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MUTE TV - Drag Me Down (Medical Grade Music)

21 May 2026

Formed in 2025, MUTE TV are a raw blend of post-punk, noise pop, shoegaze and alternative rock from the South West UK.

SHARKEOLOGIST - Pony (Twenty Minute Records) 

21 May 2026

A heavy rock reimagining of Ginuwine’s “Pony,” blending Alice in Chains–style harmonies and Deftones‑influenced atmosphere with the iconic 90s R&B hook.

Korda Korder - Everything You Ever Wanted To Be (Little End Records)

20 May 2026

Now out via Little End Records, “Everything You Ever Wanted To Be” represents Korda Korder’s most definitive statement yet.

Decadent Heroes - Climax (Orange Spin Records)

20 May 2026

Decadent Heroes is the solo instrumental rock project of guitarist Luigi Chiappini, a musician driven by an unwavering pursuit of tonal perfection and emotional authenticity.

MothBreath - Summer Dreaming (self-released)

20 May 2026

‘Summer Dreaming’ is an ethereal, trippy longing for those long balmy never-ending summer nights.

Marley's Ghost - Honky Tonk (Sage Arts)

19 May 2026

Marking 40 years in the game, Seattle’s Marley’s Ghost deliver a new album, Honky Tonk.

The Muster Point Project - Drive-In Movie (Wonderful Time) (Francomedia)

19 May 2026

The Muster Point Project are back with a neat slice of contemporary nostalgia in the form of “Drive-In Movie (Wonderful Time)”

The Joy Thieves - No Anchor feat. Chris Connelly (Armalyte Industries)

18 May 2026

The Joy Thieves return with “No Anchor,” a Chris Connelly-fronted industrial rock single that turns isolation, moral drift, and collapse into something aggressive, precise, and hard to shake.

Cindy - Another Country (Tough Love)

18 May 2026

Cindy understands that mystery need not obscure feeling; instead, ambiguity can deepen emotional resonance by preserving the complexity of lived experience. Karina Gill, Staizsh Rodrigues, Will Smith, and Oli Lipton have created a record of remarkable subtlety and depth, one that lingers in the mind like partially remembered conversations, private realizations, or emotional truths glimpsed only briefly before receding again into uncertainty.

Basement – WIRED (Run For Cover Records)

18 May 2026

The album’s title functions as both aesthetic descriptor and philosophical statement. ‘WIRED’ captures a band operating on instinct sharpened through hardship, musicians reconnecting with the volatile energy that made their earliest work resonate while refusing to become prisoners of it. Basement sound revitalized not because they have rediscovered the past, but because they finally trust themselves enough to move beyond it.

Maura Weaver - Strange Devotion (Feel It Records)

18 May 2026

At its core, ‘Strange Devotion’ is an album about reclaiming trust: trust in one’s instincts, voice, memory, desires, and creative autonomy. Weaver approaches these subjects not with grand declarations, but through accumulated emotional detail and melodic intelligence. The result is a record that speaks quietly yet carries enormous emotional force, confirming Maura Weaver as one of indie rock’s most perceptive and emotionally articulate songwriters.

Surrealistic Pillhead - Crush The Pill (Plain of Jars)

18 May 2026

The EP’s greatest accomplishment may be its refusal to separate chaos from tenderness. Beneath all the saturation, sarcasm, and manic energy lies a profound curiosity about how people continue connecting with one another despite exhaustion and emotional overload.

Adam Weil - A Little Broken (Self-released)

18 May 2026

‘A Little Broken’ succeeds because it understands that emotional survival rarely announces itself dramatically. More often, it appears in smaller acts: continuing conversations after disappointment, carrying memory without being consumed by it, choosing tenderness despite accumulated hurt.

Columbia Icefield - A Silence Opens (Out Of Your Head Records)

18 May 2026

As what may be Columbia Icefield’s final statement, ‘A Silence Opens’ carries additional emotional gravity. Yet the album never frames ending as defeat. Instead, it understands closure as another form of transformation, another way absence acquires presence. The record suggests that grief, memory, and artistic collaboration all involve learning how to carry what can no longer physically remain.

Felicity Mangan - String Figures (Elevator Bath)

18 May 2026

Few electroacoustic works in recent years have balanced conceptual sophistication and sensory beauty with such confidence. ‘String Figures’ confirms Felicity Mangan as one of the most inventive composers currently working within experimental sound, creating music that is simultaneously intimate, ecological, and startlingly otherworldly.

Night of the Hunter - Night of the Hunter (Curious Electricity)

18 May 2026

What makes ’Night of the Hunter’ interesting is not simply its command of genre aesthetics but its understanding of emotional theatricality as a serious artistic tool. Ezrah, Jeff Browning, and Thorson recognize that gothic and industrial music function best when they externalize internal collapse.

Sür Drōne - T.I.T.S. (Frontier Records)

18 May 2026

What makes ‘T.I.T.S.’ compelling is not merely its willingness to offend or bewilder. Plenty of records accomplish that with little imagination. Sür Drōne succeed because the album recognizes vulgarity as a language through which cultural truths often emerge more honestly than through refinement.

Susana López - Materia Vibrante (Elevator Bath)

18 May 2026

What lingers after ‘Materia Vibrante’ concludes is not merely atmosphere but altered perception. López encourages listening as a form of philosophical inquiry, inviting attention toward the hidden resonances shaping both inner and external experience.

Adrielle Bow Belle - Icey Roads (Bow Belle Productions)

18 May 2026

Adrielle Bow Belle returns with “ICEY ROADS” a glacial, slow‑burn indie track that turns subtlety into a weapon.

Merwulf - In the Golden Age (Moodkiller Records)

18 May 2026

In the Golden Age is Merwulf’s sophomore album, out now, and which and pushes further into a raw, focused sound shaped by lived experience and growing confidence.

Sasha Joy - Got You Something (self-released)

18 May 2026

With voice, groove, and emotional depth, Sasha Joy doubles down on the soulful, richly textured sound that’s earned her early critical praise, unveiling “Got You Something” out now across all major platforms.

French Dogs - Broken Glass (Ciao Ketchup Recordings)

18 May 2026

London indie group French Dogs are releasing their intense new single “Broken Glass” on May 15th, serving as the final teaser for their debut album Here’s to Pretending, which arrives on May 29th.

Myra Melford - Satoko Fuijii - Katarahi (RogueArt)

18 May 2026

With their pianos snuggled up like puzzle pieces, the pair trade songs but collaborate on each one, with neither being showcased above the other.

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.