Everyone's A Star!
The Sydney power-poppers started out in 2011. They've grown up a bit since then
The Wall
Shropshire's Alexandra Jayne Dodd singer takes her inspiration from the rather wonderful Leonard Cohen song of the same name
Ease Up
Ben Fox and Gordon Cooper are accomplished noize boyz from Detroit. Interestingly, the video uses footage from the city captured twenty years ago
Hey You
The acclaimed Melbourne (Oz) alt-rockers started out in 2017, and are Maisie Everett (ld vcls, gtr, kybds), Mike Bradvica (gtr), Jimmy Droughton (bass) and Daniel Devlin (drms). This is their second album and follows 2023's 'Lush Life'
All The Lives
The Dublin six-piece release their debut EP. They tell us that this song 'is about growing up and watching people join the real world and feeling out of touch with that'
Lay Me Down
This is the debut album by the 'London-based rabble-rousers', led by Dan Hacker;s vocals
Guns
New York State's Ann and Alexander are accompanied by the Dublin choir, Palestrinashow
Satisfaction Skank
After 26 years of playing and bootlegging it, Norman Cook finally got permission from the Rolling Stones to use this sample in 2025
The Happy Dictator
Teaming up with Sparks, this song from Damon Albarn's virtual group talks about "false promises about happiness and life"
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Just Another Kick In The Face
Not for nothing are the Northumberland's Paul and Steven Herron thought to be the Proclaimers' sassenach brothers. As if to distance themselves from that, they've since moved to Derby
Cleaning Bricks
The band originally formed in 2015 in The Queens Head pub, Stockwell (the Fat White Family's 'practice space')
Time To Dream
Originally formed in Nashville, the L.A. indie-dreamers are Dexy and Chris Valentine
Just No Fun
Apparently, Argentinian chums Ines Adam and Martina Nintzel formed the duo after a "life changing trip to NYC"
Posh
Following in the footsteps of Wet Leg, the Isle of Wight duo are Lil Hutchings and Lottie Massey. They wrote their first set of songs and learned to play within a month, and claim they like to be "loud and annoying"
Heavy News
This follows the Verve Vet's 2018 album, 'Natural Rebel'
Another Second Chance
The L.A. alt-rockers are Alithea Tuttle, Baron Rinzler, Cooper Ladomade and Desi Scaglione
It Was Night
Gelsenkirchen's Rascal Nikov and Krischan Jan-Eric Wesenberg have been twiddling in Germany for some time, and now bring us "intelligent electro of the highest order"
Lost And Found
Debs is back with a song so strong, it could almost be a 'James Bond' theme! Formed in 1994 (with a break from 2001 to 2009), this is their first album since 2016's 'Anarchytecture'
At My Funeral
Possibly the most exciting band of 2025 so far, the San Francisco alt-rockers are Mike Fenton (bass), Michael Bingham (ld vcls), Nate Punty (gtr), Orville Neely III (gtr), Julian Smith (drms), and Jose Luna (tamb, prog)
White Horses
Ellie Rowsell's London alt-rockers excel yet again on their fourth studio album. It was nominated for the 2025 'Mercury Prize'