Stone Foundation are a British soul band known for their energetic fusion of classic soul, jazz, and rhythm and blues, woven with socially conscious lyrics.

Nick Harper is one the UK's best kept musical secrets. Those who have witnessed the spellbinding, one-man show will tell you this. A childhood growing up surrounded by the musical prowess of some of the 60's most revered songwriters & musicians, not to mention being son of Roy Harper, along with 20 years of crafting songs & touring the land has spawned a truly one-off, original guitarist & songwriter who stands alone as a UK great, to be cherished & revered. For over two decades, he has been dazzling audiences, reviewers & fellow artists alike with his heady mix of virtuosity, boyish charm, showmanship & sheer bravado. An imagination bursting with ideas has seen Nick release 11 solo albums to critical acclaim, earning a Number 1 spot in the charts with the seminal hit 'Blue Sky Thinking'.

Created by Gordon Chapman-Fox, the Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan is a musical project that explores this history and its reverberations today. Looking backward and forward, Chapman-Fox explores the artistic traces of this modernist architecture's lingering hauntology.

The Burning Hell is the alter-ego of Canadian songwriter Mathias Kom, and the band has been on the road in one form or another since 2007, playing everywhere from festivals like Glastonbury and Dawson City to bars, living rooms, abandoned bunkers, and a mental asylum in rural France. Musically, The Burning Hell runs the gamut from introspective folk to hyperactive rock and roll, and so the band can adapt to its surroundings like a karma of anthropomorphic chameleons, taking the audience on a supermarket-cart ride through hooky, upbeat pop songs, dark ballads about pet euthanasia, and anthems for barbarians, economic conferences, and love.

Jeanines and Lightheaded, two of the brightest American indiepop bands, have new albums coming out. Skep Wax Records (UK and Europe) are delighted to be co-releasing them alongside Slumberland Records (US). Jeanines third album How Long Can It Last sees the New York band in total control of their songcraft, with thirteen miniature pop gems. Jeanines can fit in more melody and more breathtaking choruses in two minutes than most pop bands manage across an entire album. First single On And On demonstrates this perfectly. How can such a brief pop song be so overwhelming Lightheaded, from New Jersey, are one of the most exciting new US pop bands, and this album combines a brand new set of songs with five tracks from their delightful Good Good Great EP, a cassette-only release on Slumberland, now available on vinyl for the first time. Lightheaded bring together the songwriting discipline of Nancy and Lee with a modern appetite for noise and reverb. It's possible to get utterly lost and absorbed in this album. The songs echo classics of the past but also feel like they've arrived from the distant future. It's quite disorienting, but very exciting.

Vapors of Morphine are a power trio featuring electric baritone sax, drums, and 2 string slide bass (often guitar). Baritone saxophonist Dana Colley is the through-line between Vapors and low rock pioneers Morphine, whose leader Mark Sandman left this earth while performing onstage in Italy in 1999. Vapors of Morphine perform much of the Morphine repertoire, plus new material and original versions of selective covers. They expand on the ethereal, hypnotic sounds popularised by the group in the nineties, and dig into their influences, from African music to delta Blues. The group was formed over a decade ago by Dana Colley, singer and multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Lyons and Morphine's original drummer Jerome Deupree. Drummer Tom Arey (J. Geils Band, Peter Wolfe's Midnight Ramblers, Ghosts of Jupiter) replaced Deupree in 2019. Their latest album, Fear & Fantasy, represents both a new era and a return to form for Vapors of Morphine. In its often lush arrangement, recalls Morphine's final album, The Night, where Deupree teamed up with Billy Conway, the drummer who had replaced him; this time Arey plays on one side, Deupree on the other. It only seems fitting when both bands have been blessed with a revolving cast of top-notch percussionists.

Journeying from leftfield contemporary pop to soft acoustics, Kathryn Williams' brand new album Night Drives explores a variety of fresh ideas. Her first official album since Hypoxia in 2015, Night Drives opens with some of Kathryn’s most immediately electronic tracks to date. Elsewhere on the album, a more cinematic sound is explored; slowly unravelling stories backed by delicate acoustics and elated, emotive string pieces; before relaxing into the more traditional world of folk inspired melancholia. Kathryn’s inimitable charm colours the whole album with emotion and affection. The classic references that Kathryn draws from, particularly that of fellow Liverpudlians The Beatles, are clear throughout the new record, which plays like a road-trip through her styles and influences. It recalls visions of a British countryside lightly illuminated by the flicker of passing lampposts and the endless, rolling landscapes beyond them. These are intelligent, self-aware tracks, with Kathryn’s unmistakable writing backed with beautifully arranged, natural compositions. Kathryn Williams is often described as 'a songwriter’s songwriter', her timeless and searching work has earned her accolades, critical acclaim, and a loyal fan-base. While her best-known work is characterised by rich and honest songwriting inspired by the greats, Williams has continually been able to evolve as an artist because she’s always looked outside of such boundaries - she continues to listen and learn while, at the same time, writing with a fiery spirit and a sense of adventure that has never once wilted.

