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If you’ve ever wondered where Claudia Winkleman pinched that thick glossy fringe and hardcore eyelinered style from (aka the only thing I watch Strictly Come Dancing for, honest) then look no further than the divine Mariska Veres. As frontwoman...
Kacey Musgraves – Star-Crossed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah4r5XjBNRo “Let me set the scene...” croons Kacey Musgraves gently in the title track of her newly announced fourth studio album. “Two lovers ripped right at the seams,” she continues, as the lyrics go on to recount...
A few years ago, declaring that a festival felt “normal” might have sounded like a bit of a dig. If anything, UK music festivals pride themselves on tapping into something altogether unnatural, a utopia of overpriced food trucks and...
Lizzo doesn’t give a fuck, except when she does. Known for her upbeat persona and impeccable, multi-faceted performance, her rise to pop-cultural omnipresence has been a true joy to watch, spreading self-love and the value of a committed work...
What released you from the malaise of the pandemic? For Lorde, it was the vibrancy of summer days, of dancing on the sand and the healing power of bright, exuberant sunshine. Like a Pagan festival of hope, sunbeams are the...
No one – and I mean no one – has ever worn fringe better than Wanda Jackson. The undisputed Queen of Rockabilly, I’ll get to the greatness of her rasping, sleazy and wonderfully rude vocals later on, but first...
Over the course of six studio albums, Las Vegas’ finest The Killers have done what all artists hope to do – refine a sound so distinctly that their songs are instantly recognisable. Theirs is a style that is glitzy and...
To borrow a phrase from stan Twitter, Charli XCX is an artist who truly loves to make sure that her audience is well fed. Few British artists of recent years work with such prolificacy, and she has the bops...
There’s a moment in 'Summer of Soul' – a new documentary that details the unfairly forgotten Harlem Cultural Festival of 1969 – in which Sly and the Family Stone take to the stage, unannounced on a hot and sticky...
It’s been a rough couple of weeks for DaBaby fans, and indeed anybody who prefers to attend rap concerts without a side dose of ill-informed bigotry. You’ll likely have seen it for yourself by now, but the situation can...