Following on from last month's single Lunch Money, Naarm/Melbourne new wave/post-punk outfitRadio Free Alice have today shared their scintillating new effort Kick in the Shins. "‘Kick in the Shins’ is a fusion of two songs that never felt all the way complete," Learmonth says of the new track. "We loved the verse of one of them and the chorus of the other, and it worked when we combined the two. At its core, it explores the feeling of being confused by the culture around you, and the isolation that often comes with that confusion." Take a listen below.
Live Dates 24th Jul - Sheffield, UK - Tramlines Festival 25th Jul - Abingdon, UK - Truck Festival 31st Jul - Derbyshire Dales, UK - Y Not Festival 8th Aug - Newquay, UK - Boardmasters Festival 14th Aug - Gothenburg, SE - Way Out West Festival 21st Aug - Saint Pölten, AT - Frequency Festival 23rd Aug - Istanbul, TR - Babylon Soundgarden Festival 27th Aug - Oost-Vlieland, NL - Into The Great Wide Open Festival 29th Aug - Reading, UK - Reading Festival 18th Sep – Chicago, US – Riot Fest
Scottish singer-songwriter Blair Davie has returned this week with their brilliant new single You Must Be A Miracle. Taken from the forthcoming EP You Like Ugly, Don’t You Babe, out 9th September via Giant Music, Davie pairs towering pop sensibilities with soaring vocal prowess as we get another blistering taste of what's to come. Speaking on the track, Blair Davie says “I thought I had finished the writing of the EP and then realised that I was missing one important song: the one that says thank you to the person that saved my life. I believe we all have someone out there; a friend, family, your partner: who can see you at your lowest and still love you. This song is dedicated to them.” Take a listen below.
Live Dates 26 July - Suffolk, UK @ Latitude Festival 29 July - Glasgow, UK @ Kelvingrove Bandstand (support to Mika) 11 Aug - Landshut, DE @ Summerstage im Messepark Landshut 12 Aug - Zwickau, DE @ Freilichtbühne Zwickau 14 Aug - Halle (Saale), DE @ Open Air Bühne auf der Peißnitzinsel 15 Aug - Wolfsburg, DE @ Autostadt Sommerfestival 16 Aug - Lingen, DE @ Emsland Arena 18 Aug - Stuttgart, DE @ Freilichtbühne, Killesberg Open Air 19 Aug - Bonn, DE @ Kunst! Rasen Open Air 21 Aug - Dresden, DE @ Junge Garde 22 Aug - Bad Nenndorf, DE @ Landesgartenschau Open Air Stage 23 Aug - Bruchsal, DE @ Schlossgarten 26 Aug - Giessen, DE @ Giessener Kultursommer 27 Aug - Bad Kissingen, DE @ Turnierplatz 28 Aug - Eindhoven, NL @ Hit the City Festival 12 Nov - Cologne, DE @ Blue Shell 14 Nov - Berlin, DE @ Prachtwerk 16 Nov - Paris, FR @ Les Etoiles 17 Nov - Groningen, NL @ De Oosterpoort 18 Nov - Haarlem, NL @ Patronaat 19 Nov - Arnhem, NL @ Luxor Live 22 Nov - Rotterdam, NL @ Rotown 24 Nov - London, UK @ BARFLY 26 Nov - Glasgow, UK @ King Tuts 27 Nov - Dublin, IE @ Curveball 28 Nov - Manchester, UK @ Deaf Institute
Following on from last month's single 'The Table', Bristol’s Grandmas House have today shared the latest single from
their long-awaited debut album 'Baby You’re A Winner', ahead of its release
on August 21st release via Brace Yourself Records. Twisted and brooding, the track's switching tempos and meandering textures serve up another exciting taste of what's to come. “Writing ‘Blue Oblivion’ was a pivotal moment for us as a band,” they explain, “as it made us realise that we didn’t have to write music within any boundaries. It opened up the way we would go on to write the rest of the album, encapsulating feelings of love and loss with a balance of light and dark.” Take a listen below.
