Rock
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Chelsea Wolfe returns with a double single and a world tour
Will the audience smell of Spectral Grace?
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Nanika – ‘Fears’ Review
This new French trio merge electro-rock and industrial pop to sing about inner fears.
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Merwulf – ‘In The Golden Age’ Review
All punk, no guitars needed.
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Emma Ruth Rundle announces new album and releases single that merges her acoustic and heavy rock sides
An album of hope in These Killing Times
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Introducing… Ellie Heath
Tenderpunk uprising anthems for the knackered middle-aged worker,
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Mia Doi Todd – ‘Human Experience’ Review
Domestic bliss in Hawaii makes a pitch for the summer album of 2026.
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Kathryn Mohr – ‘Carve’ Review
One woman, one guitar, endless distortion effects.
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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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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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Divorce Attorney – ‘Always Something’ Review
Post-punk shoegazers showcase their infectious energy.
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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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Bic Runga – ‘Red Sunset’ Review
Bringing French pop into her 60's rock era.
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Live Vault – Castle Rat
High fantasy doom metal is Conan meets Black Sabbath.
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Introducing… Coren Smith
Meditative rock for expanding your mind.
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St Vincent, Jules Buckley – ‘Live in London!’ Review
This is how you do an orchestral album!
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Imarhan – ‘Essam’ Review
A clever integration of electronics into traditional desert rock.
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Introducing… OGRE
Noise-punk trio with two bass guitars!
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Mikaela Davis merges the harp and country rock for forthcoming album ‘Graceland Way’
You'll be glissed out with Mikaela's new single.
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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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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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Tori Amos announces ‘Strange Little Girls’ Remaster on Vinyl with unreleased tracks to boot
Two unreleased tracks and two b-sides expand this 2001 classic
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Introducing… Mosaics
Indie rock to score your UK drama montages to.
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A lost Cocteau Twins 1996 webcast concert has been unearthed and remastered
This remastered concert from the 'Milk and Kisses' tour is unmissable.
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Bic Runga returns with spooky synth bop
New Zealand's finest returns with moody and ethereal track 'Paris in the Rain'
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Yuuf – ‘Mt. Sava’ Review
Slinky, breezy, and another musicianship showcase of instrumental rock breaking traditional genre boundaries.
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Live Vault – Beth Gibbons
A spirited performance at the Sydney Opera House
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Introducing… Victory Chimes
Using the electric piano to create bass riffs to rock to.
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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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Mitski – The Land: The Live Album Review
A great performance of an artist that commands the stage.
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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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MSPAINT – No Separation Review
Synths become guitars and basses lead the way in this hopeful synth punk tour de force.
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Introducing… TV Moms
Power grunge riffs with a rock and roll edge.
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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.
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Introducing… Bones Ate Arfa
Grungy alt-rock trio from Brighton bring back the best of skater rock, whilst adding their own modern twist to it.
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Hannah Frances returns with new avant rock single and album coming October
The polyrhythmic fingerpicker is back with possibly my favourite single of 2025 to date.
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Fragile Animals – Tourist Review
My favourite dream pop release of 2025 to date.
