We Are All We Are
Another gem from our Sheffield chum Rob Cohen, this time with strong overtones of 'Revolver'-era Beatles
Gone Girl 2.0
Shropshire's Alexandra Jayne Dodd singer takes her inspiration from the rather wonderful Leonard Cohen song of the same name
Guns
New York State's Ann and Alexander are accompanied by the Dublin choir, Palestrinashow
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The Noise In Your Head
The Nelson band's Paul Laskey tells us: 'with a bit of 'The Who meets Prog' vibe, the song is about the 'would'a, could'a, should'a' that lives in all of our heads'
Girls Are God's Machines
The Brixton singer-songwriter began playing piano at aged 8, and guitar at 10. Annoying! But this is very, very good - see if you can hear echoes of Tori Amos' 'Cornflake Girl' in the middle!
Break The Girl
This is the debut EP by the Co. Wicklow quartet, comprising Lily Aron, Alibhe Barry, Emma Brandon and Hannah Kelly.
The Happy Dictator
Teaming up with Sparks, this song from Damon Albarn's virtual group talks about "false promises about happiness and life"
High Tide
The Baltimore indies formed in 2002 and are Drew Danburry (gtr/vcls), Eli Sims (drms), Leena Rhodes (gtr, vcls), Brendan Russell (bass), Peyton Rodeffer (gtr, vcls) and Andrew Young (drms). We're told they originally recorded this classic-in-the-making back in 2004
It's Not The First Time
Twenty-seven years after their 2XS session, Edinburgh's Roddy Woomble and chums return
Hey Sister
The London indie-rockers are Laura Ozholl, Sam Walker, Deborah Wildish and Shelley Walker
Time To Dream
Originally formed in Nashville, the L.A. indie-dreamers are Dexy and Chris Valentine
Far We Come
28 years after their 2XS session, Ross Godfrey and Skye Edwards return - like they've never been away! This is now their eleventh studio album
Roobosh
Julie Dawson, Aindle O'Beirn and Fiachra Parslow started the Galway band while in secondary school in 2018. They've since been joined by Sean O'Dowd on lead guitar and their second album follows 2024's acclaimed 'Madra'
It Was Night
Gelsenkirchen's Rascal Nikov and Krischan Jan-Eric Wesenberg have been twiddling in Germany for some time, brining us 'intelligent electro of the highest order'
I Hate This Tune
The Sydney indie-popsters Royel Maddell and Otis Pavlovic are "embracing a moody summer", apparently.
Walk On
The band was formed in Bern in 2010. The line-up is frontman Jay Messerli, with guitarists Luk Kipfer and Michael Finger, plus Rease Nydegger (bass), Dominik Grossenbacher (drms), and Raly Scheuing (kybds)
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)
Ain't Quite Right
The new transatlantic duo are Jordy (from Hawaii) and Ben (from Manchester, where they wrote this song while it was raining)
Dancing With The Europeans
Returning to more of their old swagger, this is the tenth album by Brett Anderson's London indies and follows 2022's 'Autofiction'
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Redlights
Reminding us of Everlast, the Ontario urban-country artist Chris Hale has another story to tell