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The Orchestra (For Now): Plan 76 Vinyl | DL available from Rough Trade Out Now   Winning the Green Man Rising contest last year and cultivating a live reputation long before any recorded release, ingenious collective The Orchestra (For Now) share similarities with fellow Windmill alumni; thankfully, like anyone they vaguely sound like, each subsequent release of theirs confounds expectation enough to keep their anticipation alive. While sharing a similar title with their debut EP, this latest EP…

Forever Forever: Good Light In (Self Released) Out Now  East London quartet Forever Forever release their debut EP, Good Light In. The six track EP showcases the band’s adept feel for crafting intricate musicality with a genuine sense of emotional sincerity through dappled electronics, mixed with and some beautiful organic instrumentation.   Produced by Jasper Trim (Finnegan Tui, A K Patterson) and band member Fionn Connolly (also known for his work with Modern Liv and George Bone), before being…

Various Artists – Killed By Deaf: A Punk Tribute to Motörhead (Motörhead) All formats Out 31 October 2025 50 years of Motörhead has seen the merch machine go into overdrive. A Punk Tribute to Motörhead is shooting at an open goal. Whoever came up with this idea for the 50th anniversary year of Motörhead knew they were onto a winner. Punks have always loved Motörhead, and certainly in their early years they weren’t really a metal band. Lemmy…

Magnetic Skies: Fragments (Reprint Records/Bandcamp) Released 7 November 2025 CD | Vinyl | DL | Streaming 4.0 out of 5.0 stars4.0 Portsmouth three-piece Magnetic Skies are injecting new blood into the electronic pop scene. Their second album Fragments is a well-conceived update of a now venerable style. Robert Plummer enjoys the noise. It sometimes feels as though electro-pop is a genre with a great future behind it. Classic 1980s synth tracks are often infused with a sense of…

Ventrelles: Emily’s Song (42’s Records) CD | Vinyl | DL Out Now BUY HERE Manchester based Ventrelles celebrate a new record label deal with their new single Emily’s Song. And once again it’s a vibrant and uplifting blast of shimmering guitars and psychedelic infused pop which showcases their very own brand of fleece pop. It’s now almost a year since Ventrelles’ last single We All Fall Down, a song which highlighted their penchant for blending strong psychedelic leanings…

Nervous Twitch: The Day Job Gets In The Way (Spinout Nuggets) All formats available Out Now Buy Here  Nervous Twitch release their new album, The Day Job Gets In The Way, the first since 2022’s Some People Never Change via Spinout Nuggets They say ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’… why try to change something that is already working perfectly? The trio, consisting of Erin Hyde – Vocals, Bass Guitar; Jay Churchley – Guitar, Backing Vocals and Chris…

Florence + The Machine: Everybody Scream (Polydor Records) Out now CD | Vinyl | Cassette | DL | Streaming 4.0 out of 5.0 stars4.0 Flame-haired siren Florence Welch releases her sixth album at a spookily appropriate time of year. Everybody Scream exhibits all her usual otherworldly tendencies, but also a more personal tone. Robert Plummer gets a case of the shivers. There has always been more than a touch of the Gothic drama queen about Florence Welch. With…

Gustaffson: Dance To The Algorithm (One Boat Records) DL/Streaming Out Now Gustaffson release their first new music, Dance To The Algorithm since their acclaimed debut album, Black & White Movie back in March. When Gustaffson’s Black & White Movie arrived Louder Than War’s Nigel Carr declared it the perfect antidote to the tsunami of negativity, disruption and despair hitting our shores… a tour de force of an album; so full of brightness, emotion, and love, that it washes…

GENN: Reverberations (Via Liminal Collective) DL | Stream | Vinyl Out Now BUY HERE Anglo-Maltese quartet GENN herald a new chapter in their relatively short existence through the release of their new single, Reverberations, as well as announcing some UK tour dates. It’s their first new music since their 2023 debut album, unum, and the song’s brooding and ethereal soundscapes continue their quest for creative freedom which defies any categorisation within a musical genre. As a collective sisterhood…

Yon Mon: The Sun Still Shines (Self Released) DL/Streaming Out Now Yon Mon, aka Roy Fletcher, releases The Sun Still Shines, a ‘lost’ Stone Roses track from 1986 raising funds for charity. The stand alone single comes hot on the heels of the release of his debut album, You Bedda Believe It, however has been in developmenrt for some time. As long-term fans of the Stone Roses will be aware, The Sun Still Shines was originally recorded by…