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Barking Poets - Modern War (Engineer Records)

17 May 2026

Brand new single “Modern War” sees Barking Poets waste no time drawing you into their dystopian, uneasy, fragile world

Transcendecadence - Tiny Stupid Song (self-released)

17 May 2026

Transcendecadence is an alternative rock/ progressive post-punk band lead by Slovakian singer and composer Victoria Priester.

The Kind Hills - Little Epiphanies (self-released)

16 May 2026

The Kind Hills Announce two new singles and third Album Little Epiphanies, Cross-Continental Indie Pop for Dreamers and Late-Night Wanderers

Julia Greenberg - Leaves (Magic Door Record Label)

15 May 2026

Julia Greenberg’s “Leaves” turns loss into something warm, plainspoken, and quietly hopeful, letting memory, humour, and live-room intimacy carry the song forward.

Suneaters - Johatsu (Lotuspool Records)

15 May 2026

Ahead of their next album, Suneaters V: Heroic Dose, the band have dropped the single and video Johatsu.

DoYeon Kim - Wellspring (TAO Forms)

15 May 2026

Joined by maverick improvisers Tyshawn Sorey (drums), Mat Maneri (viola), and Henry Fraser (bass), Kim refuses to simply layer her instrument into a jazz arrangement as a texture.

Hayes Greenfield - Painting in Sound (Sunnyside)

14 May 2026

Using saxophones, flutes, clarinets, harmonica, kalimba, loops, effects pedals, and his own voice, Greenfield adds layers of drones, riffs, ambient abstractions, and improvisational solos.

Alwyn Morrison - Everybody Bleeds (self-released)

14 May 2026

“Everybody Bleeds” is a modern rock anthem with a classic core about the hidden struggles people carry.

Heron - Something Nothing (Cracked Analogue)

14 May 2026

Heron shares final digital single Something Nothing ahead of limited physical pressing for Underground Sky.

The Hempolics - A Fistful Of Covers (Zee Zee Records)

14 May 2026

London based dub reggae crew The Hempolics return with A Fistful of Covers, a brand-new EP released on ZeeZee Records.

Joseph Turner & The Dudes of Hazard - Travelin' Heart (Backbone Records)

13 May 2026

“Travelin’ Heart” is an indie pop track with strong organic and Americana influences, built around acoustic guitar, mandolin, and pedal steel, and carried by a full-band arrangement that lifts into a dynamic, melodic chorus.

Undefy - Promise (UNDEFY Records)

13 May 2026

UNDEFY is the solo project of Rafal‚ Biernacki, a musician and producer with over 20 years of experience, previously known from the band Disperse

James White & The Wild Fire - Bonfire (self-released)

13 May 2026

Formed in 2019, James White & The Wild Fire blend psychedelic folk rock with bluegrass, country, and Americana influences.

Duane Hoover - Where The Wild Things Are (Lighthouse Records)

13 May 2026

Where the Wild Things Are, the new one from Duane Hoover is out now.

Octavian Winters - By The Stars (self-released)

13 May 2026

‘By the Stars’ is the swooning new pop ballad from San Francisco’s Octavian Winters: a beautifully delicate contrast to the dark, angular post-punk of previous single, ‘Elements of Air’.

Tom Tikka & The Missing Hubcaps - Roomful of Strangers (One Media iP Ltd)

12 May 2026

Tom Tikka’s new album, Roomful of Strangers, released on May 1, 2026, is his fourth studio album and features the critically acclaimed single “The Day I Found You.”

The Pedals - Halfway (self-released)

12 May 2026

Rising Hertfordshire indie rock outfit The Pedals return with their latest single, “Halfway,” an energetic and emotionally charged release that continues to cement their reputation as one of the UK’s most exciting emerging guitar bands.

