Johnny Marr releases new track ‘The Bright Parade’: “If you’re brave enough, you can go anywhere you want”
It’s about reality TV stars — and Johnny’s not impressed.
8th August 2019
Interviews
Get to know… Roxy Girls
With their new single out today and a debut mini-album set for next month, we meet the Sunderland post-punk four-piece.
7th August 2019
The Nude Party: Ready For Their Big Break
North Carolina’s Southern-fried rock’n’rollers, doing it the old fashioned way, and picking up some notable mates in the process.
31st July 2019
The Ninth Wave, Lucia, Walt Disco: Introducing The Glasgow School
There’s a group of increasingly buzzy new bands injecting a vibrant, theatrical new lease of life into Glasgow’s music scene. We necked a Buckfast and went to see what all the fuss is about.
26th July 2019
Spector get ready for Truck Festival
Frontman Fred Macpherson spills on what the Londoners have been up to — and why he won’t be going near any agriculture any time soon.
26th July 2019
“It’s a really versatile list”: slowthai talks the 2019 Hyundai Mercury Prize
He also tells us that he celebrated the news by, er, eating some toast!
25th July 2019
Anna Calvi on her 2019 Hyundai Mercury Prize-shortlisted ‘Hunter’: “I wanted to feel galvanising”
“I’m really glad that this record is going to be heard by more people.”
25th July 2019
“We’re not about ego boosts, but it’s nice to celebrate the album” - IDLES talk their Hyundai Mercury Prize spot
The always-modest Joe Talbot also confirms he was feeling “clammy but happy” about the nod.
25th July 2019
“I’m fully expecting there to be a bit of fisticuffs” - Gaz Coombes talks judging the 2019 Hyundai Mercury Prize
After being shortlisted himself with Supergrass, Gaz tells us what it’s like to be on the other side.
25th July 2019
Foals on 2019 Hyundai Mercury Prize nod: “We cracked some drinks!”
They also spill the goss on ‘Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost — Part 2’.
25th July 2019
“I was shocked!” - NAO chats her Hyundai Mercury Prize shortlist reaction
She’s been shortlisted for her sophomore album ‘Saturn’.
25th July 2019
Cassie Kinoshi “screamed really high pitch” following SEED Ensemble’s Hyundai Mercury Prize nod
The ten-piece project have been shortlisted for their debut album, ‘Driftglass’.
25th July 2019
Two Door On Tour!
On the campaign trail for new album ‘False Alarm’, we join the Bangor trio as they traverse the UK for a series of sweaty club show stop-offs (and an altogether larger Glastonbury crowning)…
22nd July 2019
Slaves talk new EP ‘The Velvet Ditch’, the influence of grime and their continued fight against preconceptions
“You start to wonder, would we have been more successful if we weren’t controversial?”
19th July 2019
The Flaming Lips interviewed by Swim Deep
They say you should never meet your heroes, but we say balls to that!
17th July 2019
In the studio with Mystery Jets
We catch up with the band in their characteristically bizarre new digs as they round off the final touches to the “hard-hitting” follow-up to ‘Curve of the Earth’.
15th July 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
The Murder Capital get ready for Citadel 2019
Between leaving tour managers behind and seeing heroes in the flesh, drummer Diarmuid Brennan reflects on the Dubliners’ festival season so far.
12th July 2019
Will Joseph Cook returns with ‘Hey Brother’
After an almost two year break, the singer is finally back!
12th July 2019
Pre-Pohoda Festival chats with Dream Wife
The ‘Wives have been hard at work in the studio after a Really Quite Busy year — now they’re excited to return to the road.
11th July 2019
Unholy Communion: King Nun
First catching our eye as eager teens, King Nun have taken their time and played the long game. The result? Debut album ‘MASS’: a darker, more mature move than any early adopters could have guessed.
10th July 2019
A chat with Milk Teeth ahead of their Mad Cool appearance
The Gloucestershire trio head to Madrid shortly after a tour with US rockers La Dispute — and before going full Gallagher. Vocalist Becky Blomfield tells us more.
10th July 2019
Metronomy on returning to Dour Festival
Main man Joe Mount talks returning to Belgium, and why you should never go near the rum and raisin *anything*.
10th July 2019
In the studio with The Big Moon
On their Mercury-nominated debut, The Big Moon soared to greater heights than they ever predicted. We catch up with the quartet as they prep LP2 with the stratosphere in their reach..
8th July 2019
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.