Interviews

Watch Foals & SEED Ensemble talk inspirations and the 2019 Hyundai Mercury Prize

We caught up with Yannis Philippakis and Cassie Kinoshi around this year’s edition of the Prize.

30th October 2019

Positive Destruction: Pumarosa

Upon the release of their debut album, Pumarosa’s world was turned upside down and not in the way they expected. With follow-up ‘Devastation’, they’re taking that part of their history and owning it.

28th October 2019

Party For One: Kele Okereke

Following a recent foray back with the old gang, Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke is returning with new solo album ‘2042’ — a searing look at race, identity and culpability.

25th October 2019

Get To Know… M.T. Hadley

Ahead of the release of his debut album ‘Empty’ next month, meet the newbie soundtracking heartache.

24th October 2019

All set to clean up: Dry Cleaning

The year’s best new lyricists, delivering gloriously funny, fractured thought processes and sparse, rattling post-punk.

23rd October 2019

Get To Know… The Wants

Headlining our show with Alt-Citizen at The Broadway later this week (25th October), we meet the NYC trio.

23rd October 2019

Introducing Biig Piig

Born in Ireland, raised in Spain and residing in London, Jess Smyth is amalgamating heritage and genres in increasingly singular fashion.

21st October 2019

Natural Instinct: Caroline Polachek

With Chairlift, Caroline almost had to destroy the success she’d found to become creatively happy. On the release of solo LP ‘Pang’, she’s following that steadfast artistic path into new waters.

18th October 2019

Meet Laundry Day

The NYC collective redefining the boy band label all over again.

18th October 2019

Get To Know… Gabriel Black

With his new project ‘Help Me, I’m Flying’ out today (18th October), meet the rising LA artist.

18th October 2019

Get To Know… GURU

Meet Brighton’s promising new punk exports.

17th October 2019

Get To Know… Ali Barter

With her new album, ‘Hello, I’m Doing My Best’, out on Friday (18th October), we meet the Ozzie pop phenom.

16th October 2019

Over the last chequered decade, Cole Smith and his band have weathered all kinds of personal and public storms. With ‘Deceiver’ they’re finally addressing those issues and emerging out the other side.

14th October 2019

Class of 2020: Biig Piig

Fusing intimate music with buckets of personality and a multicultural background, this Piig’s got Biig plans.

12th October 2019

Get To Know… Julien Chang

With his debut album out today (11th October), we meet the Baltimore newcomer.

11th October 2019

Get To Know… San Scout

Sharing their new EP ‘The Pharmacy’ today (10th October), we meet London’s exciting electronic newcomers.

10th October 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

The Well Of Souls: Girl Band

Two years ago, Girl Band cancelled their touring schedule and all but disappeared. Now, Dublin’s surrealist noiseniks are back with apocalyptic second record ‘The Talkies’.

27th September 2019

Introducing: Omar Apollo

The Mexican-American artist bringing funk-filled fun into the modern age.

23rd September 2019

Shake It Up: Brittany Howard

With Alabama Shakes, Brittany Howard found success beyond anything she could have imagined. Now, on solo album ‘Jaime’, she’s seeking satisfaction in other directions.

20th September 2019

“I write about what I feel” - Cassie Kinoshi talks SEED Ensemble’s debut ‘Driftglass’

Led by the prolific composer and alto-saxophonist, the collective’s debut saw them fuse together vibrant jazz and grooves with influences from across their own rich backgrounds.

18th September 2019