We're also putting on Music City's album release show in Sheffield next Friday 6th Feb at Delicious Clam! Support from Dearthworms & The XOXOs.
Tickets: www.skiddle.com/whats-on/She...
Check out Music City's new single "It's Alright": musiccity.ffm.to/itsalright
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28.01.2026 11:46 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
One Beat PR 2026
New singles by ESYA (Savages), MIDDLEMAN, Music City (The Number Ones), Hannah Lew (Grass Widow/Cold Beat) & more on our playlist, dig in!
open.spotify.com/playlist/5KE...
28.01.2026 11:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Savagesβ AyΕe Hassan launches solo project ESYA - an album is incoming, with a pair of exhibitions...
www.clashmusic.com/news/savages...
26.01.2026 15:10 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
ESYA Shares New Single βHeavenβ
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Savages' AyΕe Hassan announces debut album as ESYA, out 10th April. Listen to new single "Heaven" via @undertheradar.bsky.social:
www.undertheradarmag.com/news/esya_sh...
26.01.2026 11:51 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
YouTube video by MIDDLEMAN - Topic
Carry The Lie
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New music by UK four piece Middleman. Already been played on BBC 6 Music. This is new single 'Carry The Lie'. Debut album out in Febuary, touring the UK in March. Playing George Tavern, London on 21st Feb @onebeatpr.bsky.social #musicsky
youtu.be/pCmkoUhh8Qk?...
22.01.2026 10:12 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Middleman have shared another track from their upcoming debut album, 'Following The Ghost'.
Listen to Carry The Lie π§ tinyurl.com/3jkbm8t6
21.01.2026 13:01 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
"...a constantly evolving music that breaks the notion that traditional means unchanging."
More praise for Emergence Collective's new album in @thewiremagazine.bsky.social!
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
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21.01.2026 11:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
"..a no-skips blast of scuzzy hooks and ripping leads, with moments of jangle-pop poise emerging from the tangle."
Middleman are @stereoboard.com's Ones To Watch 2026 - debut album out 13th Feb!
www.stereoboard.com/content/view...
20.01.2026 12:37 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
OUR LIFE IN TWELVE SONGS: MIDDLEMAN - Joyzine
Middleman's Ted, Harper, Rory and Noah give us a selection of tracks that have helped shape their musical lives.
OUR LIFE IN TWELVE SONGS: MIDDLEMAN
Middleman's Noah, Rory, Harper, and Ted give a selection of tracks that helped shaped their musical lives. Including Dinosaur Jr., The Replacements, The Pastels, Buddy Emmons, Killer of Men, and Television.
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15.01.2026 17:29 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Hannah Lew Announces Self-Titled Debut Album: Hear "Another Twilight"
Hannah Lew is known for playing in San Francisco post-punk bands Grass Widow and Cold Beat, and now sheβs going solo. Her self-titled debut LP arrives in April, and we get a taste today with the sonic...
Hannah Lew is known for playing in San Francisco post-punk bands Grass Widow and Cold Beat, and now she's going solo. Her self-titled debut LP arrives in April, and we get a taste today with the sonically groovy, lyrically gloomy lead single "Another Twilight."
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Hannah Lew balances the line between popβs embrace and the cold edges of her post-punk past. First single βAnother Twilghtβ is a smeared, hazy bout of sythpop. The song glows with a renewed warmth, a humming humidity thatβs works well with Lewβs velveteen delivery. bit.ly/49yWd5H
13.01.2026 16:39 β π 11 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1
One Beat PR 2026
It's been a busy start to 2026 already! Catch up with new music from Radhika, Hannah Lew, Dog Chocolate and Music City on our new playlist:
open.spotify.com/playlist/5KE...
13.01.2026 18:01 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Hannah Lew (of Grass Widow / Cold Beat) announces s/t debut solo album, out 10th April via @nightschoolrecords.bsky.social!
Listen to "Another Twilight" via @ravensingstheblues.bsky.social:
www.ravensingstheblues.com/hannah-lew-a...
