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Listen: Stephen McCafferty shares new track ‘Debt Collector’

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In 2025, Stephen McCafferty released a string of impressive singles. The best of the bunch, ‘I Only Want To Hear Sad Songs’ shared a strong pop rock sound that hinted at a love of The Killers but added a distinctive Scottish accent, while ‘I Am The Buffalo’ took a similar sense of the melodic and added a light folky touch. ‘Rubber Glove’ leant a little further into an indie pop sound, but with the help of a buoyant melody and hooky lead guitar part, created another number that really helped to give the performer’s debut LP ‘Monsters and Lullabies’ a strong musical backbone.

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Listen: The Fierce And The Dead unveil ‘The 1234’ ahead of new album

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The Fierce And The Dead’s fourth album, ‘News From An Invisible World’, marked a bold step forward for the band. With that record, they took their already distinctive sound from an instrumental, post-rock sphere into something song based with the addition of Kevin Feazey’s vocals. This had the effect of making a couple of their songs sound a little like a more interesting Queens of The Stone Age with proggy inflections, but it proved they were willing to experiment more than most rock bands at the time of release.

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Listen: Xanimal share new track ‘The Awakening’

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Over the past year or two, Claude McCan has been busy. In addition to releasing several singles and an album under his Claude9 moniker, he’s also gigged with Bowie tribute Supercreeps, and also worked with lounge act 35mm.

Seemingly a man who never rests, he’s now back with Xanimal, a band that blends synth elements, ambient dance sounds and a pinch of a dreampop aesthetic to create something with a huge 90s vibe.

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Listen: Josaleigh Pollett shares new track ‘The Witness’

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Towards the end of 2025, singer songwriter Josaleigh Pollett released ‘Radio Player’, a complex track that took in various indie and electronica styles, along with other moods, to create a recording that felt as if it were always shifting. The fact that it never felt forced or unsettled was testament to some great hooks and a soaring vocal that contrasted the music’s more mechanical elements brilliantly.

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Listen: Tooth Gore releases new single ‘Scum Of The Sea’

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Over the past year, one man band Tooth Gore has released some fantastic singles and a really enjoyable album. For a musician working in a DIY fashion, Kobi Joe has covered a lot of ground in a really short time, peaking with a tour of the Philippines in early 2026.

Showing no signs of slowing down, a new Tooth Gore single has just been released, and it’s one of their best tracks to date. ‘Scum of The Sea’ opens with a steady beat and a chopping guitar, initially hinting at a strong blend of power pop and surf rock, before introducing a fuzzy guitar that owes more to an old alternative rock sound. From solid foundations, a quiet verse serves up a very 60s influenced riff alongside a melodic vocal, forming one of the band’s most accessible tracks.

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