GIFT’s third studio album, set for release in January 2027, is a toss up between control and abandon in the search for success, led by recent single ‘Hand To The Flame’ — a retelling of the Greek myth of Icarus. Read our chat with frontman TJ Freda ahead of the NYC band’s headline London show at The Lexington.

The first full-length studio record released on the band’s label, Palace Presents, and a shift away from their darker sonic past, TOPNOTE spoke to 2/3 of PALACE about the new-chapter nature of ‘Ox’, the band’s fifth studio album.

Swim School brought intense indie rock, atmospheric vocals and multiple mosh pits to a Wednesday-turned-Saturday night crowd in London. Fans travelled from the North and the South to unite in the nation’s capital as they welcomed the band from Edinburgh, plus openers, local up-and-coming shoegaze band Sandhouse.

Noah Hill is living a musician’s double life. By day, he’s promoting his solo debut album ‘Ok ok now’, bedded in heartbreak and vulnerability. By night, he joins the rest of Australian synthpop heavyweights Parcels, bringing up-tempo nu-disco dance music to the European cities he’s recently been touring.

In May, The Amazons announced that long-time collaborators vocalist Ella McRobb and drummer George Le Page had officially joined the line-up. As the band prepare for their upcoming tour with the release of ‘21st Century Fiction (Epilogue)’, TOPNOTE spoke about their new chapter.

Happy Neighbours are a bit like a British Laundry Day, though much, much more sarcastic. With only a string of singles and one EP to boast of, The Britpop band are growing their fanbase primarily through sketches and skits on social media. We met them ahead of their headline show at The 100 Club last Friday.

As a new generation of neo-soul stars climbs the ranks — many of them her former classmates — Izzy Withers rises among them. After leaving school at 16 to purse a career in music, Izzy Withers has her sights firmly set on wide horizons. We got to know her (and her lofty ambitions) over a mug of tea.

Producing an organic sound that mixes jazz foundations with ‘fall to the floor’ beats, GOMME’s ethos is a cocktail of fluid, euphoric and shapeshifting music. Formed of three individually established musicians, TOPNOTE spoke to the emerging trio on the release of their debut EP, ‘Evenings & Weekends’.

Spanning pop, indie, reggae, dub, jazz and funk to name a few, one thing Bare Jams have always been is independent . Just over a month out from their next album release, ‘Full Circle’, the six-piece collective have revisited some of their roots, and TOPNOTE spoke to them about it before their London gig with The Nest Sessions.

As lead curator of the V&A East’s inaugural exhibition, Jacqueline Springer has been instrumental in shaping the vision and visitor experience for ‘The Music Is Black: A British Story’. TOPNOTE spoke to her on the undertaking and execution of such a project, the complexity of what music is and means, and her hopes for it.

‘Golden Age’ is a step-left, out of ballad land and into the electric sphere; a record that James Smith intends to better showcase his musicianship and identity. A round-up of previously released singles and pertinent new tracks documenting a moment in time from a musician whose only destiny is upwards, read our interview here.

Sometimes a band’s presence precedes their sound – and the music follows. Such is the case for The Rions, whose debut album, ‘Everything Every Single Day’ released last October debuted on the Australian albums chart at Number 1. Wrapping up a world tour with their deluxe edition release, we caught up with the band in London.

Backstage at The Jazz Cafe on a two month tour of their biggest venues across Canada and Europe, the six members of The Free Label have squeezed themselves into a stuffy green room, stage ready. Before we saw them live in London, read our interview with the band.

When founding member James Morgan decided to concentrate the key players from his Ritzy-based jazz jam session, the bones of Queenstown Collective were formed. TOPNOTE spoke to drummer James and saxophonist James Akers about the release of the band’s debut EP, ‘Grapefruit’.

With a psych-garage sound and a suave, sexy 70s aesthetic, Demob Happy are a well-oiled indie machine humming with the confidence and self-assuredness that comes with experience. In the lead up to the release of new album, ‘The Grown-Ups Are Talking’, TOPNOTE spoke to Marcantonio about the band’s latest release.