No Joy formed in November 2009 when guitarist/vocalist Jasamine White-Gluz was living in Los Angeles and guitarist/vocalist Laura Lloyd was living in Montreal. The pair wrote songs as long-distance collaborators until White-Gluz moved to Montreal and they could play shows together.

Arriving in 2022, Irish artist Meryl Streek was unaware of the impact his clash of experimental electronica and explosive punk would have on the music scene around him. Armed with just a microphone and a laptop, in less than a year the Dublin based producer went from playing his first show in a local squat to performing live at Kentish Town Forum, London, supporting post-punk legends Public Image Ltd. Meryl Streek's debut album 796 (2022) cemented itself as one of the most visceral, important political records of the decade so far, with one critic praising it as the most incendiary and important punk rock album of the year (Paul Brannigan/Louder). Though rooted in Irish socio-political commentary, the album's themes resonated with people around the world, leading to live performances across Europe and as far as Gran Canaria. Songs For The Deceased once again saw the Irish artist enter Darklands Audio with producer Dan Doherty (Fontaines D.C.). The outcome is a kaleidoscopic fusion of news samples, distorted guitars, electronic beats, and traditional Irish music, all laying the foundation for Streek's impassioned spoken word performance. To push the music into new spaces, Meryl Streek invited guest musicians to collaborate. Benefits Kingsley Hall provides spoken word to the album's Interlude, Cal Graham from UK punks The Chisel appears on Dogs and influential guitarist Oliver Ackermann (A Place to Bury Strangers) delivers a feedback soaked outro for the song Murder. Lyrically the songs veer from the deeply personal (Paddy is a tribute to his uncle Paddy, a unique individual who chose to live life by his own terms) to historic tragedies (Stardust remembers the victims of the fire that took place at the Stardust venue Feb 14th 1981, killing 48 people and leaving families begging for answers as to why the disaster happened in the first place). This is a collection of stories about Betrayal, Murder, Injustice, and Corruption around my hometown of Dublin. explains Meryl Streek. It's not just happening in Ireland, it's happening around the world and were supposed to just take it lying down. Politically charged and sonically vibrant, Songs For The Deceased isnt just a statement about Ireland, it's a call to arms around the world.

Info Coventry Pride takes place on Saturday the 9th August 2025. Coventry Pride is a registered charity, which relies entirely on donations, grants and community volunteers. Our core aim is to promote equality, diversity and advances in education, in order to eliminate discrimination against the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and others (LGBT+) Community. Every year, Coventry plays host to our annual Pride event. We’ve gone from strength-to-strength since our inception in 2015. We now host events almost every week of the year, running support groups for our LGBT+ community and promoting local LGBT+ initiatives, businesses and fundraisers. Theme To follow Parade To follow Festival To follow After party To follow

Modern Nature the name taken from the title of Derek Jarman's garden diaries is the new project of Jack Cooper, ex of Ultimate Painting, Mazes and Will Young of Beak featuring Aaron Neveu of Woods and Sunwatchers' Jeff Tobias on saxophone.

Whitney K is the coming man! Described by UNCUT Magazine as a Nomadic Canadian channelling magical realism, country rock and Lou Reed he brings his band and new album to the streets of Bedford for a night wild rock n roll through the lens of a master storyteller and poet. It's going to be a wild ride and you'll want to be able to say you were there! This promises to be something very special with the added bonus of slacker Americana hipsters Flypaper unfurling their flag in support. Book early. Stay late.

Forming in 2019 and consisting of Kingsley Hall on vocals and Robbie Major on synths, beats and noise , Benefits quickly evolved in to a group that aims to merge noise, house, hip hop, industrial rock, electronica, and an angry social media feed to get it's point across. A resolutely DIY outfit they have managed to gain fans as diverse as Sleaford Mods, Steve Albini, Black Francis, Garbage, Jehnny Beth and Elijah Wood as well as getting significant features in the NME, Rolling Stone, the Guardian, and the Quietus. In 2023 they released their debut album NAILS on Invada Records which garnered significant critical acclaim as well as numerous album of the year nods, most significantly from Louder Than War magazine and BBC6music. An inspiring, loud and formidable live outfit they kept the momentum going with their follow up album, Constant Noise, which topped the list of best reviewed albums in the world when released in March 2025.

