Do you believe in the power of rock ‘n’ roll? – John Robb – Lakeside Arts, Nottingham| popoptica
Ahead of new album Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me, Porridge Radio has released epic single A Hole In The Ground| popoptica
Describing their sound as 'dream punk doom pop' London duo Rain Cloud Nine released their second single Ephemeral recently and it's bursting with hazy layers of melody| popoptica
Ahead of the release of their second album Good Boy Brighton power pop due ARXX release single Swim, dedicated to empowering trans people within their gender journeys| popoptica
Ahead of an EP set for release in October Dear Pariah has released single Koko, full of keening vocals and soothing melody underpinning the pain and healing shared| popoptica
Having just supported American Football on a UK tour Brooklyn's Hello Mary release a brilliant second album in Emita Ox, blending genres from across the alt-rock spectrum| popoptica
Completing a mystical trilogy of EPs Piney Gir has released Cosmic Upside Down, a sultry Country-infused indie pop collection that closes the circle wonderfully| popoptica
Brighton alt-rockers Slung release their debut single Neurotic and it's a brilliant introduction to the four-piece with doomy riffs rising to a crescendo| popoptica
Bristol band Sans Froid release their debut album Hello, Boil Brain - a densely packed and anxious-feeling experimental alt rock album capturing the overwhelm of post-pandemic life.| popoptica
Formed in York in 2023 Knitting Circle make socially-conscious and urgent post-punk, brilliantly showcased on their debut EP Deciduous Climbers| popoptica
We Are Restless is the first release from Berlin-based Brazilian / Australian noise-punk duo Restless that makes the personal political against a backdrop of furious beats and catalysing riffs| popoptica
London dreampop band Mannequin Flowers release their emotional and ethereal debut single Heartbeat, establishing themselves as ones to keep an ear on| popoptica
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Enjoying some moderate success in France in the 1990s Derby indie band Iris thought they'd faded into obscurity decades ago - enter 10000 Reddit users and a 10 year search to discover the band through an unattributed 1 minute radio clip| popoptica
Davey Macmanus, of The Crocketts and The Crimea, releases auto-biographical collection of poetry and writing The Bluster Boy through Rotten Poetry| popoptica
Music writer and witness to cultural history John Robb brings his tour for new book Do You Believe In The Power of Rock N Roll to Nottingham, in conversation with musician (Cable, Hudson Super Six, GodNo!, The Incomprehensible Static, Electric Pets) and co-founder of ethical label Reckless Yes Pete Darrington| popoptica
Electronic musician MALKA teams up with songwriter and composer Inge Thomson for this wonky electro-pop single ahead of a compilation amplifying the talent of female and non-binary songwriters and producers in Scotland - out on Tantrum Records| popoptica
Surf-rock instrumental and musical hauntology is the order of the day on the first single from The Incomprehensible Static - solo project of Pete Darrington (Cable, GodNo!) out on Reckless Yes ahead of a debut album| popoptica
Nervous Twitch and Charley Stone play Nottingham's JT Soar ahead of new releases from them both - compilation Odd Socks and a self-released album respectively| popoptica