Charlotte Gunn
Founder and Editorial Director of The Forty-Five. Former NME Editor and journalist for the likes of The Face, Red and Marie Claire. Charlie likes wearing dungarees, listening to Lorde and looks for any excuse to be a grubby little urchin at a music festival.
Lorde – ‘Solar Power’ review: teen millionaire turned homebody reflects on the push and...
What released you from the malaise of the pandemic? For Lorde, it was the vibrancy of summer days, of dancing on the sand and...
Four bands to check out if you like post-punk and deadpan female vocalists
The Early Mornings
Who? The Early Mornings are Annie Leader (vocals/guitar), Rhys Davies (drums), and Danny Shannon (bass). The trio from Manchester cite their influences...
Latitude Festival 2021: Wolf Alice triumph and Wet Leg are the ones to watch
Fun, in its most hedonistic form, has been banned since early March 2020. A necessary evil, to combat one much bigger, but boy, has...
Live At Worthy Farm: Glastonbury’s magical livestream in pictures
We miss Glastonbury. More than sweaty mosh-pits or nightclubs or karaoke, we long for five days spent in a field, surrounded by happy people...
Olivia Rodrigo – ‘Sour’ review: the first cut is the deepest
Now, I can’t be certain. But I think Olivia Rodrigo might have been dumped.
For her debut LP, ‘Sour’, the 18-year-old High School Musical alumni,...
The best music podcasts to listen to now
All around the world, COVID-19 has played havoc with people's sleep patterns. But do you know what's good for soothing you back off to...
Doggface, Little Monsters and 2020’s huge vinyl resurgence
Latest stats say that vinyl is having a moment. We know, we know – you read this story last year. And the year before...
These Netflix music documentaries will ease your next tier boredom
We’re all watching a helluva lot of Netflix right now – and that’s fine – but amid the dating shows and grizzly tales of...
Conversations With Friends: Benee and Mallrat on songs of the year, singing in Simlish...
Benee's had quite the year. Inadvertently writing the tune of isolation, her single, 'Supalonely' soundtracked thousands of teens' quarantine experience, popping up on millions...