Alongside the news of ‘Blue Oblivion’ comes word of a tour of UK record stores in support of the album. Full dates below. For those in Bristol looking to hear the album, the band have also announced a free entry listening party for July 31st at Bristol Beer Factory including limited edition Grandmas House beer cans, Grandmas House x Pizzarova specials, ‘Spin the Wheel’ prizes and the chance to meet the band’s mascot, The Headless Man, in person. RSVP here.
July 25th | Engelberg, CH - Jardin Bizarre Festival Aug 12th | Budapest, HU - Sziget Festival
Aug 21st | Kingston, UK - Banquet Records Aug 23rd | Southampton, UK - Vinilo Aug 24th | Oxford, UK - Truck Records Aug 25th | Liverpool, UK - Jacaranda Aug 26th | Leeds, UK - Vinyl Whistle Aug 27th | Bristol, UK - Rough Trade Aug 30th | Bristol, UK - Forwards Festival
Sep 30th | Tromsø, NO - Blårock Café Oct 2nd | Bergen, NO - Tundra & Lightning Festival Oct 7th | Köln, DE - Bumann & Sohn Oct 8th | Brussels, BE - Brasserie de la Mule Oct 9th | Den Haag, NL - Zwarte Ruiter Oct 10th | Tilburg, NL - Here’s The Thing Festival Oct 11th | Hamburg, DE - Hafenklang Oct 13th | Stockholm, SE - Hus 7 Oct 14th | Göteborg, SE - Musikens Hus Oct 15th | Aarhus, DK - Phono Oct 16th | Copenhagen, DK - Vega Oct 18th | Berlin, DE - Neue Zukunft Oct 19th | Munich, DE - Substanz Oct 20th | Vienna, AT - B72 Oct 23rd | Winterthur, CH - Gaswerk Oct 24th | Bern, CH - ISC Club Oct 27th | Paris, FR - La Boule Noire Oct 29th | Nantes, FR - Le Ferrailleur Oct 31st | Quessoy, FR - Les Sons d’Automne Festival Nov 17th | London, UK - Oslo Nov 20th | Brighton, UK - Hope & Ruin Nov 21st | Bristol, UK - Thekla Nov 24th | Glasgow, UK - Nice N Sleazy Nov 25th | Manchester, UK - Soup Nov 27th | Nottingham, UK - Bodega
Eventually everything has its crux, as Flora from Kansas knows all too well on new single The End - a searing portrait of love at its most destructive. “I thought it would be cool to sing about a certain relationship dynamic that I'm sure some people can relate to,” Flora explains. Approaching the recording with the emotional intensity of a teen drama, Flora wanted the track to hit just as hard as her previous release.According to Flora, “I wanted it to sound like a plot I would see in a teen drama.” Take a listen for yourselves below. The End follows on from the recent success of 2025's ‘The Ghost is Me,’ which featured in Amazon Prime hit show Off Campus.
Ahead of their second EP On The Island We Call Home, out 21st August on Polydor, Fletchr Fletchr have today shared new single Streetlights. A collision of driving percussion, towering melodies and commanding vocals, the track balances raw power with vulnerability as it unfolds in brilliant detail. Vocalist Rohan Fletcher explains, “‘Streetlights’ is about falling in love. Feeling like everything was aligned for you, then dealing with keeping that initial connection as alight as possible through the ups and downs of a relationship. ‘Streetlights’ feels special… it’s a much more hopeful take on this topic than we’ve written before.”
On the EP, he adds: “‘On The Island We Call Home’ feels like our most polished piece of work yet. While still completely self produced, we’ve refined what we learnt from ‘We All Feel The Same’ into a much heavier hitting project that was curated to translate on the live stage. We dive deeper than we have before on this EP, and it’s only the start of our next chapter. The themes we explore are more mature and we approach them with a better sense of what’s going on around us. You can hear a bit more angst and anger in this new set of songs.”
