Charlotte Gunn
Phoebe Bridgers launches record label
Phoebe Bridgers has announced the launch of her new record label imprint, Saddest Factory Records (a play on satisfactory).
The label, in partnership with Dead...
Sufjan Stevens – ‘The Ascension’ review: synthy musings on a broken America
When your seventh studio album is the one that finally sparks critical acclaim, it must be an odd feeling. Sufjan Stevens was well known...
Watch Arlo Parks’ Tiny Desk Concert
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdYEZGchdiA
Arlo Parks is the latest artist to take on NPR's Tiny Desk (Home) Concert. The YouTube series sees artists perform a stripped-back session behind...
45s of the week: Shame, Stefflon Don, Gorillaz and more
Beabadoobee – 'Worth It'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnNHY8CYZXQ
Fans are mega-hyped for Beabadoobee's debut album 'Fake It Flowers' which is out very soon indeed. Given the tracks we've heard...
Boycott Reading and Leeds Festival 2021
Twenty years ago, I went to my first Reading Festival. Back in 2000, it was a rare and fleeting sight to spot a woman...
Bully Has Nothing Left To Prove
A sugaregg is a confectioner’s Fabergé. If you’re lucky enough to hold one, delicately, in your palm, a glance inside its perfect shell will...
Night Czar Amy Lamé: “I’m hugely concerned that grassroots music venues won’t get the...
Less than a week after releasing his return-to-form new album 'None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This Life Alive', The Streets' drive-in tour...
Natasha Bedingfield: “I feel so much sexier since having a baby”
Natasha Bedingfield needs little introduction. Her debut single 'Unwritten' was a worldwide smash, perfectly encapsulating the upbeat vibe of the early noughties and making...
45s of the week: Beabadoobee, Rejjie Snow, IDLES and more
The tracks you need to hear this week
Alfie Templeman: “Everyone’s invited to the barbecue. My songs are on the grill”
As he releases his 'Happiness in Liquid Form' EP, we talk to Alfie Templeman during lockdown about drums, Brad Pitt and why you mustn't call him bedroom pop