Peter Kimpton

The Manchester indie quartet return with a slightly menacing, angular guitar number about desire and breakup, building into chant-girl group chorus, heralding their fourth LP, If I'm Alive Now, Then I Was Dead , due out on 12 February via Haus of PINS. The single comes with a video that follows the band on a night-time journey through Manchester.

By Uncleben The shuddering howl and oscillating stutter of resonance frequencies trapped in a loop. An unchained, growling beast coiled and ready to pounce.

The Nottingham band fronted by the inimitable voice of Stuart Staples return with a warm, slow tender melancholy embrace of a single, and the first track from their upcoming new album Dog Roses , out on 12 March 2027 via City Slang/ Lucky Dog.

A vivid, volatile, dynamic collision of art-rock, post-punk and free-jazz experimentation finds the Vancouver musician and band swapping his usual glam-pop sophistication for a sixth album of more abrasive, but also saxophone-rich full-throated rock attack on a world seemingly intent on destroying itself.

By The Landlord “Dress shabbily and they remember the dress; dress impeccably and they remember the woman.” – Coco Chanel

“I'm a sucker for pain.” One of Manchester's most exciting and entertaining new post-punk bands return with a pulsating, playful, stop-start number with a metaphorical bloodsucker, out now.

Elegant, slow-burning indie-folk provides the setting for a quietly devastating and beautiful collection of songs about heartbreak, grief and the painful business of learning to let go on this fourth album, and the Dorset-born, Brooklyn-based English singer-songwriter finding unexpected clarity in the wreckage of relationships. It's a double-edged title.

The veteran British pop duo of Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt return with tuneful, simple, stripped back, warm bossa nova -style reflective number about youth, age and the passing of time, heralding their upcoming new album Blue Reservoir , out on 27 February 2027, via Buzzin' Fly Records.

A dark, powerful and compelling number by the Kansas City-raised singer-songwriter about America's gun violence epidemic, here joined by the the Alabama artist and musician. The song is only available on Bandcamp, with all proceeds benefitting the charity Everytown for Gun Safety

New album: A mischievous title with added letter celebrates imperfection and messiness in life, mortality and relationships, in this surprisingly serene, tender, introspective ninth LP by the Californian rock band fronted by Josh Homme