Take a listen below. The accompanying music video, directed by Maisy Banks, continues the expressive thematics from Fletchr Fletchr’s previous release ‘Fucking With My Head’.
Fletchr Fletchr Live: Friday 31st July - Wilderness Festival, Oxfordshire Saturday 1st August - Kendal Calling, Lowther Deer Park Friday 7th August - Boardmasters Festival, Cornwall Friday 21st August - 110 Above Festival, Gopsall Saturday 22nd August - Rock ‘n Roll Circus, Norwich Friday 28th August - Tunes in the Park, Cornwall
Headline tour: Tuesday 22nd September - Exeter Cavern, Exeter Thursday 24th September - Chats Palace, London Saturday 26th September - The Gathering Sounds, Stockton Sunday 27th September - McChuills, Glasgow Monday 28th September - Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham Wednesday 30th September - Lions Den, Manchester Thursday 1st October - The Waterfront Studio, Norwich Sunday 4th October - The Cornish Bank, Falmouth
With their first new music in 12 months, Wigan's finest The Lathums have made their very welcomed return with new single Vice Versa. Pondering vulnerability and seeking self-assurance, the track questions the feelings of not fully belonging in the world as Alex Moore's empowered vocals light up a backdrop of melodic guitar notes and dazzling instrumentation. “‘Vice Versa’ was written from a feeling of not fully belonging in the world we’ve built around ourselves,” explains Moore. “It came from that experience of having everything you need to survive, yet still feeling hungry for meaning, connection, and peace. The song sits between connection and alienation, between needing people deeply and fearing what we carry inside ourselves. Writing it with Ian down in Brighton pushed me into a much more vulnerable place creatively, and what started as a songwriting session very quickly became more like a therapy session. We spoke a lot about identity, dependence, fear and navigating life, and it ended up being probably the most open, honest and raw writing experience I’ve had in my career so far.” Take a listen below with the James Slater directed video.
Live Dates Fri 17 Jul 2026 - London, Alexandra Palace Park* Sat 18 – Sun 19 Jul 2026 – Nottingham, Splendour Thu Jul 30 – Sun 2 Aug 2026 – Kendal, Kendal Calling Thu 27 – Sat 30 Aug – Leeds, Leeds Festival Fri 6 Nov - Leeds, First Direct Arena** Sat 7 Nov – Cardiff, Utilita Arena** Fri 13 Nov – Liverpool, M&S Bank Arena** Sat 14 Nov – London, Alexandra Palace** Fri 20 Nov – Glasgow, OVO Hydro** Sat 21 Nov – Birmingham, Utilita Arena**
After a decade performing in Adwaith, Gwenllian Anthony returns as GWEN, sharing her debut solo single Achub Yr Iaith. Translated as Saving the Language, the track's darkened pop tones and pulsating beat mark a bold new chapter for the well-adorned artist. As Gwenllian explains, “‘Achub Yr Iaith’ came from years of hearing people reduce Adwaith’s success to everything except our hard work. There were even conspiracy theories that we were being funded by the Welsh government to spread the language, as if that explained our achievements. It completely disregarded the years we spent writing, touring, and pushing ourselves creatively, reducing our success to the idea that we’d been handed it simply because we sang in Welsh. This song is about reclaiming that narrative. It’s a reminder that talent, determination, and belief will always matter more than the assumptions others make about you.” Take a listen below with the official video directed by Louis O’Hara and Gwenllian herself.
Catch GWEN perform her debut solo show at this year's Green Man festival, Sunday August 23rd on the Walled Garden Stage.
