indie and alternative singles & video releases ...*
here’s a sleek roundup
of the latest releases ... ✌️
new music - fresh singles / music videos from
old & new heroes ✨ 🎧🎶🎸
#indierock #britpop #madchester #shoegaze #electronica
fck off streaming algorithm -
don't be real, be postmodern !
p.s.
check this link for
on-demand listening of our latest radio show on kool rock radio via mixcloud ...
https://timmi-x.blogspot.com/2026/02/postmodern-radio-show-no59-kool-rock.html
#indierock #britpop #madchester #shoegaze #electronica
***single of the week***
Dean Garcia,
founding member of
legendary london/uk 90s indie rock / shoegaze / electronica outfit
Curve,
and his daughter Rose Berlin,
have released a new full-length with their project
SPC ECO.
titled 'broken', the album dropped on january 24 via bandcamp.
check out the opening track, 'be your favourite',
wouldn’t sound out of place on a Curve record ...
https://spceco.bandcamp.com/album/broken
https://spceco.bandcamp.com/track/be-your-favourite
SPC ECO - Be Your Favourite
Broken
Rose Carlotti,
lead vocalist and guitarist of
legendary & highly underrated late 80s/early 90s
reading/uk
dreamy indie rock band
The Heart Throbs
returned and teamed up with
Transvision Vamp
drummer Pol Burton
to form a new band called
Polly b Rose.
together they dropped their debut album 'moltencholia' in august 2025
through heavenly trolls.
here’s the music video for the latest single 'so it ends so it fades' ...
https://linktr.ee/pollyb.rose
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/pollybrose/so-it-ends-so-it-fades-2
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/pollybrose/moltencholia
https://pollybrose.bandcamp.com/album/moltencholia-2
Polly b Rose - So It Ends So It Fades
Moltencholia
nottingham/uk
indie rock / post punk trio
Bloodworm
have unveiled the music video for their promising new single 'bloodlust'.
the track was released on january 21 via childhood records.
p.s. Suede guitarist Richard Oakes personally invited the band to join them
as support act on their completely sold-out 17-date uk tour ...
https://linktr.ee/bloodwormband
Bloodworm - Bloodlust
***album of the week**
los angeles/us based
indie artist Ben Cook (former guitarist in canadian band Fucked Up)
has dropped his new album 'warmer than gold with his project
GUV (formerly known as Young Guv).
merging early '90s uk rave/baggy, shoegaze, and britpop influences,
the album rides on shimmering guitars and
madchester‑inspired grooves,
with a swagger that makes it feel both nostalgic and fresh.
it was released on january 30 via run for cover records.
here're 2 taster from the lp - 'crash down feeling' plus 'out of this place'...
#raveon
https://linktr.ee/guvofficial
https://guv.lnk.to/warmerthangold
https://guvofficial.bandcamp.com/album/warmer-than-gold
GUV - Crash Down Feeling
Warmer Than Gold
GUV - Out Of This Place
Warmer Then Gold
los angeles/us
indie musician and founding member of Regal Degal & CMON,
Josh da Costa
has aired the music video for his new single 'skygirl'.
the baggy/madchester rave-inspired track is taken from his
upcoming solo debut album,
landing later this year via stones throw records ...
https://ffm.to/skygirl
https://joshdacosta.bandcamp.com/track/skygirl
Josh da Costa - Skygirl
tba
James Anthony Mudriczki,
longtime frontman of legendary
manchester/uk indie-/britrock band
Puressence
has just dropped the music video for ‚climbing over bodies',
the new single from his latest project
Nihilists.
the track was released on january 30 via distrokid ...
p.s. let's hope that a debut album will follow later this year!
https://linktr.ee/nihilists
https://puressenceofficial.com
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/nihilists1/climbing-over-bodies
Nihilists - Climbing Over Bodies
grimsby/uk
indie rock / post punk / shoegaze four-piece
Shines
have aired the music video for their fine new single
'same street different ghosts'
the track was released on january 26 via echo bass records.
https://linktr.ee/shinesband
Shines - Same Streets, Different Ghosts
Peter Coyle Fractal
is the alternative pop project
by the founding lead vocalist of
liverpool/uk classic 80s new wave / jangle pop outfit
The Lotus Eaters
(remember their 1983 uk top 20 hit, 'the first picture of you')
the new single, 'utopia', features guest vocals from
scottish singer Kim Shepherd
and will arrive on february 6 via boh.
