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James will return to Australia and New Zealand in October 2026 for their first tour of the region in eight years, performing songs from their landmark album Laid alongside a career-spanning set of hits, fan favourites and deeper catalogue selections.

Andy Jans-Brown has unveiled the title track and accompanying video for Airport Departure Lounge, the forthcoming album due for release on 26 June 2026, marking the latest chapter in a career that has spanned music, film, theatre and poetry.

Stereolab, the French-British proponents of lounge, krautrock, electronic music, packed out the Forum theatre at their sold-out show on Thursday night. Their thirty plus career attracted a myriad of generations and all manner of music fans. Stereolab devoted roughly half their set to the new album; Instant Holograms on Metal Film, showcasing material from their latest release with focused performances, replete with their distinctive syncopated electronic rhythms.

Forty years after its release, The Smiths' landmark third album The Queen Is Dead remains one of the most influential records in alternative music, its reputation continuing to grow long after the band's brief career ended.

Canadian alternative psych-rock outfit Meltt have unveiled their new album Pathways, a 13-track collection that arrives as the Vancouver quartet prepare for an extensive North American headline tour. The release marks the band's first full-length project since 2023's Eternal Embers and captures a period of significant personal and creative change for the four musicians as they navigate the transition from their twenties into a new stage of life.

Slow Pulp have revealed details of their third studio album Melodie, due for release on 18 September through ANTI-, alongside the release of the album's lead single ‘Better Man'. The announcement marks the next chapter for the Chicago based quartet, who have steadily built a reputation as one of the more distinctive voices in contemporary American indie rock since emerging from Wisconsin's underground music scene a decade ago.

Interpol have revealed details of their eighth studio album, This Mirror Weighs A Ton, marking the New York band's first album in four years and their first release through Partisan Records.