Scottish New Music Round-up: November 2026

Welcome to the November new look Music Now column, celebrating as much Scottish music as we can squeeze into a page. We'll start where we usually do, by acknowledging what we missed last month... as well as everything we did cover, we missed a few key singles from the likes of The Spook School, Alice Faye, Brooke Combe, LAMAYA, LOLA!, DOSS, Megan Black, Gun Ghaol and Limonead and philomenah, plus an album from Alas De Liona. This month, turn back a page for reviews of albums from Katie Gregson-MacLeod, Post Coal Prom Queen, F.O. Machete and the Edinburgh College of Art-formed Django Django, plus thoughts on the new EP from Tina Sandwich.

Also this month, as well as everything laid out below, BMX Bandits celebrate 40 years of making music with compilation 15 Big Ones (20 Nov), while James Yorkston celebrates 25 years on Domino Records with La Magnifica (27 Nov). De Rosa’s Martin Henry and Life Without Buildings’ Robert Dallas Gray release Summer Visitor (6 Nov), their third album as WHIN, and Erland Cooper releases Dawn Chorus (20 Nov), a 100th birthday present for Richard Attenborough. You can also expect new singles from Pippa Blundell and Fergus McCreadie, Eyes of Others, Brògeal and Rianne Downey, Other People's Leisure, Nama Kuma and Khalid Al Khajah amongst others. 

Paulie Swan
Swans Tomorrow
[self-release, 3 Nov]
We caught up with Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter and producer Paulie Swan following the release of his astonishing debut EP, Swans Today, back in the summer. Following a busy run of live appearances at the likes of Green Man, Left of the Dial and both Pitchfork London and Paris, the inimitable talent releases a brand new five-track EP, Swans Tomorrow, this month.

Kohla
Fantasy
[self-release, 6 Nov]
Written while experiencing debilitating endometriosis and complex PTSD, Edinburgh singer-songwriter and producer Kohla says working on Fantasy gave her “a purpose at a very dark time in my life.” Combining her classical prowess with neo-soul, R’n’B and cinematic pop, Fantasy explores romance, desire, spirituality, mortality, physical and mental health, memory and human connection.

Kohla. Credit: Molly Thomson.

Kai Reesu
Kompromat vol. II
[self-release, 13 Nov]
Winners of the 2025 SAY Award for their debut, Kompromat vol.I, Kai Reesu aren’t slowing down any time soon. Almost a year to the date since winning arguably the biggest award in Scottish music, the Glasgow-based jazz and hip-hop outfit return with Kompromat vol. II, a 75-minute body of work that they’re super proud of. The album streams from 13 November, with a vinyl pressing to follow.

Laurie Corlett-Donald
Dunedin
[self-release, 13 Nov]
Laurie Corlett-Donald has been making beautiful music for years, first as a member of Discopolis, who would become Stillhound, later producing club-ready tracks as Trembler. Stepping out from behind the guise of a moniker, this month sees Corlett-Donald release Dunedin, a multimedia exploration of his hometown via ten gorgeous tracks that combine contemporary classical and ambient electronica.

Laurie Corlett-Donald. Credit: Goretti Castellano.

Michael Cassidy
The Nurse’s Son
[Vertical Records, 13 Nov]
Glasgow-based singer-songwriter Michael Cassidy, who counts Lewis Capaldi as a fan, is set to release The Nurse’s Son this month. Describing it as his "most ambitious and personal body of work to date”, it was written across a four-year period and explores themes of family, relationships, love, loss and identity, reflecting on the ever-changing world around him and the social issues that have shaped his life.

KATERINA.
All the Levitating Girls From Mars
[self-release, 19 Nov]
Glasgow-based Greek singer-songwriter KATERINA. first featured in the mag back in 2023 thanks to Popgirlz. With only one single under her belt then, this month she releases her second EP. Recorded with Luigi Pasquini at Dystopia Studio, All the Levitating Girls From Mars' alt-pop-folk tracks feature contributions from Jenny Clifford, Mandy Clarke, Lauren McDonald, Maria Zhuravlova and Juan Laforet.

KATERINA. Credit: Demelza Kingston. 

Dara Dubh
Go Like Crazy Big Moon
[self-release, 20 Nov]
Following a stacked summer which saw her perform alongside Valtos at the Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh-based, Irish alt-folk singer-songwriter and harpist Dara Dubh releases her long-awaited debut album. With storytelling and the celebration of female creativity at its heart, across its 11 tracks Dubh combines traditional folk with a contemporary pop sensibility, all built around her gorgeous harp.

Caitlin Connor
Patterns
[self-release, 27 Nov]
After years of working behind the scenes in the music industry, the end of last month saw Glasgow singer-songwriter Caitlin Connor release her debut single, Quiet Quitting, a song about the realisation that a relationship is ending. Followed by her debut EP this month, she embraces pop across its four tracks, with the influence of early Self Esteem heard on I think we secretly hate each other, the title saying all you need to know.