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Photo by Sadie Martin For more than three decades, Starflyer 59 has built one of the most enduring catalogues in American alternative music. Founded in Riverside, California by singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Jason Martin, the project began in the early 1990s as a hazy outgrowth of the shoegaze movement before gradually transforming into something far broader and harder to categorise. The band’s beginnings came almost by chance. In 1993, Martin handed a demo to

Photo by Page Swanson Led by Vermont based composer, multi instrumentalist, and recording engineer Henry Birdsey, Old Saw operates less like a traditional band and more like a quietly shifting collective. Described as a ‘network of New England string pluckers, organ drivers and bell ringers,’ the project brings together Bob Driftwood on banjo, Ira Dorset on fiddle, Rev. Clarence Lewis on pipe organ, Harper Reed on resonator and nylon string guitars, Ann Rowlis on orchestral b

Photo by Ian Maxwell in Edmonton’s Whitemud Ravine Morning Coyote is an Edmonton-based collective fronted by singer-songwriter Sawyer Begg, weaving mercurial arrangements that draw from classic folk-jazz traditions while firmly existing in a modern indie space. Fluid and improvisational by design, the project shifts shape from show to show, balancing intimacy with unpredictability. Begg first began releasing music in 2019 under the name Bedroom Drum, a project that found an a

Writer Lara Walsh reviews Of Monsters and Men's latest concert from their 2026 tour titled The Mouse Parade

Writer Hannah Breen reviews Only The Poets' £1 sold-out concert at the O2 Academy Brixton while also discussing the importance of keeping music accessible to audiences and musicians.

Writer Tamara Wanja shares her narrative review documenting her experience at The Others for the Champion Trees headline performance.

Photo Courtesy of Hilary Woods Irish musician, analogue filmmaker and writer Hilary Woods has always treated music as a lived, bodily practice rather than a fixed form. Born in Dublin, Woods first came to prominence as the bassist in JJ72 , before carving out a solo path that blurs the lines between song, sound art, text and image. Across her work, music becomes a sensorial space where memory, feeling and physical presence collide. Released on 31 October 2025 via Sacred Bone

Photo Courtesy of Imogen Thomas Formed in Melbourne in 2011, These New South Whales have spent the past decade carving out a space where punk urgency, sharp humour, and community-first thinking coexist. From recording their earliest material in a WWII bunker in Western Sydney to touring across Europe and earning an ARIA nomination for their 2022 self-titled album, the band has always followed instinct over expectation. Their latest record, GODSPEED , released at the end of No

Photo by Sassafras Thomas Paul’s Daughter is the musical world of Izzy Searle, a London-based artist whose songs sit somewhere between gothic introspection, guitar-led melancholy, and pop hooks that feel both bruised and romantic. Formed over the past three years, the project grew out of a winding path through childhood bands, early studio experiments, and a formative stint in Los Angeles that helped sharpen her instincts, even if the music itself stayed unreleased. Since ret

Tooth, an alt-rock band, discusses their debut single, performing live, and their promising future.