Songs You Must Hear No.997 Holy Wave - s33.u. in /HAL The Austin, Texas psych-pop band have released this wonderfully titled song to preview their upcoming new album, 'i’m DADA', which is out on 10 July via Suicide Squeeze Records. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/c2UOl...

(EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW) New single: The Fierce & The Dead - The 1234 The Fierce and The Dead return on 5th June 2026 with 'The 1234', the lead single from their forthcoming fifth album, 'Regional Theatre' #psychedelicrock #artrock #noiserock #alternativerock youtube.com/shorts/Fgs9g...

Here's a taster of the remix I did for the excellent Bilge Music Project. Catch it at the end of their debut - out on 3 June 2026.

Songs You Must Hear No.996 Cwfen - Whispers 'Whispers' isn't a new song but the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 gothic doomgaze band has just released a tour diary-style video for it. So I took the opportunity to give this epic song from debut album, 'Sorrows', some love. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/LQaZO...

Songs You Must Hear No.995 Man/Woman/Chainsaw - Goddamn Lizard Man! The latest preview of the band’s upcoming debut album, ‘Cannonball’, due on 7th August 2026. It’s long been a staple of their live set, so many fans will welcome it warmly. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/ayn30...

Songs You Must Hear No. 994 A Perfect Circle - Starless The long-term but sporadic project of Billy Howerdell and Maynard James Keenan surprised everyone with a new single just before their European dates, which start on 3rd June in London. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/VIa2N...

Song Featured - 'Hope' Debut album. 'Looking Forward to the End' will be out on all streaming platforms on 3rd June 2026. Features 10 songs plus 2 remixes by @slumplife.bsky.social #genreblending #alternativerock #artrock #prog #eclecticsounds youtube.com/shorts/YwZ75...

Songs You Must Hear No.993 The Ocean - Light Pollution 'Light Pollution' is our introduction to the new line-up of The Ocean, with Robin Staps and Mattias Hägerstrand now being joined by Jordi Farré, Enrico Tiberi, Mingyu Shi & Marco Gennaro. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/D2WRr...

Songs You Must Hear No.992 Ok Goodnight - Spiral 'Spiral' is taken from the band's upcoming album, 'stop/go', which is available from June 12th 2026. This is the follow-up to 2023's critically acclaimed 'The Fox and the Bird' #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/sgQ9m...

Song Featured - 'Hope' Debut album. 'Looking Forward to the End' will be out on streaming platforms from 3 June 2026. Genre-spanning, thoughtful music that sums up the current state of the world #genreblending #alternativerock #artrock #prog #eclecticsounds youtube.com/shorts/9nKBU...

Song Featured - 'All Faces Lie Pt.2' Debut album. 'Looking Forward to the End' will be out on streaming platforms from 3rd June 2026. Features 10 songs plus 2 remixes by @slumplife.bsky.social #alternativerock #artrock #prog youtube.com/shorts/flpPw...

Songs You Must Hear No.991 Ginger AF - Let The Groove Nice to see Ginger AF reappear with a single that is a total earworm. In a world that seems thoroughly dark, this song hits you like a beam of sunlight. #newmusic #recommended #indierock #grungepop youtube.com/shorts/B4kZg...

Song Featured - 'Oh Sisyphus!' #alternativerock #artrock #prog Debut album, ‘Looking Forward to the End’, released on all streaming platforms on 3rd June 2026. It contains 10 songs that capture the current state of affairs. Plus 2 remixes by @slumplife.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/ZHIRw...

Songs You Must Hear No.990 mary in the junkyard - New Muscles 'New Muscles' is the latest preview of mary in the junkyard's debut album. It's called 'Role Model Hermit', and is out on July 3rd via AMF Records. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/OeMrt...

Bilge Music Project - 'Looking Forward to the End' Debut Album OUT 3 JUNE 2026 #genreblending #alternativerock #artrock #prog #eclecticsounds youtube.com/shorts/iQtZo...

Held. is Douglas Robinson and Sal Mignano (both of The Sleeping) and Josh Eppard (co-founding member of Coheed And Cambria). 'WAVES OF FIRE' is from their recently released debut album, 'GREY'. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/l30gw...

