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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.

georgeybuckley, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Released in late November, South Arcade’s new EP, PLAY! is a high-energy track list with a curious twist at the end. The band, formed in 2021 by four university students – Harmony Cavelle (vocals), Harry Winks (guitar), Ollie Green (bass), and Cody Jones (drums) – has quickly created a niche that feels simultaneously nostalgic and entirely their own. From their early days in Guildford to recent tours across the UK, and a first

Photo by Austin Cieszko Emma Wellons makes music the way she’s always lived with it: curiously, instinctively, and without hierarchy. Performing under the name emory, the Los Angeles-based artist and producer has built a world where hyperpop, folk, indie and techno coexist – often within the same song. It’s a sound shaped by early beginnings playing drums in church at age ten, years of experimenting with whatever instruments and software were within reach, and a willingness

All this fame and cultural influence, and Katseye are just one year into their career. All of this begs the question: how?

Photo by Elizabeth Marsh mercury is the indie rock project of Maddie Kerr, a Tennessee-based songwriter from the rural outskirts of Franklin whose music is built on emotional honesty and quiet intensity. Formed in 2022, the project quickly found its footing through songs written during a period of personal hardship, with tracks like ‘Born in Early May,’ ‘ Special,’ and ‘Crick’ capturing moments of uncertainty, vulnerability, and self-reckoning. For Kerr, songwriting has al

Photo by Tom Gaiger Wyldest, real name Zoë Mead, has been steadily on the rise since her debut Dream Chaos in 2019. Inspired by Shoegaze, dreamy pop and various film soundtracks, she combines a love of music with immense technical skill to evoke atmospheric, dream-like soundscapes. Not only does she write and record her songs, but she also plays a major role in the accompanying visuals, drawing upon a background in Media Production and videography in her creation of immersiv

Writer Hannah Breen reviews Maya Delilah's show as the supporting act for Lawrence at the O2 Academy Brixton