13.01.2026 17:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
So excited to welcome Hannah Lew to the label.
Ex-Grass Widow + Cold Beat-er has recorded her debut album of dream-like synth pop and i fell pretty hard for it. pump this stuff directly to my brain ha
here's the first song + pre-order...
hannahlew.bandcamp.com/album/hannah...
13.01.2026 10:29 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Radhika features on @theskinnymag.bsky.social's New Scottish Music for 2026 preview:
www.theskinny.co.uk/music/new-mu...
12.01.2026 16:31 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Welcome To Music City, by Music City
12 track album
New & Notable: You'll find chiming guitars, stacked harmonies, and muscular rhythms aplenty on the charming debut from this Dublin-based power pop artist.
06.01.2026 22:23 β π 18 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
23 New Songs Out Today
Hear new songs by Matt Berninger (New Order cover), The Reds Pinks & Purples, Sondre Lerche, Puscifer, Mirah, MX Lonely, and more.
"a shouty good time" - @brooklynvegan.bsky.social covers Dog Chocolate's "Employee"
www.brooklynvegan.com/23-new-songs...
New album coming 27th Feb via @upset-the-rhythm.bsky.social!
08.01.2026 11:58 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
YouTube video by upsettherhythm
Dog Chocolate - 'Green Stuff' [official video]
βBonkers and exquisiteβ isnβt just a lyric in Dog Chocolateβs new single βGreen Stuffβ - itβs the perfect snapshot of the band themselves! Spindly cascades of guitar, plinky keyboards and eco camaraderie burst into vivid being on Green Stuff, out now!
youtu.be/uptoXIFjzLA
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07.01.2026 10:52 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Whatβs the best way to submit music for consideration?
06.01.2026 08:08 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Time out of Joint - The Wire
Traditional instruments, folk cultures and mythic ideas of futurity offer slip roads exiting AIβs highway to a hollow future, argues Daryl Worthington in The Wire 503/504
Another mention in @thewiremagazine.bsky.social for Emergence Collective!
βThe result on Swimming In The Early Hours is a constantly evolving music that breaks the notion that traditional means unchanging.β
www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/e...
02.01.2026 15:28 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Featuring the s/t debut album from Studio Electrophonique, out now via Valley of Eyes Records...
17.12.2025 10:44 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Live Report: The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart β Garage, London | Live | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews
Memory has a habit of playing tricks on you. For this writer, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heartβs debut album is a real time-and-place record, an indie pop
"Weβre delighted to report that it remains utterly flawless... The riffs are turbo-charged, the choruses glisten with passion, and the crowd swoon at every single word... Itβs a ridiculously exciting experience, embracing emotion as defiance. Twee as f*ck, all over again.β [Robin Murray, CLASH]
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π°πΏππΊπ½πΉπ² ππΌπ»π²π π²π½ β’ out now β’ a companion EP that reimagines and expands upon the sonic world of Bots. While Bots was meticulously assembled, this new collection embraces a more immediate, live-inspired energy, and a collaboration with labelmate, Anna McClellan!
pickledarling.lnk.to/crumplezones
03.12.2025 18:56 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Inside The Wire 502: Emergence Collective
The Sheffield group take a utopian approach to improvisation through their inclusive ethos, folky instrumentation, minimalist patterns and simple rules for playing together.
www.thewire.co.uk/shop/
19.11.2025 15:25 β π 11 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
EXCLUSIVE: Middlemanβs βVacant Daysβ Premiere - God Is In The TV
Back in February of this year we brought you news of the exciting new band Middleman, their then upcoming EP,Β John Dillinger Died for You, and the
"'Vacant Days' hits the ground running, a pulverising, fizzing blast of undiluted rockβnβroll..."
Thanks @godisinthetvzine.bsky.social for premiering Middleman's new single! Debut album coming in Feb, followed by UK tour in March...
www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2025/12/03/e...
03.12.2025 09:51 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
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