2fp...

Songs You Must Hear No.746 Daffo - Sideways Gabi is a songwriter with a knack of crafting timeless songs that resonate with a brutal honesty and self-reflection that is unusual for one so young. youtube.com/shorts/1McOq...

Songs You Must Hear No.745 Dreadnought - Dead And Buried 'Dead And Buried' is the first single from Dreadnought since he released his debut album 'Fatal Flaw' in January 2025. It's a slammin' protest song for these dark times. #newmusic www.youtube.com/shorts/szC5v...

Songs You Must Hear No.744 South Arcade - FEAR OF HEIGHTS This self-proclaimed 'Y2Kcore' band are creating a buzz with their fresh modern take on the kind of pop-punk that made Paramore and Avril Lavigne massive. #newmusic #bestof2025 youtube.com/shorts/OjiRB...

Songs You Must Hear No.741 Cardiacs - Volob The road to the release of the LSD album has been long, sad, difficult, and yet it seems like a cause for celebration. I'm glad they finished it; there can be no more fitting tribute to Tim Smith (1961–2020). #newmusic youtube.com/shorts/sUcOY...

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Songs You Must Hear No.740 Wot Gorilla? - Doomscrolling 'Doomscrolling' is the second preview from their upcoming album. They hit my sweet spot with their bittersweet vocal melodies over some complex math/prog rock shenanigans. #newmusic #bestof2025 youtube.com/shorts/mFPMz...

Songs You Must Hear No.739 Boko Yout - GUSTO This track shows off the brilliant energy and inventiveness that Paul Adamah, AKA Boko Youf, is capable of. Adamah has dubbed his music as 'afro-grunge' but there are all kinds of vibrant exciting influences at play #newmusic youtube.com/shorts/WbRyG...

Songs You Must Hear No.738 Karnivool - Aozora Their fourth album, 'In Verses' is scheduled to be released in February next year. 'Aozora', is named after the Japanese for “blue sky” and explores themes of escape and self-reflection. #newmusic #bestof2025 youtube.com/shorts/aHDUX...

Songs You Must Hear No.737 Bec Lauder and The Noise - Tease Me This three-piece rock band formed in the East Village of Manhattan have just released their debut album, 'The Vessel'. #newmusic #bestof2025 youtube.com/shorts/mR9Od...

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Songs You Must Hear No.736 grandson - AUTONOMOUS DELIVERY ROBOT His latest album, 'INERTIA' is a blunt chronicle of MAGA America with scorn left over for global issues such as the situation in Gaza and big-tech's nefarious tools. #musicrecommendations www.youtube.com/shorts/Tp0X0...

Songs You Must Hear No.735 Greg Freeman - Point and Shoot Greg Freeman opens his second album 'Burnover' with this gem of a song. The album is an absolute treat for anybody who loves bands like Bright Eyes, Wednesday and Big Thief. #newmusic #bestof2025 youtube.com/shorts/I-6Ed...

Songs You Must Hear No.734 HEALTH - ORDINARY LOSS This is the first preview of HEALTH's next album, the freshly announced, 'CONFLICT DLC' which is out on December 11th 2025. #newmusic #bestof2025 youtube.com/shorts/oYGQM...

Songs You Must Hear No.733 Earth To Eve - Have You Heard The News Today? Eve's new single is stripped down to piano and voice for most of it, but it is the hardest hitting song of the year. #newmusic #bestof2025 youtube.com/shorts/toz4X...

Songs You Must Hear No.732 Terminals - Breathe Birmingham-based band Terminals with another exemplary reason for us all to put the 8th of October in our calendars - the release date for the forthcoming EP, 'Awake'. youtube.com/shorts/a4sjE...

Songs You Must Hear No.731 SOFIA ISELLA - Muse SOFIA ISELLA is one of the artists I've covered the most since I started this music blogging thing. And the reason for that is that artists this different and so annoyingly talented don't come along so often. youtube.com/shorts/Sui2W...

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Songs You Must Hear No.730 Goldie Boutilier - Favorite Fear Goldie Boutilier seems like she's found herself, her direction forward and her sound with her album 'Goldie Boutilier Presents... Goldie Montana'. It's a classy alt-pop gem. youtube.com/shorts/29epG...

Songs You Must Hear No.728 Lost Velvet - Make It Alright More seductive soundscapes with a dangerous twist from this Reading, UK duo. If they were a cocktail I'd call it the Malevolent Cocteau. youtube.com/shorts/WwwY-...

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Songs You Must Hear No.729 Caustic Waves - Escape Your Fate 'Escape Your Fate' is another strong track from the forthcoming album, 'Echoes', due on 10 October. Caustic Waves is the one-man band of Glasgow's Neil Thomas. @causticwaves.bsky.social #newmusic #bestof2025 youtube.com/shorts/BqnYq...

Erotic Secrets of Pompeii - Moving Sidewards into Lightning (Slump's Unofficial Saucy Fresco Mix) Slump is trying his hand at remixes / reworkings / reimaginings of other artist's work. Here's a subtle & loving rework of ESOP's single 'Moving Sidewards into Lightning' youtube.com/shorts/sfWtp...

Songs You Must Hear No.727 Erotic Secrets of Pompeii - Moving Sidewards into Lightning Imagine Talking Heads, XTC, Devo and Magazine jamming together whilst drinking Absinthe and you'll get the idea #newmusic #musicrecommendations www.youtube.com/shorts/bi-uY...

