Contributor Tom Connick
Daddy issues: Vampire Weekend
With ‘Father of the Bride’, Vampire Weekend have returned from a six-year break refreshed, and more creatively dextrous than ever. As Ezra Koenig explains, it was a much-needed expansion.
June 7, 2019 12:00pm
Show Me The Body: back in the New York groove
World tours and a hype-harvesting debut album made this trio one of America’s most essential groups. Back home in New York, they explain how ‘devotional’ new LP ‘Dog Whistle’ expanded their horizons.
April 17, 2019 2:44pm
Stormzy - Gang Signs & Prayer
If Skepta’s ‘Konnichiwa’ was grime’s breakthrough, ‘Gang Signs & Prayer’ is its blockbuster.
March 9, 2017 3:57pm
Japandroids - Near to the Wild Heart of Life
Their first release in four years finds the desert drag-racing duo letting off the gas a little.
January 27, 2017 8:00am
A year of firsts
2016 saw a whole bunch of new and exciting breakthroughs, from Partybaby laying a golden path to the future, to grime finally getting the gongs it deserved.
December 19, 2016 10:00am
16 albums that shaped 2016
A selection of the year’s finest, featuring Beyoncé, Daughter, Skepta, Yak & more.
December 17, 2016 10:00am
Young Yizzy picks up the baton on ‘Grime Kid’
Lewisham’s pedigree keeps on delivering - the South London rapper’s latest is today’s Neu Pick.
December 14, 2016 1:58pm
Radge against the machine: Eat Fast
This Newcastle-based bunch aren’t hanging about. With two albums’ worth of fuzz-pop bangers in the bank, they’re charging ahead.
December 13, 2016 1:30pm
The 1975 are playing at NorthSide 2017
They’re also being joined by The Kills in Denmark.
December 13, 2016 11:12am
Fake Laugh conjures up the spirit of Christmas for new ‘Little Things’ single
All proceeds from the new track will be donated to homeless charity Shelter.
December 12, 2016 4:29pm
Creeper - Hiding With Boys
The foot-to-the-floor summer anthem they always hinted at crafting.
December 12, 2016 11:39am
Shaking off the Abattoir Blues
This riotous Brighton bunch are swapping brawn for brains, and opening a dialogue on the darker corners of their psyche in the process.
December 10, 2016 1:00pm
Partybaby - Hey You (Loser)
Sweeping away the distortion, it’s no less defiant for its lack of fuzz – if anything, that perfect pop core thrives.
December 9, 2016 4:22pm
Partybaby’s new ‘Versions’ EP is out today!
The revamped take on the Cali bunch’s ‘The Golden Age Of Bullshit’ debut also features a brand new song, ‘Hey You (Loser)’.
December 9, 2016 4:06pm
PLAZA find breathing space on ‘Youth’
The group’s new video is streaming first on DIY as today’s Neu Pick.
December 8, 2016 3:15pm
Bob Dylan is heading to the UK in May
The Nobel Prize winner will play six dates across the country.
December 8, 2016 12:39pm
Joyce Manor hit the road for ‘Eighteen’ video
They visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and set off some fireworks too.
December 8, 2016 12:07pm
Laura Marling adds a new London date to her March tour
The tour will support the release of her new album ‘Semper Femina’.
December 8, 2016 11:32am
Sweat get steamy with ‘Stay’
London bunch get romantic on their latest single.
December 6, 2016 3:38pm
Los Campesinos! show no signs of slowing at a riotous London return
Moth Club is awash with earnest sing-alongs and pissed-up pogoing in equal measure
December 5, 2016 3:18pm