First published on April 17th, 2026

what a year! with loads of live shows, new releases, awards, and plenty of content for you all, there’s loads to talk about!

BRAIN APE VINYL

after 14 years of being a band BRAIN APE finally have VINYL!

click here to browse their entire catalogue, including releases that have never been made available on streaming services!

AWARDS

scratch rock won an award this year!

a big thank you to luxlife magazine for awarding our label best london independent record label of 2025 - all our ethical hard work is paying off

but that’s not all!

we have also been nominated by corporate livewire for their industry awards this year in the innovation and excellence awards category - who knew that being ethical and underground would be so well received?

THE KID AND I

festival season is fast approaching and THE KID AND I are set to perform at this year’s lifest and the todd in the hole

these shows aren’t to be missed!

ARE YOU A DRUMMER?

THE KID AND I will be holding drumming auditions soon!

click here to register your interest in joining nmg’s best band of 2025 nominee

CHANTY TRES-VAIN

chanty has announced her NEW ALBUM …no more.!

available WORLDWIDE!

NEW MERCH

we’ve dropped a bunch of new merch!

click here for new BRAIN APE MERCH

and click here to support the label and its artists by nabbing some new scratch rock merch!

OWN IT

STILL SANE

a huge THANK YOU to all of you for helping us raise so much money for charity since we relaunched our line of still sane merch!

there is still some stock left BUT IT’S SELLING OUT FAST - nab yours now by clicking here to help us raise money for one of the uk’s leading cancer charities!

and for those of you who are old school fans of the late band you can find their only ever release on vinyl and cd by clicking here 

THANK YOU

phew, what a long blog post! we truly have been busy here at scratch rock!

let us know what you think of our artists’ latest releases, merch, and news! and thank you, as ever, to all of you for the unwavering support that you have always shown us and our artists. without people like you, our organisation could not exist