London-born, Ibiza/Miami-based producer Ben Sterling links up with Stevie Appleton on 'Around The World' — melodic, Afro and deep house on Ninja Tune's Counter Records. #BenSterling #StevieAppleton #BestNewMusic2026 #W14 #CounterRecords https://go.stereobar.net/mwyr9lf

Telepathy team up with cellist Jo Quail for 'Home (Redux)', a full reconstruction off the upcoming 'Transmissions 2.0' EP. Cello meets live looping meets post-metal. #Telepathy #BestNewMusic2026 #W14 #PelagicRecords https://go.stereobar.net/x3ulhgy

KNEECAP reclaim a loaded word on 'FENIAN' — acid rave beats, group chants, Dan Carey production. Title track from the Belfast trio's second album, out May 1 on Heavenly. #Kneecap #BestNewMusic2026 #W14 #HeavenlyRecordings https://go.stereobar.net/bl4qzh3

Bristol duo Getdown Services are back with 'The Radiator' — a deadpan spoken-word groove about intimidating inanimate objects into submission. Exactly as good as it sounds. #GetdownServices #BestNewMusic2026 #W14 #BreakfastRecords https://go.stereobar.net/do87k44

Dry Cleaning share "Sliced by a Fingernail", a new single from their third album Secret Love on 4AD. Florence Shaw writes from the perspective of someone who hates attention. Extensive world tour underway.
#DryCleaning #BestNewMusic2026 #W14 #4adUk
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1000 Rabbits follow "Virgin Soil" with "Rubik's Cube", their second single on Young. Written in a single afternoon around a River riff — darker verses, brighter chorus, premiered on BBC 6 Music by Huw Stephens.
#1000Rabbits #BestNewMusic2026 #W14 #YoungUk
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corto.alto taps Chicago rapper Mick Jenkins for "WHODIS", his first new music of 2026. Glasgow multi-instrumentalist Liam Shortall steps into J Dilla territory with a hard-swinging hip-hop beat.
#CortoAltoMickJenkins #BestNewMusic2026 #W14 #CortoAlto
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La Sécurité follow "Bingo" with "Snack City", the second single from their upcoming album Bingo! (June 12, Bella Union/Mothland). Fast, fidgety art-punk about hunger and bad pick-up lines.
#LaSCurit #BestNewMusic2026 #W14 #BellaUnion
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Edinburgh poetic-psychedelic ensemble Acolyte share "Moon Disaster", a jazzy existential meditation on space and apocalyptic what-ifs. Third single from debut EP The Blue Dark, out 22 May on Lost Map Records.
#Acolyte #BestNewMusic2026 #W14 #LostMapRecords
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Otala follow "More Fire" with "Lord Only Knows Pt.1", the second single from their upcoming EP Better Than The End. Recorded at Premises Studios, produced by Louis Milburn.
#Otala #BestNewMusic2026 #W14 #Otalaband
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