Today sees North London born and raised artist jo from school share her debut single Chicken. Released via Chess Club Records, the track depicts the unwavering emotions that hit when dealing with a close breakup. Speaking of her first release, jo from school explains: “‘Chicken’ represents fear, shame and embarrassment. It’s about leaving a person and a time behind. ‘Chickening’ is about cowardice, but is also a reference to the beautiful & cheap ‘chicken’ wine my friends and I love dearly. The lyrics of Chicken sound themselves quickly. Usually I'm more meticulous on my choices and phrasings but this time the process was to let me say whatever I needed to get out.” Take a listen below.
jo from school Live: Tuesday 9th June - The 100 Club, London
Yard Act have today returned news of their forthcoming third studio album, “You’re Gonna Need A Little Music”, set to be released 17th July via Island Records. Coinciding with the announcement, the band have shared the record's first single, unveiling the snarling Redeemer, a track driven by convulsing synths, commanding vocals, and thudding percussion. Take a listen below with the official video. Fans pre-ordering the new album by 10:00am BST on Tuesday 12th May, will receive first access to tickets for the new UK live dates. A pre-sale will commence at 10:00am BST on Wed 13th May followed by general sale from 10:00am BST on Fri 15th May.
You're Gonna Need A Little Music Tracklisting: Empty Pledges New Beginnings Tall Tales / Fiction You’re Gonna Need A Little Music Cherophobe Rock Thrill Of The Chase Janey Said Redeemer Talky Talky People Over The Barrel
Yard Act Live: 3rd June – Primavera Sound, Barcelona 11th June – Rock For People, Český Brod, Czechia 13th June – Primavera Sound Porto, Porto 14th June – Best Kept Secret, Hilvarenbeek 2nd July – Rock Werchter, Werchter 5th August – Belly Up, Solana Beach 6th August – Teragram Ballroom, Los Angeles 7th August – Outside Lands, San Francisco 9th August – Revolution Hall, Portland 10th August – Neptune Theatre, Seattle 11th August – The Pearl, Vancouver 13th August – Warsaw, Brooklyn 14th August – Black Cat, Washington 15th August – Underground Arts, Philadelphia 16th August – The Sinclair, Cambridge, MA 1st October – La Cigale, Paris 2nd October – Ancienne Belgique, Brussels 3rd October – Tivoliredenburg Ronda, Utrecht 5th October – Gloria, Cologne 7th October – Uebel & Gefährlich 8th October – Rockefeller, Oslo 9th October – Kagelbanan, Stockholm 10th October – Vega Main Hall, Copenhagen 12th October – Niebo, Warsaw 13th October – MeetFactory, Prague 14th October – Festival Kreuzberg, Berlin 16th October – Les Docks, Zurich 17th October – Magazzini Generali, Milan 19th October – La Cabane, Toulouse 20th October – Apolo, Barcelona 21st October – Teatro Eslava, Madrid 23rd October – Capitolio, Lisbon 6th November – O2 Academy, Leeds 7th November – O2 Academy, Leeds *New Date* 10th November – NX, Newcastle *New Date* 11th November – Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow *New Date* 12th November – Octagon Centre, Sheffield *New Date* 13th November – O2 Victoria Warehouse, Manchester 15th November – Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton *New Date* 16th November – O2 Academy, Leicester *New Date* 17th November – Rock City, Nottingham *New Date* 18th November – Junction 1, Cambridge *New Date* 20th November – O2 Academy, Oxford *New Date* 21st November – Bristol Beacon, Bristol *New Date* 23rd November – Plymouth Arena, Plymouth *New Date* 24th November – O2 Guildhall, Southampton *New Date* 26th November – O2 Academy Brixton, London
Returning with her first new music in over a year, Australia based artist total tommy has today unveiled the blistering new effort, Prety Little Mouth. Co-produced by total tommy and Tom Stafford (Joy Crooks, Orla Gartland, Jelani Blackman) in Stafford's London studio, the track brings its soaring pop instincts to a peak, bursting with euphoric choruses and surging synth melodies. On Pretty Little Mouth, total tommy says "Pretty Little Mouth is a play on the saying ‘butter wouldn’t melt’. I wrote the line ‘smoke wouldn’t leak from her pretty little mouth’ in reference to a love-bomber. It’s about falling easily but ultimately getting hurt just as quickly when you get spat back out. This happened to a friend of mine recently, and this song is my dead-pan, not so serious take on it all." Take a listen below.
