Indie rock may be overflowing with sound‑alike hopefuls right now, but Plymouth’s Rat Trap are clearly not interested in joining the herd. Their latest single, All the Same, is a reminder that guitar music still has teeth when a band is willing to sharpen the edges rather than sand them down.

We here at musomuso.com have been covering Record Store Day for the past goodness knows how many years, I think my first RSD (as a customer) was back in 2012 when I stood outside a shop from 4:30am to secure a copy of ‘The Queen is Dead’ by The Smiths. Whilst I was first in the queue and got my prized album, nobody joined me in the queue until 8:30am, 30 minutes before opening time!

For the past 5-6 years, we have supported a wonderful local record shop called Phoenix Sounds in Newton Abbot. I arrived at 6:45am last year to see over 50 people in the queue, this had doubled by the time the store opened at 8am!

In a South London bar last week, we caught up with Sy Bartholomew from The Brand New Heavies to chat about their forthcoming UK tour which takes place in March 2026.

We also talked about when they supported a number of great acts including the late, great, Godfather of Soul James Brown, meeting the legend that is Stevie Wonder, playing The Grammy’s and how Jamiroquai would not exist without TBNH.

To listen to the whole, unedited interview, click play on the link below.

Beautiful Days has never been a festival that chases trends. No advertising, no corporate gloss, just music, art, and the kind of atmosphere you can’t manufacture. In 2026, the Levellers’ beloved Devon gathering is marking one of its most ambitious years yet.

To coincide with the 2026 leg of their huge Ad Astra UK winter tour, ASH have released the video for Keep Dreaming from the album and revealed the Antosh Remix of the track with video visualiser, watch both below.

After we saw the initial lineup for Boardmasters Festival including some of the local acts booked to perform on The View stage, we were keen to dig deeper and learn more about them. We reached out to a superb Country/Americana artist called ASHLEY HARDING and literally bombarded him with a ton of questions, covering everything from his influences, his dream festival lineup, the music scene in Wales and Cornwall and what he’d be serving us if were to head to his for dinner. Read on to see how he got on….

Three decades into their career, Lamb Of God could easily coast on reputation alone. Instead, the Richmond titans are choosing confrontation — not with their peers, not with the industry, but with the world as it is now: fractured, volatile, and teetering on the edge of something none of us can quite name. Their tenth album, Into Oblivion, landing 13 March via Century Media and Epic Records, is the sound of a band refusing to look away.

Following the news of her third solo album, PLAY ME, coming March 13 on Matador, Kim Gordon has announced UK and European headline and festival dates this Spring. A full list of dates is below. Tickets are now on sale HERE.

BABYBIRD will return for a major headline show at London’s prestigious Shepherd’s Bush Empire this March.

Colchester four-piece PET NEEDS today share news of their fourth studio album ‘Elbows Out! This Is Capitalism’, out on 27th March via Xtra Mile Recordings. To mark the announcement, the band today share new single and video (directed by Vanessa Söllner) ‘Hey You Hey You (Are You Are You OK OK?)’.

MULL HISTORICAL SOCIETY is back with news of a new album release for 2026, ‘In My Mind There’s A Photograph’, and today reveals its lead single: “Cattle Bells”.

Anglo-Irish dreamrock trio KEELEY, fronted by charismatic Dubliner Keeley Moss, are pleased to announce the release of their third full-length album 'Girl On The Edge Of The World'.

In tandem with the vinyl release of their new album today, HELLO COSMOS, are pleased to share the pivotal track “Black Gloss”.

SHARE OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO FOR “MORNING GUM” - WATCH HERE

2026 HEADLINE UK/EU TOUR ON SALE NOW INCLUDING LONDON’S ROUNDHOUSE

Liverpool has always had a knack for spotting the future before the rest of the world catches up. In 2026, Sound City looks set to prove that point all over again. The UK’s leading inner‑city new music discovery festival returns on 2–3 May, and its latest wave of artists reads like a roll call of tomorrow’s headliners.

The Big Feastival is back for 2026, and this year’s edition looks set to be its most ambitious celebration yet. Now in its 15th year, the beloved August Bank Holiday gathering on Alex James’ farm in the Cotswolds continues to perfect its winning formula: world‑class music, award‑winning chefs, and a family programme that genuinely earns the word unparalleled.

Today, Embrace return with details of their ninth album Avalanche, out 12th June via Cooking Vinyl. For over three decades, the five-piece have been a key part of the British music scene, selling over two million albums worldwide. In addition to the new album, 2026 will see the band celebrate their 30-year milestone with a series of headline shows and festival appearances, a spoken-word theatre tour telling the story of the band, a new book, and the release of a brand-new studio album.

Reggae superstar Protoje and his band The Indiggnation have announced their much-anticipated return to the UK for ‘The Reggae Invasion’, a four-date tour of the UK this Spring.

Wolf Alice are coming home — and they’re doing it in the biggest way imaginable. Fresh from a year that’s seen them sweep critical acclaim, top the UK charts and land three major BRIT Award nominations, the London quartet have announced a huge headline show at Finsbury Park on Sunday 5 July. It will be the largest show of their career so far, a milestone moment for a band who have spent the past decade quietly — and then not-so-quietly — becoming one of Britain’s most important modern acts.

On their upcoming single “Proper Job”, Micko & The Mellotronics channel the sound of the 70s and provide another look at their forthcoming third album, ‘The Trinity’.