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- Higher Plain Music Radio
Higher Plain Music Radio returns: Best Alternative Music from 2025 Mixtape (Side A) show released
Human curated playlists for human-created music.
- Dark Wave
Introducing… Lone Assembly
This Swiss quartet command the stage with their blend of darkwave and gothic rock.
- Rock
Mitski returns with ‘Where’s My Phone?’ and new album in February
Reclusive rock that lets it all pour out in private.
- Classical
Hani Rani’s new album is the soundtrack ‘Sentimental Value’ that extends beyond the film
The soundtrack integrates field recordings from set and tracks not in the movie.
- Indie
Violin-looping indie pop star Kishi Bashi to celebrate 10th Anniversary of ‘Sonderlust’ with special edition
A personal 10/10 album is getting the expanded demos and b-sides treatment!
- Introducing...
Introducing… A Thousand Mad Things
80s synthpop meets modern darkwave so we can all cry on the dancefloor
- African Music
Tidiane Thiam – ‘Siftorde’ Review
The innate rhythm of desert blues and Sahelian folk will charm your soul.
- Introducing...
Introducing… Asher Gamedze
A melting pot of African soul, jazz, and percussive heritage brews a heady concoction of political grooves.
- Jazz
Blue Giant – Review
The visceral emotion of a live performance in anime form.
- Ambient
Matthew Wilcock turns motorway traffic and movement in the real world into sound art
Turning Planet Earth into a music box.
- Hammered Dulcimer
Manu Delago and Max ZT create the ultimate tuned-percussion tag-team with newly announced album ‘Deuce’
Hammered dulcimer and handpans unite for a symphony of pitter-patter tones
- Tuned Percussion
Hevash5’s latest domino rally plays Auld Lang Syne
Hundreds of dominoes and a set of handbells create an amazing contraption!
- Introducing...
Introducing… Vilde
Music for hypnagogia
- Piano
Hideyuki Hashimoto – ‘Sign’ Review
An intimate piano solo EP, perfect for a slice-of-life anime.
- Introducing...
Introducing… Makk
Yorkshire-based indie folk that focuses on moods and waves of emotion over immediate hooks.
- Chiptune
Grizzly Cogs – ‘Tiny Jukebox’ Review
10-second blasts of chiptune euphoria for the '90s arcade lover.
- Piano
Linda Rum – ‘Vienna’ Review
A warm and uplifting tribute to a city of creative spirit.
- Introducing...
Introducing… Hedera
Traditional chamber folk fusion lets Hedera create a tradition all of their own
- Synthwave
Dan Terminus – ‘NOIR’ Review
A deliciously dark cyberpunk darksynth odyssey.
- Folk Rock
This Is The Kit – ‘Live at The Minack Theatre’ Review
Folk-rock at its finest.
- Piano Rock
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
- Introducing...
Introducing… Marta Vega
Grungey rock with a glitchy DJ twist.
