The 14 Iced Bears were formed in 1985 in Brighton, UK. Their first single, Inside/Blue Suit/Cut, attracted the attention of legendary Radio 1 DJ John Peel Two Peel Sessions followed in 1986 and 1987. The band were part of the C86 wave - a movement often credited with the birth of Indiepop and the launch of a whole genre of music - that would inspire many future bands. The band has supported acts such as Julian Cope, Alex Chilton, and the Velvet Underground. After a couple of hiatuses, the band reformed once again in 2024. Enthusiastically received shows followed in Sheffield, Paris, London, Glasgow, and Leeds. The band mainly headlined and also played with The Vaselines, Heavenly, and Miki Berenyi (ex-Lush). Perennial hails from New England and makes intense, chaotic and beautiful noisy experimental art punk.

Pink Shabab plays 'soda-pop heartbreak-funk'. ITL is a band featuring Mike (In Lowercase) Mason (Batsch) Alice (Paradise of The Titans) and Jim

James Adrian Brown is the former lead guitarist of the alternative rock band Pulled Apart By Horses. After achieving chart success, touring the world, and releasing four critically acclaimed studio albums with PABH, James has begun paving a new path in instrumental electronic music and composition. Brown's solo work is heavily electronica-based, utilising analogue synths alongside tape machines, piano, strings, and immersive ambient atmospherics. His focus lies in the analogue process of capturing and creating sound using physical hardware. He has received support from the likes of Gideon Coe on BBC 6 Music and Chris Hawkins, who championed him for creating massive electronic soundscapes in a Mogwai kind of world. James was also featured on BBC Radio 3's Unclassified by host Elizabeth Alker. Taking inspiration from artists such as Boards of Canada, Rival Consoles and Thom Yorke, Brown is exploring, evolving, and pushing his songwriting into bold new sonic territories. His debut album is set to be released on the revered UK electronic label Castles In Space, marking a significant new chapter in his journey as a solo artist. Sulk Rooms A pseudonym of Yorkshire based composer Thomas Ragsdale, the music of Sulk Rooms draws the link between euphoric electronica and smoke engulfed drones.

Sporting one of the most memorable and charismatic voices in the music scene, Pete Fij(alkowski) returns with new solo material and a raft of brand new indie pop classics. Pete first burst onto the scene in the early 90s as the frontman and guitarist of post-shoegaze / pre-Britpop band Adorable, whose 1993 album Against Perfection, released on the legendary Creation Records, is regularly referred to as a lost indie classic, with the band picking up multiple 'Single of the Week' awards in the NME, and topping the Indie charts. Noel Gallagher once told Creation Records' Alan McGhee that dropping Adorable from the label was one of his biggest mistakes, whilst other artists such as Ash, Slowdive, Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Air Formation and Brian Jonestown Massacre have all expressed their admiration for the band. Following this he joined up with his brother Krzys to form One Little Indian band Polak (Swansongs 2000 / Rubbernecking 2002) which took in influences from the likes of Sparklehorse, Radiohead and dEUS, and led The Independent to call him "the most gifted lyricist since Jarvis Cocker last put pen to paper". There then followed a musical exile, after having what Pete now describes as a musical breakdown before re-emerging alongside celebrated House of Love guitarist Terry Bickers to release two critically acclaimed albums as Pete Fij / Terry Bickers on 2014's Broken Heart Surgery, and 2017's We Are Millionaires, winning the Roundtable 'Single of The Week' on Steve Lamacq's BBC 6Music show - "Beautiful" (MOJO) "Unfailingly lovely" (UNCUT) "Stunning" (OHM) "Beautifully constructed" (Q). Adorable then reformed for a few weeks in 2019 for a series of one off dates that sold out in record time, playing bigger venues than they did in their heyday and then broke up again. After another musical hiatus, he's back: Having spent a few years working in a care home during Covid alongside working as a funeral celebrant, and after years of singing downbeat songs of heartbreak and loss, I thought I'd go more upbeat and kick some indie ass. The working title of his forthcoming LP is appropriately enough 'Up's The New Down' (to be released in 2026) and sees him embracing his fuzzed up dream-pop guitar past, as well as incorporating elements of electronica and pop. Pete's lush and rich baritone voice has been compared to Lee Hazlewood, Lou Reed and Richard Hawley in the past and fans will be pleased to hear that, if anything, it's sounding stronger, more urgent and characterful than ever. Having built up a reputation as an intelligent and talented songwriter, as well as a dynamic live performer, these new songs add an exciting new chapter to Pete's zig zag career in music.

Immersion are Malka Spigel and Colin Newman best known for their work with Minimal Compact and Wire. The project emerged in the early 1990s and has always prided itself on a diversity in approach and an ability to be both self-contained and a vehicle for collaboration. recent work has seen Immersion collaborating with the likes of Tarwater, Laetitia Sadier, Ulrich Schnauss, Scanner, Thor Harris, Cubzoa in their ongoing Nanocluster series of events and albums. The couple also have a weekly music radio show called Swimming In Sound and play in the band Githead, alongside Robin Rimbaud (Scanner) & Max Franken.

The Cords, Grace and Eva are a Scottish, jangle, DIY indie pop sister duo who channel classic C86 straight from the heart.