Rain Dogs, Robber Robber, ladylike and cootie catcher lead this week's New Music Discovery playlist
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Every week we're scouring our collective inboxes and brains alongside a vast network of friends and contacts to create a new music playlist for people like us.
With most Friday playlist updates dominated by the same big songs and returning names, we're always trying to go way beyond that to find the exciting new artists taking their first steps who we think will do amazing things. With 20 new songs toploaded each week and updated at midnight every Thursday, this is your crib-sheet to what's bubbling under in the best left of centre sounds from across the globe.
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New Music Discovery, 17 January, 2026
"Nights Are Lonely" by Rain Dogs
"HAVE A HEART" by TURNSPIT
"The Sound It Made" by Robber Robber
"Rome (in progress)" by ladylike
"Puzzle Pop" by cootie catcher
"Nuisance" by Midding
"Miami" by Pigeon
"Am I A Dreamer" by Ava Joe
"It Comes Creeping" by DEADLETTER
"I Wish You Well" by MYLO BYBEE
"w-w-w-w-w" by hemlocke springs
"The Wahs" by Westside Cowboy
"Bumble Been" by Hot Face
"Belly Laugh" by Hetta Falzon
"I’ll Show You Mine" by Victoryland
"Bored" by Melanie Baker
"Highway II" by SUEP
"Y Fedwen (The Birch)" by Huw Marc Bennett and Angela Christofilou
"I Thought Love Meant" by Natalie Jane Hill
"Snug Barber" by Any Young Mechanic
"Aries" by Freja Drakenberg
"Czech New Wave" by Phantom Pink
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