Dark alternative vibes in strong supply but a beating heart of effective, engaging songwriting always provided as the centrepiece – pMad excel themselves with this album, and NineFortyFive is the fascinating and rather addictive new single that’s easily one of the most interesting, ambient and enjoyable post-rock tracks to hit the scene this year.
Alt Rock
From the UK creative who dropped the intense genre fusion of Internal Combustion earlier this year, SEDATIVE is an explosive new blend of heavy metal and drum and bass, with haunting hard-rock vocals and intense distorted guitars, all leading through a truly intoxicating realm of terror and inner turmoil.
Unfiltered and fearless garage rock of volume, passion, distortion and warped crescendos – Estrogeno have been hard at work on the writing and performing of new songs, and we dive into a selection of 2026 releases from the nineties-inspired act.
Personification, metaphor, and all-round powerful songwriting elevate the appeal of an indie band well and truly paving their own way. Glasgow’s Revelation 23 have that something fresh and fascinating to their sound, something topical and piercing about their sense of purpose, their rebellious intrigue, and Veal is a fine dedication to the craft.
“I definitely enjoy a momentary escape of the weighty burdens that being a person who is least in the society in which they live carries with it.”
“It takes place in a dystopian empire, where an insurrection and revolution are taking place after the killing of a child, as seen in the song “Dancing In The Fallout,” which I took inspiration from the people of Iran who would die just to be free, who fantasize of being themselves and ridding their societies of oppression.”
Taking us back to the bedroom recordings of eras past – the simplicity and realism of garage demos and honest indie music. What’s On? created the fifteen original tracks of What’s Off? in between studying software development and working fulltime in a warehouse, and it’s an experimental guitar-pop collection of quirky, often catchy alternative jams.
The brilliant Lion Drome continue their climb, this time briefly softening the mood with something sultry, funky, but ultimately dark and intense in its commitment to concept. Featuring lush vocals, expressive and fluid, with long-form verse melodies that descend and satisfy with charm and character, Goodnight Sleep Tight is a compelling taste of the upcoming … Continued
Bite Of The Adder is a taste of Sebastian’s upcoming ode to Nietzsche’s writing – lyrics that draw upon concepts dating back to the late 1800s, and the music is charming, dark, enchanting, and brilliantly unique.
An instant favourite from recent submissions. Despite the animated artwork, hedas captures something incredibly real, pure, and evocative, with the low-key passionate tone and tempo of a wanderer ascends.
Be Happy cries out loud for you, its chorus resounding and looping in the mind, and it’s the perfect antidote to the trivial fakeness of forced joy and overproduction from much of the recent music realm.
London’s Dream Delay access something real and profound with this single – a stunning introduction, to an alt-rock act with a clear sense of purpose and songwriting charm that resounds.