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Gel have returned with an aggressive new single, ‘Mirage’ and announced a new EP, ‘Persona’.The New Jersey hardcore band will release their new five-track EP on August 16, which is the follow-up to 2023 album ‘Only Constant’. It also marks their first release on new label Blue Grape, which is also the home of bands such as Code Orange and Spiritual Cramp.Notably, ‘Mirage’ is the band’s longest single to date, clocking in at just shy of three minutes.“We really wanted to fill out the songs more and make them more nuanced,” explained vocalist Sami Kaiser in a press release.

Sprints have issued a statement after frontwoman Karla Chubb was sexually assaulted at a show.The band addressed the situation on Sunday (April 21), explaining that this was the second time during their ongoing tour that an incident like this has occurred. The Dublin rockers’ have been on a world tour tour since February in support of their debut album ‘Letter To Self’.“Yesterday Karla was sexually assaulted for the second time on the ‘Letter To Self’ tour.

Mary In The Junkyard have today (March 27) shared a propulsive new single called ‘Marble Arch’ and unveiled details of their new debut EP, ‘The Old House’.The experimental rock trio – comprising guitarist and vocalist Clari Freeman-Taylor, bassist and viola player Saya Barbaglia and drummer David Addison – will release their debut EP on May 9 via AMF Records and you can pre-order/pre-save this here.The four-track record includes the previously released ‘Ghost’ and the EP was produced by Richard Russell in West London.The latest single is described in a press release as “a song that bursts outwards from small beginnings into moments of grandeur: it is a true document of Mary In The Junkyard’s ability to conjure a sense of raw feeling.”The band’s Clari Freeman-Taylor said of the song: “I wrote the words to ‘Marble Arch’ in the back of the book ‘wise children’ under the actual marble arch, it’s about the intense relationship between sisters, and leaving home and not wanting to come back.”Check it out here:A press statement says of the upcoming EP: “The four tracks on the EP are symbolic of a series of evocative snapshots left amidst the furniture of a past home.”Freeman-Taylor added: “‘This Old House’ is all about the memories that exist in the walls and floors of places, what it feels like to be home and away from it.”The band also unveiled details today of their largest headline show to date, which will take place in London at the ICA on October 3.Check out the band’s dates so far below and get tickets for the events here.MAY26 – Nottingham, Dot to Dot JUNE30 – Bristol, Canons Marsh Amphitheatre JULY 25 – Suffolk, Henham Park OCTOBER3 – London, ICASpeaking to NME about last year about what the band offers that their

GIRLBAND! have debuted a playful new single, ‘Not Like The Rest’.The alternative newcomers hail from Nottingham and are signed to EMI North, where they are labelmates with the likes of Nadine Shah.Per a press release, members Georgie, Jada and Kay came together after making music in other projects and, during the pandemic, they “plugged into the wider community in Nottingham, one that inspired them with 80s culture, vintage fashion and massive dose of 90s nostalgia, Gwen Stefani and R&B groups.” The sound they carved out has been described as “a punk band making pop songs”.Now, their spirited new single sees them take a trip down memory lane, thinking back to growing up in a small town and not fitting in – “My school was so white/My town was so grey/I was a rainbow, had to hide away/On the 54 bus, she was my first crush/That’s when I knew I had to run away.”Check out ‘Not Like The Rest’ below:The band are set to head out on tour later this year and also have festival appearances booked at the likes of Stockton Calling, Sound City, Teddy Rocks and Block Party in France.You can see the full list of their headline tour dates below and buy your tickets here.MAY3 – Manchester, Deaf Institute 9 – London, The Grace10 – Newport, Le Pub11 – Bristol, Louisiana16 – Southampton, The Joiners18 – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms GIRLBAND! have also been announced to be supporting Taking Back Sunday on tour in the UK next month – you can find those dates below and buy your tickets here.MARCH26 – Manchester, O2 Ritz27 – London, O2 Forum Kentish Town28 – Cardiff, University Great HallThey will also be supporting Feeder at York’s Barbican and Manchester’s Albert Hall on March 19 and 20 – you can find tickets here.

“She doesn’t like what’s on TV, always immersed in her dreams / She asks about mine, and always tells me ‘you have to have some'”“I don’t dive deep into the details of my songs; I enjoy letting people discover their own meanings and relate them to their own lives,” said Karin Ann of ‘She’. “My struggle with insomnia often leads me to write during sleepless nights.“One night, browsing through my phone notes, I stumbled upon a sentence that sparked inspiration.

Cassyette appears to be teasing a new single, ‘Why Am I Like This?’The singer-songwriter posted a snippet of the song to her social media channels, accompanied by a video of her sitting in front of a TV airing troubling-looking news footage. The clip has a caption that reads “The world fucking sucks”.The single would be Cassyette’s first new release in almost a year, following ‘BOOM’, which was released in February 2023.

