We recently had the pleasure of catching up with Blossom Caldarone ahead of the release of her brand-new EP Might Smash a Window, a sharp, self-aware collection of tracks written in the turbulence of her early twenties and released with a hard-won clarity.

From the sardonic pull of ‘Waxing Lyrical’ to the plainspoken punch of ‘Wreck’, Caldarone’s songwriting pairs stark emotional honesty with bold, theatrical arrangements. The project is heartfelt, occasionally twee, and entirely her own.

Last week, Leeds seven-piece Group A.D. announced their debut EP Colour Space Transform — with the title track premiered by Lauren Laverne on BBC 6Music and picking up serious momentum since.

Blending groove-heavy rhythms, cinematic textures and jagged no-wave energy, the band feel part of a wider shift back towards music that’s physical, human and made in the room. We caught up with Aidan from the band to talk influences, process, live shows and what comes next.

Recently, we sat down with Chilli Jesson to talk about loss, creativity, and the long road to making Dead Dads Club.

Written over the course of a decade, the record draws on the aftermath of losing his father at fourteen, revisiting the music, memories and emotional terrain that shaped his early years. Rather than seeking closure, it captures the urgency and unease of living with grief, messy, unresolved and deeply human.

It’s a record about carrying the past forward, finding momentum after creative numbness, and allowing imperfection to become a source of strength.

As 2025 turned into 2026, Thomas O’Donoghue, better known as Dove Ellis, released his debut album Blizzard and suddenly found himself in the spotlight. I spoke with the Galway-born songwriter about those lofty comparisons, fleeting inspiration and the work behind the songs. From bedroom recordings to collaborative studio sessions, our discussion centres on craft, discipline and showing up even when the magic feels out of reach.

runo plum’s debut album, patching, is a journey through heartbreak, self-discovery, and artistic reinvention. After a life-altering breakup on New Year’s Eve 2023, runo retreated, wrote dozens of songs, and found her authentic voice. Confessional, raw, and unflinchingly honest, patching marks the arrival of an artist fully stepping into her own. We sat down with runo on her European tour to talk about the album, heartbreak, and reclaiming her creative identity.

Three years after their transformative performance at Manchester’s Stoller Hall, The Orielles return with the announcement for Only You Left, a record that captures the trio at their most fearless and creatively liberated. Written between the relative calm of Hydra and the industrial pulse of Hamburg, the album explores the tension between opposing forces; metal and wood, heaviness and light, chaos and restraint.

The project’s lead single, “Three Halves” is out now, a sludgy, cathartic cut that redefines what the band are all about. Ahead of its release we caught up with Esmé, Sidonie and Henry to discuss how the band have shed layers of synths and studio polish in favour of something raw, tactile, and alive.

In her debut EP WOMEN WHO LOVE TOO MUCH, Sofia and the Antoinettes turns doubt, desire, and vulnerability into widescreen pop melodrama. Inspired by Robin Norwood’s 1985 classic of the same name, the six-track project balances slick production with confessional lyricism, somewhere between Evanescence’s raw power and Lana Del Rey’s cinematic fever dreams.

Speaking ahead of its release, Sofia reflects on what it feels like to share such a personal body of work with the world, why she believes doubt is more honest than certainty, and how love holds up an unasked-for mirror. She talks about femininity as both a stage presence and a lens for her songwriting, the fears she carries into her art, and the stolen fragments of life that fuel her lyrics.

At its heart, this conversation reveals an artist determined to strip away polish and offer something brutally honest: existentialism in high heels, written to make someone, somewhere, feel a little less alone.

A contemplative exploration of Sven Wunder’s latest album, Daybreak and the quiet discipline behind his craft. Drawing parallels with the still lifes of Giorgio Morandi, this weeks feature traces how Joel Darnell transforms daily sketches into cinematic soundscapes that elevate the everyday. From the orchestral elegance of his new record to the way his music thrives on social media, Sven Wunder reminds us that when we listen closely, the ordinary can become transcendent.

On her latest album, A Paradise in the Hold, British-Bahraini trumpeter Yazz Ahmed distils centuries of cultural heritage into a rich, modern jazz soundscape. Drawing inspiration from the work songs of Bahraini pearl divers, women’s drumming groups, and regional folk traditions, Ahmed blends these ancestral influences with contemporary jazz, creating music that is both deeply personal and globally resonant. We recent caught up with Yazz to find out a little more about the record, her approach to making music and also to consider how her album can be interpreted in the midst of this moment of global uncertainty.

London-based drummer and bandleader Nadav Schneerson’s debut album Sheva is a bold statement that shifts effortlessly between analogue and electronic, earthly and transcendent. In conversation with Some Other Time, Nadav reflects on the years of work that shaped the record, the influence of his family and heritage, and why he approaches music as a form of prayer. The result is a portrait of an artist carving his own path on the London jazz scene while opening a world of sound that feels both timeless and forward-looking.

In our overstimulated world, moments of stillness can feel increasingly rare. Nature offers one path toward that quiet; music can offer another.

Listening to Sierra Tracks, the new release from Vega Trails - the chamber-jazz project helmed by bassist and composer Milo Fitzpatrick, I found myself in a kind of meditative suspension. The album, inspired by the foothills of the Sierra de Guadarrama mountains just outside Madrid, where Fitzpatrick has lived since 2022, plays like a deep inhalation of open space.

