Everyone's A Star!
The Sydney power-poppers started out in 2011. They've grown up a bit since then
My Only Angel
The 'Bad Boys from Boston' meet the 'Bad Boy from Donny'
Wild Woman
The 'Bad Boys from Boston' meet the 'Bad Boy from Donny', along with Nashville's Lainey Wilson
Fake Like
The Cincinnati band was formed in 1986 by Greg Dulli (vcls, gtr), Rick McCollum (gtr) (also in The Twilight Singers), John Curley (bass) and Steve Earle (drms) (no longer in the line-up)
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
Sideways
This is the debut album by the Beasley Brothers from Auckland, New Zealand
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 all 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
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')
Failure
Jim Adkins' Arizona alt-rockers roll on with a single-only release for 2026.
Maybe Not Tonight
Yay! Bright and breezy Brighton rock. The recreational greens are Chloe Howard (vcls/gtr), Annabel Whittle (drms), Leila Deeley (gtr), and Tippi Morgan (bass)
You Want The Truth
The Bingley rockers are Rebecca Becca Macintyre (vcls), Jack Bottomley (gtr), Sam Macintyre (gtrs, vcls), Will Bottomley (bass, vcls) and Josh Macintyre (drms)
Non Stop To The Moon
The wondrous animals are London's John Mitchell, Nick Andrew, Darren Redick & Steve Hales
The Wake
Michigan's Peter Martin rose to some prominence during covid lockdowns. This is his third album
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"
Another Second Chance
The L.A. alt-rockers are Alithea Tuttle, Baron Rinzler, Cooper Ladomade and Desi Scaglione
Lost And Found
Debs is back with a song so strong, it could be a 'James Bond' theme! Formed in 1994 (with a break from 2001 to 2009), this is their first album since 2016's 'Anarchytecture'