Publicists are the vital connectors between the artists you love and music publications like The Forty-Five. They’re the people who facilitate all the shoots and interviews that you see on this site and beyond, whilst also providing an all-important...
When Amber Bain wrote the lyric that would become the title of her second album, ‘In The End It Always Does’, she even surprised herself with its implicit wisdom. “I was like, ‘Oh my God,’” she recalls over the...
In May last year, South Africa-born, Berlin-based artist Alice Phoebe Lou was given just over one month's notice to leave her home of four years. The flat that had been her safe haven in a foreign city was suddenly...
After LA-based electronic-pop artist Glüme Harlow performs a gig, she’s often approached by fans who will speak to her in hushed tones. “People come up to talk to me about their childhood trauma for a while,” she says. “Some...
Back in the wilds of 2021, while everyone else was still drudging onto Zoom to do quizzes with their mates or to try and feel something other than existential dread, some of music’s modern greats were also dialling into...
Sophie Ellis-Bextor is sitting in her kitchen, the very spot where she and her family held their popular Kitchen Disco series during lockdown. The live streams became a safe space for fans old and new, as people tuned in...
Ashnikko
Ashnikko's debut album, due this summer, is a dystopian alt-pop tornado of a record that explores society's ills through a fantastical lens. Rhian Daly enters the 'WEEDKILLER' universe to find out more.
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“Have you watched much Oprah?” Miya Folick inquires, tilting her head towards the screen. She’s mid-flow talking about the mythology of catharsis “as a life-changing experience” when the question comes into her head. It might seem random at first,...
Blending influences as far and wide as Jenny Lewis, Haim and Sufjan Stevens, transatlantic duo Prima Queen mesh together their individual experiences with ease on debut EP, 'Not The Baby'.
“We’ve both experienced a lot of change in the...
Over more than a decade in the industry, Marta Salogni has become one of the most respected music producers in the game having worked with a huge and varied selection of artists including Björk, Depeche Mode, MIA, Romy, Dream...