Rhian Daly
Rhian Daly is a freelance music journalist with over ten years experience interviewing some of the world's most famous pop stars. As well as writing for The Forty-Five since launch, she's contributed work to NME, DIY, Time Out and Rolling Stone UK. Between 2013 and 2016, she was also the assistant reviews editor at NME. She likes K-pop and indie discos in equal measure and is proudly ARMY.
45s of the week: Wallice, Syd, IVE and more!
Wallice – ‘90s American Superstar’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpppHirKTK4
LA-based rising indie star Wallice has already teased brilliant things to come on her upcoming EP ‘90s American Superstar’ and, now,...
The Linda Lindas – ‘Growing Up’ review: viral punk newcomers are here to make adolescence (and...
“Growing up isn’t something we can make happen when we want it to / But since we’re all growing up together, I guess I’ll...
Saddest Factory’s Corporate Retreat was the best all-staff meeting we’ve ever been to
“Saddest Factory Records Corporate Retreat (Q1) invite all SFR “employees” for a day of team building, bonding and togetherness,” reads a mocked-up email announcing...
45s of the week: Florence + The Machine, Greentea Peng, Jordana and more!
Florence + The Machine – ‘My Love’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9CNGPy11Jc
If you spent any time during the pandemic longing for a sticky dancefloor, a stranger’s sweat glistening on...
A New York Night Out With Sunflower Bean
A New York Night Out With Sunflower Bean
As they prepare to release their third album, 'Headful of Sugar', New York's Sunflower Bean take...
Samia: “There are a finite amount of people with a real idea of me”
Over the last few years, Samia has quickly become a go-to artist for anyone in need of indie rock that cuts deeper and gets...
45s of the week: Bree Runway, Raveena, Sunflower Bean and more!
Sunflower Bean – ‘Who Put You Up To This?’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yca2oCbZ--4
“We’re letting go for real,” Julia Cumming sings on the twilight psych groove of ‘Who Put...
Holly Humberstone: “Winning the BRIT has forced me to feel proud of myself”
HOLLY HUMBERSTONE: OFF THE DEEP END
Every now and then a new artist comes along who really connects with people. Emerging from lockdown with a...
The Future Five: Charlotte Rose Benjamin’s earworm indie is highly relatable
Introducing Charlotte Rose Benjamin, your new queen of highly relatable, often bleakly funny lyrics. “Pair my self-loathing in expensive clothing / At least I...
The Future Five: Sans Soucis’ experimental electronic pop is utterly mesmerising
Sans Soucis – aka Giulia Grispino – makes music that’s soulful and soothing, that wraps you up in its warm melodies and their velvet vocals,...