“I was shocked!” - NAO chats her Hyundai Mercury Prize shortlist reaction
She’s been shortlisted for her sophomore album ‘Saturn’.
25th July 2019
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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
Tracks: Charli XCX and Chris, Sleater-Kinney, Squid and more
All the biggest and best tracks of the week, rounded up and reviewed.
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
New York, Neu York: July 2019
Each month, we’ll be rounding up the best of NYC’s music scene in this column.
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
The Tallest Man On Earth finally feels at home again
With new album ‘I Love You. It’s A Fever Dream.’ and returning solo to the stage, Kristian Matsson is back to his effervescent best.
8th July 2019
Tracks: Brittany Howard, The Futureheads, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and more
All the biggest and best tracks of the past two weeks, rounded up and reviewed.
5th July 2019
Self Esteem: Independent Woman, Part 2
For the best part of a decade, Rebecca Taylor was one half of indie folk duo Slow Club. Now, she’s setting her powerhouse pipes free with a solo pop project full of humour, sass and wild ambition.
3rd July 2019
“If I’d have disappeared off the planet, there wouldn’t have been much trace of me.” - the ridiculous road to Yak’s second album
From living in the back of his van to signing with Virgin EMI, safe to say the route to album two has been as ridiculous as ever for Oli Burslem.
1st July 2019
“It’s just what should be happening right now” - Theo from Wolf Alice talks Stormzy’s Glastonbury 2019 headliner
Ahead of his huge spot on the Pyramid Stage this weekend, Theo Ellis tells us why he’s the perfect man for the job.
28th June 2019
Pale Waves’ Heather Baron-Gracie gets ready for Glastonbury 2019: “I have high expectations”
The band will be making their debut appearance at the festival this weekend.
27th June 2019
Friendly Fires gear up for Glastonbury 2019: “It’s nice to have something to prove”
We catch up with the band’s Ed Macfarlane to chat about their imminent return to the festival.
27th June 2019
Get To Know… Sequoyah Murray
Following the release of recent single ‘Penalties of Love’, we check in with the Atlanta musician.
26th June 2019
Featuring Yard Act, Death Cab For Cutie, Graham Coxon, Maisie Peters and more.