Alaskan Tapes & Blu Miles - Blank Slate, Open Space (We All Speak In Poems)

12 May 2026

Canadian ambient composers Alaskan Tapes and Portland’s Blu Miles unveil their collaborative seven-track album “Blank Slate, Open Space”,

Clarity Liao - Love You More (Clarity Liao Records)

12 May 2026

Rising San Fransioco singer-songwriter Clarity Liao returns with her third solo single, “Love You More,”

From The Tombs - Bring Your Own Hammer (Bring Your Own Hammer / Dimple Discs)

12 May 2026

Bring Your Own Hammer’s “From The Tombs” turns a harsh historical fragment into polished, melodic indie pop, giving a nearly vanished life movement, colour, and care.

Modesty Blaise - Melancholia (From Lo-Fi to Disco!)

11 May 2026

“Melancholia,” Modesty Blaise’s returning album carries its fullness easily, with careful songwriting, odd warmth, and enough detail moving through the record to make the 25th Anniversary remaster feel genuinely worth returning to.

Tom Hancock - Innate Subjects (Listen Marianne)

11 May 2026

Newcastle-born, Paris-based folk-indie songwriter Tom Hancock has released his deeply personal and sonically adventurous debut album, Innate Subjects.

Melanculia - Post Mortem (noot moon records)

11 May 2026

Post mortem is the new album from Melanculia, the longstanding solo project of Nino Sable.

JK Jerome - Profanity (self-released)

11 May 2026

UK indie singer-songwriter JK Jerome announces his debut single “Profanity,” out now.

Blueprint Tokyo - Dark New Days (self-released)

11 May 2026

Oklahoma City indie rock band Blueprint Tokyo will release their new six-song EP Dark New Days

EverWill - Sure Thing (self-released)

11 May 2026

Omaha-based artist EverWill returns with “Sure Thing,” a high-energy rock and pop-punk single

Casual Art Ensemble – Moon Forces (Transfusão Noise Records)

10 May 2026

‘Moon Forces’ occupies a fascinating space between free improvisation, ambient experimentation, psychedelic abstraction, and communal ritual. Yet genre labels seem increasingly irrelevant the longer the record continues.

Yea-Ming And The Rumours – Residue (Dandy Boy Records)

10 May 2026

Rather than framing change as a clean break, ‘Residue’ treats it as accumulation, where traces of earlier selves persist within new configurations. The result is a work that resists closure, favoring continuity over resolution. Yea-Ming and The Rumours offer a record shaped by reflection, where emotional experience is neither resolved nor abandoned, but carefully held in view.

Penny Arcade - Double Exposure (Tapete Records)

10 May 2026

Many artists pursue authenticity through calculated roughness. Hoare arrives somewhere more convincing because he seems genuinely uninterested in controlling every aspect of the listener’s experience. ‘Double Exposure’ accepts uncertainty as part of its emotional vocabulary.

Bentley Anderson - Valence (Cost Of Living)

10 May 2026

What distinguishes ‘Valence’ is its commitment to sustaining ambiguity without lapsing into opacity. Anderson does not seek to guide the listener toward a singular interpretation; instead, he constructs a space where perception itself becomes the subject.

Winter - Adult Romantix (Winspear)

10 May 2026

These songs do not attempt to fix the past in place; instead, they allow it to remain fluid, subject to the same uncertainties that define the present. In doing so, Winter captures the peculiar ache of leaving something behind while carrying it forward, an emotional state that resists simplification and, in its complexity, becomes quietly profound.

Kelley Stoltz – If You Don’t Know Me, Buy Now (Dandy Boy Records / Agitated Records)

10 May 2026

Stoltz engages with themes of artistic identity and personal evolution without allowing them to become burdensome. Instead, he filters them through melodies that retain a sense of lightness, even when addressing more weighty concerns. ‘If You Don’t Know Me, Buy Now!’ stands as both a continuation and a refinement of his long-standing approach, a work that affirms his place as a songwriter capable of turning introspection into something quietly resonant.

Wishy - Paradise On Planet Popstar (Winspear)

10 May 2026

Throughout ‘Paradise On Planet Popstar,’ Wishy demonstrate a keen awareness of how pop structures can both reveal and obscure emotional truth. What distinguishes the album is its refusal to treat escapism as either naive or inherently suspect. Instead, it presents the impulse to imagine alternate worlds as a natural extension of emotional life, one that can illuminate as much as it conceals.

