Kate French-Morris
Kate is a writer from London. She likes running, sour beer, loud guitars, and euphoric-melancholic pop. If she was a song right now she’d be Jenny by The Mountain Goats.
Griff – ‘One Foot In Front Of The Other’ mixtape review: small steps and...
Nothing can resist the pull of a black hole – and not many can resist the gravitas of Griff, the pop universe’s newest bright...
Garbage – ‘No Gods No Masters’ review: deadly, danceable rage from the alt-rock icons
In a year of big, brilliant releases from the likes of Wolf Alice, Du Blonde, St Vincent, Japanese Breakfast, and Olivia Rodrigo, it feels...
Marina – ‘Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land’ review: shining bright like a diamond
“Why be a wallflower when you can be a Venus fly trap?” – a highly Marina-style question posed on the second track of her...
Greentea Peng – ‘MAN MADE’ review: a soulful, sun-soaked, political stance
A groovy bus cruises the sunny streets of London, painted with swirling hippy fonts in psychedelic pink, purple, and neon green. No, it’s not...
Wolf Alice – ‘Blue Weekend’ review: a ballsy idyll of feeling, and the band’s...
Shy artists often make fierce performers: sometimes it’s easier to shed inhibitions within the parameters of a stage and the lines of a song....
Japanese Breakfast – ‘Jubilee’ review: joyful, twinkling pomp, despite the circumstance
There are two kinds of people in this world, “those who have felt pain and those who have yet to”. At least, that’s how...
Bugzy Malone – ‘The Resurrection’ review: not your average near-death memoir – but still...
Early one morning in January 2020 – dark, cold – Bugzy Malone runs through the streets of Manchester. His stride is strong and purposeful:...
Lou Hayter – ‘Private Sunshine’ review: summer dreams a la Moroder
If weather forecasts are anything to go by, Lou Hayter’s debut solo album should land amid some perfectly timed, highly belated summer weather. Not...
black midi – ‘Cavalcade’ review: chaos in a cabaret
“In two years, Black Midi’s music will be unrecognisable compared to what it is today,” the London band decreed two years ago. To hold...
Chai – ‘WINK’ review: house-pop grooves delivered with gusto
A band who begin their new record with a love song to donuts are probably doing things right. From sweet treats to karaage (fried...