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• Hype-THE BEST NEW NAMES, FIRST Upset-DORK'S HOME FOR ALL THINGS LOUD | New track launches 60-day countdown to 'B'Day' 20th anniversary edition. Artists Published 4 Jul 2026 • 2:16 pm The Lowdown (everything wotcha need to know) +Beyoncé's released 'Morning Dew (Donk)', her first new song in two years, ahead of 'B'Day''s 20th anniversary reissue on 4th September. +The track was written by Beyoncé, Pharrell Williams, The-Dream and Darius Dixon, with production from Beyoncé and Pharrell.

Rico Nasty has announced her fourth studio album, 'RX', due 24th July. The Maryland rapper has also shared new single 'Cupcake', accompanied by a Miggy-directed video, with production across the record handled by Kenneth Blume - previously known as Kenny Beats. "From the day we met, no one has made me laugh harder or pushed me further out of my comfort zone," Blume said of the reunion. "'RX' feels like homecoming.

A chance meeting in a record shop sets the scene for South Arcade's new video for 'DEADMEAT', pairing performance footage with a homely animated love story built around the band's community. The clip follows two strangers who can't stop thinking about each other after crossing paths, then set about tracking one another down. It's a nod to pre-digital romance, where finding your crush took a little more effort — and the payoff felt bigger for it.

"This community is created by us, for all of us." That's how Dominic Harrison signed off a lengthy Instagram post this week, uploaded alongside footage of himself in tears on stage at the third edition of Bludfest - the first to be held outside the UK, staged in Czechia on 27th June. The clip captures the Doncaster musician telling a 20,000-strong crowd that "lately I have felt so disconnected from everything", and that he has "felt in pain a lot and I don't know why for a long time".

• Hype-THE BEST NEW NAMES, FIRST Upset-DORK'S HOME FOR ALL THINGS LOUD | The London artist's Capitol Records debut arrives with a 'My House' world tour on the horizon. Published 3 Jul 2026 • 2:00 pm The Lowdown (everything wotcha need to know) + Sienna Spiro's debut album 'Visitor' is out now via Capitol Records, executive produced by Omer Fedi across Electric Lady, Abbey Road, and Valentine Recording Studios.

• Hype-THE BEST NEW NAMES, FIRST Upset-DORK'S HOME FOR ALL THINGS LOUD Towa Bird Video for 'Dead Man Walking' also arrives ahead of autumn Til Death & Back Tour. Venues Published 3 Jul 2026 • 12:16 pm The Lowdown (everything wotcha need to know) +Against The Current have dropped new single 'Always You & I', with frontwoman Chrissy Costanza describing it as a song about "a love that transcends time" and a soulmate "destined across every lifetime".

• Hype-THE BEST NEW NAMES, FIRST Upset-DORK'S HOME FOR ALL THINGS LOUD | Reclus.É, Tooth and Villanelle are among the new artists. Artists Published 3 Jul 2026 • 12:11 pm The Lowdown (everything wotcha need to know) +Outbreak Fest and All Points East have added seven more acts to Deftones' Victoria Park headline on 23rd August, including Reclus.É, Tooth, Villanelle, Brooki, Clarion, Kenny Mason and Overgrown.

• Hype-THE BEST NEW NAMES, FIRST Upset-DORK'S HOME FOR ALL THINGS LOUD | Hype-THE BEST NEW NAMES, FIRST Upset-DORK'S HOME FOR ALL THINGS LOUD There are songs about toxic masculinity, motorway service stations, past lives and pet mice on 'Role Model Hermit', but mary in the junkyard insist the thing holding it all together is much simpler: friendship.

• Hype-THE BEST NEW NAMES, FIRST Upset-DORK'S HOME FOR ALL THINGS LOUD Towa Bird New single doubles as a tribute to friends who recently became parents. Published 3 Jul 2026 • 9:28 am (everything wotcha need to know) +Sebastian Schub's new single 'kiss of life. (you're kinda magical)' features his friends and a baby on guest vocals, doubling as a tribute to pals who recently became parents.

• Hype-THE BEST NEW NAMES, FIRST Upset-DORK'S HOME FOR ALL THINGS LOUD | Manchester band unveil brooding cut ahead of debut LP 'Something Real'. Festivals Venues Published 3 Jul 2026 • 9:35 am The Lowdown (everything wotcha need to know) +The Guest List have shared 'If Ever Your Devil Is Kind', a new single exploring modern masculinity ahead of their debut album 'Something Real' (28th August).