It's a stunning tune with a haunting, bleak quality that is both unsettling and beautiful. It evokes the feelings you get from listening to the more atmospheric songs of greats like The God Machine and Nine Inch Nails. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/rnTAX...

Songs You Must Hear No.987 Truck Violence - Your name, It's walking Truck Violence's second full-length record, 'The weathervane is my body', comes out via The Flenser on 26th June 2026. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/8XpbT...

Songs You Must Hear No.985 Cuntrol - Sane Los Angeles-based alternative rock band Cuntrol has signed with Vaux Records. The band and their label are fresh additions to the city’s burgeoning indie scene. #newmusic #recommended #altrock #grunge #gaze #indierock youtube.com/shorts/NBdDz...

Bilge Music Project - 'Looking Forward to the End' Debut Album OUT 3 JUNE 2026 Song Featured - 'All Faces Lie Pt.2' Debut album. 'Looking Forward to the End' will be out on all streaming platforms on 3rd June 2026. Genre-spanning end of the world party. youtube.com/shorts/yL1_J...

Songs You Must Hear No.984 hey, nothing - Boat Garage hey, nothing is Tyler Mabry & Harlow Phillips from Athens, Georgia. If you like bands that give you that rural america feel, like Big Thief or Wednesday, then they may be for you. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/O-lql...

Songs You Must Hear No.983 husk - Sands of Time husk is a prog-metal duo, consisting of vocalist Marko Duplisak from Slovenia and guitarist/producer/composer HS from Massachusetts. #newmusic #recomended #progmetal #djent youtube.com/shorts/VSXHU...

'Looking Forward to the End'- out on all streaming platforms on 3 June Genre-spanning music that sums up the current state of the world. Featuring 2 bonus remixes by @slumplife.bsky.social #genreblending #alternativerock #artrock #prog #protest #nokings #taxtherich youtube.com/shorts/C3Wa1...

Songs You Must Hear No.982 Brass Camel - Why Bother Vancouver's Brass Camel defy labels, fusing deep-pocket funk, face-melting prog, and massive-harmony art rock. This song sounds like Supertramp and The Dear Hunter had illegitimate offspring. #newmusic #recommendation youtube.com/shorts/ZK0cY...

Songs You Must Hear No.981 Blondshell - Heart Has To Work So Hard LA musician Sabrina Teitelbaum AKA Blondshell, released this song to preview her upcoming album. She's also announced headline tours across North America, Europe & UK this year. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/Ja_cJ...

Love this short ad. Art is always important in times of oppression, fascism and darkness.

Bilge Music Project - 'Looking Forward to the End' Debut Album OUT 3 JUNE 2026 Song Featured - 'All Faces Lie Pt. 1' "Woe on every screen All faces lie to me" #genreblending #alternativerock #artrock #prog #altmetal #eclecticsounds #protest #nokings #taxtherich youtube.com/shorts/Y9_YP...

Slump's EP Recommendations: MLEKO - The Feast of St Perpetua "offers a lively, heartfelt debut EP that artfully blends post-punk, art rock, noise-rock, and dark humour, creating a hauntingly distinctive experience" #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/uRD24...

Songs You Must Hear No.980 Growing Pains - Swimming The band recently announced their signing to the Photo Finish label, and released their first single in a while, 'Swimming'. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/aobTb...

Songs You Must Hear No.979 Tahrip & FMA + 12 Gage - ŞEYTAN HARPTE In 2024, whilst on tour in Türkiye, FMA + 12 Gage shared the stage with Tahrip in Ankara. Now the two groups have collaborated on ŞEYTAN HARPTE - a brutally delivered anti-war song. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/cYr0i...

Songs You Must Hear No.978 Devon Thompson - Pillory Los Angeles singer-songwriter Devon Thompson started writing her own songs at the age of 12 and formed her first band around the age of 16. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/o4_MH...

Songs You Must Hear No.977 a-tota-so - Form of Mass a-tota-so is "a noisy rock band based in the UK, who write music inspired by grunge, mathrock and post hardcore" 'Form of Mass' follows the equally excellent 'Death Rattle', which they released in March. #newmusic youtube.com/shorts/rUD-g...

