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Raised On Candy - Pickle Eyes (Magic Door Record Label)

22 September 2026

Raised On Candy let “Pickle Eyes” reveal itself gradually, moving from wiry tension into layered guitars, exposed vocals, explosive drums, and a final surge that makes its opening feel deceptively small.

Grant Maloy Smith - Wild West: American Stories (self-released)

22 September 2026

Grant’s passion is bringing American history (including our native peoples) and culture to life with his music. So far, his AMERICAN STORIES album series has captured the essence of the Dust Bowl, Appalachia, and the Mississippi River.

mokroïé - Unanswered (self-released)

22 September 2026

Francesco Virgilio’s multidisciplinary electronic project explores existence, wonder, adolescence and loss across four interconnected tracks and accompanying films.

Energy Whores - Invisible (Four Ways) (Fruit Hat Records)

22 September 2026

Energy Whores, the genre-defying electronic project led by New York songwriter, vocalist and producer Carrie Schoenfeld, release Invisible (Four Ways)

Ava Renn - Sellout's Prelude (Denim Face Records)

22 September 2026

Rising artist Ava Renn returns with her latest single, ‘Sellout’s Prelude’, an ethereal and emotionally immersive release that explores the fragile space between self-destruction and self-preservation.

Zoë Zohar - Spaceship414  (self-released)

21 September 2026

London-based independent alt-pop artist Zoë Zohar combines live, raw instrumentation with electronic experimentation and a subversive undertone.

Random Shapes - Crinkles (self-released)

21 September 2026

Where rhythmic experimentation meets a love for grand, cinematic melody, this three-piece collective mix a technical art-rock precision soulful rawness.

MothBreath - Take Me To The Sea (self-released)

21 September 2026

A Sirens call across brooding oceans, ‘Take Me To The Sea’ exists in the haze where the sky meets the sea; an ethereal, whispered longing.

Harley DiNardo - LA to NY (Mindful Recordings)

Harley DiNardo - LA to NY (Mindful Recordings)

21 September 2026

Harley DiNardo’s music lives somewhere between the heartland honesty of The Black Crowes, the swagger of The Rolling Stones, the melodic sensibility of Britpop.

Sean MacLeod - That's When the Earth Becomes a Star (self-released)

21 September 2026

Sean MacLeod is an Irish singer-songwriter, composer, producer and author whose music combines melodic indie pop, alternative rock, folk, psychedelia and experimental influences with thoughtful, philosophical songwriting.

Broken Colours - Now Or Never (self-released)

20 September 2026

Hailing from High Wycombe, Broken Colours are a four-piece indie outfit who draw on the funked-up, rocky sensibilities to delivery truly electrifying performances.

The Sway - Feasting 2026 (HK Mix) (Famish Music)

20 September 2026

‘Feasting 2026 (HK Mix)’ releases today as a bold reinvention of ‘Feasting on my friends’, the B-side from The Sway’s very first single.

Luke Haines & Mike Smalle - The Black Maria, O (Bring Your Own Hammer, Dimple Discs)

18 September 2026

Luke Haines and Mike Smalle pull an 1887 Irish American song into a tense electronic present on “The Black Maria, O,” where antique criminal slang, synthetic pulse, and gathering metallic chaos make history feel strangely immediate.

Eddie Skuller - House Where Nobody Lives

18 September 2026

Eddie Skuller’s “House Where Nobody Lives” reframes Tom Waits’ abandoned-house ballad through tender melody, live-tape intimacy, and a quietly bruised sense of what love leaves behind.

SUNTWIST - Matchbox (Banana Stand Records)

18 September 2026

Formed in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2024, SUNTWIST is an indie rock band that pairs energetic songwriting with catchy melodies and a sound that feels both nostalgic and refreshingly modern.

Tallulah Rendall - Run (self-released)

18 September 2026

“Run” is the third single from Tallulah’s seventh album, Only Human.

Leem of Earth - The Greatest Gift (Velvet Blue Music)

18 September 2026

Alternative dream rock four-piece Leem of Earth is entering a new creative chapter in 2026 with ‘SEE’, an ambitious concept album inspired by George MacDonald’s Victorian-era fairy tale The Princess and Curdie.

