Swedish outfit Gone Future have this week shared details of their debut EP, Signs, ahead of its December 4th release via Stockholm label PNKSLM Recordings. Featuring fellow labelmate ShitKid, the band’s latest offering ‘PIG!!’ delivers another dose of raucous energy, pairing charged-up vocals with a towering wall of sound. “When I wrote these lyrics, I could just hear Åsa’s voice singing them with me,” explains the band’s Nicki Dar. “I hadn’t seen Åsa in years, but I still considered myself a friend of hers, having first met her at the beginning of both our careers, when we played together at a music festival in the summer of 2016. When we got to the venue, she had finished all the beer in her own dressing room and almost all the ones in ours. At first, I was furious. I had met my superior. Giving it just a little more thought, I realised we’d probably be better friends than enemies. I reached out to her with the demo of ‘PIG!!’ and asked if she wanted to come over to our studio and try a verse with me. Luckily, she loved the song and made it 1000 times better with her vocals. Such a special moment with a fellow rock legend.” Take a listen below.
Los Angeles-based outfit Dummy (Alex Ewell, Emma Maatman, Nathan O’Dell, Joe Trainor, and Lance Umble) have this week shared N of 1, the final single/video from their new album, do you love the color of the sky?, out Friday via Polyvinyl. "I liked the idea of taking glacial guitar drones and cutting ‘em up into a new context of the jungle inspired drums,” says Trainor of the new single. “To me, so much of the record is like the remixed versions of pop songs you'll never hear." Maatman adds, “‘N of 1’ is a plea to both the proprietors and the more complacent subjects of the ever-encroaching surveillance state. Typically our videos aren’t so direct of a visual representation of the meaning of the song, but I had just gotten it into my head that the zooming action on Street View would go perfectly with the meter and energy of the song, and the rest sort of fell into place after that." Take a listen for yourselves below.
Dummy Tour Dates: Tue. Oct. 13 – Fresno, CA @ Tower Lounge * Wed. Oct. 14 – San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel * Thu. Oct. 15 – Sacramento, CA @ Café Colonial * Fri. Oct. 16 – Reno, NV @ Holland Project * Sat. Oct. 17 – Arcata, CA @ Miniplex w/ Dilies Tue. Oct. 20 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios * Thu. Oct. 22 – Vancouver, BC @ The Wise * Fri. Oct. 23 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern * Sat. Oct. 24 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux * Mon. Oct. 26 – Salt Lake City, UT @ International Bar * Tue. Oct. 27 – Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive * Wed. Nov. 4 – Los Angeles, CA @ Sid The Cat Ballroom
Thu. Jan. 21 - Bristol, UK @ Strange Brew Fri. Jan. 22 - Leeds, UK @ The Attic Sat. Jan. 23 - Dublin, Ireland @ Bello Bar Mon. Jan. 25 - Edinburgh, Scotland @ Mash House Tue. Jan. 26 - Manchester, UK @ YES Pink Room Wed. Jan. 27 - Birmingham, UK @ Hare and Hounds Thu. Jan. 28 - London, UK @ Moth Club Sat. Jan. 30 - Paris, France @ Le Chinois Sun. Jan. 31 - Tourcoing, France @ Le Grand Mix Mon. Feb. 1 - Bruges, Belgium @ Cactus Wed. Feb. 3 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso Noord Tolhuistuin Thu. Feb. 4 - Berlin, Germany @ Kantine am Berghain
It feels like it's been an age since I last featured any music from Marika Hackman, so I'm very excited by today's news that she's made her very welcomed return with new single 33. Taken from False Dogs, her fifth studio album, to be released on 19 February 2027 via Chrysalis Records, the track's rousing instrumentation and cathartic rise gives a blistering introduction to this latest chapter. "33 grapples with the dull ache of nostalgia, the apprehension of the future and the celebration of the moments in between - keep pushing, it’s worth it." Marika shares. Across the album the multi-disciplined instrumentalist plays almost everything herself, from guitars, piano and drums to bass, mandolin and synth. "I think this truly is the first record that I have fully inhabited my creative skin right up to its edges". The official video for 33 was created by JOFI Films and conceptualised with Marika, beautifully captures the push and pull of growing up and time moving on. Take a watch/listen below.
Tour Dates Fri 26 February – London, Royal Festival Hall Mon 1 March – Bristol, Bristol Beacon Tue 2 March – Glasgow, St Luke’s Wed 3 March – Manchester, Stoller Hall Sat 6 March – Amsterdam, Tolhuistuin Sun 7 March – Brussels, Botanique Tue 9 March – Paris, Le Trabendo Thu 11 March – Cologne, Gebäude 9 Fri 12 March – Hamburg, Molotow Sat 13 March – Berlin, Heimathafen Tue 16 March – Copenhagen, Vega Wed 17 March – Stockholm, Debaser
Following the release of their album Double Infinity last year, Big Thief have announced the unveiling of the Big Thief Live Archive, a new website dedicated to documenting the variety of the band’s live performances. Launching with 10 recordings captured by front-of-house engineer Alice Wilder and monitor engineer Aleda Deroche, and mixed by 4AD’s in-house engineer Fabian Prynn, the archive will expand with a new live recording added on the second Tuesday of every month. Fans will be able to build their own sets, creating playlists of their favourite live takes across the ever growing collection of live shows. In addition, they release a special live performance of one of ‘Incomprehensible (Live at 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland April 29 2026)’ which is available across all streaming services.
