Alison Craig
Music and culture writer. Last one at the indie disco.
Wolf Alice are back! Rousing new track ‘The Last Man on Earth’ puts Ellie...
There are few modern bands for whom we could realistically tell you that their comeback track sounds like A) a thwacking, thundering juggernaut, B)...
It makes complete sense that everyone’s been covering Radiohead this year
Yes – Thom Yorke’s made-for-gifs dancing might resemble a man coming up on a massive pinger whilst simultaneously trying to punch the demons out...
Beabadoobee – ‘Fake It Flowers’ review: a special coming-of-age album
Like many burgeoning pop stars with a thriving Instagram following, Bea Kristi has had to do much of...
A third of musicians are considering quitting music – but it won’t be the...
Back in 2018, a paper put together by the Universities of Edinburgh and Sheffield, not-so-encouragingly entitled ‘Panic!’, aimed to focus a microscope on the...
45s of the week: Miley Cyrus, Laurel, Poppy and more
Miley Cyrus – 'Midnight Sky'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS1no1myeTM
When Miley popped up at Glastonbury last year, leathered, wet-looked and covering Led Zeppelin, there was a general assumption that...
45s of the week: Kanye West, Christine & The Queens, Glass Animals and more
Kanye West – 'Wash Us In The Blood'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0U2QUGKbSE
When Kanye's name starts flashing up in your news feed, you never really know what's going to...
45s of the week: Celeste, No Rome, Orville Peck and more
Lady Gaga feat BLACKPINK – 'Sour Candy'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnPn6At3v28
She's hard on the outside but soft on the inside, like a very expensive human Skittle, and Lady...