2025 Roundup: Bestsellers and Hot Tips for 2026
Breakthrough debuts, Gen Z indie icons, hyperpop's next wave, anticipated soundtracks and long-teased follow-ups. We round up the biggest releases of the past year…
A Rough Guide To: Contemporary Irish Alternative Music
"Nobel prize-winning poets and writers, world-conquering rock bands, and artists who seemingly invented genres of music, and all that was just in the last 100…
Album of the Month - December 2025
Infinite Coles - SweetFace Killah Don't Sleep Powered by the unapologetic energy of ballroom culture and queer expression, SweetFace Killah is the arrival of…
The Best Songs of 2025
"Oooooh, this feels illegal." Our year, wrapped. Amongst our appreciation for full-length statements, there will always be those singular songs which have just as…
Compilations and Reissues of the Year 2025
"From conception to release this record was born from unwavering passion, deep seated respect, and irrepressible love...a celebration of (so-called) misspent youth, big dreamers…
Albums of the Year 2025
"What makes our Album of the Year so special is that their vision is entirely their own. In the seven years since we first got…
In Conversation with caroline
“Streaming services and YouTube have their own problems, but I think their existence means that there are far more crossovers between musicians who perhaps wouldn'…
Album of the Month - November 2025
A fresh, theatrical revival of alt-rock, combining baroque elegance with a fire that will burn your house down. The Last Dinner Party - From The Pyre…
Top of the Shots: Live at Rough Trade - October 2025
Live, loud and in focus. From shoegazey sonics, zine launches, Halloween soirées, intimate Grade II listed venue spaces and romantic guitar pop. October has delivered us…
Books of the Year 2025
"A memoir of uncompromising honesty, our Book of the Year 2025 reveals a story of survival. A raw and dignified look at past relationships, unconscious…