Contributor El Hunt

Our Girl go minimal for acoustic show
The band’s jetlaggy visit to one of London’s oldest churches goes down as a meditative Monday treat.
March 20, 2018 2:05pm
LCMDF stand their ground against yet ‘Another Sucker’
Today’s Neu Pick comes from the newly returned Finnish pop duo.
March 19, 2018 12:46pm

The Magic Gang - The Magic Gang
A debut that’ll be remembered as a milestone moment in years to come.
March 15, 2018 1:53pm

Soccer Mommy - Clean
Sophie Allison shoots, and she scores.
March 2, 2018 7:57am

Superorganism - Superorganism
Every song is born from the same basic stem cells; fuelled by the same thirst for weirdness.
March 2, 2018 7:54am

Alvvays entrance the Roundhouse
Alvvays might be a dependable source of brilliance, but they’re also brilliantly unpredictable when you don’t quite expect it.
February 24, 2018 11:00am

Janelle Monáe - Make Me Feel
This might just be 2018’s most electric return so far.
February 23, 2018 2:45pm

Building Bloxx
Brought together behind the bar, and penning attention-grabbing, straight-up bangers, Uxbridge upstarts Bloxx take things far more seriously than they first let on.
February 19, 2018 10:30am

Boots - Delete Delete (ft. Run the Jewels and Cristin Milioti)
A track which starts to prove Boots’ full capabilities before erasing the evidence.
February 16, 2018 4:07pm

Courtney Barnett - Nameless, Faceless
Taking on the patently political - with the gigantic riffs and untamed anger to match - feels like a vital move forward.
February 16, 2018 1:53pm

In slow motion: Stef Chura
Detroit’s gravelliest karaoke fan is re-releasing her debut album ‘Messes’, and reached some unusual places along the way.
February 12, 2018 1:20pm

Hit reset: Marmozets
Making their second album almost broke Marmozets, but defiant and bonkers all at once, ‘Knowing What You Know Now’ sees the band fuelled by new confidence.
January 31, 2018 2:32pm

The Spook School - Could It Be Different?
A scrappy, quick-smart slab of danceable indie pop that channels pain into joy.
January 26, 2018 7:53am
MGMT - Hand It Over
It looks like MGMT have a few more doors left to open yet.
January 5, 2018 1:15pm

The Streets - Burn Bridges
Skinner deadpans with typical syllable-twisting agility, and it’s like he never left.
December 28, 2017 12:22pm

The DIY List 2017: we wanna be in their gang
All this week, we’re travelling through our favourite moments of the year that’s been 2017 - here are the groups or link-ups that we wish someone had invited us into this year.
December 21, 2017 2:00pm

The DIY List 2017: political moments that gave us hope
All this week, we’re travelling through our favourite moments of the year that’s been 2017 - these are the political moments that put the wind back in our collective sails this year.
December 20, 2017 5:00pm

The DIY List 2017: most notable first steps of the year
All this week, we’re travelling through our favourite moments of the year that’s been 2017 - here’s our list of our favourite debuts and breakout moments from the new crop.
December 20, 2017 2:00pm

N.E.R.D - No_One Ever Really Dies
Not nearly as profound as it thinks it is.
December 15, 2017 7:00am

Class of 2018: Sälen
Penning the filthiest pop songs going - and chasing a Christmas number one - these super-talented Londoners have huge ambitions.
December 14, 2017 3:52pm