Konyikeh – Mercenary

Let’s commence this week with a voice that is being touted as the next UK based soul star to watch out for. ‘Mercenary was released via FAMM in late February 2026, the single following the momentum of Konyikeh’s October track ‘Vulnerability’ and arrives just after her second sold‑out headline show at London’s SJQ. It opens with urgent guitar lines and drums that feel expansive yet tightly controlled. She threads in influences that sit outside her more immediately recognisable palette, drawing on Arabic scales, Gqom, and Amapiano to build a world that feels both cinematic and soulful. Her vocal delivery stays precise and poised, while the harmonies swirl with an eerie, filmic tension. You can find a download here: https://amzn.to/3NIRUOj

Diyet & The Love Soldiers – Give Me A Reason (Acoustic)

This is the first single from Diyet & The Love Soldiers new acoustic EP being released to coincide with their latest tour. ‘The Seeds Of Dreaming’ is a companion release to last year’s full‑band album of the same name. Due out on 17th April 2026, the EP gathers five re‑worked tracks from that 2025 record, presenting them in raw, single‑take performances that highlight the emotional grain of Diyet’s voice and the trio’s close‑knit musicianship. Diyet was born and raised in the Kluane region of the Yukon, she carries Indigenous, Japanese and European heritage, writing and singing in both English and Southern Tutchone. The music she makes with her band touches the meeting point between ancestral knowledge and contemporary life, shaped by her return home after years in Vancouver’s publishing world. Find out more via this link: https://diyet.bandcamp.com/

John Craigie – Dry Land

One of my favourite songwriters of modern times, John Craigie is captured here in a live clip performing a new track from his latest album ‘I Swam Here.’ He is exploring gentler tones on this album (which will be getting the full length review treatment on these pages very soon) as the troubadour from Los Angeles, often described as in the lineage of Woody Guthrie and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, boldly broadens his song palette. His blend of wry humour, road‑worn narrative writing, and acoustic intimacy has become his signature but to put it in straight talking terms, John Craigie is a very fine songwriter and performer. Find out more and get a copy of the album this way: https://johncraigie.com/

Green-House – Under The Oak

This haunting, ambient-adjacent piece by Green-House is from the ‘Hinterlands’ album on Ghostly International. The album treats ambient music like a living ecosystem; lush, breathing, and quietly radical. Their sound folds field recordings, soft-focus synths, and a deep ecological sensitivity into a world that feels both restorative and subtly adventurous. Watch these pages over the coming days for a full length feature on the album, ahead of that you can get a copy of ‘Hinterlands’ via this link: https://amzn.to/4lTy3IK

Wooden Overcoat – Home

Based in Portland’s hazy melting pot of musical wonders, psychedelic pop outfit Wooden Overcoat unveil ‘Home,’ a shimmering, reverb‑soaked single that drifts like a sanctuary built from haze and heart. Its trippy visual companion comes from Italian multi‑arts visionary Francesca Bonci, framing Brant Hajek’s reflection on beauty that can’t quite hold; two people paired as naturally as elements in the wild, slowly decomposing, self‑destructing, and still reaching for each other in the glow. Find out more about this incredible debut release here: https://wooden-overcoat.bandcamp.com/track/home

The Maharajas – Just Drink Wine

Ending things with a bang this week, we have The Maharajas kicking the door in with ‘Just Drink Wine,’ a blast of pure Stockholm swagger that reminds you why they’ve been Europe’s most dangerous garage‑rock lifeline for three decades. Their formula is still lethal: fuzz guitars that snarl, drums that hit like a bar‑fight heartbeat, and vocals that sneer with the kind of conviction you can’t fake. They’re not trading on nostalgia, they are living the 1960s spirit in real time, turning raw R&B, beat grit, and high‑octane attitude into something that still feels volatile, stylish, and gloriously unpolished. It’s the sound of a band who never stopped believing rock ’n’ roll should be loud, sweaty, and a little bit reckless. You can get it right now by following the link: https://amzn.to/4s2mYXl