Photo: Yana Van Nuffel

Returning with news of her highly anticipated second album I think I spoke too soon, out 16th October 2026 via Parlophone/Atlas Artists, Rachel Chinouriri has shared her glimmering new single One song away from crying. Leading with a pulsing synth beat and driving vocals, the track offers a compelling glimpse into what’s to come. “‘One song away from crying’ is about the precipice of a night out where you know you need to leave and have to make a decision. It’s a deeper decision because it’s less about the night itself but more about a reflection of a deeper internal conflict with your self value that you haven’t looked at yet”, Rachel shares. Take a listen below. 



Rachel Chinouriri live
26th August – El Rey, Los Angeles, CA
29th August – Daisy Chain Fields, Irvine, CA^
31st August – Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
5th September – The Academy, Dublin, IE
8th September – 26 Leake Street, London, UK
10th September – Botanique, Brussels, BE
11th September – Trabendo, Paris, FR
13th September – Tolhuistuin, Amsterdam, NL
16th September - Säälchen, Berlin, DE
2nd December – Ball Arena, Denver, CO*
3rd December – Ball Arena, Denver, CO*
6th December – Oakland Arena, Oakland, CA*
7th December – Oakland Arena, Oakland, CA*
9th December – Desert Diamond Arena, Glendale, AZ*
10th December – Desert Diamond Arena, Glendale, AZ*
14th December – Kia Forum, Inglewood, CA*

2027
16th February – Enmore Theatre, Sydney, AU
17th February – 170 Russell, Melbourne, AU

^w/ Olivia Rodrigo
*w/ Gracie Abrams

i: https://www.instagram.com/rachelchinouriri

Photo credit: Jeanne Elbez

Following on from earlier single's Go Fuck Urself and Cancel Me (I'm Tired), Fat Dog have this week unveiled their latest effort - Shit Love. Taken from the band's second album Cancel Me (I’m Tired), due October 2nd, the track leads with hyperbolic synths and pulsating electronics as its 90's rave sound takes hold. It is about “two fucking insane people who argue constantly and they are world-enders every time” says frontman Joe Love. Take a listen below. 

Instore tour
Fri 2nd October – Kingston @ Circuit (via Banquet)
Sat 3rd October – Bristol @ Rough Trade Bristol – matinee added
Sun 4th October – London @ Rough Trade East – matinee added
Mon 5th October – Sheffield @ Foundry (via Bear Tree)
Tues 6th October – Nottingham @ Rough Trade Nottingham – matinee added
Wed 7th October – Liverpool @ Rough Trade Liverpool
Thurs 8th October – Edinburgh @ Cab Voltaire (via Assai)
Fri 9th October – Newcastle @ HMV Newcastle 

Pre-order the album HERE for access.

Upcoming live dates
Sat 8th August - Pop Messe, Brno, CZ
Sat 9th August - Summer Well Festival, Buftea, RO
Sat 16th August - PALP Festival, Valais, CH
Sat 29th August – Rock’n’Roll Circus, Sheffield, UK 
Fri 4th September - PHE Festival, Tenerife, ES
Sat 5th September – End of the Road Festival, Larmer Tree Gardens, UK
Sat 12th September- Baroeg Open Air, Rotterdam, NL
17th – 19th September – Reeperbahn Festival, Hamburg, DE
Fri 23rd October – Mutations Festival, Brighton, UK
Sat 24th October – O2 Academy Brixton, London, UK
Wed 28th October - Doornroosje, Nijmegen, NL
Thu 29th October – De Roma, Antwerp, BE
Fri 30th October – Tivoli, Utrecht, NL – sold out
Sat 31st October – Elysee Montmarte, Paris, FR
Mon 1st November – Stereolux, Nantes FR
Tue 3rd November – Le Grand Mix, Tourcoing, FR
Wed 4th November – Die Kantine, Cologne, DE
Fri 6th November – Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin, DE
Sat 7th November – Loppen, Copenhagen, DK
Sat 14th November – Victoria Warehouse, Manchester, UK
Wed 18th November – Whelans, Dublin, IE
Thu 19th November – Whelans, Dublin, IE – sold out
Fri 20th November - Limelight, Belfast, UK
Tue 24th November – Depot, Cardiff, UK
Wed 25th November – O2 Academy, Bristol, UK
Thu 26th November – O2 Institute, Birmingham, UK
Fri 27th November – O2 Academy, Leeds, UK
Sat 28th November – Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, UK 
Thu 3rd December – Rock City, Nottingham, UK

Tickets

i: https://www.instagram.com/fatdogfatdogfatdog_  

credit: Hannah Jane Murrell

Following on from last month's single Lunch Money, Naarm/Melbourne new wave/post-punk outfit Radio 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

i: https://www.instagram.com/radiofreealiceband/   

Photo credit: Anni Cameron

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

i: https://www.instagram.com/blairdaviemusic

Photo credit: Marie Dutton

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

i: https://www.instagram.com/grandmashouseband 

Photo credit: Finn Jeffries

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.

i: https://www.instagram.com/florafromkansas

Credit: Hayley Thompson

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

i: https://www.instagram.com/fletchrfletchr  

Photo credit: Ewan Ogden

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** 

*with Richard Ashcroft 
**with Courteeners

 i: https://www.instagram.com/thelathums

Credit: Aled Llewelyn

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. 

i: https://www.instagram.com/gwenmusic.gwenmusic

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 11^th August - The George Tavern, London

i: https://www.instagram.com/henry.coke