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Tristan Roberson - Down For The Ride (Tristan Roberson Music, LLC)

11 August 2026

At just 18 years old, Tristan Roberson has already established himself as one of the brightest young names in modern country music.

Ben Lester - Ben Lester (Mayfield Records)

11 August 2026

Mayfield Records presents the thrilling self-titled debut album by Ben Lester.

Steve Stinson - Fly Away (self-released)

11 August 2026

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Steve Stinson continues the journey towards his highly anticipated debut album Cocoon with the release of ‘Fly Away.’

Lala Vale - Just Another Me (Lala Vale Music)

11 August 2026

Singer-songwriter Lala Vale returns with her emotionally arresting new single, ‘Just Another Me’, the flagship release from her forthcoming full-length album due later this year.

Shaven Primates - Kill The Algorithm (TAD Records)

11 August 2026

Shaven Primates is a four-piece dark-wave, art-rock, and proto/post-punk outfit from Oxford, UK, formed in 2017 and driven to push the boundaries of the genres they call home.

Sean MacLeod - Inside Out (Radio Edit) (self-released)

11 August 2026

Sean MacLeod is an Irish singer-songwriter, composer, author and producer whose career spans music, scholarship and education.

Dysmusia - In Your Eyes (self-released)

11 August 2026

Irish singer-songwriter Dysmusia returns with his latest single, “In your eyes”, a heartfelt reflection on the emotional pull of a relationship caught in an endless cycle of breaking up and making up.

Skarnheim - Helvegr (self-released)

10 August 2026

Skarnheim is an independent ritual music project exploring memory, transformation and symbolic journeys through immersive sound.

Bliss Carmxn - One Shot (Open Love Records)

10 August 2026

New single “One Shot” by Bliss Carmxn is out now ahead of the EP Open Love (28 August).

Bond Girl - Revenge of the Bond Girl (Bond Girl Records)

10 August 2026

Bond Girl is a London-based three-piece that transforms haunted 60s rock into compelling modern narratives.

Jay Saint James - Cheap Rosé (IBW Music)

9 August 2026

Jay Saint James is a Belfast-born, Ayr-based singer-songwriter whose music blends emotionally honest storytelling with timeless pop and indie influences.

Ed Sykes and Friends - Always Be Mine (self-released)

9 August 2026

“Always Be Mine” is the first music Naran Rathod has released after a lifetime of writing — a writer with a psychologist’s ear, whose songs are quiet, observed glimpses of love, relationships and time unfolding in the lives around us

Bog Witch - Have Much (Mermade Records)

9 August 2026

‘Have Much’ covers a lot of ground, whilst effortlessly drawing together attractive sonic opposites in the most effortless and seemingly obvious ways, making connections that the rest of the music-making world seem to have missed, or at least weren’t brave enough to try.

Emily Ashberry - The Bee Charmer (Folkroom Records)

9 August 2026

Contemporary folk artist Emily Ashberry is a singer-songwriter-cum-balladeer with an innate feeling for crafting meaningful stories through her music.

Hollie Cook – Shy Girl In Dub! (Mr. Bongo)

7 August 2026

Although ‘Shy Girl In Dub!’ naturally celebrates McKone’s inspired reconstruction, its achievements remain inseparable from Hollie Cook’s songwriting and vocal presence. Her melodic instincts prove remarkably resilient under radical reinterpretation, revealing compositions strong enough to thrive even when stripped to their rhythmic and harmonic essentials.

Nora Stanley – Glass (Worm Records)

7 August 2026

‘Glass’ stands as an exceptional debut because it trusts quietness, complexity, and curiosity to communicate ideas that louder records often miss. It announces Nora Stanley as a songwriter capable of transforming intimate reflection into music of uncommon intelligence and enduring resonance.

Rowena Wise - Bad Things Feel Good (22Twenty / Beloved)

7 August 2026

Wise embraces contradiction as an honest reflection of lived experience, creating a body of work that invites reflection without prescribing conclusions. ‘Bad Things Feel Good’ is a deeply considered and beautifully realized statement from an artist whose greatest strength lies in her willingness to tell difficult truths with grace, intelligence, and unwavering humanity.

