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Hen Ogledd (ft. Dawn Bothwell, Rhodri Davies, Richard Dawson and Sally Pilkington) have shared the video for “Scales will fall,” their urgent and striking first single from their forthcoming new album DISCOMBOBULATED. Vocalist Dawn Bothwell delivers her “Bard rap,” alluding to protest history—from the women at Greenham Common to the Durham Miners’ Gala—and contemporary organising against corporate greed.

Lisa O’Neill releases her new 6-track EP today, The Wind Doesn’t Blow This Far Right. The collection features her cover of Bob Dylan’s ‘All the Tired Horses’ as well as a “stunning version” of ‘The Bleak Midwinter’, which is accompanied by a video directed by Ellius Grace. O’Neill shares that the seasonal classic reminds her: “In the bleakest of circumstances, love is a beacon.”

Brighton trio Plantoid shares “Good For You,” the second single from their eagerly awaited album, FLARE, out January 30th via Bella Union. The emotive track evolves over six serpentine minutes, reflecting the band’s progressive roots while pushing their signature sound towards new horizons like shoegaze. The song is a journey of rebirth, learning to create space for your feelings, and trying to feel good about it.

Following the Broadside Hacks tour, London-via-Michigan songwriter Spitzer Space Telescope unveils the video for ‘Veritas’. A direct, banjo-picked folk ballad, the track uses the story of Galileo as an allegory for pandemic-era anti-science rhetoric. The single precedes this Friday’s release of Spitzer Space Telescope III.

Leicester-based artist Adam Weikert unveils ‘Ah Cud Hew’, an electrifying and darkly gothic re-imagining of Ed Pickford’s mining tragedy anthem that is both urgent and mournful. The accompanying video sees a ritualistic discovery in the woods, exploring Britain’s past and present. From the forthcoming album To Who Ourselves We Owe.

To warm the oncoming winter chill, Bristol’s Me and My Friends return with “Bring Summer,” an explosion of joyful, sun-drenched grooves. Following their meditative 2023 release, this album is “peppered with ingredients from disco, rock, samba, gnawa and cumbia,” described as “a celebration of authenticity, the inner child and the freedom to be yourself, an invitation to dance as a raw, unfiltered expression of life.”

Joshua Burnside announces his new album, It’s Not Going to be Okay, releasing the poignant single and lyric video “Moon High.” Born from the grief of losing his best friend, the record is Burnside’s most stripped-back and unguarded work. It swaps his usual intricate production for tender, unflinching acoustic balladry, with each track serving “like an entry into a grief journal.”

Baltimore duo Peals (William Cashion of Future Islands and Bruce Willen of Double Dagger) have announced the digital release of Seltzer, originally a 2015 limited-edition cassette release. The collection highlights their move toward intimate ambient improvisation, featuring the first single “Believers”, recorded during a unique site-specific collaboration with multimedia artist Zoe Friedman inside Baltimore’s historic Bromo Seltzer clock tower.

New York City’s musical shapeshifter Wendy Eisenberg returns today with “Will You Dare,” a track that trades avant-garde complexity for the sun-drenched directness of early 1970s folk. Out now via Joyful Noise Recordings, the single offers a tender yet sharp look at the risks of romance through Eisenberg’s characteristically incisive lens.

Valerie June reimagines the blues standard “Rollin’ and Tumblin’” with her latest standalone single. Drawing inspiration from the darker, heavier sounds of Black Sabbath, June runs her banjo through a fuzzy electric amp to break traditional boundaries. This fierce, amplified reconstruction is dedicated to Ozzy Osbourne and arrives as she continues her international Big Ole Worldwide Tour following her acclaimed album, Owls, Omens, and Oracles.

Acclaimed songwriter Jana Horn will release her self-titled third album on January 16, 2026. The announcement is paired with a new video for the opening track, “Go on, move your body.” Written during a difficult move to New York, the album was recorded at Sonic Ranch in Texas and follows her lauded 2023 release, The Window Is The Dream.

Tōth (Alex Toth of Rubblebucket) has announced his new LP, And The Voice Said, out February 27, 2026. Co-produced by Caroline Rose and featuring Kimbra, the record is about “surviving yourself.” Tōth calls the music “equal parts prayer and punchline.” He shared the infectious new single, “Not Broken,” accompanied by a joyous documentary-style video filmed on Coney Island.