Emma Swann

  1. Superfood incite chaos at London Heaven gig (4th October 2015, Reviews)

  2. East India Youth: “My job - first and foremost - is to get the song out there” (4th October 2015, Features)

  3. Swim Deep: Scream if you wanna go faster (26th September 2015, Features)

  4. Chvrches, Tufnell Park Dome, London (25th September 2015, Reviews)

  5. Baio: “I was going for mournful bangers” (18th September 2015, Features)

  6. The Dead Weather: “It wouldn’t work if you replaced one of the four of us with anybody else” (10th September 2015, Features)

  7. FIDLAR - Too (4th September 2015, Reviews)

  8. Peace: “Everything’s got a bit cool. Who’s a guitar hero now for young kids?” (2nd September 2015, Features)

  9. Bastille give ‘Bad Blood’ the Main Stage send-off it deserves at Reading 2015 (29th August 2015, Reviews)

  10. Drenge keep raising the dial on Reading Festival’s main stage (28th August 2015, Reviews)

  11. Mac DeMarco: “I’ve reeled it in a little bit, but not that much” (8th August 2015, Features)

  12. All systems go: Georgia beats her own drum (7th August 2015, Features)

  13. Leon Bridges settles in at Latitude 2015 (19th July 2015, Reviews)

  14. Theo Verney brings rockier edge to Latitude 2015 (19th July 2015, Reviews)

  15. Warpaint bring heady, spaced-out jams to Latitude 2015 (19th July 2015, Reviews)

  16. Beach Baby settle into a sway at Latitude 2015 (18th July 2015, Reviews)

  17. Georgia plays very short but sweet Latitude 2015 set (17th July 2015, Reviews)

  18. Nao creates a corner of pop magic at Latitude 2015 (17th July 2015, Reviews)

  19. Songhoy Blues ignite a flame at Latitude 2015 (17th July 2015, Reviews)

  20. Wild Beasts hold tight to their throne at Latitude 2015 (17th July 2015, Reviews)

  21. Ain’t it fun - Bleachers: “There was a freedom with this album” (7th July 2015, Features)

  22. Pharrell looks back on a gold-paved career at Glastonbury 2015 (28th June 2015, Reviews)

  23. Gengahr rinse out Glastonbury 2015 with early afternoon set (28th June 2015, Reviews)

  24. Palma Violets dig up gems from a shambles at Glastonbury 2015 (28th June 2015, Reviews)

  25. Lionel Richie embraces Glastonbury 2015’s legend slot (28th June 2015, Reviews)

  26. Jamie T makes up for lost time at Glastonbury 2015 (28th June 2015, Reviews)

  27. Swim Deep switch gears at Glastonbury 2015 (27th June 2015, Features)

  28. Courtney Barnett wows the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury 2015 (27th June 2015, Reviews)

  29. George Ezra brings gigantic crowd to Glastonbury 2015’s Pyramid Stage (27th June 2015, Reviews)

  30. Drenge kick off Glastonbury 2015 with secret set (26th June 2015, Reviews)

  31. Wolf Alice celebrate album release with triumphant opening Glastonbury set (26th June 2015, Reviews)

  32. Hinds perform a raucous set on Glastonbury’s John Peel stage (26th June 2015, Reviews)

  33. The Libertines play secret Pyramid Stage set at Glastonbury 2015 (26th June 2015, Reviews)

  34. Florence + The Machine seizes her moment at Glastonbury 2015 (26th June 2015, Reviews)

  35. Blur bring the hits (and ice creams) to BST Hyde Park (22nd June 2015, Reviews)

  36. Bully: “The album was a shit-ton of work” (22nd June 2015, Features)

  37. The Strokes, Beck wow opening night of BST Hyde Park (19th June 2015, Reviews)

  38. Lucy Rose: “I just wanna keep going forwards, even if it’s only a tiny step” (7th June 2015, Features)

  39. Kid Wave: “I was writing the album when I wanted something else” (6th June 2015, Features)

  40. Drenge: “Why doesn’t everyone find us really funny?” (4th June 2015, Features)

  41. Clarence Clarity: “I drove myself mad making this album” (3rd June 2015, Features)

  42. Liverpool Sound City 2015: Peace, The Cribs and Honeyblood close day three out in style (25th May 2015, Reviews)

  43. Liverpool Sound City 2015: The Vaccines, Swans and Everything Everything bring mania to the Mersey on day one (23rd May 2015, Reviews)

  44. Jamie xx: “Not a lot of people get to be where I am” (22nd May 2015, Features)

  45. The Great Escape 2015: Spector, Girl Band and Gengahr close out the festival (18th May 2015, Reviews)

  46. The Great Escape 2015: Bully, Drenge, Tobias Jesso Jr and Ho99o9 set day two’s agenda (16th May 2015, Reviews)

  47. The Great Escape 2015: LA Priest, Ibeyi and Låpsley stand out on day one (15th May 2015, Reviews)

  48. They don’t love you like I love you: looking back at Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ ‘Fever To Tell’ (30th April 2015, Features)

