Aliya Chaudhry
Aliya Chaudhry is a freelance journalist specializing in covering rock music and internet culture. She has written for Billboard, MTV, Stereogum, Vice and Slate, among others.
In 2022, women refused to play the part
Earlier this year, “the rockstar girlfriend aesthetic” became popular on TikTok, positioning women in relation to an (often male) partner’s music career, through images...
Meet the musicians working behind the scenes for the NHS during the pandemic
Creeper’s multi-instrumentalist Hannah Greenwood was on stage on the Saturday of Download Festival in a wedding dress. On Monday at 8:00 am, she was...
333 Wreckords Crew: meet the collective bringing POC to the front of rock
When Jason Aalon Butler started his current band, the rap-metalcore group FEVER 333, he decided he would release their music through his own label....
Orla Gartland: “I don’t want my songs to be about anyone else”
Orla Gartland isn’t interested in writing breakup songs. “I got that out of my system,” she said, with her last EP, 2020’s ‘Freckle Season,’...