Sugababes – 'When The Rain Comes'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gHLZhRoWAg
Almost ten years after their single ‘Flatline’, one of the most iconic groups of the early 00s have returned, and it feels like they’ve never left. A simplistic drumbeat allows their silky vocals and...
Since her arrival on the global music scene in 2012 with her debut single ‘Video Games’, Lana Del Rey has carved out her own space as an artist carrying on the elegance and glamour of Old Hollywood – but updating it...
Olivia Rodrigo is out for revenge – or does she just want to reunite with her ex? “I wanna get him back,” she chants on ‘Get Him Back!’, simultaneously plotting his downfall and pining for him in five sing-songy words....
When Ezra Collective were promoting their second album, ‘Where I’m Meant To Be’, they described it as “a venture in discovered maturity and raised stakes”, testament to the hope and creativity that allows us all to rise and meet...
Griff – 'Vertigo'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNBzgENcBI8
As many women can attest, a chronic ailment of the female condition is often the belief that you can change a man simply by loving them hard enough. On comeback single ‘Vertigo’, this is exactly the concern...
When somebody utters the word festival, there are a few classic images that spring to mind. Crowdsurfers and mates on shoulders? Most likely. Portaloos and wellies? Definitely. A sad slice of plasticky-cheese sitting on a slice of even sadder...
LAUFEY – ‘CALIFORNIA AND ME’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3sJ001W4OM
The latest single from the Icelandic-Chinese jazz extraordinaire’s new album ‘Bewitched’ is quite possibly her most heart achingly beautiful yet. Opening with a melancholic piano melody and layers of classical fairytale instrumentals from London’s Philharmonia...
Ashnikko never misses. From the moment she released her debut single 'Krokodil' in 2016 it quickly became apparent that the music industry was not ready for what she would go onto unleash. Since then, the artist has laid down...
HotWax – 'Drop'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6AKmDNgxpY
The explosive new single ‘Drop’ marks HotWax’s first new music since the release of their acclaimed debut EP ‘A Thousand Times’. With the fuzziest bass lines and brooding vocals which erupt into piercing screams without warning,...
Olivia Rodrigo has got a thing about revisiting the scene of the crime. On ‘drivers license’, she fantasised about pulling up to the house of a first love, wistfully showing off her new-found skill. ‘Hope ur ok’ pondered what...