Record Store Day Black Friday 2026 takes place on Friday 27 November, with exclusive titles available from participating independent record stores across the UK and Ireland from 8am.

Swedish folk favourites First Aid Kit return to the UK and Ireland in 2027 with their intimate Visions of the Past tour, celebrating nearly two decades of music, deep cuts, fan favourites and ...

Independent musicians releasing music between gigs and day jobs often feel the same pinch: online presence growth seems to demand constant output, yet every post can feel like shouting into the void.

Few young bands have spent the last couple of years generating the kind of momentum that surrounds Man/Woman/Chainsaw. Emerging from London's fertile experimental underground and steadily transforming ...

Few contemporary songwriters possess the linguistic dexterity, emotional candour and theatrical presence of Edinburgh's Hamish Hawk. Since emerging as one of Britain's most compelling lyrical voices, ...

As the celebrations begin to unfold, Bowie80 serves as a reminder that David Bowie's greatest achievement was never a single album, character or era. It was his enduring belief that art should ...

From chart-conquering rap star to one of Britain's most relatable public voices, Professor Green is taking his story back on the road.

Three decades after redefining drum & bass and claiming the Mercury Prize, Roni Size Reprazent are bringing the groundbreaking New Forms album back to life as a full live experience.

Few bands have left a mark on alternative music quite like Joy Division. More than four decades after the release of Unknown ...

The Lemonheads performing in Torquay feels like one of those quietly historic moments — the kind of booking you double‑check because surely they’ve never played here, let alone anywhere in Devon. Yet ...

"As of December 31st 2027, Enter Shikari will fall dormant as a recording and performing entity.   This dormancy may eventually end with an eruption back into activity, or may end with extinction.  ...

Some bands are forged in rehearsal rooms, others in college dorms — but AWAP’s story begins on a five‑a‑side pitch with a squad of local punks and metalheads calling themselves the Metal Godz . From ...