On debut ‘Compliments Please’, Rebecca Taylor re-emerged with a new solo project and newly ready to seize the world by the balls. On its imminent follow-up, she’s turning it all up to eleven.
1st April 2021
Nearing twenty years in the game, Death From Above 1979 are taking total control for the first time and pulling their genre-shredding approach forward with menace.
29th March 2021
Manifesting the calm energy of its title, ‘DEACON’ finds serpentwithfeet vocalising the intricacies of Black gay love with a tender new touch.
26th March 2021
While the absence of live shows may have forced these Dublin noiseniks to change up their next steps, the last challenging year has only made them stronger.
26th March 2021
From life-threatening illness to one of the UK’s shiniest new stars, pop newbie Pixey is pulling triumph from adversity.
24th March 2021
To mark the 10th anniversary reissue, friend and long-term fan Mark Ronson waxes lyrical on the enduring appeal of the record that first introduced us to Kevin Parker and his box of sonic tricks.
23rd March 2021
Black Honey have never been ones to think small, and on ‘Written & Directed’ their flights of fancy are out in full force. Izzy B. Phillips unpacks the rich world that makes up the band’s second.
19th March 2021
The FKA twigs-approved West Country duo, creating dystopian music you can dance to.
18th March 2021
On ‘Great Spans of Muddy Time’, William Doyle is letting down his guard, leaning into his eccentricities and paying homage to… Monty Don?
17th March 2021
Addressing failure and confronting her struggles, ‘Little Oblivions’ finds Julien Baker stamping her space in the middle of life’s confusing Venn diagram.
15th March 2021
Singer Asha Lorenz gives us the goss on ‘925’’s follow-up and more.
9th March 2021
Following the release of last month’s ‘Live To Survive’, Karen Marie Ørsted is channelling that resilient spirit straight into LP3.
8th March 2021
She’s a bona fide pop sensation with more than six million online followers watching her every move, but beneath the polish, Zara Larsson is still determined to cut through the bullshit.
5th March 2021
Celebrating a second album that cements their special sonic alchemy, against the backdrop of a world on the brink of implosion Goat Girl are holding on to each other more than ever.
26th February 2021
A self-proclaimed weirdo, Rico Nasty has always embraced her otherness. Now, she’s using her uniqueness to raise up others who feel like they’ve got no-one else to turn to.
19th February 2021
Equally attuned to the modern and the mystical, 22-year-old Lauren Auder is carving out an artistic space in her own image.
18th February 2021
With her gorgeous debut ‘Collapsed in Sunbeams’, Arlo Parks is offering up a glimpse of hope in the darkness, just when we need it most.
17th February 2021
From online personality to drill superstar-in-the-making, Ivorian Doll is charging forward and taking no prisoners.
16th February 2021
Bicep’s ‘Isles’ is the ultimate anti-2021 release: an electronic record made for the club that celebrates cultural unity and diversity. It’s exactly the album to give us all some much-needed hope.
15th February 2021
This time last year, slowthai’s name was in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Now, on second LP ‘TYRON’, we find an artist facing his demons but coming out fighting.
12th February 2021
On Pale Waves’ forthright second album, Heather Baron-Gracie is stepping up as the leader she’d always hinted she could be. ‘Who Am I?’ — the answer might be more complex than they first suggested.
5th February 2021
Drawing inspiration from sci-fi, creating musical faux-seances and emerging with a debut that’s “really fucking weird”, did you ever really expect Squid to toe the party line?
25th January 2021
With a huge fan base itching to discover Marie Ulven’s world in red, the result looks set to cement the singer as an icon of young, confessional pop.
21st January 2021
Working on new album ‘Little Oblivions’ during some much-needed time off, Julien Baker found herself reflecting on her place in the world, and creating her most striking record yet.
18th January 2021