2024's best albums were experimental, authentic and hard to pigeonhole. Amidst new offerings from some of the greats – Billie, Charli, Beyoncé – came fully-realised bodies of work from relative newbies: artists marking a major chapter in their musical...
Horsegirl – ‘Julie’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs9zU1VBebk&pp=ygUPaG9yc2VnaXJsIGp1bGll
Horsegirl’s 2022 album ‘Versions Of Modern Performance’ introduced a very special young band and, on its follow-up ‘Phonetics On And On’, they look set to cement their position under that banner. ‘Julie’ is more lowkey than previous single...
Sky Ferreira – 'Leash'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D0JeugTeNs
Newly independent and heading up the forthcoming Babygirl soundtrack, Sky Ferreira’s first single since 2022 is a doozy, merging 80s synths with something that feels more inherently trapped in 2013; the call-and-response double-layered chorus, the moody...
Forget Spotify Wrapped, you've arrived at the only year in review you need. And what a year it was.
For us, 2024's best albums were united by a sense of authenticity. Perhaps fuelled by the trashfire that was the world...
At this point, it’s no secret that if you want to make money as a musician, you have to think outside of the box. Sometimes, you might even need to think outside of your immediate industry. Enter indie-pop stalwart...
With Black Friday approaching (and Christmas and Hannukah right behind that), shopping season is well and truly upon us. But what to buy for the big music lover in your life? Concert tickets and standard-issue vinyl are all well...
Prima Queen – 'Ugly'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4xr8b4uY_M
A beautiful cacophony comes from the janky drumbeat which subtly changes time signatures, clashing against a rhythmic bass line, and dream-like vocals; echoing the unexpected twists and turns that a situationship can take. “How can it...
Aziya – ‘Bambi'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-TMyk409G4
“I don’t wanna be Bambi,” Londoner Aziya declares on the title track of her new mixtape, which follows her on a journey to self-assurance and reliance. ‘Bambi’, with its steely beats and rush of metallic synths, is reflective...
If you’re working in music journalism (or are even just a fan of it), you’ll know that we’re fast approaching end-of-year list season: the time of year when people attempt to wrangle an array of entirely disparate songs or...
Ethel Cain - 'Punish'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIvMmTsZVLo
Teased at live shows throughout 2024, Ethel Cain returns with the recorded version of ‘Punish’, the first single from her forthcoming sophomore record, 'Perverts'. Every inch as haunting as its title suggests, it swells from...