Charlotte Gunn
Charlotte Gunn is the Founder and Editorial Director of The Forty-Five. Former NME Editor and journalist for the likes of Rolling Stone, DIY, The Face, Music Week, Red and Marie Claire, Charlotte founded The Forty-Five after experiencing the boys' club that is the music industry and recognising a need to champion female artists and storytellers. With over fifteen years experience as a writer and editor, her mission is to unite the world's best music journalists under one roof and to help create a diverse and representative music industry.
She's a big fan of Mitski and Phoebe Bridgers and believes boygenius are going to become the biggest band on the planet.
Mealtime: “I thought we’d look back at Y2K and think ‘let’s leave that gelled...
Manchester has long been the home of some of Britain’s buzziest bands and this year’s flaming hot tip comes in the form of alt-pop...
Jehnny Beth | Renaissance Woman
As she releases her first "personal" record, Jehnny Beth talks to Charlie Gunn from isolation in Paris about how sometimes fear and loathing make the best foundation for art.
Orlando Weeks: “I thought for a while I’d get really into British birds of...
It's been three years since indie darlings, The Maccabees played their farewell shows. In that time, Orlando Weeks, the band's somewhat reluctant frontman, has...
Black Honey: “It’s Nancy Sinatra vs Nirvana and it always has been”
In our new episode of Trash In The Attic, the podcast where musicians go rummaging through the loft to find some hidden gems from...
Haim are the best they’ve ever been
Haim’s story is a familiar one. Band burst on to scene. Everyone loves band. Debut album is a mega hit! Band succumbs to difficult...
Baxter Dury: “I’m lying in my hammock, listening to Bach like an absolute twatcock”
It's week six of lockdown and we find Baxter in an hilariously loquacious mood. "I've gone through about five different stages of panic, not...
James Acaster is right, 2016 was a stellar year for music
In late 2015, I started working at NME. Aside from a few album reviews and the odd pop-star interview, this was my first proper...
Fiona Apple’s hidden message on ‘Fetch The Bolt Cutters’ teaches us it’s never too...
"Fetch the bolt cutters/I've been in here too long" is a lyric that will undoubtedly define the Corona era. When Fiona Apple wrote it,...
Tim Burgess, the ‘rona lockdown and the lost art of album listening
“Listen to ‘Tommy’ with a candle burning and you will see your entire future,” reads the note that Anita leaves her brother among a...