With just one month to go until gates open beneath the Prestbury Hills, Wychwood Festival has unveiled its full 20th anniversary programme — and it’s shaping up to be its most expansive, joy-packed edition yet. Returning to Cheltenham Racecourse from 29th–31st May 2026, the beloved independent weekender has now revealed full day splits, the complete comedy and literature line-up, over 100 Village Green activities and workshops, 11 newly announced local Apply to Play winners,

Bradford storyteller and boundary-pushing multi-hyphenate kenzo jae has announced details of his sophomore mixtape Sloth, arriving Friday 17th July via Launchpad+ and EMI North. Marking the news, he also shares new single ‘a right to lose’ — a warm, introspective cut that opens the next chapter in his increasingly ambitious creative universe. Produced largely alongside fellow Bradford artist-producer Karrtii and written across multiple cities over the past year, Sloth arrives

French experimental cellist Cécile Lacharme steps fully into her own with Dérives, a striking debut album out today via Bigo & Twigetti — a transportive, immersive record that bends neoclassical composition, ambient textures and raw experimental instinct into something quietly radical. Alongside the album, Cécile also shares focus track “Fugue,” out now. Years in the making, Dérives captures the singular live world Lacharme has built around solo cello, loopstation and effects

Fresh from the launch of AKA, which is the new solo project from The Mysterines’ Callum Thompson It Grows On Trees (Money) introduces a wiry, surreal new world of grungy guitars, hip-hop-informed production and offbeat visual storytelling. With debut shows underway and more music incoming, Callum talks identity, chaos, self-production and building the strange universe of AKA. AKA feels like a clear shift from your work with The Mysterines — what pushed you to start this proj

Liverpool’s Ni Maxine isn’t just one to watch. she’s already moving with intent. Recently crowned Breakthrough Act of the Year at the 2025 Jazz FM Awards and tipped by NME as a “neo-jazz star”, her rise feels less like hype and more like something earned, built on honesty, patience, and a clear sense of self. Her debut EP Mother’s Arms marks a defining chapter. Rooted in jazz, soul and highlife, it’s a deeply personal body of work that navigates identity, generational traum

There’s a quiet intensity running through Fiona Brice’s new EP Think Loops — a sense of thoughts circling, settling, and slowly letting go. Written in the aftermath of a sudden move in 2024, the record pulls together fragments of melody and rhythm that had been living in her notebooks for years, half-formed and persistent. Known for her work across classical, film, and contemporary music — and collaborations that stretch from orchestras to global pop artists — Brice takes a

There’s something quietly powerful about the way some bands come together — not through industry matchmaking or scene hype, but through life itself pulling people back into orbit. That’s the case with Dublin trio DIVIL, who release their debut single “Thanks A Million” this week, alongside news of their first EP, DIVIL I , due June 19. The band — Danny Dempsey McMahon (vocals), Jocelyn Vance (guitar) and Conor Cusack (bass) — have known each other since primary school, where

unpeople are back with new single “clouds”, out now via SharpTone Records. The track leans into the band’s mix of heavy riffs and melodic hooks, pairing breakdowns with singalong moments. Lyrically, it centres on rejecting outside pressure and sticking to your own direction. Frontman Jake Crawford says the song reflects the band’s early experience: “It’s about not letting yourself be influenced by what other people think you should be doing… and trusting your own vision and p

Kraków-based artist Martyna Basta has released a new single, “Sob and Moan”, taken from her forthcoming third album Winged in Collapse , due 15 May 2026 via 7K, the experimental imprint of !K7 Records. “Sob and Moan” combines harpsichord with processed, autotuned vocals, drawing on Basta’s interest in contrasts between older forms and contemporary production. It follows previous single “Hands Want To”. Winged in Collapse explores themes of duality, bringing together elements

Adult DVD have announced a run of UK and European tour dates set to take place across October and November. The tour includes a London show at Scala on 28 October and a hometown date at Project House in Leeds on 30 October. The newly announced run follows a busy summer schedule, with the band set to appear at festivals including Green Man and Latitude. Earlier this year, Adult DVD released their single ‘Real Tree Lee’ via Fat Possum, which received airplay on BBC 6 Music. The