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Darlington's pollyfromthedirt has moved to London for the opportunities. His one man show, part laptop, part "real music" treads the personal with broadly British. Ahead of a set at the debut So Young Weekender, we chat with pollyfromthedirt about the people in his world and how his writing location can impact the sounds he's making. In Birmingham, rapper and producer Tony Bontana is preparing for another record release. 'My Name' follows support shows with the likes of YHWH Nailgun, Mark William Lewis, Nourished By Time, TAGABOW and Dry Cleaning, a collection of artists which reflects the range of influence in his music. Our interview spans metal, new favourites Some Images of Paradise, and the dissection of a name, the subject that informs the title of Tony Bontana's upcoming record.

Issue Sixty is our first magazine of 2026 and welcomes a longtime favourite to the cover, NYC's Fcukers are on the front. The duo of Shanny Wise and Jackson Walker Lewis developed early hype breaking out of the NYC band scene in 2023, delivering indie-sleaze adjacent alternative pop in the full band format. Since those beginnings, it's difficult to pin down a point where they've stopped, slowed down or even taken a breath, and It's remarkable to think they found the time to write and record debut album 'Ö' (out March 27th via Ninja Tune). From throwing their own parties in empty pools, supporting indie heavyweights, LCD Soundsystem and Tame Impala, and DJ sets in Ibiza for Boiler Room - Fcukers have found their own place in this world, straddling the audiences of alternative rock and dance with conviction. We chat with Jackson and Shanny on delivering an electronic album with real variety, missing Bono, The Edge and Chris Martin, and the importance of lasers.

In the United States, two new names that we've been getting excited for are Prewn and Robber Robber. Prewn is the longtime project, born out of Covid, from Massachusetts' Izzy Hagerup. With the October 2025 album, 'System' generating momentum, we checked in via Zoom to hear her journey as a musician and how this developed to form what we now know as Prewn. Burlington, Vermont is the home of new Fire Talk Records signings Robber Robber. Their second record 'Two Wheels Move the Soul' is on its way in April and we can't wait. Our interview spans their DIY approach to recording and their ambition to tour as much as possible.

RIP Magic, are a new band featuring Marco Pini of Sorry, and a project taken seriously off the back of Tyler, The Creator's positivity towards the music at a hotel DJ set. Following the release of their debut sounds in 2025, RIP Magic have just shared '5words', a single released by DFA and produced by James Murphy. At the fifth (maybe sixth) time of asking, the band were finally ready to have a chat and it's inside.

The Femcels are a London based duo, formed of Rowan Miles and Gabriella Turton, who've released their debut album "I Have To Get Hotter' this year. Capturing the fun yet erratic nature of any deep and possibly intoxicated friendship, it's fun to try and keep up with The Femcels atop of their glitchy, electro-indie-pop. We ask about their favourite shoes, bonding over emo boys and recording on a diet of Buzzballs and In this magazine's edition of Who Are You?, we ask the basics to Some Images of Paradise, ladylike, Ellie O'Neil, casual smart, lttl mort, Group A.D and the north.

Belfast duo Chalk are set to release their debut album 'Crystalpunk' in March, a title which not only defines the sounds you'll find on the album, but inspired their creation. Ahead of its release we speak to the band about the history the album wrestles with, and their personal experience of growing up in the North of Ireland. To finish us off, Leeds' Adult DVD have announced their signing to renowned label, Fat Possum. Ahead of some inevitable 'big things coming' posts, we spoke to the band about the development of the group and their need to stress that their songs ARE NOT about themselves.

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Bleech 9:3 have been embracing every live opportunity afforded to them over the last 18 months. Formed in and around Dublin, the four-piece have been developing a serious reputation for their performative rock shows, and a loyal digital following which is driving a dizzying momentum for a band built upon sobriety. We discuss the band's formation, growth and creative inspirations inside.

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What's exciting you at the minute outside music?

Honestly, music is my life init - no corny shit. There's this band from Ireland called Some Images of Paradise. I don't think I've ever been so excited about a group of musicians. There's a band from London called Hitmen who are really, really fucking sick. It's like if The Strokes and Dinosaur Jr. had a baby. And Novelist of course!

I'm so thankful someone else loves Novelist I've been flying his flag for years now!

From early, this kid was a child prodigy! I am so passionate about Nov and his music. He's been doing what he's doing for a long time, but he just continues to raise the bar. He's one of these people that came to Birmingham last year and done a set with all the Birmingham MCs on our local station called Birmingham Sounds Radio. One of the best sets in Brum in the past decade at least. That guy is a legend and when he gets his flowers, it's going to be a big bunch!

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B: Definitely that visual aspects film 100 percent, even pictures sometimes. Books, I've been absolutely just fucking blown away by the writing of Cormac McCarthy. I'm reading All The Pretty Horses at the moment, just the turn of phrase, a way of describing something. In the moment when I'm reading the book, I don't read a passage or get an image of something or get a sense or a feeling and run to the guitar. But what it does is it instils something in a deeper place and then in the dead of the night when you're sitting actually working on something all of these things colour your mind. I definitely get my meat and potatoes of inspiration out of spiritual stuff, the Bible, two pillars of good and evil. What happens in a person's heart.

S: That's why I think like our relationships between each other, being what they are, it's so crucial to the creation.

You said "I'm truer to myself when performing" - can you elaborate on that and the role of performativity? And then, how do you see the sort of studio/live difference?

