Camden’s Nubya Garcia weaves a tapestry of identity on her debut album, ‘Source’, her most confident outing to date. After collaborations with collectives such as Steam Down, and exploring her approach to music through her membership of bands, including...
“You have to choose a step-dad, and your choices are Jack Black, Will Smith and Guy Fieri. Who do you choose?” Welcome to the surreal mind of Fenne Lily, the Bristol-based, indie-folk singer-songwriter who has spent much of lockdown...
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...