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.
“I’m kind of like a prettier Jesus” – Lorde is back
Lorde certainly picks her moments. What better time to release a track called ‘Solar Power’ than the evening after the sun is literally snuffed...
Sarah Kinsley: “Why would people release music they’re not head over heels in love...
“My phone was buzzing uncontrollably. I kid you not, if I had left it on a table, it would have fallen off.”
Like bolts of...
Wyldest – ‘Monthly Friend’ review: blissful soundscapes and abstract reflections on womanhood
“Vulnerable the beating heart / Inside of you“, sings Wyldest aka Zoe Mead on her album opener, ‘Beggar’, and it’s not only her vulnerable...
2021 Billboard Music Awards: a blinding night for The Weeknd
Despite a huge Grammy snub earlier this year, it was indisputably The Weeknd’s night at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards with the singer sweeping...
45s of the week: Wolf Alice, Greentea Peng, Ambar Lucid and more!
Wolf Alice – ‘No Hard Feelings’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoBzpdm_h0c
You’re stumbling home in the early hours, friends dispersing until it’s only you and your ex left, awkwardly shuffling...
The greatest samples in music
From outright lifts to subtle homages, samples have always been the bedrock of hip-hop but they’ve also been utilised throughout all forms of popular...
Chika announces she is taking a social media break, but won’t be retiring from...
Content warning: references to suicide
Following her recent announcement that she would be stepping back from music, critically-acclaimed rapper Chika has clarified that she is...
London Grammar – ‘Californian Soil’ review: existential electronica finds a new tenacity
London Grammar make easy listening music, or so you’ve been led to believe. The definition isn’t wildly off: it is eminently easy to listen...
What ‘Tina’ can teach us about how to handle stories of abuse
Trigger warning: domestic & sexual abuse
It’s hard to imagine a time now when Tina Turner wasn’t considered a singular artist. The 81-year-old rock &...
Taylor Swift has embraced her teenage self – and you should do the same
It’s 2008 and I’m going through the arduous yet entirely unnecessary process of deleting every Taylor Swift song from my iPod Classic. While the...