S: I said that quote and what I meant by it was I'm a guitar player. The way I'm communicating is through my performance and sonically, without words. In early recovery I struggled with a lot of self-esteem, a lot of confidence issues, but then suddenly when I'm playing guitar on stage, I never have any of those issues. I feel like a truer version of myself when I'm doing the thing I love so much, which is performing the songs I love. This (the interview) is performing for me. The studio and live thing - the studio live thing for us at this stage works like this. You could spend three days in the studio on a song, [spend money of equipment] and it could sound absolutely dogshite because you know there's no possible way of recreating it. However, that rule doesn't apply the other way around. You go play a song live you spend as much time and effort; you could record it in two hours it'll sound amazing.

Same, it's the notion that - "everyone's got a fascist within them" - we have to take these things seriously.

S: Like something in the news or something and it really shocks you, people are kind of shocked and horrified most at the things that deep down they know themselves are capable of. That's why it shocks and horrifies you the most. Just to go back to the original question, with the music process some of my favourite things especially with Paris, Texas was how much I related to that movie artistically creatively and just in my own personal life. I hadn't seen the movie when we wrote that stuff and when I saw it, it just suddenly encapsulated it.

Do you identify as an Irish band, is that something you want to be important to Bleech's identity, as opposed to say being a rock band?

B: The world needs good men you know. Life is the greatest opportunity to partake in this whole cosmic dance, you can really make a difference and it's not about being a fucking superhero, it's this simple everyday task about just turning up and being good. I'm not sure if young men have been getting that message.

B: We're very proud to be Irish, proud of where we come from. Sam's guitar part in 'Ceiling', that's like an Irish trad fiddle part and the melodies, the sense of atmosphere obviously you can't help it, the sound of the Land, it seeps into your bones, to grow up in a place. Do I think of our music as Irish music? I don't know if I do, music definitely doesn't have any borders. It's pretty cool if you can write a song and someone halfway across the world receives it and it communicates something to them. That's part of the magic of music. We're proud to be Irish, you know, it's part of the DNA of Bleech. I'm just not sure if you could call it Irish music.

What comes next - music, EP's, tours - what can you announce?

S: We have a busy touring schedule this year, we have plans for 250-plus shows and we have another single coming out in March. An EP coming out in May. And much more we can't announce just yet...

Where else in culture do you sort of draw inspiration from away from music?

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Z: I think Nina's just got a very distinct voice that she uses in her writing, and that's just something that was there from the beginning and probably won't be going away anytime soon.

We've also been struggling with a ton of venues closing in the last couple years, so we have some really great events that happen but it's not like there's always a tonne of music and touring acts stopping in Burlington. We're just lucky we have a lot of creative friends who are awesome and supportive here.

N: It's some of the things that I'm drawn to processing. Some of the songs on 'Two Wheels Move the Soul' are about more specific minute little things - it's kind of neurotic, in a way - the song 'Talkback' is about stewing in your own head and more pinpointed. Then there's some more macro lens songs - I feel like 'The Sound it Made' is very much a collage of a lot of different things.

In the year after releasing 'Wild Guess' you toured quite extensively, and you have a big tour in a few months for the release of 'Two Wheels Move the Soul'. How have you found playing the experimental nature of your music live?

I was lucky enough to listen to your album before its release, and initially my favourite track is 'New Year's Eve' - could you tell me some backstory on the track?

N: We love playing live, I feel like when we're writing songs we write them a lot with the idea of the live show. in mind. Some of the stuff on this next record is a little bit trickier with double lead vocals or some insane guitar sounds, so we've been trying to troubleshoot exactly how we can make it translate live - but I'm feeling pretty confident that it will be cool.

Z: It started out as the four of us jamming that song out spontaneously, I happened to be recording on my phone and the two of us went and made a demo inspired by the voice memo with arrangements. It had been pretty quick and natural, as soon as we made a beat that was very East coast boom-bap Nina just knew exactly what to do with the vocals.

Who are your artistic and musical inspirations for Robber Robber?

Z: Mostly things you would see physically in the real world, not just things you consume on your phone or computer. I feel like we're mostly inspired by road signs, or billboards, or stickers on the side of a dumpster or something like that.

N: Yeah, when you made the boom-bap beat, I knew this one's got to be more of the monotone, almost rap-like delivery. That was the first song we'd ever written that was more along those lines, and I remember it was really hard to figure out a vocal part I'd be really confident with I feel like that one pushed my comfort zone a lot. Now it's one of my favourites on the record too, I'm really excited about it.

N: Zack and I do most of the art ourselves, and a lot of it tends to be incredibly collaborative as well, we end up bouncing back and forth off of each other a lot and I think that puts things in a different place that either of us would have necessarily ended up on on our own.

Z: I feel like we have the most success from steering away from whatever would be the natural thing to do, and 'New Year's Eve' is an example of that.

What else is in store for you in 2026 after your new release at the start of the year?

Could you tell me what the music scene in Burlington is like?

N: We want to tour as much as we can, we just love going out and playing. I love meeting other bands and being on the road. I feel really grateful that our band is a band that really fucks with touring - touring is really hard, and a crazy emotional and physical task to do, but so far we all still really love doing it so we're just hoping to be out there. I hope people connect with the record, and we're writing more already too - I'm excited to keep it coming.

N: It's great, we have a lot of friends who are making amazing music out of here. We all went to college together and started these bands, and I think we all motivated each other to go for it and start booking our own DIY tours together. Lily Seabird and Greg Freeman are two of our best friends who are also in amazing musical acts that are nationally and internationally touring now.

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