Grime music: News, discussions, and new releases

How To Find New Grime Music: The Guide

2022-04-20T13:16:22+00:00

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Hello everyone,

I recently updated our "Where To Find Grime" wiki with a list of resources on finding new grime.

I imagine some of you may find this useful. Feel free to drop any resources/links etc in the comments as well.

Quick and easy: just sort this subreddit by FRESH and you'll have a feed of new releases :)

The Easy Ways To Find New Grime Music

Bandcamp

A lot of grime releases end up on Bandcamp, use the following tags (there are some additional minor ones as well):

Blogs

These blogs generally post info about new grime releases:

Discord

The #grime-only channel on the /r/grime discord https://discord.gg/STmpA7aFRv often has new grime posted.

We also have a feed for NEW grime uploads on YouTube.

Playlists

Below is a list of playlists across platforms, primarily dedicated to promoting newly released grime music. If you have one, send us a message. Any platform welcome.

Spotify

2025 Grime | Fresh Grime | New Grime (actual grime, no UK hiphop/drill/afro etc) (by /u/Madbrad200)
DiRT & GRiME & STUFF (by GRiNDHOUSE)
Grime 2025 (by Eze)
Grime 3.0 (by Nekkbreth)
Grime Shutdown (by Spotify) - This playlist is auto-generated now (it wasn't always). It reflects new grime releases for me, but it may differ for you.
32 Big Hitters (by Josh)
The Shapin' Grime Playlist (by Shapin' Grime)

note: following artists on Spotify will ensure they show up on your Release Radar playlist.

Tidal

2025 Grime | New Grime | Fresh Grime (actual grime, no UK hiphop/drill/afro etc) (by /u/Madbrad200)

YouTube

2025 Grime / Fresh Grime / New Grime (actual grime, no UK hiphop/drill/afro etc) (by /u/Madbrad200)
Grime Hotlist (by YouTube Music)
Underground Grime (by YouTube Music)

For new radio sets and other misc videos (e.g interviews), try this playlist

note: not all grime is correctly tagged as "MUSIC" on YouTube, and may not be available via YouTube Music.

FILTERING

Sort /r/grime by the FRESH tag and you'll have a neat feed of new releases (either click this link or manually type flair:fresh subreddit:grime in the reddit search bar). Every new release tends to get posted here.

The above filter will also include grime sets, but if you're not interested in sets, you can filter them out by adding -flair:fresh_set like so.

Quick tip: if you're on desktop, you can add this bookmarklet to your bookmarks. If you click it while browsing the r/grime feed, it'll open a new tab with a YouTube playlist of all the videos on the r/grime page you click the bookmarklet on. A quick way to listen to all the videos posted on the r/grime frontpage, for example.

RSS

If you have an RSS reader, you can follow this RSS feed to grab all fresh music submissions from this sub.

INSTRUMENTALS

Check /r/grimeinstrumentals for beats.

Spotify

A bot automatically adds the top upvoted posts every week to a Spotify playlist.

Twitter

Some good accounts to follow that post new releases:

FutureCurse
INTLGrime - GlobalGrime/International Grime posts non-UK grime releases.
Grimemusicgroup
Here's a Twitter list containing the above listed accounts.

Many artists, labels, stations etc can also be found on Twitter. Peep our Twitter Lists:

YouTube

The following channels upload new grime content (see here for YouTube channels that upload old grime content). Note that were are other YouTube channels that upload new grime, but they typically do so more rarely, and are not listed here as a result. Also not included are artist-specific channels.

1Forty
Balamii
Birmingham Sounds Radio
Brasil Grime Show - Outlet for Brazilian grime.
crowdcntrl
Dockside Radio
EverydaySync - Instrumentals
Four7Media
FrakturedPlanet
GlobalGrime
Gullied Out TV
GRIME & GRIND
GRIME STATION 🇧🇷
Grime Originals
Grime Over Here (Russian grime outlet)
GRIMELISMO - Brazilian grime
JDZMedia
Keep Hush - Post grime sets.
Kirby T
Masewindu
Music Militia
Lord of the Mics
L&G. TV
Mode London
Never Shook
Oblig
Off-Licence Sessions
Ozone Media
RedBull GMT
Reprezent Radio
Rinse FM
SBTV
Shapin' Grime
SkeenLDN
Station 20
Surge Talent Media (LC Talent Media)
Subtle Radio
TMTV PR
Top SLCTD Grime
Travs Presents
Treehouse Manchester

Radio stations

Radio Cult, on Android or Apple, is highly recommended - it is an app created by people from within the scene and makes it easy to listen to stations live that broadcast grime music. Most of the stations you'd want, including the ones below, can be listened to via Radio Cult.

BBC 1Xtra (Sir Spyro, DJ Target)

Timetable: Sir Spyro timetable (every Tuesday 23:00), DJ Target timetable
Where to listen live: bbc.co.uk

1Xtra plays a diverse range of music, but DJ Target and Sir Spyro both have shows where they play plenty of grime. Spyro is more-so grime oriented.

Birmingham Sounds Radio

Timetable: Various, mainly Sunday @ 20:00 (DJ Big Mikee) and 22:00 (DJ Barnzey)
Where to listen live: http://birminghamsoundsradio.com/
Socials: Instagram, Facebook, Soundcloud, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube (multiple: Birmingham Sounds Radio, BSR Live)

LVLZ Radio

Where to listen live: Radio Cult app
Socials: Mixcloud, Soundcloud, YouTube

Mode FM

Timetable: Various shows across the week: Schedule
Where to listen live:
Socials: Mixcloud, Soundcloud, YouTube

Subtle Radio

Timetable: Various, see Schedule
Where to listen live: https://www.subtleradio.com/live-player/
Socials: Insta, Mixcloud, SoundCloud, TikTok, YouTube

Radcap

Russian radio station that plays grime songs.

Where to listen live: radcap (enter url manually)

Resonance 104.4 FM

Timetable: 23:00-00:00 (every Sunday) - check the 'Grime for the unconverted' show.
Where to listen live: https://player.resonancefm.com/
Socials: DJBPM

Rinse FM

One of the best grime stations out there. Rinse FM has a long and storied history. It is generally reliable for high quality radio sets and interviews.

Timetable: rinse.fm/radio/
Where to listen live: Visit rinse.fm/player or tune into 106.8 FM in the Greater London area.
Socials: Mixcloud, Soundcloud, YouTube. The subreddit /r/rinse has a feed of their soundcloud and youtube uploads.