check out the music video for the track ...
https://petercoyle.com/
Peter Coyle Fractal - Utopia
leeds/uk
grungy indie rock / shoegaze trio
Lozenge
have dropped the music video for the new single 'silver'.
the track follows their debut ep 'blink into nothing' from 2024
and was released on january 23 via kycker music ...
https://linktr.ee/lozengemusicuk
https://lozengeuk.bandcamp.com/album/blink-into-nothing-ep
Lozenge - Silver
arizona/us
indie rock / shoegaze / dreampop / psychedelia trio
Mute Swan's
new album 'skin slip' will arrive on march 6
through hit the north records.
check out the music video for the latest single
'phantasms of the living' ...
https://linktr.ee/muteswan
https://pias.ffm.to/mute-swan-skin-slip
https://muteswanmusic.bandcamp.com/album/skin-slip
Mute Swan - Phantasms Of The Living
Skin Slip
Deborah Cohen, former guitar player of
iconic vancouver/canadian
noughties indie rock / post punk outfit
The Organ
has a comeback with her solo project
Lovers Love Haters.
the new single is called 'walk with me' ...
https://loverslovehaters.bandcamp.com/track/walk-with-me
Lovers Love Haters - Walk With Me
bristol/uk
jangly indie rock / dreampop group
stay lunar
will release their new 5-track ep 'the middle of the end' this spring.
here're the visuals for the latest single 'here with you' ...
https://linktr.ee/staylunar
https://staylunar.bandcamp.com/track/here-with-you
stay lunar - Here With You
The Middle Of The End EP
manchester/uk
indie rock quartet
CQ Wrestling
(formerly knows as Chappaqua Wrestling)
have premiered the music video for their new single 'smoke screen'.
the track was released on january 27 via truth records ...
p.s. the debut lp 'plus ultra' goes all the way to no.7 on our 2023 year-end albums list!
https://linktr.ee/cqwrestling
CQ Wrestling - Smoke Screen
manchester/uk
indie rock / post punk band
Shaking Hand's
self-titled debut album dropped on january 16 via melodic records.
here's the music video for the single 'mantras' ...
https://linktr.ee/shakinghand
https://www.melodic.co.uk/products/shaking-hand-shaking-hand
https://shakinghandband.bandcamp.com/album/shaking-hand
Shaking Hands - Mantras
S/T
seattle/us
indie rock / post punk / shoegaze outfit
Painted Vein
have shared the music video for their class new single 'wanna be enough'.
the track is taken from the band’s upcoming album,
due for release later this year via we were never being boring collective ...
https://beacons.ai/paintedvein
Painted Vein - Wanna Be Enough
tba
iconic manchester/uk
indie rock / baggy outfit
Happy Mondays
have dropped a new remix of the classic tune 'god’s cop'.
the track originally appeared on the milestone album
'pills ’n’ thrills and bellyaches',
released by the legendary factory label back in november 1990.
here’s the reworked version by Anna Prior,
producer and drummer of Metronomy,
released january 30 via london records.
https://linktr.ee/happymondaysofficial
https://happymondays.lnk.to/annapriorremixID
https://happymondays.lnk.to/factorysinglesID
Happy Mondays - God's Cop (Anna Prior Remix)
merseyside/uk
90s indie rock / britpop / shoegaze legends
The Boo Radleys
have unveiled the visuals for the new single 'living is easy'.
the track is the second taster
from their upcoming ninth studio album 'in spite of everything',
set for release on may 1 via absolute / boostr records ...
https://linktr.ee/booradleysofficial
https://slinky.to/LivingIsEasy
https://slinky.to/InSpiteOfEverything
https://thebooradleys.bandcamp.com/track/living-is-easy
The Boo Radleys - Living Is Easy
In Spite Of Everything
west yorkshire/uk
britpop / alternative rock outfit
Embrace
have annouced the release of their forthcoming ninth studio album
'avalanche', out june 12 through cooking vinly ltd.
give the anthemic lead single 'road to nowhere' a listen!
https://linktr.ee/embraceband
https://Embrace.lnk.to/rtnYo
https://Embrace.lnk.to/AvalancheYo
Embrace - Road To Nowhere
Avalanche
liverpool/uk
indie rock / neo britpop band
The Memos
have released their debut ep 'futures ours to find'
in november last year via distrokid.
