Oscar Farrell returns with "Burning From", featuring Goya Gumbani, ahead of his third EP Birds Fly In, out June 5 via dh2.
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Massive Attack return after a decade with "Boots on the Ground", featuring Tom Waits on his first new recording since 2011. Ominous trip-hop and social fury.
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Australian songwriter Asha Jefferies returns with "Backwards Baby", co-produced with Tom Iansek. Indie pop built around patience, frustration, and letting go.
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London four-piece Otala return with their third 2026 single, ahead of EP Better Than The End. Quiet, patient, and building on what came before.
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Ranting turns a bad January mood into a self-deprecating, absurdist two-minute complaint. Somehow it works.
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Family Stereo debuts on Bella Union with Fault Lines, the lead single from debut album The Thread (July 31). Folk-tinged songwriting with lush string arrangements from producer Sam Hodder-Williams. go.stereobar.net/uc0lawp
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MLEKO open their debut EP The Feast of St. Perpetua (May 1, Heist or Hit) with Denouement: seven-piece post-punk maximalism with brass, churning guitars, and nowhere near enough patience for the status quo. go.stereobar.net/tk3q74t
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Nation of Language cover Springsteen's Tougher Than the Rest, cranking up the synths on a Yamaha CS-80 to make it their own. Out May 29 on limited 7" via Sub Pop. go.stereobar.net/xi6oqfp
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Marco Benevento debuts on Big Crown Records with Houdini, a piano-driven groove track previewing his July album Glera. go.stereobar.net/461592a
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NewDad break from Atlantic and return on their label with "Kick The Curb" — slow, patient, co-written with sign crushes motorist. A different kind of darkness. go.stereobar.net/9d1gqp4 #NewDad #BestNewMusic2026 #W15 #a303
Truthpaste share Friendship Is The Truth, the second single from their debut EP I Don't Know Either (out April 28). Five members, one computer drum, and a sound that won't sit still. go.stereobar.net/8pkpoxf
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Grandmas House return with DOG, produced by Ali Chant. Raw guitars, polyphonic harmonies, and a surf-inflected chorus built around chronic illness and medical dismissal. Post-punk that hits hard. go.stereobar.net/ajykm1m
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Minneapolis five-piece shes green share Paper Thin, lead single from Swallowtail (July 10, Photo Finish Records). Gauzy shoegaze guitars, Zofia Smiths vocals up front — a slow fade on a relationship thats already over. #SheSGreen #BestNewMusic2026 #W14 #PhotoFinishRecords go.stereobar.net/wdvyoji
Los Bitchos launch 01, a new dance-focused side project. Is This Real is the first drop from their Bitchos Baby series — club-ready rhythms built on the same globetrotting sound they already own. #01ByLosBitchos #BestNewMusic2026 #W14 #LosBitchos go.stereobar.net/u65d6bt
Okonski expand to a quartet, bringing in Cochemea on tenor sax for second single Flying. His lines weave through the trio without overpowering it — building to a sax and drum solo that earns its place. #OkonskiFtCochemea #BestNewMusic2026 #W14 #ColemineRecords go.stereobar.net/6edd6df
London-born, Ibiza/Miami-based producer Ben Sterling links up with Stevie Appleton on 'Around The World' — melodic, Afro and deep house on Ninja Tune's Counter Records. #BenSterling #StevieAppleton #BestNewMusic2026 #W14 #CounterRecords go.stereobar.net/mwyr9lf
Telepathy team up with cellist Jo Quail for 'Home (Redux)', a full reconstruction off the upcoming 'Transmissions 2.0' EP. Cello meets live looping meets post-metal. #Telepathy #BestNewMusic2026 #W14 #PelagicRecords go.stereobar.net/x3ulhgy
KNEECAP reclaim a loaded word on 'FENIAN' — acid rave beats, group chants, Dan Carey production. Title track from the Belfast trio's second album, out May 1 on Heavenly. #Kneecap #BestNewMusic2026 #W14 #HeavenlyRecordings go.stereobar.net/bl4qzh3
Bristol duo Getdown Services are back with 'The Radiator' — a deadpan spoken-word groove about intimidating inanimate objects into submission. Exactly as good as it sounds. #GetdownServices #BestNewMusic2026 #W14 #BreakfastRecords go.stereobar.net/do87k44
Dry Cleaning share "Sliced by a Fingernail", a new single from their third album Secret Love on 4AD. Florence Shaw writes from the perspective of someone who hates attention. Extensive world tour underway.
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1000 Rabbits follow "Virgin Soil" with "Rubik's Cube", their second single on Young. Written in a single afternoon around a River riff — darker verses, brighter chorus, premiered on BBC 6 Music by Huw Stephens.
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corto.alto taps Chicago rapper Mick Jenkins for "WHODIS", his first new music of 2026. Glasgow multi-instrumentalist Liam Shortall steps into J Dilla territory with a hard-swinging hip-hop beat.
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La Sécurité follow "Bingo" with "Snack City", the second single from their upcoming album Bingo! (June 12, Bella Union/Mothland). Fast, fidgety art-punk about hunger and bad pick-up lines.
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Edinburgh poetic-psychedelic ensemble Acolyte share "Moon Disaster", a jazzy existential meditation on space and apocalyptic what-ifs. Third single from debut EP The Blue Dark, out 22 May on Lost Map Records.
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Otala follow "More Fire" with "Lord Only Knows Pt.1", the second single from their upcoming EP Better Than The End. Recorded at Premises Studios, produced by Louis Milburn.
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Sosyete '25 follow debut single "Bilmece" with "Oyun", the second taste of their upcoming album Yaygara on Tru Thoughts. Mediterranean disco-funk with a wink.
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Brighton punks Lambrini Girls return with "Cult of Celebrity", a full-throttle takedown of the wealthy elite. First new music since their 2025 debut.
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Classic Trucks' debut solo single strips it back — guitar, voice, two years of self-teaching.
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Brighton six-piece Opus Kink announce debut album The Sweet Goodbye (July 31, SO Recordings) with lead single "Come Over, Do Me Wrong" — tight drums, drifting guitars, trumpet and sax.
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Disclosure's first new music of 2026 — Howard Lawrence on lead vocals for the first time since Alchemy, backed by a live orchestra.
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