Features

Meet the latest four semi-finalists for Fender’s Undiscovered Artist of The Year 2017

Ahead of the second semi-final — which takes place on Thursday 19th October — get to know the four artists competing for the prize.

16th October 2017

Tracks: Matt Maltese, Demob Happy, Yonaka and more

All the biggest and best tracks of the week, rounded up and reviewed.

13th October 2017

Class of 2018: Sorry

Exorcising their ‘Home Demo(ns)’ on their new mixtape, these new Domino signees are far from your average rock band.

12th October 2017

Who Run the World? Run the Jewels

Not many artists end up with Jeremy Corbyn as their support act, but then again, Run the Jewels’ 2017 has been extraordinary.

11th October 2017

Making Weaves

Difficult second album? Hardly. A year on from their debut, the Canadian odd-pop wonders are back with even more genre-bending anthems and an emotionally open approach to songwriting.

10th October 2017

The Cribs: Punk as F**k

After 15 years of going against the grain, safe to say The Cribs aren’t changing any time soon…

8th October 2017

LIFE, oh life, oh life

With their debut album ‘Popular Music’ winning hearts, this rabble from Hull are one of this country’s most promising new bands.

7th October 2017

Lightning Strike: Waxahatchee

Four albums in and with a turbulent, vital new album under her belt, Katie Crutchfield’s finally feeling comfortable in her shoes as one of indie rock’s best songwriters.

7th October 2017

Laughing with fangs: St Vincent

With her fourth record, St Vincent stepped up her pink staircase to a whole new realm. New album ‘MASSEDUCTION’ — a dissection of life’s paradoxes — cements her as a once in a generation artist.

6th October 2017

The Neu Bulletin (ZoZo, Days Fade, Nights Grow, Mush & more)

DIY’s essential, weekly guide to the best new music.

6th October 2017

Mondo.NYC

We’re headed to the New York City event this week; local band Your Dog fill us in on what’s going on in (at least some of) the five boroughs.

3rd October 2017

The Dubliners: Hare Squead

Leading the Irish hip-hop revolution.

29th September 2017

Tracks: First Aid Kit, Bully, Teleman and more

All the biggest and best tracks of the week, rounded up and reviewed.

29th September 2017

What Orlando did next

From Maccabees frontman to illustrated Gritterman, we caught up with the singer-slash-creative-polymath to learn all about his first post-band venture…

27th September 2017

Jerkcurb your enthusiasm

Meet Jacob Read: the musician and illustrator behind the immersive universe of Jerkcurb.

27th September 2017

Anna of the North: Northern Soul

After uprooting their entire lives, and creating ‘Lovers’ out of the fall-out, Anna of the North have reached a level of unimpeachable chill.

26th September 2017

Thank you for the music, Wild Beasts

As Kendal’s finest bow out on a high, we revisit some of our favourite moments, old and new.

25th September 2017

Back to the drawing board: Metz

Besides drumming in Metz, Hayden Menzies is also a dab hand with a pen and paper. So, obviously, we asked him about new album ‘Strange Peace’ via the medium of drawing.

22nd September 2017

Perfect stranger: Phoebe Bridgers

Releasing her debut album today having been taken under the wing of Conor Oberst, Phoebe Bridgers is striding out as a real talent.

22nd September 2017

Tracks: Gengahr, Maggie Rogers, Angel Olsen and more

All the biggest and best tracks of the week, rounded up and reviewed.

22nd September 2017

Party of Five: The Horrors

After fourth LP ‘Luminous’, The Horrors found themselves stuck in a rut. Now, they’ve returned with a renewed fire in their bellies, and their most exciting new material in years.

21st September 2017