  49. Drenge play flawless sell-out Electric Ballroom gig (27th April 2015, Reviews)

  50. Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color (17th April 2015, Reviews)

  51. The Wytches, Traams and Dreller stand out at first ever Mirrors London (11th April 2015, Reviews)

  52. LA Priest: “One of the worst sides of humanity is that we seem to copy each other” (6th April 2015, Features)

  53. Live At Leeds 2015 (5th April 2015, Reviews)

  54. Wolf Alice shred nerves with confetti-covered Shepherd’s Bush Empire show (4th April 2015, Reviews)

  55. Charli XCX brings her perfect bubblegum punk to Shepherd’s Bush Empire (28th March 2015, Reviews)

  56. Sleater-Kinney triumph at first London gig in nearly a decade (24th March 2015, Reviews)

  57. Writing for MKS, being mates with A.G. Cook - the world according to Oscar (19th March 2015, Features)

  58. Meet Tobias Jesso Jr.: “Fuck it, people don’t have to like it” (17th March 2015, Features)

  59. Demob Happy: Straight Up Sinners (10th March 2015, Features)

  60. Black Honey: “If it was my way we’d still be a secret band” (7th March 2015, Features)

  61. Swim Deep get ‘a little weird’ at London live return (4th March 2015, Reviews)

  62. The Magic Gang: “We try and make people smile” (20th February 2015, Features)

  63. Menace Beach, Barfly, London (10th February 2015, Reviews)

  64. Purity Ring: “We’ve both changed so much” (3rd February 2015, Features)

  65. Two Gallants - We Are Undone (30th January 2015, Reviews)

  66. Alt-J, The O2 Arena, London (28th January 2015, Reviews)

  67. Team Me - Blind As Night (21st January 2015, Reviews)

  68. Cheatahs change their spots: “We’re quite self-sufficient” (12th January 2015, Features)

  69. Dan Mangan + Blacksmith – Club Meds (11th January 2015, Reviews)

  70. Pinch, punch, first of the month: Oh Wonder (9th January 2015, Features)

  71. Primavera Sound 2015 (6th January 2015, Reviews)

  72. A run through the wild history of Weezer (18th December 2014, Features)

  73. O Yeah (Yeah Yeah): A quick trip through the many lives of Karen O (15th December 2014, Features)

  74. Slaves, they’ll tear you apaaaaart (12th December 2014, Features)

  75. Move over Olly Murs, it’s God Damn: “We kept getting sacked off for David Guetta!” (12th December 2014, Features)

  76. Palm trees, naked fans and sold out shows: Glass Animals’ peanut butter tribe (11th December 2014, Features)

  77. Thumpers: “This whole thing isn’t about ‘Oh, find a fucking famous person and sing with her’” (14th November 2014, Features)

  78. All roads lead to Rhodes: “I had this really intense fear of singing” (12th November 2014, Features)

  79. Gerard Way, Koko, London (11th November 2014, Reviews)

  80. Ibeyi: “I feel like our father is looking over us” (11th November 2014, Features)

  81. 2:54 – The Other I (8th November 2014, Reviews)

  82. Childhood: “It’s a pretty breezy album” (8th November 2014, Features)

  83. Franz Ferdinand, Phoenix, Crystal Fighters kick off Bilbao BBK Live 2014 (7th November 2014, Reviews)

  84. Field Day 2014 (6th November 2014, Reviews)

  85. Tom Vek: “Moaning doesn’t actually get things done” (6th November 2014, Features)

  86. The Voyeurs – Rhubarb Rhubarb (3rd November 2014, Reviews)

  87. Watch Shy Nature perform ‘Birthday Club’ and ‘Tonight is on Your Side’ (29th October 2014, Features)

  88. Death From Above 1979, Electric Ballroom, London (21st October 2014, Reviews)

  89. The Magic Gang, The Old Blue Last, London (20th October 2014, Reviews)

  90. Låpsley, from school pupil to pop star (12th October 2014, Features)

  91. Honeyblood: “You think it’s just gonna be a happy time, but it’s not” (7th October 2014, Features)

  92. Weezer - Everything Will Be Alright In The End (29th September 2014, Reviews)

  93. Perfume Genius: “This album is demanding respect and acceptance” (23rd September 2014, Features)

  94. JAWS: “You don’t want to be old news” (15th September 2014, Features)

  95. It’s a Shura thing: “My boobs, licensed to Polydor” (12th September 2014, Features)

  96. First Aid Kit: “It doesn’t have to last forever” (6th September 2014, Features)

  97. Karen O - Crush Songs (3rd September 2014, Reviews)

  98. The Wytches: “I hated being in the audience, I just wanted to be onstage” (27th August 2014, Features)

  99. Arctic Monkeys close day two of Reading 2014 with flair (24th August 2014, Reviews)

  100. The Wytches up the muck factor on closing day of Reading 2014 (24th August 2014, Reviews)

  101. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis bring the fun to Reading 2014 (24th August 2014, Reviews)

