Boyd Tinsley

The Avett Brothers have teamed up with genre-bending icon Mike Patton for one of 2025's most unexpected collaborations, delivering a new single “Heaven's Breath” ahead of their joint album AVTT/PTTN, due 14 November through Thirty Tigers, Ramseur Records and Ipecac Recordings.

For more than three decades, Counting Crows have been one of the most distinctive and heartfelt voices in American rock. In 2026, Adam Duritz and company will return to Australia and New Zealand for The Complete Sweets! Tour.

Joey Santiago has always been the quiet force driving Pixies' sonic personality - the man behind the wiry leads and angular phrases that defined a generation of alternative guitarists.

chokecherry, the genre-defying San Francisco duo of Izzie Clark and E. Scarlett Levinson, have announced their debut album Ripe Fruit Rots and Falls, set for release on 14 November. The record promises to capture the chaotic heartbeat of modern youth, where anger, longing, and empathy all collide. To celebrate, the band has dropped their explosive new single Major Threat, accompanied by a lo-fi VHS video dripping in DIY energy.

More than half a decade after their acclaimed first collaboration, singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur and R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck have reunited to release their long-awaited second album, Arthur Buck 2.

Los Angeles noise-pop outfit Rocket have officially touched down with their debut album R Is For Rocket, out now via Transgressive Records and Canvasback. It's the band's first full-length release after three years of building a reputation as one of the most promising guitar bands of their generation - and it arrives charged with both emotion and energy.

In 1996, The Wedding Present veered into new territory with the release of Mini, an EP of six songs, each linked thematically to the open road and the art of driving. Almost three decades later, frontman David Gedge has decided it's time to rev the engine again. On 5 December, the band will deliver Maxi, a brand-new six-track collection cut from the same conceptual cloth but with an altogether more expansive sound.