Sprints have dropped an eerie new song, ‘Heavy’.The track arrives just ahead of the Dublin rockers’ debut album ‘Letter To Self’, which drops on Friday (January 5) via City Slang. It follows the previously released singles ‘Adore Adore Adore’, ‘Shadow Of A Doubt’, ‘Literary Mind’ and ‘Up And Comer’.Speaking about the new track, the band’s frontwoman Karla Chubb says: “If [album opener] ‘Ticking’ is the sonic iteration of anxiety, then ‘Heavy’ is its literal counterpart.

Noah Kahan has added a second London show to his UK tour next summer due to high demand.The musician will now appear at The O2 on August 22, the day after his previously confirmed show at the venue.The musician will also play dates in Manchester, Newcastle and Birmingham. Tickets for all dates go on general sale at 9am on December 15 here.Check out the dates below:FEBRUARY:8 – Dublin, 3Arena10 – Glasgow, Ovo Hydro11 – Leeds, First Direct Arena13 – Cardiff, Utilita Arena14 – London, OVO Arena Wembley15 – London, OVO Arena WembleyAUGUST: 13 – Manchester, Co-op Live 14 – Newcastle Upon Tune, Utilita Arena20 – Birmingham, Utilita Arena 21 – London, O2 Arena 22 – London O2 Arena A post shared by Saturday Night Live (@nbcsnl)Kahan recently appeared on Saturday Night Live performing his breakout single ‘Stick Season’.Released towards the tail-end of 2022, his third album ‘Stick Season’ became a sleeper hit.

English Teacher have been announced as the ambassadors for next year’s Independent Venue Week.The next edition of the popular celebration of grassroots music venues returns on January 29, 2024, with the aim of encouraging fans to start the new year by visiting their local venue for a gig. Venues up and down the country come together with artists, promoters, agents, record labels and media to put on special live events across the UK to highlight and celebrate the work they do.Altogether, 205 venues in the UK have signed up to participate this year and the artists confirmed to perform that week include The Zutons, CVC, Steve Mason, Hinds, Peaness, Skinny Living and TVAM.

Laufey‘s new album ‘Bewitched’ has broken numerous records since it was released last month.The album broke a record on Spotify, recording the biggest first day for a jazz album on the streamer in history.It also debuted at Number 23 on the all-genre Billboard 200, marking Laufey’s first appearance on the chart, and is still comfortably sitting in the top 100 almost a month on from release.The album’s lead single ‘From The Start’ also proved massively successful, clocking up 1 million streams in less than 24 hours upon release and gaining a further 1.75million streams a day since. With that, it has become, currently, the most-streamed jazz song in the world.Speaking to NME The Cover earlier this year, Laufey explained why she was drawn to explore ideas about love, relationships and romanticising one’s own life on the album.““I think love makes everyone really silly,” Laufey says.

Lynks has released a quirky new single, ‘New Boyfriend’, and announced a UK tour for 2024.The single is the follow-up to ‘Use It Or Lose It’, which was released earlier this year.Speaking about the track, Lynks said: “Look, ultimately I think I’m a fairly smart, reasonable, logical young person. I’ve done therapy.

English Teacher have shared their latest track, ‘The World’s Biggest Paving Slab’. Check out the single below.Released today (August 10), the track is the latest single from the four-piece, and follows on from their hit track ‘Song About Love’ – which arrived at the start of the year and explored how love is a theme that is prominent in nearly all aspects of life.This time around, the members – Lily Fontaine, Douglas Frost, Nicholas Eden and Lewis Whiting – take an equally reflective view of the world around them, and explore how the social, economic and political landscape is a sharp juxtaposition from the beauty that can be found within the people existing inside it.“I wrote and recorded the demo in my bedroom in one day, during my final year of university in 2018,” the frontwoman said of the inspiration behind ‘The World’s Biggest Paving Slab’.“Moving to a city for university forced me to reflect on how my experience of growing up in and around Pendle, how witnessing the social, economic and political issues that exist around there in juxtaposition with the beauty of the landscape and the characters that live within in it, has shaped me into the artist and person that I am.”These semi-rural stories leak into most of my writing,” she continued.

Nia Archives has shared a new single, ‘Bad Gyalz’, and announced a day rave.The song is the artist’s first new release since ‘Off Wiv Ya Headz’ back in June, which interpolates A-Trak’s huge version of Yeah Yeah Yeahs‘ ‘Heads Will Roll’.Speaking about the track, Archives said: “I was on ma way to the studio with Clipz listening to Ranking Ann who is one of my fave MCs – period. And then I was just thinking about tha fact that like whenever I go to one of my shows, it’s like 85 per cent women age 18 -25 which is so amazing! And they are all baddies, absolute junglists.

