Dynamic London pop artist and producer CHINCHILLA lets out seething frustration spawned from betrayal and heartbreak on her angry atmospheric single 'Viper', out and available to relate to now.

Calgary’s queer, femme-run DIY five-piece SHY FRiEND bring huge feelings, alt-pop hooks and their “TO BE CRINGE IS TO BE FREE” philosophy to LOUD WOMEN Fest Toronto.

Poesie joined Cassie Fox and Anastasiia Starkova for a gorgeous live session on this week’s LOUD WOMEN Radio Show on Resonance 104.4FM.

Everett True revisits Hole’s Live Through This, tangled up in memory, myth, Courtney Love and a past that sounds dangerous enough without being remastered in exceptional clarity.

Post-melodic nu-metal all female four-piece, Zilqy has released their first full length studio album, Birth of Riot via Maverick DC Group. From its down tuned, crushing riffs to ethereal hooks, the album delivers exactly what it promises: an explosive arrival.The ten-track LP showcases a striking balance of low-end heaviness and soaring melodies. It is an ambitious, tightly crafted record that no doubt will solidly establish the band on the global metal stage.

ROE turns grief, heartbreak and the strange holes left in everyday life into a tender, restless new album.

Violet Grohl brought quiet confidence, dark alt-rock textures and magnetic intimacy to Liverpool’s Jacaranda.

Antwerp’s ILA channel heartbreak into something heavier and cathartic on ‘Sorry’, the latest single from forthcoming album Motherland.

Louisiana deathgrind powerhouse BRAT return with Manslayer, the follow-up to their 2024 debut Social Grace. Composed of Liz Selfish (vocals), Brenner Moate (guitar), Eoghan McCarthy (guitar), Dustin Eagan (drums) and Ian Hennessey (bass), BRAT take their sound to the next level on Manslayer.

Swedish duo 7ebra release their second album, How To Land a Plane. Made up of twin sisters Inez and Ella Johansson, the duo follow up their acclaimed debut Bird Hour with a more introspective album that explores the confusion and contradictions of being in your late twenties.

South London-based multidisciplinary artist Clara Mann shares ‘Oblivion’, taken from her upcoming album Wishbone, out 23 October via state51.

South London duo Sandhouse announce their second EP Pollyanna, out 30 October via Broke Records, and share new single ‘Gasoline’.

Colorado-born singer-songwriter and multimedia artist Riley Max releases her new album What It Takes, a coming-of-age follow-up to her debut ROY G BIV, which she recorded at just 18 years old.

Nashville’s Baby Wave signs to Saddle Creek and drops new single ‘The Scene Is Changing’ alongside an official music video shot at DIY spot Ryman 2, featuring local bands Impediment, McKay, Sabby, Soot, Superhero, Total Wife, and Venus and the Flytraps.

San Luis Potosí queer trio Brokentear bring their fuzzy collision of punk, grunge and shoegaze to LOUD WOMEN Fest Colorado.

Irish bitchpop four-piece BABYRAT have released their long-awaited debut single ‘Roses’ - the post-breakup clarity anthem that shows the perfect cure for a broken heart is a night on the town in Cork City.

How would you really feel if someone tried to seduce your partner right in front of you? And what if they actually succeeded? Laila, the new single from Los Angeles duo Belle and Chain, made up of Spencer Grammer and Davis IL, dives headfirst into that whirlwind of jealousy, guilt, desire, anger and resignation that can overwhelm you when a relationship begins to fall apart.

Vanishing Twin return with their new album, Archives.

Los Angeles band Starling release their new EP, Plexus, alongside the official music video for ‘Sunbeam’, the EP’s opening track.

Southern California rockers Death Valley Girls release their new album, Welcome To Earth, this Friday, 9 October, via Suicide Squeeze Records. Forged from the emotional aftermath of a devastating Los Angeles wildfire, Welcome To Earth emerged from a moment of loss and tragedy for singer Bonnie Bloomgarden.

Colorado Springs five-piece GUNK! bring hardcore punk, sludge, feminist rage, DIY community spirit and FEMICIDE to LOUD WOMEN Fest Colorado.

The secret’s out: Toronto’s Chinese Medicine complete the lineup for the first ever LOUD WOMEN Fest Toronto at Baby G on 6 November.

Decolonise Fest 2026 was a fierce, joyful celebration of punk by people of colour, community and resistance, with a brilliant bill bringing together rage, solidarity and seriously good music.

Hailing from Newcastle upon Tyne, DOG DAYS formed in early 2025, with members aged between 16 and 18 who are already showing a clear sense of musical direction. Their second single, Starting Again, follows ‘Petals’ and is further proof of their potential.

Poesie joins Cassie Fox live on Resonance 104.4FM this Tuesday, with a live session, chat and loads of brilliant new music.

