Being Robyn’s protégé, it should come as no surprise that Zhala Rifat is a magnetic performer. Last time she played a live show in London – at Shoreditch’s long-since-demolished Red Gallery – she accentuated her maximalist electro-pop with outrageously...
Arguably the only thing more punishing than METZ’s synapse-frazzling live act is the average length of tour the Toronto-based post-hardcore trio regularly undertake. But with their fourth studio album, ‘Atlas Vending’, now out in the world and the entire...
If there is one thing FLETCHER has learned, it’s that nothing is black and white – that’s why her latest EP, ‘THE S(EX) TAPES’ captures every shade between. “I know she thinkin' that she found herself a winner /...
It might sound far fetched but Rose Gray can remember the precise moment she settled upon her sound as a solo artist. “I was on the dancefloor at ‘Soul Train’ – a clubnight at the Bussey Building in Peckham...
Nowadays, you don’t have to be creating music for an eternity before you get your first hit. All you need is a whole bunch of passion, some dedication and you’re good to go. With many of your favourite stars...
The first episode of Nicole Richie’s Quibi show, Nikki Fre$h, opens with an absurd scene: Richie, dressed in a full gown and wearing an obscenely large headband, strolls into a meeting with husband (Good Charlotte's) Joel Madden and brother-in-law...
Three days into a new tour with her primary band Against Me!, Laura Jane Grace found herself interrupted by a global pandemic. All immediate plans cancelled, the 39-year-old punk returned to Chicago, where she lives, and stared down the...
Even over the phone, Amy Lee’s presence is soothing. She’s achieved, or earned, a level of calm that comes only with experience, offering her insights and occasionally letting out a big, infectious laugh. At home in Nashville with her...
Joe Talbot doesn’t care about what people think of him, except when he does. At the end of an elongated stretch of interviews for IDLES new record 'Ultra Mono’, he is understandably worn a little thin, trying to resist...
On her banger-filled, self-titled new album, Mel C turned to a number of young female artists to collaborate on writing and delivering a vibrant record full of messages of strength and self-acceptance. Among them was alt-pop star Shura, who...