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 rollicking return of Midlands noisemakers Big Special, the solo debut of Divorce‘s Felix Mackenzie-Barrow and the latest song from rising star Erin LeCount.
Listen to the playlist below and follow us on Spotify here.
Rolling Stone UK’s picks for January 9 2026.
‘SLUGLIFE’ – Big Special
‘Songs Of A Stranger’ – Book of Churches
‘The Banjo Song’ – Mumford & Sons
‘I Believe’ – Erin LeCount
‘We Will Always Be The Way We Were’ – Jack Savoretti
‘Doubled Edged Sword’ – SISTRA
‘Peace Of Mind’ – Wesley Joseph ft Danny Brown
‘Oh Honey!’ – Paige Kennedy
‘Cheddar’ – ELIZA
‘I Love You, But’ – Mayah Delilah
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