Laufey has returned with a new single and details of a second studio album – watch ‘Bewitched’, from an album of the same name, below.The new album follows the Icelandic-Chinese artist’s debut LP, ‘Everything I Know About Love’, which came out last year. It is due out on September 8.“‘Bewitched’ is a love song,” she said of the album’s title track.

Nell Mescal has shared her latest single ‘Punchline’ along with UK and Ireland tour dates for later this year.Following a whirlwind month which saw Mescal support P!nk at Hyde Park, Florence & The Machine across Ireland, and performing to stadium-sized audiences with Dermott Kennedy, the singer has released her fifth single ‘Punchline’.Speaking about the track, Mescal said: “I wrote ‘Punchline’ in my bedroom last year about a friendship ending before it needed to and the heartbreak that comes with it.”She explained: “It’s about trying to ‘win’ the friendship breakup by pretending it doesn’t hurt you that much, but still having that sick feeling you get in your stomach because you miss the other person.”‘Punchline’ follows her previous four singles ‘In My Head’, ‘Homesick’, ‘Missing You’ and ‘Graduating’.Speaking to NME back in 2022, Mescal opened up about wanting her music to evoke emotion within its listeners. “Music has always been about hoping someone will say I made them feel something they hadn’t been able to feel before,” she said.The musician credits the collective musical community of the school choirs she was raised in with shaping the artist who she is today.“Putting songs out, it feels like I’m in choir again.

Stormzy has stunned fans by making a surprise appearance on stage in London this evening (June 9) with singer-songwriter Debbie.Debbie wrote five songs for Stormzy’s last album including ‘Firebabe‘, which she played at the gig tonight at London’s Omera.Stormzy came on stage at the 320-capacity venue during ‘Give It To The Water’.

Nia Archives.•READ MORE: Nia Archives on the cover: “Jungle music has always been a strong sound of the underground”The mural,  is to celebrate the Bradford-born’s third highly-anticipated EP, ‘Sunrise Bang Ur Head Against Tha Wall’. The artwork took four days to complete and Nia Archives had a chance to add some finishing touches to the mural herself.The 80-square-metre mural was created by the Shoreditch-based street art collective Graffiti Life, who also done murals dedicated to other musicians including late Nipsey Hussle, Giggs and Charlotte Black.You can currently visit the mural at 455 Hackney Road, E2 9DY until March 24.In addition to the mural, Nia Archives and Spotify have teamed up to offer fans a chance to win exclusive press-on nails, designed by Suki Nailz, inspired by Nia’s synonymous nail sets.In other news, Nia Archives released her third EP ‘Sunrise Bang Ur Head Tha Wall’ today (March 10) via Island Records/HIJINXX.Also, she will support Slowthai on his ‘UGLY’ European tour alongside Sainté.

Glorilla gig in Rochester, New York on Saturday night (March 4), leaving one person dead and eight others injured.The incident occurred at around 11pm local time at the Main Street Armory as gig goers were leaving the show. Police told Associated Press that panic ensued in the crowd after they believed they had heard gun shots, leading to a rush for the exit.

Cassyette has debuted a new song, ‘BOOM’ – listen below.The song melds pop and nu metal in characteristic Cassyette style and is the first song the artist has released since November’s ‘Sad Girl’ mixtape.Speaking about the track, the artist revealed: “I made ‘BOOM’ whilst I was having a manic episode. I had gone into mania that morning and wanted to write about what it feels like for me.

CVC have shared details of their highly anticipated debut album, ‘Get Real’.Alongside the announcement, the South Wales rockers have offered a first taste of the album in the form of lead single ‘Good Morning Vietnam’. Ross Orton, who previously worked with Arctic Monkeys, mixed the record.Explaining what the new single is about, the band said: “It’s about a time when everyone around us seemed to be wrapped up in Tinder and one-night stands.”“The album was recorded with love in the living room of a student house in Cardiff around one microphone, as we searched for a new sound,” they continued.

PVA have shared a dark new single called ‘Bad Dad’ – listen to it below.The South London trio have shared the latest track from upcoming debut album ‘BLUSH’, which arrives on October 14 via Ninja Tune.Speaking on the themes of the single, the band’s Ella Harris said: “Bad Dad explores the internal world of a new father checking in on his son at night, afraid of the lineage of masculinity and how it might impact someone so untainted.”Check out the song here:Speaking about the upcoming new album, drummer Louis Satchell said: “We wanted to surprise people and do something more than just get across how we sound at a gig. It’s quite an anxious record sometimes that is relating to mental health issues and carries within it the anxiety of making an album.