The time has come to start planning your festival schedule for 2026! Here's some of our favourites where you can discover your new favourite artist... Photo Credit: Kendal Calling 2025 Sound City - Liverpool (2nd-3rd May) Liverpool's city festival always provides one of the best venue hopping experiences and always guarantees new music discovery. The 2026 line up features some of the most talked about newcomers from the world of Indie and Post-Punk including Keo , Westside Co

Playing the final night of their 2025 ‘Songs for the Spine’ tour, The Royston Club took to the stage at Mountford Hall on December 13th. Having sold out every date of their UK tour this year, The Royston Club ended their performances in their home from home, Liverpool. Originally from Wrexham, the Indie band have taken the UK’s music scene by storm, playing festival after festival and heading out on an extensive run of UK and EU tour dates in 2026. Finding huge success fo

One of the standout alt. rock bands of the last decade, Wolf Alice recently released their fourth album, 'The Clearing' . The London-based band have grown from supporting small gigs in 2010, to an arena tour around the UK.  The new album, 'The Clearing' , showcases the duality of their music, ranging from the dreamlike atmosphere of 'Just Two Girls',  to the adrenaline-charged 'White Horses'.  Their songs range from intense and dramatic to delicate and eerie.  Photo Credit:

Danny’s Always Late  had the whole scene of Artefact  bouncing and anticipating their every note. The four piece drags you into a sphere of Shoegaze, Indie and a fresh new take on Punk, curating a vibrant and luscious new sound. The quartet has such unwavering energy and immersive music that you feel a part of the musical experience they take you for. Photo Credit: Thea Radford They begin their set with ‘Drunk Kisses’, their skilled techniques and textured sound comes across

We caught Delaner at District for a headline show that felt less like another date on the calendar and more like a marker of progression. Busy from the first doors, there was a sense early on that this was a band stepping into their own space. Operating within an Indie Rock framework, Delaner blend loud, rhythm-driven arrangements with emotive songwriting and dynamic shifts, drawing from classic alternative influences while maintaining a distinctly modern edge. The band’s s

In times where music can seem commercialised and inauthentic, ‘A Different Animal’ by Dog Years opposes this entirely. There is an unapologetic rawness to the vocals and lyrics. Feelings bubble under the surface throughout the verses which are unleashed in the chorus. Pairing this with the punchy electric guitar that vibrates around your ears and entire body, combines fun and playfulness with musical power. Dog Years utilises the contrast between the quietness of the bridg

Dubinki’s new single ‘Back to Basics’ starts with nostalgic guitar and drums, reminiscent of many an early-2000s Indie tune, but they take the nostalgia and turn it into a modern insight of our wants and needs, battling against derealisation and the uncomfortable feeling of being ‘me’ .   Aside from the lyrics, ‘Back To Basics’ has a contagious, foot-tapping quality, but the lyrics take it from great to superb. Dubinski explore the feeling of wanting to be better and prac

Keyside returned to Liverpool last Friday with an exceptional sold-out headline performance at the O2 Academy  as part of their 2025 UK tour. Following a busy summer on the festival circuit, featuring BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend , and supporting the likes of The Wombats , Keyside  continue to prove themselves as one of the North West’s most exciting rising bands. Photo Credit: Marieke Macklon Supported by The Cases  and The Kowloons , both acts delivered rocking performances th

Barnsley native Joshua Hawkes has proven his talent for dimensional, emotional writing and continues to contribute fresh sounds to the Indie Singer/Songwriter scene. His recent single ‘Carry It All’ combines the strengths of his previous singles in one anthemic track.   Indie-Folk undercurrents, reminiscent of  Mumford and Sons, combine with crisp, energetic instrumentals and thoughtful lyrics reminiscent of Sam Fender . The result is a sense of clarity within every elem