Maddy Smith
Wednesday: “The South is a disheartening place to live – but also invigorating”
Recently signed to acclaimed indie label Dead Oceans (Mitski, Phoebe Bridgers, Japanese Breakfast), Asheville's Wednesday – featuring guitarist and vocalist Karly Hartzman, guitarist and...
Fever Ray – ‘Radical Romantics’: a glorious, post-apocalyptic record of love and surrealism
‘Radical Romantics’ seamlessly explores realms of shapeshifting with ease, beauty and competence. For Karin Dreijer, otherwise known as Fever Ray, their first solo album...
Superbloom festival 2022: a diverse debut for the fledgling Munich extravaganza
It was 1972 when Munich hosted the summer Olympics. 50 years later, the city's Olympic Park forms the playground for Superbloom: a riotous weekend...
TREMORS// Ash Lune is the Australian-Indian artist making sugary pop hits
Singer-songwriter Ash Lune is a Lana Stan. Holding her arm up in front of the Zoom camera from her home in Brisbane, she shows...
Self Esteem: “I’m passionate about women and non-binary musicians in a world which is...
Lounging in the tour bus ahead of her closing night performance at Standon Calling festival in Hertfordshire, we catch Mercury Prize nominee Self Esteem,...
Sigrid backstage at Standon Calling: “If I could live on a tour bus –...
Sigrid is cuddling a gang of Insta-famous pooches backstage at Standon Calling festival when we spy her. Naturally, we had to say hello.
Standon Calling festival review: pooches and pop-stars at the glorious Hertfordshire weekender
Friday
Strewn across the Hertfordshire countryside, in the grounds of private residence Standon Lordship, a string of yellow lights pepper the walkways leading to the...