Alternative
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Introducing… O’Phantom
A rising Yorkshire alternative rock collective.
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Explore the darker dream pop and electronic side of 2026’s first chaotic months
20 hidden gems to rage against the world with.
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Beth Orton returns with new album ‘The Ground Above’
Folktronica meets classic singer-songwriter songbook.
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Otoboke Beaver – ‘Is The New Album Out Yet?’ Review
No-one does high-energy punk quite like this.
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Introducing… Robbie and Mona
Experimental pop that drifts between dream and wake.
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The Anchoress returns with a baby, not a lobotomy, for her third album
Generational wisdom and a lot of vintage synths
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The Pineapple Thief’s Bruce Soord returns with new solo album
Loss and excessive introspection are the themes for the UK prog rock artist..
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Dead Can Dance’s Brendan Perry can’t dance around his puzzling generative AI stance
A charity single for Palestine has been overshadowed.
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Frenchy and the Punk declares ‘War on War’
This is my protest song for 2026's madness.
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St Vincent, Jules Buckley – ‘Live in London!’ Review
This is how you do an orchestral album!
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Introducing… Merwulf
Angry bass, vintage keys, caustic drums, and a whole lotta tension.
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Imarhan – ‘Essam’ Review
A clever integration of electronics into traditional desert rock.
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Introducing… Who Shot Scott
Hip-Hop Punk from a man of many cultures.
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Introducing… Starly Kind
Demon dreams sound like screaming angels in a punk band.
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Best Alternative Music of 2025 (Mixtape Side B) Released on Higher Plain Music Radio
A wild cantor through the best hidden gems of alternative electronica, folk, and rock from 2025.
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debdepan – ‘LOVERS & OTHERS’ review
A fantastic mix of indie pop sensibilities and big rock riffs and hooks to take rock back to the dancefloor.
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The Go! Team – ‘Thunder, Lightning, Strike (Live at the Roundhouse)’ – Review
A bombastic, energetic performance 20 years in the making.
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Jesca Hoop announces new album, with clever lead single ‘Designer Citizen’ out now
Politically charged and in search for sanctuary.
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Higher Plain Music Radio returns: Best Alternative Music from 2025 Mixtape (Side A) show released
Human curated playlists for human-created music.
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Introducing… Lone Assembly
This Swiss quartet command the stage with their blend of darkwave and gothic rock.
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Mitski returns with ‘Where’s My Phone?’ and new album in February
Reclusive rock that lets it all pour out in private.
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This Is The Kit – ‘Live at The Minack Theatre’ Review
Folk-rock at its finest.
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Introducing… Marta Vega
Grungey rock with a glitchy DJ twist.
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Kalandra – ‘Mørketid’ Review
An atmospheric collection of songs to warm your chill in the darkest of months.
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Void Comp – ‘Doesn’t Mean Anything’ Review
Indietronica artist Void Comp takes the dry, desert synth rock approach for his new EP.
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Jesca Hoop – Selective Memory Review
Reimagining her 2017 album as a sweet, stripped back banjo-rock performance
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PJ Harvey’s ‘Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea’ hits 25 years old
25 years of one of the best rock albums ever made.
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NERiMA – ‘All My Mistakes’ Review
When emo rock meets pop sensibilities, anthems happen.
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Mitski – The Land: The Live Album Review
A great performance of an artist that commands the stage.
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Imogen Heap’s new single ‘Aftercare’ shows AI in an empowered light
Harnessing technology like a mother and child.
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Introducing… Liesa Van Der Aa
Belgian experimental electric pop-rock artist explores copy and paste to extreme measures.
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Introducing… Larker
The outpouring of 12 years a slave to a relationship that no longer serves you.
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Scarlet Rae – ‘No Heavy Goodbyes’ Review
Acoustic rock plugged directly into the shoegaze realm as Scarlet Rae tackles grief and loss on her new EP.
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Mitski is coming to theatres with The Land
An audio visual feast captured over three performances in 2024.
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Introducing… TV Moms
Power grunge riffs with a rock and roll edge.
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Jim E. Brown’s single about having a mental breakdown in a supermarket feels exactly how it is to be in the UK in 2025
Don't cry on the dancefloor when you can cry in the crisp aisle in Asda instead.
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Rhumba Club and Patrick Wolf collaborate for this year’s queer club anthem
Your sultry queer late summer anthem has arrived. Grab your pearls, Rhumba Club is here.
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Introducing… debdepan
Pretty sad girl who likes to party vibes means bass and guitar hooks for the ages with debdepan.
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Introducing… Cosmic Kitten
Intense grungy anthems to comfort your numb, empty soul. Just what the doctor ordered in 2025, for Cosmic Kitten's 5th album.