Margaret Glaspy - I Am Both (ATO Records)

7 August 2026

With this fourth album, Margaret Glaspy confirms that her greatest strength lies in her refusal to separate intellect from feeling. ‘I Am Both’ is rich in memorable melodies, incisive writing and beautifully judged performances, but its lasting significance comes from its generosity of perspective.

Max Knouse - Goat Pupil (Ruination Record Co.)

7 August 2026

Knouse emerges from this release not simply as an accomplished pianist and composer, but as an artist deeply invested in the expressive possibilities of collective musicianship. Every decision throughout ‘Goat Pupil’ reflects careful listening, thoughtful composition and profound trust between performers.

R.E. Seraphin - Tiny Shapes / A Room Forever (Take A Turn Records)

7 August 2026

R.E. Seraphin does not merely recreate a beloved era; he enters into dialogue with it, reshaping its vocabulary through his own experiences, instincts, and imagination. The end result is a richly detailed collection that rewards attention, invites discovery, and confirms Seraphin as a songwriter with both historical awareness and a distinctly personal voice.

Liquid Cross – Hateful EP (Strange Mono)

7 August 2026

The ‘Hateful EP’ is a concise but forceful document of a band responding to its surroundings with honesty and intensity. It captures the weight of contemporary frustration while refusing to remain trapped within it, pushing through anger toward expression and collective purpose.

Ezra Williams – Blight (Not On Label)

7 August 2026

Ezra Williams turns a deeply personal situation into a resonant reflection on boundaries, self-preservation, and the quiet return to oneself. The song’s ability to find beauty not in the absence of pain, but in the moment when that pain no longer controls the shape of a life is its greatest accomplishment.

Absolute Grey - CBGB’s 1985 (Heyday Again/Real Gone Music)

7 August 2026

Rochester, New York’s Absolute Grey never hit the medium time that many of their peers did, but it wasn’t for lack of quality in their music.

Arms & Armour - Terror By Night (self-released)

7 August 2026

Arms & Armour is a duo consisting of Lauren Voss (vocals, guitar, synths) and John Panza (drum machines, acoustic drums, guitar, and synths)

Litvar - Being Here (Mother West)

6 August 2026

Largely inspired by the death of frontman Rex Thurstan’s father, Litvar’s third album, ‘BEING HERE.’ shows a different side of the band formerly known for 21st-century indie rock.

Circus Mind - Road Less Traveled (Outhouse Music Inc.)

6 August 2026

Circus Mind returns with Road Less Traveled, a 10-song, genre-defying album that has been unfolding one track at a time over the past year.

MatAre - Dancing With The Spirits (self-released)

5 August 2026

MatAre, hailing from Atlanta, United States, is the artist behind the singles “Veinte” and most recently tracks like “Dissolution” and “Attach Your Memories”.

The Buddyrevelles - The Conviction (self-released)

5 August 2026

With The Conviction, The Buddyrevelles conclude their Trilogy of EPs series.

Goldings Bernstein Stewart - Rhombus (Smoke Sessions)

5 August 2026

Organist Larry Goldings, guitarist Peter Bernstein, and drummer Bill Stewart enjoy a working relationship spanning thirty-five years. To celebrate, the trio presents Rhombus, their fourth album.

Trashcan Sinatras - Ever The Optimist (TCS Recordings)

4 August 2026

Scotland’s Trashcan Sinatras (TCS) are back with album number seven after a 10-year hiatus. Spoiler alert: its been worth the wait. “Ever The Optimist” fires on all cylinders across 11 inventive indie-pop songs.

Todd & Karen - The Thrift Store Spaceship/Final Orbit (Little Devil Island Music)

4 August 2026

Todd & Karen is the indie pop brainchild of Øyvind Berge (Norway) and Ina Verdi-Ruckstuhl (Ireland/Switzerland).

JK Jerome - I Want to Soar (self-released)

4 August 2026

I Just Want To Soar is the enchanting new single from UK indie singer-songwriter JK Jerome.

Sweeping Promises - You Say I Romanticize (Sub Pop)

3 August 2026

Through ten brilliantly crafted songs, Sweeping Promises transforms marginal figures into central characters, celebrating obsession, creativity, and intellectual restlessness without losing sight of their complexities. The result is their most complete artistic statement to date: fierce, thoughtful, exhilarating, and deeply humane.

