The jury’s still out on what their best album is, and a case can be made for all six, but this may just be the most important album the XCERTS have made yet.

Ohio metalcore heavyweights release huge bumper series worth getting to know.

Galway’s fiercest new noisemakers, Shark School, show they are a force to be reckoned with on their debut album, Selachimorpha. 

At just over fifty minutes, Dear God is an immersive and rewarding listen that showcases The Pretty Reckless at their most focused and emotionally resonant.

Pyncher really means it this time with a memorable EP that refuses to fit in. 

Australian psych rockers Pond are a prolific outfit that have returned with their 11th record – Terrestrials.

‘A Broken Chord’ pushes Oral Habit to their sonic limits that show the world what the psych/punk/Kraut band is capable of – have we found the next Osees? 

Modest Mouse return with ‘An Eraser and a Maze’, their first album since 2021’s ‘The Golden Casket’. Thirty years on from their debut, Isaac Brock and company are less interested in marking milestones than in dealing with time as it passes.

As if sunshine was music, Jeff Goldblum’s ‘Night Bloom’ is simply joyous.

There are few shows more abrasive; loud, chaotic and brash than a Guilt Trip show. Their live pits are a tour-de-force of sheer brutality and mayhem, and the Manchester outfit translate that superbly well onto their new album that’s as hardworking as the city they come from.

Releasing 11 albums as a band is a feat most groups can only dream of, and I Built You A Tower certainly stands on its own two feet as an immediate testament to how we grieve, and how we carry on.

Leeds to the Dance Floor: Prospa’s debut is a slick, sun-soaked introduction to a duo built for big moments.

Packed full of youthful exuberance and sensational craftsmanship, Midrift’s debut album marks a sharp turn in the direction of success early on for the San Francisco three-piece.

Be Sweet To Me is not just telling the world about herself, it's asking the world to give her just one chance.