Deftones turned London’s Victoria Park into a wall of sound on Sunday night, closing All Points East presents Outbreak Fest with a blistering 95-minute headline set that stretched across more than three decades of alternative metal. The Sacramento icons delivered a career-spanning assault, pulling from 1994’s Adrenaline through to 2025’s Private Music, as a capacity crowd of 50,000 packed Victoria Park for the festival’s biggest celebration of countercultural music yet. The n

Arizona punk veterans AJJ have announced their ninth studio album, Dirty Old Power, arriving 25 September via AJJ Unlimited Ltd and Specialist Subject. Alongside the news, the band have shared “Beauty and Truth 2”, a furious, mournful new single that takes aim at the collapse of shared reality and the idea of objective truth. Following the scorched-earth energy of lead single “Phlamethrower”, “Beauty and Truth 2” takes a more reflective route. Frontman Sean Bonnette frames th

London duo Curbside Lambsear are turning up the tension with ‘Uneasy’, the latest glimpse of their forthcoming debut EP, Put Rings On All My Fingers To Weigh Down My Hands, out 11 September via Scenic Route. Built from chopped guitar, looped grooves, sonorous strings and intertwined vocals, ‘Uneasy’ finds Magdalena McLean and Annabelle Mödlinger pushing their sound deeper into the space between meticulous composition and freeform improvisation. The track also features improvi

Melody Briar is stepping deeper into grief, memory and the fragile nature of human legacy with her evocative new single “The Intangible Man”, offering another emotionally charged glimpse into her forthcoming debut album, Green Aventurine. Built around sweeping strings, textured acoustic guitar and atmospheric production, the track sees Briar expand her sonic world without losing the intimate songwriting at the heart of her music. The result is cinematic, dreamlike and deeply

K-Trap is stepping into fresh territory, teaming up with Nigerian superstar Oxlade for “Pressure” — a feel-good, Afrobeats-infused rap anthem produced by MVLN. The collaboration feels like a natural fit. K-Trap comes through with his trademark presence, while Oxlade supplies an infectious hook that adds a melodic new dimension to the South London rapper’s sound. The track’s accompanying video, directed by Daps — whose credits include Wizkid, Kendrick Lamar and Stormzy — was f

Yorkshire indie-punk four-piece The Light Show are back with their latest single, “Code Name E.M.M.A.” — a fast, riff-heavy blast of guitars, hooks and barely-contained chaos. Recorded by Kurt Wood at Corner House Recording Studio, the track captures the band at their most frenetic, combining huge guitar riffs, infectious melodies and chant-along choruses with the raw energy that has become their calling card. Inspired by the likes of The Subways, JET and The Jam, The Light S

LA alt-rock four-piece untitled are turning up the volume with their latest single, Tinted View — and they're bringing it with them when they finally hit the UK later this month. Premiered by BBC 6 Music, the new track arrives via GoodTalk / Create Music Group, pairing the band's trademark raw vocals and heavy guitars with a bigger, fuller sound. Produced alongside legendary producer Chris Lord-Alge, Tinted View was recorded during sessions for the band's forthcoming debut al

For Jersey singer-songwriter Alexandra Le Monnier, music has always been a way of making sense of the things that are difficult to put into words. As August Gone, she channels alternative rock, grunge and blues into songs that refuse to shy away from the messier parts of life. Her debut album, Broken People, arrives this November, and its ten tracks were shaped during a period of profound personal change. Written while Alexandra was working through difficult experiences and q

What happens when you take a finger-picked folk song, add the sound of birds, distant seas and windswept landscapes, and then fill the lyrics with ghosts, UFOs, standing stones and visitors from other worlds? For Bath-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jody Prewett, the answer is Places Beyond — an atmospheric second album that finds the songwriter looking far beyond the everyday. Released in May, the record moves between intimate acoustic songwriting and expan

Ava Ro is stepping into a new chapter with road trip, an understated new single that captures the uncertainty, excitement and nostalgia of growing up and leaving the familiar behind. Released via DOOGOOD, the stripped-back track is the final preview of Ava’s forthcoming EP, due this September. Built around her emotive vocals and intimate instrumentation, road trip resists overproduction, letting its bittersweet message take centre stage. At its heart, the song is about knowin