Interviews

The Aces delayed their album release because of the death of George Floyd. Not wanting to distract from the Black Lives Matter movement, they paused. Now they’re ready. And the Utah band – singer and guitarist Cristal Ramirez, drummer...
With her animated demeanor and vivid, candyfloss curls, it’s immediately obvious that Eyelar Mirzazadeh doesn’t do shy and retiring. Apparently, she never has.  Speaking today from her mother’s home in Amsterdam, the 24-year-old enthuses about her childhood, recalling how she...
As he releases his 'Happiness in Liquid Form' EP, we talk to Alfie Templeman during lockdown about drums, Brad Pitt and why you mustn't call him bedroom pop
As someone who has been hard at work for a decade, introducing Victoria Monét feels like something of a strange exercise. Even those not familiar with her name will know her work; as one of the US’s premiere songwriters,...
H A I M Haim's new album is their best to date – but getting there hasn't been easy. Emily Mackay meets the band to talk delis, depression and dancing their way through lockdown for our July cover interview. ...
Will Gould is cursed. Or, at least, the release of his band Creeper’s second album might be. 'Sex, Death & The Infinite Void', which was due in May, has been doomed since its inception. After the band took a planned...
Four months into lockdown, Public Practice are a dab hand at picking out custom backgrounds on Zoom. Resident bassist and synth player Drew Citron opts for the cast of Friends (“I mean look how hot Phoebe is,” she says)...
otta’s music is like a mirror: she reflects those around her; she reflects her surroundings. Since the beginning, the British-Finnish newcomer had dared to push. At 16-years-old, the singer-songwriter uprooted herself from her sleepy Buckinghamshire hometown and moored herself...
Nasty Cherry aren’t really your average girl band. Catapulted to fame in late 2019 via the hit Netflix six-part docuseries, Nasty Cherry: I’m With The Band, the quartet quickly became the epitome of polarising hype as the show generated...
Connie Constance’s debut 2019 album, ‘English Rose’ glides from alternative hip-hop and political lyricism to melancholic indie-pop seamlessly and with purpose. Now she's back, with two new singles under her belt; the danceable indie hit ‘Monty Python’ and, in...