Sad Night Dynamite: “We inspire ourselves! How Kanye West…”
The FKA twigs-approved West Country duo, creating dystopian music you can dance to.
18th March 2021
From The Magazine
The Full Monty: William Doyle
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
Other Side Of Oblivion: Julien Baker
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
What’s Going On With… Sorry
Singer Asha Lorenz gives us the goss on ‘925’’s follow-up and more.
9th March 2021
MØ Music, Less Problems
Following the release of last month’s ‘Live To Survive’, Karen Marie Ørsted is channelling that resilient spirit straight into LP3.
8th March 2021
Lights, Camera, Larsson!
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
Gang of Four: Goat Girl
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
Nasty Girl: Rico Nasty
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
Lauren Auder: “I want to truly talk about the emotional repercussions of living in this capitalist hellscape. You know?!”
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
Ray of Light: Arlo Parks
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
Ivorian Doll: “People like that unapologetic person and that’s what I put out every day”
From online personality to drill superstar-in-the-making, Ivorian Doll is charging forward and taking no prisoners.
16th February 2021
Together In Electronic Dreams: Bicep
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
Phoenix from the Flames: slowthai
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
Girl To The Front: Pale Waves
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
Squid: “We have ended up making a really fucking weird record”
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
girl in red: “There’s some crazy shit going down on this album”
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
Julien Baker: “I spent a lot of time re-evaluating who I was as a person”
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
Fresh Start Fever: You Me At Six
Almost fifteen years and seven albums in, You Me At Six finally feel as though they’ve made their defining statement.
14th January 2021
Class of 2021: Jazmin Bean
Extreme beauty, shock tactics and the pursuit of the particular: welcome to the world of Jazmin Bean.
17th December 2020
Class of 2021: Jelani Blackman
Leaning into his strengths, and putting succinct stories to the fore, the West London rapper is refusing to give in to labels.
16th December 2020
Class of 2021: PVA
Treading the line between the gig and the club, PVA are bringing a new type of euphoria to the live stage.
15th December 2020
Class of 2021: Black Country, New Road
On the cusp of a debut that comes good on all the obtuse, esoteric groundwork they’ve spent the past two years laying, Black Country, New Road aren’t here to play nice.
15th December 2020
Class of 2021: Phoebe Green
Successfully transitioning from self-conscious teen to a twenty-something with her shit somewhat more together, flame-haired Mancunian Phoebe Green is documenting the journey with panache.
14th December 2020
Class of 2021: Lynks
Armed with a new name, an ever-expanding costume box and an arsenal of songs that aim to represent the queer experience from a lesser-described angle, Lynks is strutting into 2021 in fine style.
12th December 2020