Songs You Must Hear No.976 Modest Mouse - Picking Dragons' Pockets Yeah, I'm a bit late posting this tune, but better late than never. This is from the upcoming MM album, 'An Eraser And A Maze', due out 5 June 2026. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/UYzae...

Songs You Must Hear No.975 Erotic Secrets of Pompeii - Crowstepper Erotic Secrets of Pompeii sidle back into our lives like Pogo the Clown moonwalking through a crowded birthday party, juggling chainsaws. It's magnificently malevolent. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/olRhW...

Slump's Album Recommendations: Lip Critic - Theft World "The result is abrasive, witty, unsettling, and unexpectedly moving. 'Theft World' is a bold leap forward for one of electro-punk’s most daring and exhilarating bands." #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/8025d...

Songs You Must Hear No.974 Dead Pony - Freak Like Me Glasgow's Dead Pony are releasing their new EP 'Eat My Dust!' on 15th May 2026. 'Freak Like Me' has been getting under my skin over the past few weeks, so I just had to share it with you. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/GN6xa...

Songs You Must Hear No.973 Every Hell - Catching Thunder The Brighton/Bristol five-piece is getting better with each release. Their mix of big riffs and huge melodies, with a pinch of prog-style experimentation, is pretty intoxicating. #newmusic #recommendation youtube.com/shorts/P2kIU...

Songs You Must Hear No.972 Noir Addiction - How She's Got It Noir Addiction fuse together elements of industrial, dark rock, grunge and shock rock and add a hefty slice of theatrics and raw emotion to create their sound. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/Z2uWx...

Classic Songs You Must Hear No.29 Quicksand - Fazer (1993) Quicksand were one of the most underappreciated bands of the 90s. The album 'Slip' is one of the best debut albums released. #classicsongs #cultclassics youtube.com/shorts/vWJoo...

Bilge Music Project - 'Looking Forward to the End' Album OUT JUNE 3 2026 Song Featured: 'Oh Sisyphus!' #genreblending #alternativerock #artrock #prog #altmetal #eclecticsounds youtube.com/shorts/oo3uL...

Song Featured: 'Oh Sisyphus!" "What the **** is this bad dream?" youtube.com/shorts/Gzq7E...

Songs You Must Hear No.971 Susannah Joffe - You Ruined Paris This tune sounds like the Shangri-Las meets The Go-Gos with a pinch of 90s alt-rock, which it turns out, is a pretty awesome mix. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/n64ag...

Songs You Must Hear No.970 RIP Magic - Screwdark Marco Pini (Sorry) teamed up with old friends Felix Bayley-Higgins Beth Boswell-Knight & Pedro Takahashi to create RIP Magic. They're currently supporting Tame Impala on their EU/UK arena shows. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/1Y7Qm...

Slump's Album Recommendations: Karmanjakah - Diamond morning 'Diamond morning' succeeds by valuing atmosphere as much as heaviness. Without doubt, this is an album of the year contender. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/sEfUm...

Songs You Must Hear No.969 Kalandra - Everything In Its Right Place Kalandra have been steadily growing a devoted fanbase with their ethereal fusion of Nordic folk, alternative pop, and prog rock/metal. Here they tackle a Radiohead classic. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/kkSRR...

Slump's Album Recommendations: Broken Social Scene - Remember The Humans It's expansive, heartfelt, spontaneous and as the album title suggests, it feels beautifully........human. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/NY7UI...

Songs You Must Hear No.968 Ringlets - Hard Evidence 'Hard Evidence' is the Kiwi band's first release since their awesome 2025 album. the wonderfully named 'The Lord Is My German Shepherd (Time for Walkies)'. Check it out if you haven't already. #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/ABgJU...

Slump's Album Recommendations: American Football - American Football (Lp4) It's a "balance of technical and musical exploration with beauty and emotional nuance is done in a way that is beyond most bands" #newmusic #recommended youtube.com/shorts/QqrRg...

Great song for these times.

Slump's Album Recommendations: Moon Walker - WASTELAND COUNTRY 'Wasteland Country' is an understandably dark exploration of living in MAGA 'Murica. The music blends grunge-y garage grit and theatrical art rock, with some almost proggy flourishes in places. youtube.com/shorts/2YY_A...