The debut album from Chase McDaniel, Lost Ones, is a testament to the lifesaving power in unmasking your pain. With equal parts soulful intensity and fiery grit, the Kentucky-bred singer-songwriter delivers 12 deeply cathartic co-written songs about his most devastating experiences, including losing his father to addiction at a young age. Built on a bold convergence of timeless Country and brooding Rock and Roll, Lost Ones ultimately fulfills his mission of empowering others to discover their true strength.

"I never imagined I'd write another song, let alone make another album but the timing feels right; in fact, the timing feels perfect!" Alexis Strum releases her third album, 'Swim' through her brand-new label, Strum Records via Absolute Label Services and it's a real pop classic. Featuring her inimitable, deeply honest songwriting and witty pop hooks, it's a formidable return to form and an unbelievable return to music altogether for Alexis, a former songwriter for Kylie, Rachel Stevens and The Thrillseekers. It's an album brimming with electro beats, indie guitars (Strum by name, Strum by nature) and a whole lotta Glockenspiel.

Chloe’s roots run deep - a veteran stalwart of the US and global electronic scenes - starting out working in record shops, to a wildly successful radio career, leading to establishing herself as one of the most in-demand international DJs. From there her production took-off with support from some of the biggest names in the house/techno world. DJing, live performances, production - Chloe has done it all and earned her place as one of the most loved and respected artists around.

The Alien Dub Orchestra is ragtag collective of Bavarian musicians, featuring members of The Notwist and G.Rag y los hermanos Patchekos. The cohort formed around the idea of performing the standards of the fabled Breadminster Songbook, aka the back-catalogue of lone dubman Elijah Minnelli. Minnelli is known for constructing wheezy, forlorn odes to his hometown, both as highly sought-after self-released 7" singles, and a critically-acclaimed debut album, ‘Perpetual Musket’ for FatCat Records, lauded by the likes of The Guardian, The Wire, and The Quietus. ‘The Alien Dub Orchestra: Plays the Breadminster Songbook’ finds group covering Minnelli’s cumbia-infused dub reggae with full band, playing an eclectic array of instruments including: guiro, accordion, melodica, sousaphone, trumpet and assorted percussion.

Trios by acclaimed Brazilian bassist and composer Eduardo Belo is a sophisticated and warmly intimate jazz offering that showcases his profound musicality and deep-rooted connection to the trio format. Featuring a rotating cast of masterful collaborators, the album presents a collection of original compositions and inventive arrangements that blend the rich traditions of Brazilian samba and choro with the harmonic language and improvisational freedom of modern jazz. Recorded with pristine clarity, the interplay between the musicians is nothing short of captivating, with Belo's resonant bass lines providing a fluid and melodic foundation.

Léo Delibes is not only the composer of the famous opera Lakmé: his exquisite ballet scores for Coppélia and Sylvia are notable for their charm and melodic richness. Delibes’ use of leitmotifs and incorporation of folk dances went on to influence other composers, including Tchaikovsky. In contrast, Bartók’s Divertimento for string orchestra, written on the eve of World War II, is a darker and more complex work that blends Baroque forms with an unsettled, modern harmonic language. In these recordings, Sir Adrian Boult once again proves himself to be a particularly inspired conductor, who knows how to draw out the full range of the orchestra’s sound and reveal all the subtleties of each of these works.

LA-based songwriter and producer Jordan Patterson will release her album The Hermit. The album arrives not as a debut, but as a culmination—a spiritual successor to earlier works which first showcased Patterson’s diaristic lyricism and lo-fi inventiveness. This project marks a deepening: in craft, in vision, and in self-trust. It’s the sound of an artist learning not just how to write songs, but how to carry her own light—quietly, steadily, and with profound grace. Entirely self-written and co-produced alongside JEHU and Eric Van Thyne, the project has already found support from Spotify (‘Fresh Finds,’ ‘Lorem,’ ‘Editors’ Picks: Best Songs of August’ + more), Stereogum, FADER, NME, One’s To Watch (Live Nation), and many more.

“Passager” is the title of Henrik Meierkord and Pelle Andersson’s new album released on the Stockholmbased label Ella Ruth Institutet.

Evidently Youth Sector are no strangers to weaving prescient issues of culture and politics into the warm embrace of strong grooves and sing-along choruses, but debut album Pop Couture raises the bar considerably, marking their strongest statement to date. From grift culture to political corruption to the devolution of living standards, Youth Sector prove they can transform the weightiest subject matter into the most irresistible of choruses.

Pavel Haas Quartet, one of the very top ensembles on the worldwide chamber music scene, has been devoting itself to works for string quartet by Bohuslav Martinů for a number of years and has given complete presentations of them, including a series of concerts at London’s Wigmore Hall.