Hot Stamp - The Lexington, London - 29th Jan 2026

Story by Ben Avery

17/02/2026

Good Karma Club, hosted by BBC’s Abby McCarthy, reaches an impressive milestone this year: ten years of championing live music. To celebrate, McCarthy is curating a special run of nights titled ‘Future Karma’, spotlighting the artists she believes are on the brink of breaking through in 2026. Tonight’s pick felt like an especially exciting one.

Hot Stamp are North London sisters Jasmine and Poppy, a duo whose sound blends rock and post-punk grit with an electro-pop gloss and a theatrical sense of drama. There’s an energy to them that feels both raw and carefully stylised. Like a band equally at home in a sweaty basement venue or on a festival main stage.

Their TikTok-famous covers of Robyn’s “Dancing On My Own” and La Roux’s “In For The Kill” have already earned them plenty of attention, but tonight was all about letting their own material take centre stage. The only detour was a brilliantly fun mash-up moment: Martin Solveig and Dragonette’s “Hello” woven together with a cheeky flash of Icona Pop’s “I Love It”, sending the crowd into delighted recognition.

Poppy proved herself a mesmerising multi-instrumentalist, switching between a Moog Matriarch analogue synth and electric guitar with ease, building huge, pulsing textures that gave the songs their futuristic edge.

One of the standout moments was “Josephine”, their summer 2025 single, which landed with real force live. Equal parts infectious and hypnotic.

But perhaps the biggest crowd-pleaser was “Diva”, with Jasmine delivering its razor-sharp lines to an audience completely under her spell:

“I’m not a diva / as long as I get my way / and everyone agrees with everything I say.”

It’s high-energy pop with a knowing wink. Playful, bold, and impossible not to move to.

Visually, Jasmine leaned fully into the band’s theatrical side, dressed in a leotard, towering heels, a mini cape and an ankle garter. Part pop star, part ringmaster. For a moment she teetered precariously on those heels, but quickly recovered, adding an extra spark of spontaneity to the performance.

Hot Stamp already feel like a band with momentum, style, and the songs to match. If Future Karma is about predicting the acts set to blow up this year, then this one felt like a very safe bet indeed.