Madra Salach, Michael Kiwanuka and Fontaines D.C. lead our Hot New Songs
Check out new music from Madra Salach, Michael Kiwanuka, Fontaines DC and more.
New music is great, but it’s increasingly hard to find your latest obsession when approximately 840,000 songs land on streaming services every week. So that’s where we come in. Every Friday, the team at Rolling Stone UK will update our Hot New Songs playlist with the stuff that we think you should be getting your ears around this week from the UK and Ireland. Simple.
This week, we’ve highlighted the brilliant new song from Madra Salach, the fantastic return of Michael Kiwanuka and the latest from Fontaines D.C’s upcoming album among many others.
Listen to the playlist below and follow us on Spotify here.
Rolling Stone UK’s picks for October 2 2026.
Madra Salach – ‘Ribbon Factory’
Fontaines D.C. – ‘Tongue’
Michael Kiwanuka – ‘Summer Clothes’
Holly Humberstone – ‘Too Cute To Be Lonely’
Rachel Chinouriri – ‘Broken chair’
Joesef – ‘Separate’
Marie Franc – ‘Wildfires’
MURPHY – ‘Energy Giver’
Jessie Marcella – ‘Aventurine’
Cristale – ‘Never Leave Me’