St. Silva - Forager (AKP Recordings)

3 August 2026

Few ambient recordings possess such an acute awareness of time’s ability to transform experience. By allowing months to separate the collection of sounds from their eventual arrangement, St. Silva demonstrates that artistic distance can illuminate emotional truth, producing an album that is quietly immersive, intellectually engaging, and profoundly attuned to the delicate relationships between people, landscape, and remembrance.

MXD – MXD (We Are Busy Bodies)

3 August 2026

‘MXD’ avoids many of the familiar pitfalls associated with ambitious progressive music because its complexity always serves emotional expression rather than technical display. Every composition seeks genuine connection, balancing sophisticated musicianship with songs that remain deeply communicative.

The Black Drumset – Friends In Dark Places (Not On Label)

3 August 2026

Brian Willey has crafted an album that values atmosphere as an extension of feeling rather than decoration, demonstrating that immersive music can also possess remarkable emotional intelligence.

Andrew Sa - American Rough (Bloodshot Records)

3 August 2026

Throughout ‘American Rough’, Andrew Sa demonstrates an exceptional ability to synthesize classic country, folk, and southern soul into a singular artistic identity. The album respects tradition without becoming beholden to nostalgia, expanding the genre’s emotional possibilities through careful songwriting rather than overt manifesto.

Spectrum of Disorder - The Shadows of Alienation (self-released)

3 August 2026

Noise not music. Cathartic chaos worship.

Tallulah Rendall - Human (self-released)

3 August 2026

British singer-songwriter Tallulah Rendall returns with ‘Human’, the first single from her seventh album, Only Human.

Strawhouses - Time in the Light (self-released)

3 August 2026

After 15 years in the making, British band Strawhouses have unveiled Time in the Light

Carl Krausnick - Important Questions (self-released)

3 August 2026

Memphis-based artist Carl Krausnick continues to carve out a distinct lane for himself as a solo artist with “Important Questions,”

Kitty O'Neal - The Anger (self-released)

3 August 2026

Kitty O’Neal is a UK singer-songwriter crafting warm indie-folk threaded with soft indie-rock and understated pop

Scroungy Dogs - Midnight Blue (Scroungy Records)

2 August 2026

Scroungy Dogs, a new Los Angeles-area coastal music collective blending alternative reggae, reggae-rock, surf folk and folk-punk energy, has officially arrived with the release of its debut single, “Midnight Blue.”

Lee Miller Matsos - Change (self-released)

2 August 2026

Lee Miller Matsos is an opera and musical theater performer turned theatrical pop rock artist.

Cognitive Constellation Corps - Thank You for Your Feedback (i) (brooke . ltd)

1 August 2026

Cognitive Constellation Corps is the creative vision of Belfast-based artist Brooke Tamsin Clevenger, who serves as the project’s principal composer, lyricist, producer, and conceptual director.

Cam Cole - Get Up Ya Honky Tonk (New Age Records UK)

31 July 2026

From busking on Camden street corners to Ted Lasso, an Amazon Prime documentary, four albums and sold-out tours across three continents, Cam Cole is the one-man wall of sound

Bloodkin - Enemy Within (World Will Turn)

31 July 2026

Four decades after Bloodkin first emerged and as founding member Eric Carter marks his 60th year, the band enters a new chapter with one of its most personal and emotionally resonant albums to date.

Matt Herzog - Under The Stack (Zogloft Records)

31 July 2026

Matt Herzog sings and plays electric guitar for a 7-piece genre-spanning American Rock band that brings a fresh style to the funky-blues sound of Minneapolis

The Mighty Pines - Good Luck, Nice to Meet You (self-released)

31 July 2026

The Mighty Pines return with their third studio album, ‘Good Luck, Nice To Meet You’, a vibrant collection that captures the rich musical identity of their hometown of St. Louis through a seamless blend of bluegrass, soul, and rock & roll.

Sir Richard Bishop - Hillbilly Erotica (Drag City)

31 July 2026

Though the well-traveled and learned Bishop always incorporates nearly every musical sound he’s ever heard into his work, Hillbilly Erotica focuses on the American folk side of his playing.