Nasty Girl: Rico Nasty

A self-proclaimed weirdo, Rico Nasty has always embraced her otherness. Now, she’s using her uniqueness to raise up others who feel like they’ve got no-one else to turn to.

19th February 2021

Phoenix from the Flames: slowthai

This time last year, slowthai’s name was in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Now, on second LP ​‘TYRON’, we find an artist facing his demons but coming out fighting.

12th February 2021

Girl To The Front: Pale Waves

On Pale Waves’ forthright second album, Heather Baron-Gracie is stepping up as the leader she’d always hinted she could be. ​‘Who Am I?’ — the answer might be more complex than they first suggested.

5th February 2021

Class of 2021: Ashnikko

Arriving in a whirlwind of blue hair, badass lyrical quips and a penchant for life’s filthier pleasures, Ashnikko is here to disrupt the pop landscape — and reclaim the word ​‘cunt’ while she’s at it.

4th December 2020

Planet Of The Apes: Gorillaz

‘Song Machine’ might have been born from a playful spirit, but it’s also an album that finds Gorillaz holding a mirror to the modern world’s divisions, and offering up a far more utopian alternative.

6th November 2020

Girl On Fire: Beabadoobee

Skyrocketing to fame over a rollercoaster last few years, Beabadoobee is now gearing up to release her highly anticipated debut album ​‘Fake It Flowers’, and she’s not holding anything back.

9th October 2020

Love Is All You Need: IDLES

With ​‘Ultra Mono’, IDLES’ message of community & compassion is ready to reach its biggest audience yet. But at the centre of their politicised punk is a core rooted in more personal mantras than ever.

4th September 2020

Divine Intervention: Angel Olsen

For her new opus, ​‘Whole New Mess’ finds Angel Olsen looking to the future but reaching back to the past, to an emotionally-purging set of recordings that would lead the singer to her rawest work yet.

7th August 2020

Youth in Revolt: Glass Animals

‘Dreamland’ could have been Dave Bayley’s existential crisis album. Instead, Glass Animals’ latest is an exercise in the power of positivity.

27th July 2020

Death or Glory: Fontaines DC

In-fighting. Self-doubt. An entire scrapped album recording. This is the story of ​‘A Hero’s Death’, and how it helped piece Fontaines DC back together again.

6th July 2020

Phoebe Bridgers: Conversations With Friends

With her smart, self-deprecating take on indie-folk, Phoebe Bridgers has become one of the world’s most in-demand singer-songwriters. Who knew that being professionally sad could make you so happy?

8th June 2020

Streets Ahead: Mike Skinner

When Mike Skinner reunited The Streets, he could’ve cashed his cheque and quit. Instead, he’s got a mixtape, album and film on the way. We meet the certified legend who’s still pushing things forward.

8th May 2020

Biffy Clyro: Holding Out For A Change

Born in reaction to conflicts both political and personal, ​‘A Celebration of Endings’ may sound like it’s defined by the present day’s gloom; in fact, it’s more a guiding light towards the future.

3rd April 2020

Family Portrait: Rina Sawayama

Reaching in to examine her multi-cultural background, family history and queer identity, Rina Sawayama’s debut is a complicated, compassionate (yet catchy) portrait of an artist embracing herself.

28th February 2020

Tame Impala: Slow and Steady Wins The Race

Having beaten down the self-doubt that comes with following up a crossover hit, Kevin Parker returns with Tame Impala’s long-awaited fourth record ​‘The Slow Rush’. Thank god for label deadlines…

31st January 2020

Class of 2020: Dry Cleaning

Having gone from a bunch of mates making weird noise in a cupboard to one of the most hotly-tipped new groups in the country, Dry Cleaning are exactly the band we all need right now.

6th December 2019

Turn On. Tune In. Drop Out: The 1975

The 1975 want to change the world. Are you with them?

1st November 2019

Iggy Pop: “I was out to kill bears right from the beginning…”

For 50 years, Iggy Pop has been the man your mother warned you about. And though, these days, he’s more into exercise than ecstasy, the 72-year-old is still defying expectation with every turn.

4th October 2019

Viva Forever: Metronomy

Having beaten to the sound of their own drum for over a decade, on sixth album ​‘Metronomy Forever’, Joe Mount and his idiosyncratic cohorts are back and proving that anything still goes.

6th September 2019

Sleater-Kinney: Things Fall Apart

We meet Sleater-Kinney as a trio and leave them as a duo. With their inner workings altered, but their most progressive work at their fingertips, we find a band stepping into an unexpected new dawn.

9th August 2019

Marika Hackman: Sexual Healing

From difficult break-ups to unapologetic romps in the bedroom, ​‘Any Human Friend’ finds Marika Hackman with her heart on her sleeve and her hand down her pants, digging deep into both love and sex.

12th July 2019

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.

7th June 2019

Anarchy In The UK: slowthai

How slowthai became the mouthpiece for young broken Britain.

10th May 2019

Suspending the madness: Hayden Thorpe

On his debut solo album ​‘Diviner’, the former Wild Beasts frontman finds spiritual freedom in surrendering yourself to the universe, and the power of carving out new beginnings.

12th April 2019