Hazel Gaze - Do As You Please (Live & Unplugged) (self-released)

18 September 2026

New York rock outfit Hazel Gaze bring a distinctly live-driven energy to their latest project, Strung Out: Live & Unplugged at the Brooklyn Conservatory, a recorded and visual performance that revisits the spirit of the classic unplugged sessions of the 1990s and 2000s.

Benny Green - Renovation! (Sunnyside)

17 September 2026

If you’re in the market for a mainstream jazz pianist, Benny Green has a hell of a CV.

I Plead Irony - This Monologue Conversation  (self-released)

17 September 2026

I Plead Irony are three long-time friends making alternative rock with punk and blues fringes, pairing dark themes, dry humour and a persistent fascination with contradiction.

Brendan Ranney - Slightly Out of Focus (self-released)

17 September 2026

Melodic, emotionally raw indie singer-songwriter Brendan Ranney returns after 19 years with Slightly Out of Focus.

Jess Yaffa - Spill My Guts (self-released)

17 September 2026

Jess Yaffa is a New York City-based alternative-pop artist entering a new chapter in her music, one built entirely on her own terms.

Sam Lapides - Tonight

17 September 2026

The single carries that worn Americana space beautifully. It brushes against country without dressing itself in full country costume, western in its dust and plainness, but still tied to the folk-rock instinct that has shaped Lapides’ songwriting for decades.

Chris Connelly - Nothin' But A Rock Song (Shipwrecked Industries)

16 September 2026

Chris Connelly’s “Nothin’ But A Rock Song” turns Lou Reed’s 1974 voltage into a collage of sneer, glamour, cigarette smoke, media memory, and rock attitude, where surface carries its own kind of intelligence.

Beauty In Chaos and Ashton Nyte - Home (33.3 Music Collective)

16 September 2026

Beauty In Chaos and Ashton Nyte return to one another on “Home,” a restrained, intimate single that finds its force in space, recognition, and the quiet certainty of belonging.

Robin Ross and Carmine Gontz - Blood Lines (RPM Entertainment)

16 September 2026

Robin Ross and Carmine Gontz turn “Blood Lines” into a heavy, full hearted rock song about family as something inherited, carried, survived, and passed forward.

Midniter - I Could Love You (Sugar Tank! Records)

16 September 2026

Longing, emotional distance and unresolved desire lie at the heart of ‘I Could Love You’, the new single and video from Charlotte, North Carolina indie-electronic / synthpop project Midniter.

Lowsunday - Low Sunday Ghost Machine - Black EP (Projekt Records)

15 September 2026

Lowsunday’s Low Sunday Ghost Machine – Black EP turns their long return into something beautifully exact, carrying shimmer, distortion, loneliness, and melody through songs that make old ache feel newly legible.

The Room - Things Have Learnt to Walk That Ought to Crawl (9x9 Records)

15 September 2026

Liverpool post-punk veterans The Room pull “Things Have Learnt to Walk That Ought to Crawl” back into motion, turning an early cult track into a sharp, jangling blast of doom-pop momentum.

Ecce Shnak - Anna O (Records, Man Records)

15 September 2026

Ecce Shnak’s “Anna O” pushes psychological captivity into a heightened art rock escape scene, with grunge weight, jagged vocals, and a video that brings the song’s inner conflict into view.

Robyn Maddox - RUBBERNECK (Big Music)

15 September 2026

Swaggering in with an indie-rock kind of style and a silver-screen sensibility, ‘RUBBERNECK’ is the amalgam of Robyn Maddox’s acerbic wit, gymnastic vocals and a talent for writing a delicious hook.

GU-RU - Time Blindness (Gurulee)

15 September 2026

GU-RU is the musical project of Leicester-based artist Gurulee, whose adventurous approach to composition channels the golden era of 70s prog and jazz fusion through a distinctly contemporary lens.

CA in LA - Hindsight (Deluxe Edition) (Intended Madness Records)

15 September 2026

Los Angeles-based alternative indie rock duo CA in LA has released their highly anticipated Hindsight (Deluxe Edition), an expanded reissue of their debut album, featuring two new singles released earlier this summer.

