BRISTOL MUSIC WEEKLY
Each Friday we round up the freshest sounds from Bristol’s buzzing scene. From boundary-pushing underground acts to chart-ready anthems, discover the tracks and albums making waves this week. Dive in below and explore what’s new.
This week is heavy on contrasts: Eden Machine bring Bristol metal weight, Night Swimming go widescreen and dreamlike, Sofa Sound keep the D&B pressure moving, Diz Undone delivers a joyful political curveball, and Grandmas House set up their debut album era with bite. Last weekend also felt like Bristol properly stepping into summer: Love Saves the Day, Dot to Dot Festival, bank holiday sunshine, packed venues, city-centre movement and Ashton Court in full festival mode.
A huge, heavy cut from Eden Machine’s album The Mortal Dusk, released 24 May 2026. Dense, dark and full of weight, this absolutely fits the “turn it up” lane for this week.
The full album is a banger too — definitely worth listening through properly.
Diz Undone, formerly Dizraeli, lands the Independent Release of the Week with Follow That Joy, the third single from the upcoming album Love & Rage.
A bright, urgent, bassline-driven track with heart and movement — politically awake, but still full of life.
Dom Carlo “AFT (Dubbers Mix)”
A dub-ready percussive workout from Dom Carlo’s forthcoming Cycles EP, out 2 June. Built around 909 pressure and functional club movement.
K-65 “My Love”
Electro heat from K-65. My Love keeps things late-night and high-energy, with breaks, electro and techno pressure running through it.
Bugslife “Secrets”
A hypnotic club cut from Bugslife EP01. Progressive trance, house and techno textures add a smoother, more rolling electronic lane to the week.
Sunflower Princess “In the End, We All Die”
West Country hardcore punk with dark riffs, shouty vocals and dystopian bite. Short, sharp and heavy — exactly what the title promises.
Jai “My Luv”
Taken from Jai’s Visibility EP, My Luv keeps the Bristol bass spectrum moving with slick UK garage, UKG and dubstep edges.
Love Saves the Day took over Ashton Court in the bank holiday sunshine, with Katie Coxall’s review for The Everyday capturing the colour of the Saturday: big crowds, a huge site, strong organisation, stacked stages, food vendors and a crowd that kept the good vibes moving all day.
The review also shouts out local and emerging names including Douvelle19 and Kylie Wears Berghuas, plus the sillier festival details — Dubtendo, The Twisted Motel, karaoke in a fake lift and a ball pit.
Dot to Dot once again turned Bristol itself into the venue. Vihan’s Bristol24/7 review frames the city as the real headliner: wristbands, venue-hopping, queues on Park Row, packed independent rooms and that classic city-centre movement.
The review highlights Bristol acts such as The Scuttlers, international names including Jawdropped and Mandy, Indiana, plus bigger moments around Goodbye, Lambrini Girls, NewDad, Fcukers, Ratboys and TOOTH.
A strong Saturday pick at Wiper and True’s Brewery Taproom, with Dreamwave, Bite The Buffalo and The Dead Royals on the bill. Free-entry guitar energy with your weekend pint.
The Maisonettes hit Exchange alongside LULU and Resurrection Men. A solid midweek pick for independent guitar music in one of Bristol’s key grassroots rooms.
Indie-folk artist Django Durrant brings his Stories As You Pass By album launch tour to To The Moon. The album releases 29 May, so this Bristol stop lands right as the project starts moving live.