Fresh from their successful vinyl release, Hollow Cells, in the summer, February sees Belonging teaming up with fellow Portlanders, Inny, for a split EP entitled The Dog. Today we premiere the title track.

At last, a brand new album from the legendary The Heads. yourprettyplaceisgoingtohell is their first new material for 20 years. It will be released almost 30 years on from their seminal debut Relaxing With, this will be their fifth studio album proper.

Based in Brighton, Songe is a British/French ambient duo formed in 2023 upon stumbling on a lonely church piano. The band’s songs weave through ambient soundscapes, touches of darker noise and haunting folk.

Formed in 2015 in the Baltics, avant-blues duo Ringhold consists of Estonian guitarist Kalle Tikas and Latvian vocalist Eleonora Kampe. Single Takes is a live studio album capturing five distinct tracks recorded in the summer of 2025.

The mystical day 60s rock met neo-psychedelic rock mixing up to the point of losing consciousness of their own essence, that’s when Giöbia’s acid psychedelic rock was born, in an overwhelming and incessant soundtrack with an unmistakable Italian taste. …

With the aptly named single ‘Distant Ghosts’ out for Halloween, we thought it was about time we found out more about what makes Oh Doom! tick to such an irresistibly slow pulse, so we asked them to pick the three albums that have proved major influences on their music.

Vexations create frenetic and off-kilter post-psych, with dissonant layered guitars, unorthodox song structures, and vocals that oscillate between spoken word and emphatic screams, to give a punchy yet unearthly sonic experience.

Progressive composer, Luigi Porto, known for his cinematic soundscapes and idiosyncratic art-rock duo Manicburg, brings his signature blend of rawness and elegance to ‘Gabor ’25’. Having been a favourite of Porto’s live shows, performed in several form …

Denver-based moonpool is a heavy shoegaze and grunge act fusing the rawness of post-punk with the crushing beauty of 90s alternative.

MoonKill play untethered Texas Punk. Inserting ambient spacey sounds & new-wave tension into a punk world that is difficult to pin down. Vocalist Dan Aronov croons and howls with the powerful pipes of young Glenn Danzig, while the rest of the band blasts out tight and infectious melodic, metallic punk rock.

Rún are an experimental Irish trio that blends folk, synth, drone, noise, and heavy grooves into a dark, ethereal, and transcendent mix of long-form explorations and vignettes.

Gus Baldwin is a 20-something singer/songwriter/ex-hippie/part-time punk hailing from Austin, TX. His music spans an array of time periods (80s power-pop, 60s psych, 70s proto-punk, 90s indie rock), and his forthcoming self-titled debut solo LP showcases the immensity of his talents in making all of those influences sound fresh and new. 

The Spectral Light’s new album Obliteration is a visceral, atmospheric journey shaped by improvisation, deep literary roots, and a shared affinity for both crushing heaviness and ghostly ambience

Returning after an eleven year absence, one of the UK’s most exhilarating death metal-infused sludge bands TRUDGER are back with their brand new album, VOID QUEST.

Combining elements of alternative metal, post hardcore, and progressive rock, San Antonio outliers Donella Drive cannot be categorized by a singular label. Consisting of songwriters Aidan Escalante (lead vocals/guitar) and Andrew Salazar (bass/backing vocals) the young San Antonio band hearkens to the hyper-energized punk-prog of fellow Texans At The Drive-In. There’s a decidedly more metallic edge to their sound, but at its heart they’ve got a really refreshing explorative melodic fury.

Belgian dark pop duo KØCAZE releases their haunting and evocative new EP D’Or et de Sang via Dune Altar. Across six intricately layered tracks, the band dives into themes of grief, transformation, and ancestral memory, weaving neoclassical instrumentation, electronic textures, and brooding dark pop sensibilities into a deeply affecting body of work.

Swiss punk noisers, Torpedo, have released a gut-wrenching third album: What the Fucked Do We All Do Now? | – Lights, projecting us beyond the show, into the rawness of real life, that of you and me in our kitchens, weeping over a human world that has become unbearable for all the Living. . .

Minnesota based sludge/noise/post-metal act Serac has released new music video ‘Hanging Garden’ from their debut album Baring Teeth in a Famine

Atmosphere and layering are the cornerstone of Pennsylvania’s post-rock maximalists The Depth Beneath Us. Particularly on their forthcoming sophomore album Descent, the quintet finds captivating new ways to build symphonic guitar layers, vaguely reminiscent of how U2’s Joshua Tree created wide open, soaring sonic spaces

From the windswept landscapes of Iceland to the echoes of distant shores, Mario Infantes Ávalos embarks on a musical voyage with Bitácora – a sonic journal that transcends borders, languages, and traditions

With cat-paw softness, she conquers the world, not by storm, but with whispers… A review in haikus. . .