Emerging indie folk artist Sotto James has returned with a brand new, stripped back single Cold Fingers. With the subject of distance being the focal point of the song, Sotto has done a great job of relaying the emotions associated with that in the very first moments of the track. With the acoustic guitar work creating an atmospheric feel that compliments his vocals perfectly. 
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Fri April 17th 2026: Welsh ragga metal legends Skindred have released their brand-new album You Got This today. Their ninth album is an all-killer-no-filler set which features everything that people love about the band – hard-hitting slammers, mega addictive hooks, earwormy soundclash elements, and dancehall vibes destined to ignite venues across the globe.
 
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Today, global superstar Lewis Capaldi unveils “Stay Love,” a special addition to his critically acclaimed 2025 Survive EP. The Scottish hitmaker debuted the emotional ballad in a free pop-up performance at Penn Station yesterday before bringing it to his biggest ever U.S. headliner at Madison Square Garden last night - an early highlight from his most ambitious North American tour yet.
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San Francisco artist Michellar continues her recent run of releases with Do We Love Us, a track that looks closely at the space between connection and hesitation. Do We Love Us is a very upbeat, playful electronic heavy track but early versions were slower with the guitar leading the arrangement. The final recording is full of movement and energy that is reminiscent at time of Pet Shop Boys.
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Czech guitarist and composer Kamila Csenge has released a brand new single, Against the Wall, from her debut album Behind the Universe, which is due for release on the 22nd of May. The single introduces the world to Kamila's approach to modern instrumental jazz with a structured and balanced composition but still captures a real sense of movement. 

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​The Lounge Society guitarist HERBIE MAY releases his new solo single on May 29 via Red Licorice Records. Uphill is an exuberant blast of choppy mood-altering indie-pop energy with the kind of sharp, observant lyrics that recall Courtney Barnett, Jonathan Richman or Stuart Murdoch. The record is backed with Apple an urgent exhortation to get up, get out and go and Do Something. The 7inch 45 will be available on limited edition vinyl (250 copies)  as well as on all digital platforms.
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Seb Lowe’s music feels like the time-honoured tradition of the protest song applied to the tumultuous chaos of the 2020s. Yet he proves that classic, lyrically-intense style is as relevant today as it has ever been, amassing over 6 million streams every month as well as having 630,000 followers at TikTok. Now he shares the new single ‘One Day To Live’. It comes as his current UK headline tour is underway, and ahead of an extensive UK and European tour with dark pop princess Sofia Isella next month.
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LA grunge band Zephyring have announced a headline show at London’s Troubadour for June 10th 2026. The show will be the band’s first ever UK live performance and tickets are on sale now.

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Italian composer and guitarist Gianfranco Malorgio continues his move into soundtrack focused writing with Scattered Clouds, a piece developed with visual storytelling in mind. Built around a concept inspired by 1980s sci-fi cinema, the composition reflects a clear shift in Malorgio’s work toward music designed for film, television and sync placements.

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Rick Astley brings the Reflections Tour to a sold-out Newcastle Utilita Arena. Read our review of a feel-good night with special guest Gabrielle..

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James are in the middle of their largest tour to date, taking in major cities and arenas across the UK in support of Nothing But Love: The Definitive Best Of James. With Very Special Guests Doves, James' Love Is The Answer Tour has spent the last week spreading the love in Birmingham, Leeds, Aberdeen, and Glasgow. Newcastle saw the love train pull into town on the 10th of April, and it turns out it was to be a night to remember for all the right reasons. 

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It has been a little while since Spanish songwriter and producer Edu Campoy released his EP, The Beauty of Danger. The five track record, which has been released under the moniker of Edu's musical project V.E.N!, is a masterclass in melodic power pop with an indie twist. If you haven't heard it yet then you are in for a real treat.
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Dutch composer, award winning bassist, and singer Daniel de Boer is back with a brand new track, The Way. This release sees Daniel continue to develop his "world pop" approach, reflecting both his international and collaborative way of writing.
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After causing an avalanche of anticipation when they announced that their long-awaited debut album ‘Keeping Up
With The Joneses' will be released on October 2nd, The Lilacs continue to surge forwards as they unveil its lead single ‘Girl Behind The Bar’. Both the album and single are out via Manchester’s renowned independent label Scruff of the Neck.
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Rick Astley recently celebrated his 60th birthday by releasing ‘Waiting On You’. Subsequently named as Radio 2’s Record of the Week, it also spent two weeks on Shazam’s Top 15 - once again underlining how Rick’s immense popularity only strengthens through time. Building on that comeback momentum, he today shares the new single ‘Raindrops’ which has just received its first play on Radio 2 from Gary Davies. It comes as his huge UK and Ireland headline arena tour gets underway in Glasgow tonight.
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With zero announcements or teasers from the band, Enter Shikari have today surprise released their brand-new album! Lose Your Self (released via So Recordings) spans 12 tracks exploring themes of desolation, futility and complete despair at the state of the world, but with glimmers of hopefulness and optimism threaded throughout. 
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Balu Brigada have officially opened the door to Portal — their long-awaited debut album — which is out now via Atlantic Records/ARRO Records/Warner Australia.

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The Slates have been stepping up big time already in 2026, playing shows with Crystal Tides, The Clause and The Lilacs, as well as hitting New York for the first time at the New Colossus Festival. But they’re still just getting started stepping into a big future with the news that they have signed a new deal with This Feeling Records in partnership with LAB Records. Knowing that now is when the hard graft really starts, they’re kicking off in style with their brand new single ‘Watch Life Burn’.
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If you have spent any time tracking the UK math rock scene lately, you already know that it is a scene that needs more than just a catchy hook to get noticed. It demands surgical, high stakes precision. Luckily that is something that The Yacht Club have become known for and take great pride in. They are looking to the future with a new album just over the horizon, but first, they have taken a look back to a previous release The Greatest Misadventure (Anniversary Edition), and celebrating it with a total rebuild of the song. 
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90s icon, legendary frontman of The Verve and voice of a generation, Richard Ashcroft made a triumphant return to Newcastle on Easter Bank Holiday Monday, bringing the UK leg of his tour to a close in the city. It has been a whirlwind couple of years for Richard, with a sold out tour with Oasis and the release of his latest album Lovin' You bringing his music to a brand new audience as well pleasing his existing loyal fans.
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More than 2,000 music fans packed into venues across Stockton town centre this weekend as Stockton Calling returned for another huge Easter Saturday, delivering a full day of live music from some of the UK’s most exciting acts.

With queues forming early and venues filling throughout the afternoon, the town was once again transformed into a multi-venue festival buzzing with energy, as fans moved between ARC, KU, The Georgian Theatre, The Social Room and beyond in search of their next favourite band.
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And with the success of this year’s event still fresh, organisers have wasted no time in confirming that Stockton Calling will return on Saturday 27th March, with tickets on sale now for next year’s festival.
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APRIL 7, 2026 — Today, 17-time GRAMMY® Award-winning artist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame® Inductee Sting shares the Desert Rose Reimagined EP, featuring 3 brand new Remixes and extended mixes of his epic chart-topping crossover anthem “Desert Rose.” 

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Minneapolis indie rock collective Hallaballoo recently released their single Undercover Bitch and it is a song you should definitely check out if you haven't already done so. Full of full on groove laden guitar work and powerful vocals courtesy of Kaity Heart (Sunflower Fox and the Chicken Leg), this gets right in your face in the best possible way.
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