Selects is our monthly spotlight on ten emerging artists making serious noise under the surface.
Five are sent to our inbox—direct from the artists or their team. The other five? We’ve dug for them ourselves. Because great music deserves to be found, not just fed to us.
This isn’t a shout into the void—it’s a carefully curated signal boost. A way of saying: “We see you. Others should too.”
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From the inbox...
Oedipus and The Mama’s Boys – Stretched/Kitchens
Vibe: art-punk surrealism
From the band: ‘Stretched/Kitchens’ is a song of two parts co-written by Gemima and Charlie in mid September, with two completely separate sets of lyrics that have no correlation whatsoever. Yet they are pinned together.
Emma says:Edinburgh’s Oedipus and The Mama’s Boys deal in abrasion on claustrophobic “Stretched/Kitchens”. The band’s second single merges two songs; the first a daydream of gentle instrumentals and delicate vocals. It builds into the second part, a wiry theatrical ending that suffocates the listener scraping guitars and emotive vocals.
Vanderlye – One Way Train
Vibe: brooding restraint
From the band: The track is a haunting meditation on longing and unrequited connection, drifting through late-night streets, fleeting memories, and the haze of over-indulgence. It channels the ache of seeing intimacy around you while it remains just out of reach—a journey through nostalgia, melancholy, and the fragile hope for something more, anchored by the evocative metaphor of a love that moves in only one direction.
Emma says: On “One Way Train”, Glasgow’s Vanderlye leans into brooding indie-folk textures, letting reverb pool around a restrained vocal. It’s patient songwriting, the arrangement unfolding with a slow-burn sense of inevitability.
David O’Hara – Tell Her That I Loved Her
Vibe: acoustic confessional
From the band: The track itself, really the first line came into my head and then it was just a matter of sort of trying to flesh out a bit of a whimsical story about regret. Actually borrowed/reinterpreted a line or two from an old trance classic “Satellite” by Oceanlab.
Emma says: David O’Hara opts for emotional directness, framing “Tell Her That I Loved Her” around unvarnished lyricism and a gently swelling backdrop. The sentiment risks tipping into melodrama, but its simplicity is grounding.
Since 2000 – lost_BOYS
Vibe: processed angst
From the band: ?
Here is the press release for the single, thank you!Glasgow’s very own pop metal trailblazers Since 2000 smash into 2026 with their heaviest release yet, ‘lost_BOYS’. Between crushing breakdowns, soaring melodies and an orchestral production fit for a blockbuster film, this track sees the four-piece come into their own and solidify their infectious horror infused brand of alternative metal.
Emma says: Since 2000 push “lost_BOYS” through a haze of processed vocals and blunt-force percussion. The distorted angsty mood feels algorithmically alt without really finding an emotional centre.
Subtle Son – Drops Of Red
Vibe:indie reset
From the band: It’s a track about feeling lost and not knowing where to go next, but trying to move on from wasn’t working before. Almost like a refresh. Also a quick nod to the fact that pills and bevvy aren’t an answer. Get up, move on and try again.
Emma says: Subtle Son “leave it all behind” with guitar driven “Drops of Red”. The Glasgow based indie rockers were formerly known as OCEXNS, however they have started fresh on this new endeavour.
Fresh finds…
Radhika– Starry Eyes
Vibe: cinematic tenderness
Emma says: Glasgow based artist Radhika sits at the top of my list of acts you must see live. On “Starry Eyes”, she lends her dreamy Cine-Pop to three perfect minutes of cosmic lullaby. Even on recordings, she lands somewhere on the astral plane; soft-focus sonics anchored by her captivating vocals.
The Dream Machine – Things That Make Us Cry
Vibe: tearfully rich
Emma says: Merseyside five-piece The Dream Machine lean into baroque melancholy on “Things That Make Us Cry”. Nodding to the bruised romanticism of The Beach Boys and the grandiose chiaroscuro of Phil Spector, the single is the bittersweet centrepiece from forthcoming third album Fort Perch Rock.
FRIEDA STAR – Mothers and Sisters
Vibe: moral urgency
Emma says: Wolverhampton quartet FRIEDA STAR arrive as agitators with “Mothers and Sisters” and stick the landing. The track is a propulsive response to modern misogyny, written in response to an up-skirting incident it channels justified fury into something structurally taut and lyrically barbed.
Burglar -Lovey
Vibe: hazy heartbreak
Emma says: Dublin duo Burglar deliver a lush and melodic private reckoning on “Lovey”. The wiry, slightly distorted breakup track offsets dissociative asides with self-aware humour.
Seb Lowe – Don’t Say No To Hitler
Vibe: cabaret provocation
Emma says: On ‘Don’t Say No To Hitler’, Seb Lowe sharpens his theatrical satirical edge, staging a grotesque thought experiment which rebrands fascism as primetime entertainment. The James Skelly produced track delivers its provocation in cabaret inflections, skewering the media’s complicity in laundering extremism.
