Single: Task Manager – DUMMY
DUMMY is regret and internal retribution on a loop. Itâs utterly relatable and beautifully realised.
Month: October 2026
Single: Reserver – Heart Is A Bomb
In âHeart Is a Bomb,â the grief is palpable, but from the wreckage, an undeniable aesthetic and an unshakable melody emerge.
Single: Tower Defense – Stop, I Think I’ve Heard This One Before
With a video full of public access quirkiness and a track of post-punk perfection, Tower Defense sings a warning about the dangers of too much TV.
Single: Horsetail – Big Desert
âBig Desertâ wears its heartbreak like a cowboy hat, calm and composed on the surface, aching underneath, with a hook built to live in your head for days.
Single: Dad Hats – hope ur down
âHope ur downâ is self deprecating pop-punk with a groove so sharp it distracts you from how much it stings.
Single: Fulton Lights – Nautilus Tattoo
Fulton Lights drops another banger for those who yearn, singing of ancient passions on the newest single from their upcoming album.
Single: How Strange It Is – Tough Luck
If you donât give this single from Portland, Oregon quintet, How Strange It Is, a chance, then I will deviously wish some tough luck to come your way.
Single: FRIEDA STAR – Micky The Drink
Hitting the ground running with a rapid-fire banger, the Midlands’ Frieda Star’s new single recounts the dangers of excess in a way that commands you to dance.
Single: Eliza Edens – Hot & Mean
From their upcoming album Death Drive, Edens explores queer situationships and the revolving door of dopamine highs and lows that come with them.
Single: airhockey – melt
âmeltâ feels magical, with twinkly guitars and a tambourine that is truly glitter in its personified form
Single: Culver Drive – Patterns
If you like a gentle, swirling atmospheric soundscape that has a tinge of fuzz with lilting vocal melodies, this is your bag.
Album: The Serfers – DEBT SOUNDS
A meticulously produced collage of sounds that has something new to offer at every turn.
Single: Sunlifter – Kevin
The nightmarish imagery of âKevinâ is satisfyingly disturbing, while its earth-shattering sound is sure to keep you awake.
Album: Something To Do – A Little Misdirection
On their new album, Something To Do has stepped up their game and written an album full of powerful horns lines and intoxicating vocal melodies.
Album: NEWFARE – Walk With Me
A comfortingly familiar rock n roll feast, this fantastic debut is also incredibly distinctive.
Single: Rolling Boxcar International – We Thought You Died
Rolling Boxcar International has a timeless sound on their new single, capturing it for us so we can both remember and continue.
Album: Be Decent – Now’s The Time
Be Decent – the four-piece ska band from Brooklyn, New York – is doing something
Single: IVES – Dahlia
Listening to âDahliaâ by IVES feels like youâre floating through a dream that you canât quite figure out the meaning of.
Single: Costumes – Kal Vilmer
Sounding straight out of an indie-punk film soundtrack, this song will be perfect for all the looking-out-the-window-while-it-rains-and-pretending-Iâm-in-a-music-video moments.
Single: Lilac Attitude – Crocodile Tears
The self-doubt surrounding the authenticity of our own teenage emotions is packaged in this perfect sarcastically raging adolescence anthem by Lilac Attitude.