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Meet Silver Gore, the electro pop duo on a mission to bring back fun
The duo of Ava Gore and Ethan P. Flynn are on a mission to create fun electro earworms that, once heard, you'll struggle to get out of your brain...
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Meet Wesley Joseph, the Walsall polymath releasing a timeless debut album
“I always try and punch above my weight class,” Joseph says as he prepares to unveil his sonically varied and brilliantly ambitious first LP
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Meet Pollyfromthedirt, the masked Darlington artist writing hallucinations of English identity
As he releases new EP ‘The dirt pt. 2’, we get to know a special new songwriter existing on the frayed edges of singer-songwriter music, ambient, hip-hop and beyond
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Meet Eaves Wilder, the singer making a 90s-influenced dream world
With only a few existential crises along the way, the London singer turned anger and disillusionment into newfound power on the glorious and deserved second chance of debut album ‘Little Miss Sunshine’
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Meet Dionne, the singer-songwriter stepping out of starry shadows to find her own voice
After touring with Florence + the Machine and Laura Mvula, Dionne is now stepping out in her own right
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Meet Pigeon, the Margate band turning 30-minute jams into technicolour brilliance
Cross-cultural identity and musical exploration fuels this special new band’s debut album, ‘OUTTANATIONAL’
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Meet Glasgow rave-rock duo Cowboy Hunters: ‘The world is ending, and we’re throwing a party!’
Through self-mythologisation, nihilism and enormous beats, this pair are the soundtrack to your next messy night out
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Meet Madra Salach, the band putting their own powerful twist on Irish folk
Madra Salach are proving to be a major force within modern Irish folk
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Meet Vegas Water Taxi, the London band skewering pop culture with alt-country hits
Ben Hambro's new album ‘long time caller, first time listener’ is an affecting and timely listen from a project rooted in the current moment
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Meet XO, the next British girl group gunning for the big leagues
Summer Askew, Shali Bordoni Zoe Miller, Emmy Statham and Reanna Sujeewon are all aiming for UK girl group greatness.
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Meet Adult DVD, the Leeds band making huge, grin-inducing dance-punk
Influenced by the likes of LCD Soundsystem and Soulwax, this Yorkshire sextet play club tunes with a live band, making a glorious racket.
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Meet Westside Cowboy, the guitar band bringing ‘Britainicana’ to the masses
After forming at uni in Manchester, Westside Cowboy are quietly becoming one of the UK's most thrilling guitar bands
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Meet Ugly, the Cambridge band who are always shapeshifting
After emerging as a post-punk outfit in the late 2010s, the six-piece now incorporate folk, choral music and more into a rich and ever-changing sound – their debut album is next
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Jacob Alon marks Trans Day of Remembrance as they win The Play Next Award at Rolling Stone UK Awards 2025
“Those are the beautiful, beautiful shoulders that I stand on the most. Thank you so much for reminding me why love is the only thing that is ever worth it”
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Meet Only The Poets, the Reading band charging a quid for their biggest show ever
With a sound that flecks between RnB and 80s' pop, Only The Poets are carving their own unique place in music.
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Meet Bricknasty, the Dublin collective thriving in chaos
The making of new mixtape ‘Black’s Law’ nearly killed the band, they tell us, but the result is a dizzying array of brilliance
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Here are the nominations for The Play Next Award at the Rolling Stone UK Awards 2025
It's time to honour the stars of tomorrow...
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Meet Sean Trelford, the youngster making ‘acid classical’ for outsiders
Tame Impala and Mahler are but two of the touchpoints for this fascinating new songwriter, who learns the rules of music just to break them
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Meet Fletchr Fletchr, a band of (nearly) brothers ready to take on the world
With a thrilling sound and lofty ambitions, Fletchr Fletchr are on the path to the big time
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Meet The Guest List, the band tackling big themes and even bigger sounds
Just don't call them a Manchester band...