The Forty-Five Staff
Why Rosie Carney chose lockdown to cover Radiohead’s ‘The Bends’ in full
'The Bends' came out in 1995, two years before I was born. I spent the first decade of my life in England and while...
Best Black Friday deals for music fans
Black Friday – AKA discount day – is upon us and since most of us can't get out to the shops to do our...
Deep tan’s new music video is a powerful comment on consent
Hackney-based post-punk trio deep tan recently unveiled their first new single of 2020, ‘deepfake’, and its powerful and disturbing video.
https://vimeo.com/477618218
‘deepfake’ is a comment on consent, through the dark...
Phoebe Bridgers finally covered ‘Iris’ – with a little help from Maggie Rogers
The last few weeks have been an emotional rollercoaster and if you were just about holding it together, then apologies, the end is here....
The ‘BBQ Beer Freedom’ remixes are getting us through the week
In a week where most Brits have watched more CNN than any other point in history, you may have witnessed one manifestation of Trump's...
Learn guitar for free this lockdown
If you're sick of sourdough and painting was a non-starter, let us suggest to you a new way to pass Lockdown 2.0. As the...
“Lil Pimp” and all the other musicians publicly backing Trump for re-election
Last night, at this US election's final Trump rally in Wisconsin, The President gave a shout out to some of his high-profile supporters.
“And speaking...
Beyoncé’s Ivy Park x Adidas collection just dropped – here are our favourite...
2020 is the year of the sweats. Whether you are in the sit-on-the-sofa-and-comfort-eat squad, or the I-suddenly-have-loads-of-time-to-exercise camp, the elasticated waistband is really having...
Billie Eilish’s trainers are the new “dress”
You'll remember, five years ago, the world was split over the colour of a dress. Was it white and gold? Or blue and black?...
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T-shirts, like coronavirus, are really having a moment. They're great for lounging, and exercising and looking fine on a Zoom chat. In many ways,...