The band share, "Dear friends, For the last couple of years we’ve been creating a Big Thief Live Archive website, where you can find full, mixed concerts from the recent and distant past. Every show we play holds a different energy. The songs are always changing and sound different every night, and we spend so much more time on the road than in studios, and so we felt a desire to create something that captures the ever-undulating aliveness of our music through time. In around 2019 we started recording all of our shows. There are 10 shows up right now and we will be adding new ones to the archive on the second Tuesday of every month hopefully forever. It’s all free. We made the website interactive so that you can choose tracks and make your own playlists. Thank you so much to all who have come out to our shows over the years, it’s been such a treat revisiting these. We love you so much! Warmly, Big Thief".
Ahead of the weekend, Sebastian Schub unveiled his buoyant new single, before you hit the water., released via Capitol Records streaming everywhere now. A captivating songwriter, Schub delivers another standout effort, pairing whirlwind melodies and infectious vocal hooks with a distinctly melancholic energy. "I wrote ‘before you hit the water.’ when I was at a real low point. I think I just needed a friendly, encouraging voice in my ears. A soft sound to pick me up and lift me through the day" says Sebastian Schub. Take a listen below.
Live Dates October 13th – Berlin, Prachtwerk October 14th – Hamburg, Bahnhof Pauli November 12th – Birmingham, BP Pulse Live (w/ Myles Smith)
Following an astronomical year spent selling out venues up and down the country, London's Tooth are back with their first new material since their acclaimed debut EP, Restless in Bloom. Now signed to Parlophone, the band have today shared ‘Take Me As I Am’ marking an exciting new chapter for the four-piece as they throw everything into its 3 minutes and 34 seconds. “‘Take Me As I Am’ represents a big development in our songwriting from what we did on Restless In Bloom both lyrically and instrumentally,” explains singer Tom Pollock. “On the EP, I’d written lyrics exploring coming of age, young romance and other typical teenage tropes. However, with this song I turned to focus on ideas of identity within my experience of being in a band, where people perhaps feel they know or understand me, despite often feeling like I don’t even know or understand myself. The lyrics are conversational, ebbing and flowing between both a desperation to be accepted, and a resentment toward expectations of what or who I should be.”Take a listen to the dazzling new effort below.
TOUR DATES Oct 13th | Glasgow, UK - King Tuts Oct 14th | Newcastle, UK - Zerox [sold out] Oct 15th | Nottingham, UK - Bodega [sold out] Oct 16th | Leeds, UK - Hyde Park Book Club [sold out] Oct 17th | Manchester, UK - Neighbourhood Festival Oct 19th | Bristol, UK - Louisiana [sold out] Oct 21st | Brussels, BE - Botanique Oct 22nd | Paris, FR - Supersonic Oct 23rd-24th | Rotterdam, NL - Left of the Dial Oct 27th | London, UK - The Garage Oct 29th | Swansea, UK - Bunkhouse Oct 30th | Portsmouth, UK - Wedgewood Rooms Oct 31st | Brighton, UK - Dust Nov 4th | Birmingham, UK - Hare & Hounds [sold out] Nov 5th | Milton Keynes, UK - Crauford Arms
Experimental London trio Ebbb return this week with their first new music since the release of their critically acclaimed debut album, ShallowHits, which came out earlier this year via esteemed independent label Ninja Tune. Unveiling Public, the track wastes no time in exploring its lofty heights through expansive synth notes and jittery electronics. The standalone single arrives today ahead of an autumn UK/EU headline tour kicking off next month. “It's about confronting fears, moving forward, and not losing sight of who you are,” explain the band. Take a listen for yourselves below.
