Alex Gallacher

New York-based collective toso toso announce their self-titled debut album, and share “lluvia de meteoritos”, a lead single that upholds their album promise of an avant-pop sound that blurs the lines between structured composition and free improvisation, blending moments of furious energy with tender intimacy.

Recently shortlisted for this year’s Welsh Music Prize, watch a short film on the making of The Gentle Good’s latest album, Elan, and the landscape and people that inspired it. How he lets the past and present speak through his music is genuinely remarkable. Don’t miss his upcoming Autumn Tour.

This week’s Monday Morning Brew Playlist features Yo La Tengo, White Magic, Jeanne-Marie Sens, Xylouris White, Les Filles de Illighadad, Gossimer, Keto, Mary Ocher & Julia Kent, The Owl Service, Sarah Louise, Josephine Foster, Grand Veymont, Buck Curran, Monde UFO, Young Marble Giants, Ed Askew, Maxine Funke, Mess Esque, Dave Deporis, Myriam Gendron, and Peixe e Limão.

Our latest Off the Shelf guests are Dublin duo Varo, featuring Consuelo Nerea Breschi and Lucie Azconaga. In this series, we ask artists to present objects from a shelf or shelves in their homes and discuss them, a form of storytelling through objects. Varo recently released their highly anticipated new album, The World That I Knew, featuring some of the biggest names in Ireland’s contemporary folk and trad scene.

To mark the release of Junior Brother’s highly anticipated new album “The End”, a further video from Ellius Grace has been shared for the stripped-back “Old Bell,” a “rickety lo-fi folk song that grapples with impending death. Junior Brother says: “‘Old Bell’ is a song that pushes back against the forces which pull the fit and young into a pit of no return”.

Guitarist Steve Gunn has announced his new album, Daylight Daylight, his first for the No Quarter label. It features contributions from Macie Stewart, Ben Whiteley, Nick Macri, and Hunter Diamond, and was produced and arranged by his old friend, James Elkington. Listen to the lead single “Nearly There” and don’t miss his upcoming tour dates in the UK and EU.

Buck Curran takes us Track by Track through his new album Far Driven Sun, which finds him returning to his musical roots: a deep love for the ambient and resonant nature of the acoustic steel-string guitar in alternate tunings. The album was inspired by a unique ‘Butterfly’ Model 1 guitar made by Stefan Sobell in 1990, which was used to record Arborea’s first album, Wayfaring Summer.

Here are ten new albums to dive into. From the psychedelic desert folk of Foot Ox and the soulful Americana of The Fishermen Three to the timeless duets of Tamar Korn and Kyle Morgan, this list offers a range of sounds. Explore the genre-bending jazz of Shrunken Elvis, the cosmic collaboration between Ivan The Tolerable & Hawksmoor, and the experimental folk-pop of Greg Jamie.

Iona Zajac is set to release her highly anticipated debut album, Bang, on November 21st. The announcement follows a monumental year, marked by her powerful singles “Summer,” “Bang,” and “Anton.” Today, she unveils “Dilute,” a raw and surreal track that channels fury into liberation, offering a powerful glimpse into her cathartic new record. Watch the accompanying video, shot & directed by Carys Huws.

Boasting an exceptional lineup of musicians and guests, Kim Carnie’s new concept album A’ Chailleach is an ode to the voices and stories of women across generations, exploring themes that people don’t often associate with the tradition – love charms, incantations, personifications of death and old rituals. Releasing on September 19th, it features Carnie’s self-composed melodies alongside collaborations with celebrated artists like Seckou Keita, Julie Fowlis, and Jerry Douglas.

Lucrecia Dalt’s new single “no death no danger” is a captivating final glimpse into her album A Danger to Ourselves, arriving September 5. The track, inspired by Jean Cocteau and the myth of Medusa, features Dalt’s distinctive speak-singing over a stormy wave of sound. Its abstract and visually striking video, directed by Tony Lowe, is the perfect mirror.

JJJJJerome Ellis has released the title track from their forthcoming album, Vesper Sparrow, out in November on Shelter Press. The single, a profound work of collaborative art, features Haruna Lee, James Harrison Monaco, Ronald Peet, and S T A R R (busby). It’s a compelling first listen that showcases Ellis’s ability to turn a simple musical piece into a vibrant, shared space of creative potential.