Manchester based, North East raised, Cutscene have this week announced their signing to Heist or Hit as they share new single ‘Concrete Line’. The track leans in to its moody, atmospheric territory as a steady, almost hypnotic rhythm builds tension beneath before a euphoric break. The band explain, “This track presents a character who is on a single track, someone living in a small town. The idea was conceptualised after equating the feeling of being ‘stoned’ to the paralysis people feel in modern urban centres where nothing new or exciting really happens. The ‘concrete line’ represents that stuck-in-stone mindset, that constant, unchanging, cynical stream of consciousness.” Take a listen below.
Cutscene are Seb Mason (vocals/guitar), Jack Ellis (bass), Jacob Shotton (guitar), Ollie Little (drums).
LIVE DATES
April 29th - Glasgow - SWG3
April 30th - Newcastle - Xerox
May 1st - Sheffield-Sidney & Matilda
May 2nd - Manchester - YES Basement
May 6th - London - The Waiting Room
May 7th - Manchester - Deaf Institute
May 10th - London - Sebright Arms
May 20th - St Albans - The Horn
May 23rd - Stones Throw Festival, North Shields
May 24th - Mews Festival
October 7th - Beyond The Music - Manchester
Recorded in Brixton, South London trio Family Unit have recently released their debut EP, Need Some Rest. Lead single Shea Butter lands with a loose, fuzzed-out immediacy that feels instinctive, its guitars blurred at the edges while still cutting through with clarity. There’s a scrappy charm throughout, with hooks half-buried in distortion, drifting vocals, and a steady surge of grunge. The EP marks the culmination of two years spent refining their sound across London’s underground scene, offering an exciting and assured introduction to the band. Dive in to Shea Butter below, with the full EP streaming here.
Following a string of demo releases, London 4-piece Saint Clair mark their prominent arrival with debut single ‘Too Young To Notice’, out now via Black Butter Records. With a relentless live presence, the band's raw energy and youthful vigour is hard to replicate, but here they capture that exhilarating essence as soaring choruses charge over its explosive backdrop. “Too Young To Notice is a song about patience and youth,” Saint Clair say of the track, “about naivety and inexperience making it difficult to see that everything happens at the right time.” Take a listen below.
Catch Saint Clair live 2nd May - Liverpool Sound City, Liverpool 5th May - Dork Birthday, 100 Club, London 6th May – The Blue Basement, London SOLD OUT 7th May – The Blue Basement, London 14th May - The Great Escape, Brighton 15th May - London Calling, Amsterdam NL 13th June - Golden Touch Festival, Portsmouth 24th July - Tramlines Festival, Sheffield 25th July - Truck Festival, Oxfordshire 2nd August – Wilderness Festival, Oxfordshire 29th August - Into the Great Wide Open, NL 17th October - Neighbourhood Festival, Manchester
Saint Clair are: Toby Bardsley (vocals/guitar), Lawrence Bordean (guitar), Adam Anderson (bass), Beth Diana (drums)
Making their very welcomed return, Editors have today unveiled their brilliant new single Call It In. Coinciding with news of a full run of UK and European tour dates, it marks the band’s first new music since 2022’s studio album EBM, and emerges from studio sessions in between Tom Smith’s debut solo record There Is Nothing In The Dark That Isn’t There In The Light and continuing live dates. On the single, frontman Tom Smith has said, “We spent a lot of summer ‘25 holed up in rural Gloucestershire, working on songs with all of us in a room, in a more traditional band set up. ‘Call It In’ is one of the newest songs we worked on, it’s a song about asking for help, really, in the presence of an existential dread, finding solace and comfort in someone close, escaping the deafening noise of modern life.” Take a listen/watch below with the video directed by the band’s guitarist Justin Lockey.
