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.
Lucy Dacus: “I hope the songs matter more than I matter” | Cover Story
Choose your fighter! An interview with Lucy Dacus
A love letter to Joni Mitchell’s ‘Blue’, 50 years on
I don’t remember the first time I listened to Joni Mitchell singing ‘A Case of You’ but I acutely remember the first time I...
45s of the week: Joy Crookes, Indigo De Souza, Tyler, The Creator and more!
Joy Crookes – ‘Feet Don’t Fail Me Now’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLFCcnYSCyE
Don’t be fooled by the Wall of Sound and the throwback soulful feel: ‘Feet Don’t Fail Me...
“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...