South London musician and producer Henry Coke has today revealed his endearing new single I Want To Feel It In My Heart. Born into a lineage of vicars and church leaders, Henry drifted from the constraints of the church to wrestle with faith and God out in the open, finding reflections of his songs in the works of Sufjan Stevens, Bob Dylan, Young Fathers and Low. Here, we get a powerful glimpse of his capabilities as rousing percussion and soaring vocals drive the track toward its towering climax. Of the single Henry shares: “I Want To Feel It In My Heart' is the envy of the feeling of faith, the desperation to feel free in its grace and simplicity. What is living worth if you don’t have a reason? It’s a call to be shown something in a void of silence. People seem to find peace in the silence, and it’s the longing to also feel that way, instead of feeling fearful of it.” Take a listen below.
Live dates Tues 11th August - The George Tavern, London
Following on from last month's single Julia Roberts, jo from school returns today with the tender offering, Weight, ahead of her forthcoming debut EP, Grace, Flair & Distance, which will be released on the 7th August via Chess Club Records. Acting as an introspective moment of reflection, the track’s softly plucked guitar melodies and calming vocals reveal another layer of the artist’s dynamic talent. Speaking about ‘Weight’, Jo explains: “This one was unique in that it was hard to keep writing, but [my producer] Rich knew it could be something. We understood that there was a fine line between supporting the songwriting and emphasising the parts that needed a push, and overdressing the song to a point where the rawness is covered up and lost. It was the first time he ‘pushed’ for me to continue with an idea - I’m very grateful he did. It’s a soft and heavy song, and my favourite to play live.” Take a listen below with the video, shot by Jo’s sister, Grace, on a family holiday in the lush Welsh countryside.
Live Dates Thursday 23rd July - Folio Presents @ Free Will Prison, London Friday 25th - Son Estrella Galicia Soundhood @ Hackney Style Council, London Wednesday 7th October - RABBITFÊTE @ Chats Palace, London
Ahead of her forthcoming new album Pylon, out September 18 on Dirty Hit/Interscope Records, beabadoobee has returned today with the brilliant new single Switchblade. A bold statement of intent, the second track lifted from the LP rides a convulsing beat, serving up another irresistible taste of what's to come. Sharing details on the album, Laus says: "Pylon is about accepting that negative feelings are going to come back—accepting the insecurity and feeling confused. It’s all a necessary part of growing and knowing yourself better. You have to go through all that shit, I have to write about it." Take a listen below.
‘The Powerlines Tour’ Dates October 1 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena* October 2 – Philadelphia, PA – Liacouras Center* October 3 – Boston, MA – TD Garden* October 5 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden* October 7 – Toronto, Canada – Scotiabank Arena* October 8 – Laval, Québec Canada – Place Bell* October 10 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion* October 11 – Raleigh, NC – Lenovo Center* October 13 – Orlando, FL – Addition Financial Arena* October 14 – Duluth, GA – Gas South Arena* October 16 – The Woodlands, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion* October 17 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater* October 19 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre* October 21 – Los Angeles, CA – The Kia Forum* October 24 – San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena* October 26 – Oakland, CA – Oakland Arena* October 28 – Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena* October 29 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena* November 14 – Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro November 16 – Cardiff, UK – Utilita Arena November 17 – Manchester, UK – AO Arena November 18 – London – The O2 November 23 – Copenhagen, DK – K.B. Hallen November 24 – Stockholm, SE – Fryshuset Arenan November 27 – Oslo, NO – Spektrum November 30 – Paris, FR – Zenith ~ December 2 – Amsterdam, NL – AFAS Live ~ December 3 – Amsterdam, NL – AFAS Live ~ December 4 – Brussels, BE – Forest National ~ December 6 – Berlin, DE – Tempodrom ~ December 7 – Düsseldorf, DE – Mitsubishi Electric Halle ~
Previously Announced Summer Dates July 30 – Saint Charles, IA – Hinterland Music Festival July 31 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed (Official Lolla Aftershow) August 2 – Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza August 4 – Indianapolis, IN – Everwise Amphitheater August 7 – Morrison, CO – Red Rocks Amphitheatre*
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