Tour dates
UK & Ireland 28th Feb - Vicar St, Dublin 1st March - Ulster Hall, Belfast 2nd March - o2 Academy, Glasgow 4th March - o2 City Hall, Newcastle 5th March - o2 Apollo, Manchester 7th March - o2 Academy, Leeds 8th March - Rock City, Nottingham 9th March - Prospect Building, Bristol 11th March - o2 Academy Brixton, London 12th March - o2 Guildhall, Southampton
EU 26th Jan - Le 106, Rouen, France 27th Jan - Le Cigale, Paris, France 29th Jan - La Riviera, Madrid, Spain 30th Jan - Auditorio Roig Arena, Valencia, Spain 31st Jan - Razzmataz, Barcelona, Spain 2nd Feb - X-Tra, Zurich, Switzerland 3rd Feb - Alcatraz, Milan, Italy 4th Feb - Borcarski Dom, Zagreb, Croatia 6th Feb - Gasometer, Vienna, Austria 7th Feb - Zenith, Munich, Germany 8th Feb - Archa, Prague, Czech Republic 10th Feb - Stodola, Warsaw, Poland 11th Feb - Columbiahalle, Berlin, Germany 12th Feb - The Grey Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark 14th Feb - Palladium, Cologne, Germany 15th Feb - Rockhal, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg 16th Feb - Felsenkeller, Leipzig, Germany 20th Feb - Inselpark Arena, Hamburg, Germany
Today sees DMA's return with the news of their fifth studio album, set for release August 7th via Wonderlick Entertainment/Sony Music Australia/RCA UK. Coinciding with the announcement the band have also shared their latest single Heatin Park. Speaking on their fifth album and the new single, out today, Matt Mason says “‘Heatin Park' started as an old forgotten demo banged into a new sound for us and that collision is what gives it its feral energy. The album is called DMA’S because that’s exactly what it is and we’re keen to bring it home and play for you all”. Take a listen below with the official video which was filmed across the UK and Melbourne.
DMA's Self Titled album is available for Preorder/Presave HERE.
AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2026 Brisbane, Fortitude Music Hall Friday 27 November Melbourne, Live at the Gardens Saturday 28 November Sydney, Opera House Forecourt Thursday 3 December
Man/Woman/Chainsaw made their very welcomed return this week with their sprawling new single Nosedive. Built on a swirling synth line, the track’s rousing string sections and summoning vocals offer another exciting teaser for what lies ahead on their debut album. Really nailing a sound like no other, their refreshing melodies and nostalgic tone feel as forward-thinking as they are rooted in a timeless sensibility, blending past and future into something uniquely their own. Take a listen below. The band's forthcoming album ‘CANNONBALL’ is released August 7th via Fiction Records.
2026 UK Live Dates 19th Sept - Belfast - Ulster Sports Club 20th Sept - Dublin - Whelan's 22nd Sept - Manchester - Gorilla 23rd Sept - Leeds - Brudenell Social Club 24th Sept - Newcastle - The Grove 25th Sept - Glasgow - King Tut's 26th Sept - Sheffield - Float Along Festival 29th Sept - Guildford - The Boileroom 30th Sept - Brighton - Concorde 2 1st Oct - Portsmouth - The Wedgewood Rooms 2nd Oct - Bristol - Thekla 3rd Oct - Cardiff - The Globe 5th Oct - Nottingham - Rescue Rooms 6th Oct - Birmingham - Hare & Hounds 7th Oct - London - Electric Ballroom
South London six-piece Gently Tender have returned this week with their dazzling new single Wild In The Uplands, the second track from their recently announced EP This Was Once Fields, out 22nd May via TODO Records. The track finds the band seamlessly blending folk-infused melodies with soaring pop elements as they create a concoction filled with rich textures and emotional depth. Speaking about the track's conception the band share: “Wild in the Uplands is a song about escape from city to country. It’s about not having respect for fences and private land, roaming free and getting into mischief. Out of all the illegal activities a person can partake in, trespassing is one of the most exhilarating!” Take a listen for yourselves below with the official video that perfectly captures the track's freeing nature.
Gently Tender live Friday 15th May – The Great Escape Festival, Brighton Wednesday 27th May – Institute of Contemporary Arts, London Saturday 1st August – All Together Now Festival, County Waterford