TOUR DATES Nov 25th | Sheffield, UK - Hallamshire Hotel Nov 26th | Glasgow, UK - McChuills Nov 27th | Manchester, UK - Now Wave Pub Nov 28th | Leeds, UK - Hyde Park Book Club Nov 29th | Bristol, UK - Exchange Dec 1st | London, UK - Club Cheek Dec 3rd | Paris, FR - La Mécanique Ondulatoire Dec 4th | Essen, DE - Kontakfeld Sessions Dec 5th | Brussels, BE - Botanique Dec 7th | Cologne, DE - Bumann & Sohn Dec 8th | Kortrijk, BE - Westen Dec 9th | Utrecht, NL - ACU Dec 10th | Hamburg, DE - Hafenklang Dec 12th | Berlin, DE - Lark Dec 13th | Prague, CZ - Klubovna Dec 15th | Munich, DE - Milla Dec 16th | Dûdingen, CH - Bad Bonn
Today sees iconic Welsh outfit Stereophonics return with news of their latest career spanning release 'Tune! Ultimate Collection 96-26', due for release 20th November 2026. The bumper packed collection follows on from another UK No.1 album in 2025 - their ninth UK No.1 album overall and celebrates them selling more than 10 million albums and 10 million singles worldwide. Speaking on the release, Kelly said: “I wanted to make an up to date compilation. I wanted all the big songs in one place. If you look us up streaming - there it is, your introduction to Stereophonics. Easy to find for the die hard fans of decades. And easy to find for the new fans I seen in the front row this last few years on the arena and stadium tours worldwide. I get blown away when young twenty-somethings and teenagers from all walks of life come up to me on the street telling me how they discovered the band and what the songs mean to them. I equally get blown away when people tell me they’ve seen the band thirty plus times. This album is for them. Tune after Tune! This is not for marketing. This is not for the charts. This is for music lovers and this is for people to get a glimpse at the catalogue of songs we have worked hard at for decades. I personally discovered a lot of my favourite bands through compilations. There’s a lot of music to find. This is just an appetiser. Songwriting is an important thing for people. It offers hope to know that someone else has had that beautiful or fearful or uncertain experience in life and make people feel less alone. It’s always been about moving forwards and standing the test of time for me as a writer. Being honest and being vulnerable and telling the truth. Big love and thanks to you all and enjoy the collectors vinyls too, they’re stunning.”
The release will be available on 3LP 180g black vinyl, limited edition 3LP 180g coloured vinyl, 2CD and digital formats, each physical edition includes one of five exclusive lyric art prints, randomly inserted at packing, making every copy a unique collector's item.
To celebrate 30 years of Stereophonics, fans who pre-order ‘Tune!’ through the Official Store in the UK will automatically be entered into an exclusive ‘Golden Ticket’ competition, with 30 prizes available - including one grand prize and 29 runner-up prizes.
The grand prize is a one-of-a-kind Stereophonics-branded vinyl jukebox, with the winner announced via a special golden vinyl edition of ‘Tune!’ sent directly to them. The 29 runner-up winners will also receive exclusive prizes created especially to celebrate the band's 30th anniversary.
Ahead of their new album The Holy Cross Tigers, which is set for worldwide release on Friday, November 6th, twisted teens have today unveiled their gleaming new single Stalks. Accompanied by a video directed by Mama Hot Dog, the track perfectly encapsulates the New Orleans outfit’s sound, as fuzzy guitar riffs and cascading melodies come together to create a hazy, immersive soundscape. Take a listen/watch for yourselves below along with a full list of tour dates.
TOUR DATES Nov 3rd | New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom [sold out] Nov 4th | Buffalo, NY - Asbury Hall ^ Nov 5th | Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall ^ Nov 6th | Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall ^ Nov 7th | St. Louis, MO - The Sovereign ^ Nov 8th | Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall ^ Nov 10th | Des Moines, IA - Wooly's ^ Nov 11th | Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall ^ Nov 12th | Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room ^ Nov 13th | Fort Collins, CO - Washington's ^ Nov 14th | Denver, CO - Summit ^ Nov 16th | Fayetteville, AR - George's Majestic Lounge ^ Nov 17th | Memphis, TN - Minglewood Hall ^ Nov 18th | New Orleans, LA - Joy Theatre ^ Nov 20th | Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club ^ Nov 21st | Charleston, SC - The Music Farm ^ Nov 22nd | Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theatre ^ Nov 23rd | Richmond, VA - The National ^ Nov 24th | Baltimore, MD - Ottobar ^ Dec 11th | Melbourne, AU - Howler Dec 12th | Meredith, AU - Meredith Music Festival Dec 13th | Melbourne, AU - Corner Hotel [venue upgrade] Dec 15th | Brisbane, AU - Crowbar Dec 16th | Sydney, AU - Oxford Art Factory [sold out]
As Halloween fast approaches, Danish singer-songwriter steph, unveils her haunting new single, October 31st. Having previous released music under her full name Stephanie Meincke, the rising artist is back with a dazzling new effort that showcases her soulful prowess as soaring vocals glisten above the track's soft melodies. “I’m very inspired by how, as humans, we keep throwing ourselves headfirst into relationships and into life,even when the chances of getting hurt are so incredibly high,” steph explains, before going on to describe the single: “‘October 31st’ is about a person who has her very own self-destructive Halloween tradition: every year on October 31, she lets herself fall back into the arms of her toxic ex. The streets are filled with gravestones,skeletons and ghosts, so why not spend just one more night with the person who was otherwise dead to you? Along the way, the protagonist realises, of course, that this ritual of relapse is completely hopeless. But she is also an example of how we can all, ‘in the name of love’, convince ourselves of things that are anything but healthy for us.” Take a listen below.
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