JP Harris – Shaving A Dead Man (Bloodshot Records)

14 September 2026

‘Shaving A Dead Man’ stands as a persuasive reminder that tradition remains most vital when musicians treat it as ever evolving and never stagnant. JP Harris seems not interested in modernizing these songs for the sake of reputation, nor does he lapse into imitation. He embodies them through performance.

Ryan J Raffa & Sam Prekop / Wavefiler - Area Flood (Mystery Circles)

14 September 2026

All these songs work together to let out a feeling. The music feels big and airy. The music never feels lost or empty. The music stays smart without losing any of the heart, leaving an impression of having witnessed something that cannot quite be described directly.

Soft Science - Sand (Shelflife Records / Spinout Nuggets)

14 September 2026

Ultimately, the album’s core revelation is also its simplest: just because something is fleeting doesn’t mean it didn’t matter. It makes connections precious. Soft Science transforms that realization into music of unusual warmth and scale, creating songs that shimmer precisely because they know everything around them can shift.

The Buttons - Medication (self-released)

14 September 2026

The Buttons, Glasgow’s purveyors of shimmering psychedelic pop, continue their prolific journey with their fifth studio album.

Strange DNA - Cry (Strange Records)

14 September 2026

Strange DNA is a dark pop project exploring identity, transformation and the feeling of searching for where you truly belong.

The Rotor Delta - Sola: The Tape Recordings (1998) (self-released)

13 September 2026

The Tape Sessions brings together ten tracks charting the sound of Lincoln four-piece Sola across the mid-to-late 1990s

CANNING - Solitude (RCMusic Inc)

13 September 2026

CANNING…having been brought up in and out of the Chicago rock scene, has endured to keep true to its roots of authenticity, diversity and individuality.

Holland Izz & Tayo Fetti - Beat The System (Playel Records/HOLLAND IZZ LLC)

13 September 2026

Although the title is a suitably incendiary choice for artists based in West Coast rap’s most sacred ground, here, in the current age, the revolution is more subliminal and subtle.

Rebekah Snyder - The Fiddle Player Stays (RSB Project LLC)

13 September 2026

The official music video for Rebekah Snyder’s “The Fiddle Player Stays” out now.

Christ and The Machines - To Live Unaffected (self-released)

12 September 2026

Christ and The Machines is a project exploring the space between faith, technology, and human emotion.

FarFarAway - Constellations Strange (self-released)

12 September 2026

FarFarAway is a nostalgic, high-voltage throwback to an era when mixtapes and legendary skate and snowboard videos were the ultimate soundtrack to discovering new artists.

Criminal Hero - Walk Through The Fire (self-released)

11 September 2026

Founded by songwriter and guitarist Rick Harkness, Criminal Hero is a Canadian rock project born in Toronto, shaped in Detroit, and now based in Vancouver.

Lisa Michelle Anderson - Part-Time Preacher (Lisa Michelle Anderson Music)

11 September 2026

Drawing from a lifetime of experiences that stretch far beyond her Southeast Kansas upbringing, Lisa has built a catalog of songs that invite listeners into deeply personal moments while revealing something universal about the human experience.

August Benjamin - Surrender (County Road Records)

11 September 2026

Set for release on November 13th, August Benjamin is the culmination of two generations of songwriting coming together.

Planeswalkers - The Mind Room (Self-Released)

10 September 2026

What makes The Mind Room compelling is its commitment to mood. This isn’t background electronic music, nor is it conventionally song-driven. It asks for attention and rewards it with a world that feels eerie, intimate and deliberately unresolved.

The Scrub Ups - Thought Bubbles (Disinfectant Media)

10 September 2026

Thought Bubbles isn’t interested in tidying up its contradictions, and that’s a big part of its charm. It sounds like musicians with enough history behind them to know the rules, and enough curiosity to ignore them.

Quiet Sun - Mainstream (Expression/BFD/The Orchard)

10 September 2026

Sitting somewhere between the composition-oriented fusion of bands like the Mahavishnu Orchestra and the melodic, virtuoso fury of early King Crimson, Quiet Sun made music that boggles the minds of music nerds, while still being easy to groove on.