Welcome to Shoreditch Radio’s Alternative New Music Friday, your weekly curated dive into the sounds currently vibrating through the backstreets of Shoreditch and beyond. Spring air is thick with a sense of reinvention. This week’s list is a masterclass in texture, led by the expansive curiosity of Gregory Uhlmann. Fresh off his International Anthem release Extra Stars, the track “Days” is a standout seven-minute odyssey. It’s a dusty, hauntological piano piece that feels like watching ivy slowly reclaim a forgotten East London warehouse—cinematic, eerie, and deeply human.

Pivoting from the ethereal to the grounded, indie legend Joe Pernice (of Pernice Brothers fame) returns with “The Black and the Blue” from his latest solo effort. It’s a track that leans into a Warren Zevon-esque “Excitable Boy” grit, featuring a wicked boogie piano lead that cuts through the Sunday-morning-after malaise. It’s a song for the seekers, paired perfectly on this week’s playlist with Calid’s “Baran”—a track that brings a needed dose of international rhythmic heat, proving that the most interesting sounds of 2026 are those that refuse to stay in a single lane.

Further down the dial, we’re getting stuck into the glitchy, post-genre world of The Phone Call’s “SDBH” and the percussive minimalism of Asna’s “Djeka.” For those who like their Friday afternoon with a side of political edge, OldBoy Rhymes brings the heat with “King Louis XVI,” a track that feels particularly relevant in our current climate of high-society reckonings. Whether you’re nursing a flat white on Redchurch Street or pre-gaming for a night at The Old Blue Last, these ten tracks are the definitive soundtrack to your weekend. Stay weird, Shoreditch.