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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...
In a Halloween month, as the Phoebe Bridgers adage goes, you can be anything. But whether you’re a witch or a skeleton or the year's most prominent pop-cultural trend, the very act of dressing up as someone else can...
Charli XCX - 'Spring Breakers' ft Kesha https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YO2_O1L_YY Four months on from its original drop and the lime green supremacy of ‘Brat’ is still serving at the rate of a top seeded Wimbledon champ. Not content with gathering an entire Met...
“When The Fugees would come to London it was lethal, we’d tell the whole place to come together right now like The Beatles. Wake the town and tell the people, we gon’ do it like we used to.” These...