Expanding on the skeletal palette of his 2022 debut Tremors in the Static, Sierra Tracks incorporates orchestral strings, shimmering vibraphone, piano, and even Fitzpatrick’s rediscovered cello to evoke a sense of stillness and wide, reverberant solitude. Each composition unfolds like a solitary walk through shifting terrain, sometimes grounded in earthy motifs, other times dissolving into abstraction.

With the album now out in the world, we caught up with Milo to learn more about how Sierra Tracks came together and the ideas, landscapes, and emotional undercurrents that shaped it.

In this in-depth feature, Some Other Time speaks with producer and keyboardist Joe Armon-Jones about his dub-jazz fusion project All The Quiet. As passive listening and streaming algorithms reshape how we consume music, Armon-Jones imagines a future where art is undervalued and artists are left behind. Inspired by the pioneering spirit of Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry and recorded on analogue equipment in his Bromley studio, All The Quiet pushes back. A deeply human, genre-blurring statement that challenges modern music’s slow descent into background noise. The project is both a warning and a celebration of what music can still be.

Annahstasia’s journey through the music industry is one of resilience, reinvention, and radical self-belief. Discovered as a teenager and shelved by her label, she spent years rebuilding her relationship with music on her own terms. Her debut album Tether is the culmination of that journey, a bold, genre-defying statement rooted in vulnerability, vision, and spiritual resolve. This week, we trace the path that led her here, exploring the personal and systemic battles she’s faced along the way. Tether isn’t just a record it’s a quiet rebellion, and a powerful reminder of the sound of true artistry.

Across Reykjavik's concrete sprawl, virgin orchestra have quickly earned a reputation as one of the most exciting names in alternative music. Now, their work is emanating across borders with the release of their brand new EP, LET IT BURN, a project that is turning heads with its vital, experimental sound. Before it dropped, we caught up with Starri Holm, Stefanía Pálsdóttir, and Rún Árnadóttir to talk about their creative process and how they have achieved their unique aesthetic.

MRCY, the British soul duo made up of vocalist Kojo Degraft-Johnson and producer Barney Lister, emerged in early 2024 with the breezy, understated single “Lorelei.” Since then, they’ve quickly gained a reputation for genre-blurring, emotionally rich music that can’t be pigeonholed. Following the success of their debut Volume 1, the pair return with Volume 2, a bolder, more urgent statement that blends a soulful aesthetic with experimental flair. Tracks like “Fear” and “Man” showcase their willingness to confront darker themes, while still holding space for love, longing, and vulnerability. In our recent conversation, the duo reflect on their creative chemistry, the importance of live performance, and their desire to make music that connects.

The mind, as far as I can tell, works in mysterious ways. Moments we expect to hold onto often dissolve, while other seemingly trivial experiences burn themselves onto the retina of the mind’s eye with an unshakable permanence.

It was from these collages of experience that Lisa Harres moulded the foundations of their debut album, Time As A Frame. An evocation of bliss, it punctuates baroque ballads with beautifully measured injections of piano and woodwind to create something that feels uniquely poignant. We recently caught up with Lisa to find out a little more about the project.

Over the course of the past twenty years, Charif Megarbane has quietly released more than 100 albums, each created under a shifting constellation of aliases and monikers including Cosmic Analogue Ensemble, Heroes & Villains and Tapeman No.1, to name just a few. His entire sprawling back catalogue is archived on a Bandcamp page dedicated to his one man operation, Hisstology, through which he has built one of the most prolific discographies in modern music. Following the release of his new record Hawalat, we sat down with him to find out a little more about his roots and his philosophy on making music.

This week, Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek release their third full-length studio album, Yarın Yoksa, via Big Crown Records. The album’s title translates to “If There Is No Tomorrow “ and explores personal pain and collective resistance in equal measure. A central thread of loss, longing, and hope for change runs throughout. Vital themes for trying times. The lyrics, performed entirely in Turkish, are poetic, rich in symbolism and metaphor, and paired with shifting musical styles that allow each track to stand on its own while never compromising the cohesiveness of the project. Ahead of the release of the record, we caught up with the band to discuss how it came together and find out a little more about the inspirations behind it.

Squid are back! Their first two albums, Bright Green Field and O Monolith, were favourites of ours over at Some Other Time. Odyssean efforts. Projects to inhabit and journey through. Records that rewarded attention as they gradually reveal their labyrinthine twists and turns over time. Now, they return once again with Cowards, a timely collection of tracks that interrogate evil in its many guises, as they reckon with cults, charisma and apathy in their signature sensory and richly textured style. Ahead of the release of the record, we caught up with Laurie and Anton from the band to discuss how they continue to produce some of the most exhilarating and richly diverse music on the music scene.

Following a brief hiatus, Laura Cahen is back! With her latest album, De l’autre côté (On the Other Side), she crafts a hauntingly poetic exploration of love and freedom. Released against a backdrop of a world in turmoil, this cinematic journey unfolds across ten tracks, adorned with grand, retro folk-pop stylings that highlight a period of bold creative transition for the artist. Building on the success of her previous records, Nord (2017) and Une Fille (2021), Laura has further refined her craft on this new project and ahead of its release, we caught up with Laura and Josephine Stephenson to dive into the making of De l’autre côté...