In today’s playlist culture, where the consumption of music is more like a buffet than a sit-down meal – a little from over here, a little from over there, with no real need for big decisions or commitment –...
What happens when a festival loses 85 percent of its bands? Not because of Covid or awkward travel restrictions, but another kind of malaise: poor working conditions and allegations of sexual misconduct, creating an environment in which fans and...
Working with your friends is always risky business – something the alternate reality of The Nowhere Inn, the new meta-documentary written and starring St Vincent’s Annie Clark and Sleater-Kinney’s Carrie Brownstein, highlights in extreme ways. Where for most people...
You don’t forget Karen Dalton’s voice in a hurry. A quivering, quavering thing that veers tirelessly between strength and vulnerability, for the past 60 years it has sat in an enduring sour spot between folk and the blues, haunting...
Of late, and to mixed effect, Lana Del Rey has administered several doses of reality into her mythic shtick. Her real-life girlfriends adorn the cover of her previous album, March’s ‘Chemtrails Over The Country Club’, while her now-deleted Instagram...
Gracie Abrams – ‘Rockland’
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Noted Taylor Swift stan Gracie Abrams has taken a leaf out of her idol’s book and teamed up with The National’s Aaron Dessner – who worked on both ‘Folklore’ and ‘Evermore’ – on her new single ‘Rockland’. “Bet...
For a popstar to exist on a first-name basis alone, they often need to clue us into what and who they are. With Beyoncé, we expect high-octane dance performances, songs of empowering energy and Black-excellence polish. With Rihanna, we...
Reflecting on the process of writing her masterpiece, ‘Blue’, Joni Mitchell once confessed that she spent that period of her life “dripping in earnestness and sincerity”. Earnestness doesn’t always look how you expect it to. For Self Esteem aka...
For the French amongst us (bonjour et merci d'avoir lu ceci), the name Dalida is every bit as legendary as fellow mononymous pop queens Madonna or Beyoncé. With her own square in Paris complete with a bronze bust boasting...
“She’s indecisive, she can’t decide”, Sean Kingston once sang. No, he wasn’t a Libra himself, but he may well have been singing about one.
Represented by the scales, the Libra is concerned with balance, which means they’re great at spinning...