L. Mayland: To Sleep, Perchance To Dream

The Last Dinner Party’s Lizzie Mayland on their band’s brush with burnout, searching for home, and striking out alone with solo EP ​‘The Slow Fire Of Sleep’.

28th May 2025

PUP: Dog Days Are Over

After over a decade in the game, Toronto punks PUP still know how to make light of the darker moments of life; five albums in, they remain focused on embracing the moment.

27th May 2025

DEADLETTER: “The music seems to have really resonated with people out on the road”

Having cultivated a fierce reputation via their frenzied live shows and last year’s debut ​‘Hysterical Strength’, this summer’s set to be another scorcher for Yorkshire troop DEADLETTER. Ahead of a packed festival season, we catch up with frontman Zac Lawrence to dive into what lies ahead.

27th May 2025

DIY Label Spotlight #6: Breakfast Records

A monthly focus on those crucial cogs in the wonderful new music wheel.

26th May 2025

Chloe Qisha: “Pop’s not taking itself too seriously - so why are you?”

Poised to release second EP ​‘Modern Romance’, Chloe Qisha is the London-based pop starlet already turning heads.

23rd May 2025

Låpsley: Winds Of Change

From parting ways with her former label through to navigating a polyamorous relationship and its subsequent end, the road to Låpsley’s fourth album has not exactly been smooth. With ​‘I’M A HURRICANE, I’M A WOMAN IN LOVE’, however, the Merseyside songwriter proves she’s weathered those storms and emerged even stronger.

22nd May 2025

Sports Team: Boys To Men

On third album ​‘Boys These Days’, Britain’s silliest guitar band Sports Team return with newfound ​‘60s pop sensibilities, while their sardonic lyrical tightrope takes a (slightly) more serious tone.

19th May 2025

Damiano David: A Star Reborn

After being propelled to the dizzying heights of fame thanks to an iconic Eurovision win and a series of megahits, Måneskin frontman Damiano David soon reached his limit. Now, after hitting the breaks and moving to LA to start over, he’s ready to begin his next chapter.

14th May 2025

Ezra Furman: Tender Loving Care

Now on the verge of releasing her tenth studio album, Ezra Furman knows the meaning of courage and community more than most. With this month’s A World Of Love And Care — a specially-curated day festival hosted at London’s EartH — she’s re-affirming the case for love as a revolutionary act.

13th May 2025

Alien Chicks: “We’re figuring it out as we go along” 

Gearing up for the release of a second EP, Alien Chicks are the South London punk trio braving the rail network to storm as many stages as they can.

8th May 2025

Wishy: “These songs are more delicate and intimate” 

A year on from the release of their debut ​‘Triple Seven’, US quintet Wishy are showing off a different side to their sonic coin with new EP ​‘Planet Popstar’.

7th May 2025

Black Country, New Road: Whole New World

Over the past six years, Black Country, New Road have shifted in just about every sense possible, whether through choice or necessity. Now, on third album ​‘Forever Howlong’, they’re settling into a fresh new rhythm and it’s suiting them well.

6th May 2025

DIY Label Spotlight #5: Chess Club Records

A monthly focus on those crucial cogs in the wonderful new music wheel.

5th May 2025

Momma: Ain’t A Cloud In Sight

On fourth album ​‘Welcome To My Blue Sky’, Momma’s Etta Friedman and Allegra Weingarten channel parallel experiences and their enduring friendship into an evocative collection of mushy dream-rock.

1st May 2025

Lucy Dacus: True Romance

Fresh from dominating the music world as one third of boygenius — and gaining legions of new fans in the process — Lucy Dacus is back with her most intimate and vulnerable solo record to date.

30th April 2025

Back From The Brink: Sunflower Bean

After third record ​‘Headful Of Sugar’, New York trio Sunflower Bean found themselves drifting. But thanks to time apart and changed perspectives, they’ve returned with ​‘Mortal Primetime’ — an album brimming with newfound defiance.

29th April 2025

Prima Queen: “We hope that people see themselves in the stories”

A debut album that’s been ten years in the making, ​‘The Prize’ sees Transatlantic duo Prima Queen once again share their unique portraits of everyday life, love and everything in between.

28th April 2025

Jensen McRae: Finders Keepers

Bringing her emotionally literate songwriting to new territory, Jensen McRae is reframing heartbreak on her upcoming second album, ​‘I Don’t Know How But They Found Me!’.

24th April 2025

Euphoric Collapse: caroline

Three years on from the release of their ambitious, critically acclaimed self — titled debut, London octet caroline have returned with their heady new single ​‘Total euphoria’ and a new outlook on their musical identity.

22nd April 2025

DIY Label Spotlight #4: Submarine Cat

A monthly focus on those crucial cogs in the wonderful new music wheel.

7th April 2025

Esme Emerson: “The more sincere it is, the more rewarding it is to write songs”

Having gone from slightly aloof siblings to close creative collaborators, Esme Emerson are the rising folk-pop duo ready to welcome oddballs and outcasts into the family with open arms.

2nd April 2025

Welly: “If someone’s spending money, I’d like to put on a show for them”

Rapidly gaining momentum thanks to his debut album release, Welly is the whipsmart upstart determined to make music fun again.

1st April 2025

Sam Akpro: “Every single time I’ve made a song, there’s always been creative intention behind it”

On his anticipated, liminal debut album, South London’s Sam Akpro is emphasising the importance of feeling and intent over genre.

31st March 2025

Perfume Genius: Facets Of Glory

Fifteen years on from the release of his debut, Perfume Genius feels as vital and intriguing as ever, but with his seventh album ​‘Glory’, Mike Hadreas admits he’s still figuring out his place in the world.

27th March 2025