  102. Wolf Alice live up to the occasion at Reading 2014 (23rd August 2014, Reviews)

  103. Dry the River: “We’ve slowly worked our way up” (23rd August 2014, Features)

  104. The Orwells go beyond havoc during Reading 2014 set (22nd August 2014, Reviews)

  105. Vampire Weekend ease themselves into sunset slot at Reading 2014 (22nd August 2014, Reviews)

  106. Jamie T finds his rhythm again at Reading 2014 (22nd August 2014, Reviews)

  107. The Wytches - Annabel Dream Reader (20th August 2014, Reviews)

  108. Cloud Nothings, Speedy Ortiz and Hookworms slay the Jabberwock (18th August 2014, Reviews)

  109. DZ Deathrays: “We wanted a quick turnaround” (18th August 2014, Features)

  110. Twin Atlantic: “Rock music can be taken too seriously” (15th August 2014, Features)

  111. The very best of Latitude 2014 (23rd July 2014, Features)

  112. The Bohicas bring fizzy pop to Latitude 2014’s Lake Stage (20th July 2014, Reviews)

  113. Hozier dazzles BBC 6Music Stage at Latitude 2014 (18th July 2014, Reviews)

  114. Childhood bring sun-drenched debut album to Latitude 2014 (18th July 2014, Reviews)

  115. Anna Calvi soaks the stage with red at Latitude 2014 (18th July 2014, Reviews)

  116. Woman’s Hour: “We knew deep down we wanted to get to this place” (16th July 2014, Features)

  117. Slow Club: “We wanted the album to be simple and beautiful” (15th July 2014, Features)

  118. Try teaching this on YouTube: The formula to Ben Khan’s bold pop (12th July 2014, Features)

  119. Nos Alive 2014 (9th July 2014, Features)

  120. Visions Festival 2014 (8th July 2014, Reviews)

  121. Jack White, Hammersmith Apollo, London (7th July 2014, Reviews)

  122. Lorde, Brixton Academy, London (6th July 2014, Reviews)

  123. Parquet Courts, ULU, London (27th June 2014, Reviews)

  124. George Ezra: “This is the most bonkers time of my life” (23rd June 2014, Features)

  125. Happyness: “There was a lot of weird screaming” (23rd June 2014, Features)

  126. Cerebral Ballzy: Day of the Underdogs (17th June 2014, Features)

  127. Weezer: “We want to have it all” (10th June 2014, Features)

  128. Jack White - Lazaretto (6th June 2014, Reviews)

  129. Wolf Alice: Next in line to the throne (6th June 2014, Features)

  130. Field Day 2014 (6th June 2014, Features)

  131. Cloud Nothings, Scala, London (28th May 2014, Reviews)

  132. Arctic Monkeys, Finsbury Park, London (27th May 2014, Reviews)

  133. Dot To Dot 2014 (27th May 2014, Features)

  134. Wolf Alice - Creature Songs (26th May 2014, Reviews)

  135. Sam Smith - In The Lonely Hour (26th May 2014, Reviews)

  136. Live At Leeds 2014 (24th May 2014, Reviews)

  137. Thumpers: “There’s A Deeper Side To Us” (21st May 2014, Features)

  138. The Black Keys – Turn Blue (12th May 2014, Reviews)

  139. Taking Flyte: “It’s hard to gauge the buzz when you’re in the studio” (12th May 2014, Features)

  140. Tom Williams And The Boat – Easy Fantastic (11th May 2014, Reviews)

  141. The Xcerts: “This is what we’re really into, this is how we should sound” (11th May 2014, Features)

  142. Philip Selway: “I still feel the need to prove stuff” (10th May 2014, Features)

  143. Mazes: “We wanted our new album to be stripped back” (9th May 2014, Features)

  144. Gengahr: “It’s slowly building up to something” (8th May 2014, Features)

  145. All We Are - “We don’t see it as a short-term thing” (7th May 2014, Features)

  146. The Amazing Snakeheads: ‘We Can’t Be Anything But Ourselves’ (25th April 2014, Features)

  147. Brody Dalle – Diploid Love (25th April 2014, Reviews)

  148. The Faint – Doom Abuse (20th April 2014, Reviews)

  149. Eels - The Cautionary Tales Of Mark Oliver Everett (17th April 2014, Reviews)

  150. The Amazing Snakeheads – Amphetamine Ballads (11th April 2014, Reviews)

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