From the street, the house looks perfect. Inside, everything is about to go up in flames. That contradiction sits at the heart of Perfect House, MX LONELY's new EP, released just a few months after their debut album, All Monsters. On that record, the New Yorkers went looking for monsters in the darkest corners. Here they bring them straight into the house, with four songs from different stages of the band's life, reworked in their own studio.

LOUD WOMEN Fest lands in Meanjin/Brisbane for the first time on 29 November, with 12 bands taking over The Brightside.

Meet Gemma Rogers, bringing razor-sharp storytelling, indie-pop hooks and plenty of punk attitude to the LOUD WOMEN 11th birthday party at the Hope & Anchor.

Bugeye + Spit Sisters + Angered Kenneth + King of Everything take over The Lady Luck, Canterbury on 11 October for a completely free LOUD WOMEN show.

Albuquerque punks All Thicc talk getting pissed off, abortion rights, surviving Covid, homemade pot brownies, mysterious alleyways and new music ahead of LOUD WOMEN Fest Colorado.

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Last year’s LOUD WOMEN Fest Naarm/Melbourne sold out, so of course we’re coming back. Twelve bands take over Bergy Bandroom on Sunday 22 November.

Glasgow's Cowboy Hunters share their highly requested single, ‘Punched In The Head’. A heavy-hitting bop driven by distorted, buzzy sounds, the track has already racked up over 3 million views on Instagram ahead of its release.

Brooklyn-based, Chicago-born artist Semiratruth releases their new album, S!M. Written, recorded, produced, and mixed entirely by Semira, the 22-track record marks their first instrumental, electronic-focused album.

Brother Bird, the project of singer-songwriter Caroline Glaser, releases her latest album, The Lodge In Miller County, accompanied by new single ‘Spectacle’, featuring Andy Hull.

Rising Los Angeles artist Forest releases her debut album, Swan Dive.

British soulstress Phoenix Laoutaris shares her latest single, ‘Here We Go’.

Gadigal/Sydney, we’re coming back. LOUD WOMEN Fest lands at Waywards Ballroom on Saturday 21 November with 13 brilliant bands.

Team Dresch grace the cover of October’s LOUD WOMEN playlist: 126 songs and 7 hours 20 minutes of brilliant new music, freshly picked by Reva.

Oslo-based artist TULLE shares her new single, ‘The Sandman’.

Phileas Fogg took 80 days. We’re doing it in 58. Come around the world with LOUD WOMEN as our DIY adventure takes us from Newport to Brisbane via London, Halifax, Toronto, Boulder, Tokyo and beyond.

Rising London-based singer-songwriter ARI LEE shares ‘Break The Habit’, the latest single from her upcoming album, What Happens When You Fall In Love In Stepford?, out 6 November.

Meet Pisces, the Leytonstone alt/indie four-piece bringing atmospheric guitars, big feelings and some slippery-fish energy to the LOUD WOMEN 11th birthday party.

It’s Bandcamp Friday. Grab LOUD WOMEN Volume 7, our 10th anniversary vinyl, the Resonance FM Sessions, T-shirts, totes and more, and help keep the DIY machine moving.

Brighton's Amelia & The Housewives delivered a crisp indie debut on their self-titled album, out now via INH Records. Romance is messy, but the band has found a way to package their post-mortems into bursts of pure pop joy. The album is not just catchy riffs and harmonies though, it's a self-aware dissection of relationship dynamics and their shifts, ego checks, and late summer heartbreak.

Welcome to Year of the Horse. Welcome to the year of Cor de Lux. Following three singles that showcased their range, the North Carolina band return with their third album, their first on Ipecac Recordings, produced by J. Robbins. Across nine tracks, post-punk, noise rock, shoegaze and 90s alternative rock come together, pairing abrasive guitars with a keen sense of melody.

Toronto composer, producer and multidisciplinary artist Morgan-Paige brings gothic darkwave, horror, orchestral music and industrial noise to LOUD WOMEN Fest Toronto.

It's probably no coincidence that Sydney Elliott chose BACKBONE as the title of FRANK's second EP, a record about what keeps you standing when everything else falls apart. Following My Darkness Is Not Pitch Black (2025), the Indianapolis-based artist returns with five tracks co-written with Owen Thomas, who also handles production, and mixed by Geoff Swan. Musically, it moves between different styles of alternative rock, with the same backdrop throughout: broken relationships, the wounds they leave behind and how hard it is to put the pieces back together.

Straight from the Belgian underground come Diva Duke, a young four-piece with Steffi Duprez on vocals, Jelle De Vos on guitar, and brothers Warre and Ferre Heyvaerts on bass and drums, respectively. After debuting with "Again", they're back with their second single, Losers From Outer Space, out on Catfight Entertainment. And what a blast of energy it is!

Clutter want to sound “loud and fuzzy” because, as they put it, that’s how they take up space. On their debut LP, Sugar Rush, that idea comes through in the distortion, repetition, dry drums, insistent basslines and vocals that would rather unsettle than soothe. Everything is there to keep the power and immediacy of their live shows intact.