Photography: Highly Suspect @ Night And Day Café

Nashville-based indie alternative artist Kira Lise has released her first single of 2026, Ignorance Is Bliss, a strikingly candid track born from a period of intense anxiety and emotional reckoning.

New York noise-rock mainstays A Place To Bury Strangers have announced a new rarities collection titled Rare And Deadly, set for release on 3rd April 3rd. To mark the news, the band have unveiled lead single Everyone’s The Same, offering a first glimpse into a project that dives deep into the group’s most unguarded and volatile moments.

Twenty years into a career built on falsetto acrobatics and fearless theatricality, MIKA doesn’t so much play Wembley Arena as conquer it. From the rafters to the balconies, this is pop as grand spectacle — maximalist, joyful and gloriously unhinged.

Multi-platinum country star Ella Langley has released her brand new single Be Her, a candid and introspective anthem that offers a glimpse into the emotional core of her forthcoming sophomore album Dandelion, due for release on 10th April.

Manchester singer-songwriter John Blaylock continues the build-up to his debut solo album Sounds Of The Dreadnought with the release of his new single, Violets, out now.

Mae Stephens is stepping into a new sonic chapter with the release of her latest single Blue, a track that reveals a more restrained and soulful edge to the UK pop powerhouse ahead of her debut headline tour next month.

UK psychedelic rock trailblazers Swervedriver are set to mark the 35th anniversary of their seminal debut album Raise with a special one-off London performance this autumn.

Rising Nashville singer-songwriter McCoy Moore is steadily carving out his place in modern country, blending raw vulnerability with grounded grit — and UK audiences are about to see why the buzz is building.