Declan McKenna is back and he’s got something important to say
Releasing his first new music since 2017, Declan is making a statement.
19th August 2019
Interviews
Gimme Some Truth: The Murder Capital
On debut ‘When I Have Fears’, Dubliners The Murder Capital set out to explore their inner workings in the most commited way possible. This is what they found.
16th August 2019
Ride talk through their new album ‘This Is Not A Safe Place’
The band’s follow-up to 2017’s ‘Weather Diaries’ is out today (Friday 16th August).
16th August 2019
Get To Know… Dry Cleaning
Releasing their debut EP today, we meet the buzzy London four-piece.
16th August 2019
Sunshine People: Friendly Fires
When perma-party-starters Friendly Fires started to question themselves, the result nearly finished the trio off for good. Now, they’re (finally!) back with a new album and a renewed sense of purpose.
14th August 2019
Swipe Right with Shura
Don’t delete your dating apps just yet: on second album ‘forevher’, Shura is back and armed with a testament to the power of very modern romance.
14th August 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
Get To Know… Mealtime
Ahead of releasing their second single tomorrow, we meet the alt-pop six-piece.
8th August 2019
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
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
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.