The Mercury Prize nominees have now been revealed. Check out the list in full.
When you’re a sad indie like me, the Mercury Prize is basically musical Christmas. We all know that art isn’t really a competition, and yet every...
Never underestimate the power of a good sob. In these increasingly difficult times of stress and uncertainty (*gestures at the current state of the world*), a beautifully sad song can provide comfort, catharsis, and a momentary release of tension....
"Bill Oddie, Bill Oddie, put your hands all over my body"
There are few feelings in life more potent than pre-gig anticipation. You’ve done war with your internet provider to secure the tickets, have convinced your parents to give you a lift, and now all your attention can go towards...
Bea Kristi – AKA Beabadoobee – began her career in her bedroom and via hallucinogens and close introspection, she’s ready to take it back there. Sparked by a memory of an imaginary kingdom that she invented as a kid,...
This year's Standon Calling festival is shaping up to be one of the events of the summer. With a fab, gender-balanced lineup boasting some of the hottest names in music, the Hertfordshire festival, running from 21-24 July 2022, is...
WEDNESDAY
Kicking things off on Wednesday evening, EFÉ brings her laidback blend of bedroom pop and lush R&B to the WTF Clubbing stage – and what better music to listen to as a week-long heatwave takes hold? Her music evokes...
When Frank Ocean’s ‘Channel Orange’ arrived on July 10, 2012, popular culture was in a serious place of flux. We had just waved goodbye to the Twilight film franchise, learnt the identity of Gossip Girl, and were still wrapping...
NIKI – ‘Oceans & Engines’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ0pazUc3ZA
On ‘Oceans & Engines’, the second track from NIKI’s upcoming new album ‘Nicole’, the Indonesian singer-songwriter says goodbye. It’s not a casual farewell, but the kind that wrenches at your heart and threatens to overshadow your...
Many consider Conor Oberst one of the greatest lyricists of our time. The perennially busy indie folk hero has written the soundtrack to many a depressed adolescence. Despite having been in more bands than you can count on one...