Songs You Must Hear No.726 Softcult - 16/25 The Ontario-based siblings are due to release their debut album, 'When A Flower Doesn't Grow' on January 30th 2026 via Easylife Records. youtube.com/shorts/BXJqj...

Songs You Must Hear No.725 BLACKSHAPE - Like the Fourth Wall How do you follow up such an emotional epic as 2021's 'ITIIITIATIIHYLIHYL'? Well, the answer is you write another song that is devastatingly powerful and emotionally bruising. Welcome back BLACKSHAPE youtube.com/shorts/N-3KR...

Songs You Must Hear No 724 Altai - On Your Own A wonderful song that digs deeper into you with every listen, so apologies for it taking a while to feature it. Tessa wrote it as "something to turn to when panic and feelings of being overwhelmed beckon" youtube.com/shorts/A6ZGF...

Songs You Must Hear No.723 Saint Agnes - The Father, The Son and The Holy Beast From their upcoming album 'Your God Fearing Days Are About To Begin'. It has elements of dark-pop, industrial, goth and alternative metal that all fuse together perfectly. www.youtube.com/shorts/dUoIb...

Songs You Must Hear No.722 Lunatic Soul - The Prophecy “The Prophecy” is an epic and uplifting tune despite its maudlin topic of artists only gaining success after their deaths. It also features stunning visuals by Sightsphere. It's spinetingling stuff. www.youtube.com/shorts/epUsS...

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Songs You Must Hear No.721 Pinkshift - Anita Ride 'Anita Ride' to celebrate the launch of Pinkshift's second album 'Earthkeeper'. It's a fine example of the range of textures and dynamics they've produced on this new album. @pinkshiftmd.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/9db0C...

Songs You Must Hear No.577 (Redux) Daffo - Quick Fix Originally featured as No.577 on the SYMH playlist, I've reincluded it with this stunning raw performance captured by Bloom Sessions in the crumbling opulence of the Hippodrome in Brighton, UK. www.youtube.com/shorts/_yLzX...

Songs You Must Hear No.720 Of Monsters and Men - Ordinary Creature Of Monsters and Men have finally announced studio album no.4 - 'All Is Love and Pain in the Mouse Parade', out on October 17th. This bittersweet song is a perfect (re)introduction to the Icelandic band. youtube.com/shorts/Ds0Vc...

Songs You Must Hear No.719 Stone Of Duna - Abyssal Colossus Stone Of Duna are the ideal band for you if you've always wished there were a band that married the prog tendencies of Tool to the monolithic riffs of early Soundgarden. #newmusic #stoner #doom #prog youtube.com/shorts/ZZo7K...

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Songs You Must Hear No.718 Wolf Alice - White Horses A song about identity and roots, which recognises the important thing is people you choose to have around you. Which says a lot more than flag waving, roundabout painting f**kwits will ever say. youtube.com/shorts/FD8PF...

Songs You Must Hear No.717 Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo - Radioactive Dreams At the start of 2025, Hayden Pedigo teased that he'd recorded an album with Chat Pile in Oklahoma City. This preview is an unexpected gem, sounding like a melancholic ketamine-induced fever dream. youtube.com/shorts/IHG0x...

Songs You Must Hear No.716 Faeser - No Such Thing If this is the sound of things to come, then I'm very much looking forward to the rest of this band's future output. www.youtube.com/shorts/FHBfm...

Folk Bitch Trio - breathtaking 'Moth Song' at Yes Manchester, 23rd August 2025 Here's a snippet of the spine-tingling 'Moth Song' by Folk Bitch Trio, shot in Manchester. The three voices combine beautifully but Grace's vocals especially on this move me to tears. youtube.com/shorts/jpyhK...

Songs You Must Hear No.715 Sorry - Echoes Sorry's third album 'COSPLAY' seems set to be their best yet when it comes out on November 7th. #newmusic #recommended #indierock #alternative #genreblending youtube.com/shorts/LILIm...

Songs You Must Hear No.714 Terminals - Faith Birmingham-based band Terminals are killing it with the songs from their forthcoming EP,, 'Awake', which is out on October 8th 2025. #newmusic #alternativemetal #bestnewsongs youtube.com/shorts/Yzcbq...

Folk Bitch Trio - God's A Different Sword (live at Yes Pink Room, Manchester on August 23rd 2025) Australia's Folk Bitch Trio performing on their 'Now Would Be A Good Time' World Tour. Bewitching harmonies and astute lyrics make them an act that you must check out. youtu.be/RAfMeESJMdI

Daffo - Dagger Song (Unofficial Slump remix) Slump is trying his hand at remixes / reworkings / reimaginings of other artist's work. Here's a totally unofficial, but loving rework of Daffo's 'Dagger Song'. youtube.com/shorts/1ZKBi...

Songs You Must Hear No.713 Tamara & the Dreams - Fleetwood Mac Tamara Reichman has followed up her previous single ‘Successful Bisexual’ with something that’s even more charmingly brilliant. And it’s done with an earworm of a chorus that lodges straight into your brain. youtube.com/shorts/0K-e0...

Songs You Must Hear No.712 HARPY - Precious This song should find more people obsessing about HARPY, with its electronica meets goth meets metal vibe. It's catnip for fans of acts like Chelsea Wolfe and Cassyette and co-written with Sam from Wargasm. youtube.com/shorts/Rgm64...