The Loft - Badges (Tapete Records)

10 May 2026

The Loft once embodied the beautiful instability of early independent music: idealistic, combustible, romantic and fragile. ‘Badge’ revisits those qualities from the vantage point of experience rather than youthful volatility. It is not the sound of a band attempting to relive its beginnings. It is the sound of musicians discovering that survival itself can become a form of artistic evolution.

Kid Ginseng - My Tascam (Kraftjerkz)

10 May 2026

Kid Ginseng has crafted a release that honors electro’s foundational innovators while asserting its own identity with conviction. ‘My Tascam’ does not merely revisit an earlier sound; it reactivates the imaginative spirit that made electro revolutionary in the first place.

Saul Damelyn - Kings, Queens and Dream Machines (Damelyn Records)

8 May 2026

Saul Damelyn releases his second album, Kings, Queens & Dream Machines, a suite if songs of renewal, laughter and imagination.

Yvonne Rogers - The Button Jar (Pyroclastic)

8 May 2026

A young pianist from Maine, Yvonne Rogers is mentored by fellow keyboard warrior Kris Davis, who also owns Pyroclastic and produced this album.

Matthew Spreen - Cheer Up! (Lemonade Records)

8 May 2026

Montreal songwriter Matthew Spreen opens his debut album Particles with a quietly disarming act of irony called “Cheer Up!”

Hallucinophonics - Frozen Meridian (self-released)

8 May 2026

Hallucinophonics’ ‘Frozen Meridian’ maps the coordinates where Iceland’s glacial silence becomes a new language.

Ecce Shnak - Vincent

Ecce Shnak - Vincent (Record Man, Records)

7 May 2026

Ecce Shnak’s “Vincent” moves with theatrical force, operatic vocal lifts, jagged rhythm, and heavy art-rock bursts, turning a smug antagonist into something strange, sharp, funny, and fully alive

Me The Machine - The Flesh Of The Innocent (Zombie Dog)

7 May 2026

Alternative pop artist Me The Machine released his anticipated debut album, The Flesh of the Innocent.

Lost Velvet - Burnt (Forbury Lion)

7 May 2026

Burnt, a haunting ’90s haze of dark and dreamy alternative rock from Lost Velvet is out now.

Mortal Prophets - Not Here Not There (Lux Astralis Music)

7 May 2026

Somewhere between insomnia, broken romance, and the glowing machinery of midnight America, John Beckmann has assembled Not Here Not There — a record that doesn’t politely arrive so much as drift through the back door carrying static, perfume, and the strange clarity that comes just before sunrise.

Collete Brady-McEntee - So Long Solo (self-released)

7 May 2026

Irish artist Collette Brady-McEntee returns with her latest single “So Long, Solo”, a powerful pop track born from collaboration, connection, and quiet resilience.

River Dew - Don't Stop (self-released)

6 May 2026

“Don’t Stop” stands as a peaceful pause in a fast-moving world — an invitation to slow down and reconnect with what endures.

Steve Gunn - Shape of a Wave (No Quarter)

6 May 2026

A companion piece of sorts to Daylight, Shape fills out the minimalist sound of its parent, beginning with the title track.

Sean MacLeod - Light Up the Sun (self-released)

6 May 2026

Sean will release a new album On 5th May 2026 entitled That’s When the Earth becomes a Star

Ava Valianti - The Conversation (self-released)

6 May 2026

At just 16 years-old, Ava Valianti continues to carve out her own lane in indie pop and poprock with her newest single, “The Conversation,”

Salim Nourallah – Closer As A Star (Happiness, A Record Label)

5 May 2026

Over 10 solo records, Salim Nourallah has crafted a broad catalog of tunes that tend to skew bittersweet yet jangly enough to remain effervescent. With ”Closer As A Star”, he’s as confident in this formula as ever, producing a fresh set of 11 tunes that are gorgeously analog in an increasingly AI-saturated world.

Warahenege - AIMOE (self-released)

5 May 2026

AIMOE, as the opening track from the upcoming EP marks a connection to past Warahenege tracks.