Emma Holbrook
Emma is a writer and video editor from North London who owns too much corduroy. She loves making excessively long mixtapes, being the tallest person at a gig, and watching Haim walk down a street. Lorde’s ‘Melodrama' is the best album of the past twenty years – change her mind.
Courtney Barnett – ‘Things Take Time, Take Time’ review: deadpan wit makes way for...
Rare, unaffected wit, among many things, is what singled out Australian singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett on her wicked smart debut ‘Sometimes I Sit And Think,...
ABBA – ‘Voyage’ review: pop geniuses impervious to the passage of time
The last time ABBA released an album, Diana was married to Prince Charles, MTV was exclusively a music video channel, and Anni-Frid was sporting...
Snail Mail: “It’s hard for me to not put it all out there all...
“It’s a relief just to say what's on your mind.”
Lindsey Jordan knows the value of being an open book. The Maryland musician, better known...
A match made in The Valley: the evolution of Haim and Paul Thomas Anderson
If Haim’s music videos for the past few years have had an off-kilter, cinematic quality to them, it’s only fitting. When the band released...
Olivia Rodrigo drops a surprise ‘Traitor’ music video
Don’t fret: the Olivia Rodrigo Cinematic Universe isn’t finished quite yet. ‘Sour’ may have been released back in May but Rodrigo has just dropped...
Self Esteem – ‘Prioritise Pleasure’ review: a glorious, stirring manifesto on female self-worth
Reflecting on the process of writing her masterpiece, ‘Blue’, Joni Mitchell once confessed that she spent that period of her life “dripping in earnestness...
Mitski’s back: listen to new single ‘Working for the Knife’
It only took one post from Mitski to break the internet. The indie queen of 'feeling your feelings' announced her official return – three...
Sound City+ Conference lineup announced
Festivals are finally back and so too are invaluable music conferences: it's almost time for Sound City+ 2021. The conference, which takes place in...
The best posthumous albums of all time
Posthumous records are never simple. For artists whose lives are cut tragically short, releasing more music might seem like the perfect way to honour...
Lil Nas X – ‘Montero’ review: viral superstar proves his staying power
Lil Nas X's superstardom should, by all accounts, be implausible. Everything from his stage name – a tongue-in-cheek reference to rappers who came before...