check out the opener 'standing there' ---
The Memos - Standing There
Futures Ours To Find EP
nashville/us
alternative rock band
Cold Equations
have unveiled the music video for their latest single 'laws in motion'.
the song was released on january 30 via onerpm ...
https://linktr.ee/coldequations
https://coldequations.bandcamp.com/track/laws-of-motion
Cold Equations - Laws Of Motion
Paul Draper,
frontman of legendary 90s indie rock / britpop band
Mansun
will release a new album called 'Mansun retold'
on february 20 via kscope.
the record brings together 11 newly recorded Mansun classics,
reimagined with a fully acoustic band.
take a look at the music video for the latest single 'disgusting',
a track that originally appeared on the 1997 debut album
'attack of the grey lantern' ...
https://pauldraper.lnk.to/Mansun_Retold
Paul Draper - Disgusting
Mansun Retold
downpatrick/northern irland
alternative rock / britpop vets
Ash
have premiered the music video for their latest single
'keep dreaming'.
the track is taken from the ninth studio album 'ad astra',
released in october last year through fierce panda records.
https://ash.os.fan/
Ash - Keep Dreaming
Ad Astra
#mtvchilloutzone
idm / electronica producer
Sergio Garcia, a.k.a. Uf0,
will release a split ep titled 'sounds of the sun' together with
Promising/Youngster, also hailing from spain !
it's due out on march 2 via london/uk label fourier transform
give Uf0's track 'sashita' a listen ...
Uf0 - Sashita
Sounds Of The Sun EP
#mtvchilloutzone
cardiff/welsh
electronica / idm / ambient producer
Jeff Loewe a.k.a J-Lower'
new album 'quanta' was released on january 29 via might force.
here's a track from the full length,
the fine 'light up' ...
https://mightyforce.bandcamp.com/album/quanta-2
J-Lower - Light upQuanta
#mtvchilloutzone
uk electronica producer
Peter Reilly aka Persian
have released his new album 'questions' in mid 2025 via [emotional] especial.
check the amazing 'question 5'...
https://emotional-especial.bandcamp.com/album/questions
Persian - Questions 5
Questions
iconic boston/us
alternative rock outfit
Sugar around
Hüsker Dü's Bob Mould
have shared a new single - 'long live love' was released on january 21 via granary music.
https://sugar.lnk.to/longliveloveID
Sugar - Long Live Lovephiladelphia/us-based
indie / shoegaze band
Cigarettes For Breakfast's
new 'colour wheel' ep is due out on march 24 through upstate sound records.
check out the new single 'flowing' ...
https://cigarettesforbreakfast.com/links
https://cigarettesforbreakfastband.bandcamp.com/album/colour-wheel
Cigarettes For Breakfast - Flowing
Colour Wheel EP
melbourne/australia
indie / dreampop / shoegaze duo
rocket rules'
debut album 'dearden's number' came out on january 23
via shore dive records.
here's the music video for the opener 'tiptoe' ...
https://linktr.ee/rocketrulesband
https://rocketrules.bandcamp.com/album/deardens-number
rocket rules - Tiptoe
Dearden's Number
london/uk
dreamy indie rock band
Soundtrack Gospel have dropped their new ep 'music for country lane driving'
on january 16 via orchard hymns.
here's the music video for the single 'carry on' ...
https://linktr.ee/soundtrackgospel
https://soundtrackgospel.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-country-lane-driving-ep
Soundtrack Gospel - Carry On
Music For Country Lane Driving EP
'have a heart' is the new single from
leeds/uk indie / electropop duo
Turnspit.
the track was released on january 14 via kycker electronic ...
https://linktr.ee/TURNSPIT
Turnspit - Have A Heart
legendary british musician
Billy Bragg
pays tribute to the recent incidents in minneapolis with a new track called 'city of heroes'.
and don't forget: keep fighting power and manipulation!
https://www.billybragg.co.uk/
Billy Bragg - City Of Heroes
montreal/canadian
alternative pop duo
Bibi Club's new album 'amoro' will arrive on february 27 via secret city records.
check the music video for the lead single 'washing machine' ...
https://scr.secretcityrecords.com/BibiClub_WashingMachine
https://scr.secretcityrecords.com/BibiClub_Amaro
Bibi Club - Washing Machine
Amoro
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