TERRA TWIN

Terra Twin make alternative rock with its eyes fixed on the horizon: widescreen guitars, propulsive rhythms and restless melodies carrying songs that wrestle with anxiety, identity and the strange business of trying to become yourself.

Formed in London by vocalist and guitarist Maxim Baldry, guitarist Lewis Spear, bassist Sophie Scott and drummer Alex Wadstein, the four-piece combine the immediacy of classic guitar music with atmospheric textures and a raw, modern edge. Their songs can feel intimate and exposed one moment, then expand into something urgent, physical and built for a crowded room.

Following two EPs—including 2025’s Static Separation—Terra Twin entered a new chapter in 2026 with “Parking Lot” and the announcement of their third EP, Scumbag. Their growing body of work has attracted support from NME, DIY, Dork, The Line of Best Fit, Stereogum and BBC Radio 6 Music.

Onstage, the band have developed into a powerful live proposition, selling out London’s Omeara and performing across the UK, Europe and The Great Escape. Following a run of European dates through Paris, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Groningen, Berlin and Hamburg, Terra Twin are continuing to build towards their most ambitious release and live period yet.

big long sun

big long sun make things happen. Spearheaded by midlands-born, Brighton-based poet, painter, filmmaker, baker, musician Jamie Broughton (rhymes with ‘thought’-un) - who writes and records everything at his home ‘Boudoir’ studios - the band have released two acclaimed albums and in an EP in little over 12 months.

In that time, their frenzied, 8-strong line-up has formed,  hit up The Great Escape, toured the UK, performed a live session for BBC Radio 6Music (New Music Fix) and journeyed across seas for  debut European dates at Left of The Dial. In between all this, Jamie has already released an experimental electronic album and toured with The New Eves as a member of improvisational avant-rock pranksters Radio Anorak. If there’s a song to sing, they’ll sing it. If a gig gets cancelled last minute, through no fault of their own, they’ll lug a drumkit and a PA down Camden high street and find somewhere else instead. Because the show must go on.

With radio backing this year from Huw Stephens, Steve Lamacq, Deb Grant, Emily Pilbeam, Glies Peterson, Amy Lamé (BBC Radio 6Music) and John Kennedy (Radio X), as well as press support from the likes of UNCUT, Electronic Sound, Rough Trade, Notion, Far Out, and So Young, big long sun are wasting no time in charging on ahead. Because big long sun make things happen.

world news

Heartbreak, night shifts, and the claustrophobia of London life in a windowless room–World News’ debut came out of their lowest point: lockdown during the COVID-19 outbreak of 2020. Restless, disillusioned, and yearning for more, the quartet set into overdrive in the years that followed, releasing three EPs and a dozen singles and committing to a fiercely independent DIY ethos.

Last year, the band shared two singles to critical acclaim: the jangly "Don’t Want to Know” in the spring, and the moody and nostalgic "Everything Is Coming up Roses” in the fall – both of which DJ John Richards premiered and played back to back on KEXP’s morning show. They also saw an unexpected surge in streams on “The Tinman,” which made it into the global top 10 viral charts and has now amassed millions of streams– with no viral TikTok moment or editorial support. 

Riding that momentum, the band hit the road across the UK in the fall, with sold-out performances in London, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Sheffield. This year, they’re heading out on their largest headlining tour yet across the UK and Europe.

CASUAL SMART

Casual Smart are a Cardiff-born five-piece turning the confusion, tenderness and intensity of young adulthood into warmly ambitious indie rock. Formed by school friends in 2023, the band blend candid lyricism and an endearing DIY spirit with intricate guitars, piano, saxophone and emotionally charged arrangements that can move from hushed intimacy to soaring post-rock.

Their early singles—including “It Doesn’t Get Any Easier”, “Queen of Hearts”, “Cranes” and “She’s My Love”—have established Casual Smart as one of the UK’s most promising new guitar bands, earning support from DIY, CLASH, So Young Magazine, Rough Trade, Far Out, Hard of Hearing and BBC Radio 6 Music.

Already a compelling live proposition, the band have sold out Cardiff’s Clwb Ifor Bach, toured with Porridge Radio and appeared at Sŵn Festival and The Great Escape, alongside shows with Man/Woman/Chainsaw and Flip Top Head. With upcoming appearances at Green Man and Left of the Dial, Casual Smart are steadily carrying the warmth and ambition of Cardiff’s independent music community far beyond their hometown.

Casual Smart are co-managed via John Harbison and Adam J Ryan.