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Rhian Daly

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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.
Bella Poarch

45s of the week: Bella Poarch, Megan Thee Stallion, Mia Wray and more!

Megan Thee Stallion – ‘Gift & A Curse’ Megan Thee Stallion might have only given us less than a day’s notice that her new album ‘Traumazine’...
NIKI

45s of the week: Alvvays, NIKI, Doechii, and more!

NIKI – ‘Oceans & Engines’  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ0pazUc3ZA On ‘Oceans & Engines’, the second track from NIKI’s upcoming new album ‘Nicole’, the Indonesian singer-songwriter says goodbye. It’s not a...
Amelia Moore

Amelia Moore: “As a homeschooler, I had no idea about anything – this music...

Last Thanksgiving, rising and refreshing new pop star Amelia Moore was playing an unassuming but silly game of Cards Against Humanity with her friend...
Flowerovlove

45s of the week: Flowerovlove, Halsey, FLOHIO and more!

Flowerovlove – ‘Hannah Montana’ https://youtu.be/3dLLIv-h91Q The word on the street for a while has been that Flowerovlove is an inventive new star destined for big things and...
UK Festival Crowd

The UK festivals you have to be at this summer

At long last, we get to return to a somewhat normal summer – cramming in as many festivals as our wallets can afford and our...
mxmtoon

Mxmtoon – ‘rising’ review: sparkling indie-pop that refuses to let the world drag it...

“Will I always be the words I wrote when I was 17?” mxmtoon – aka now-21-year-old singer-songwriter Maia – asks on the chiming, ‘90s alt-pop of...
Crawlers

TREMORS// Crawlers are the compassionate new rock band to believe in

“As a band, we’re constantly trying to strive a safe space,” Crawlers’ singer Holly Minto says firmly. That’s an attitude that’s key to...
Sarah Kinsley

45s of the week: Sarah Kinsley, My Chemical Romance, Shygirl and more!

Sarah Kinsley – ‘What Was Mine’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou4KbA7Pe5E “Somehow the sweet ones always hurt me,” Sarah Kinsley sighs on ‘What Was Mine’. The stunning second single from...
Sunflower Bean

Sunflower Bean – ‘Headful Of Sugar’ review: freewheeling fun and uninhibited highs from New...

“Everything in the world was up in the air, our record was up in the air and our lives were up in the air,”...
Angel Olsen

45s of the week: Angel Olsen, MUNA, Beabadoobee and more!

Angel Olsen – 'Big Time'  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MG7vZRyyj4 Angel Olsen has always had a tinge of country to her voice and her music and, on the title track...