A band who begin their new record with a love song to donuts are probably doing things right. From sweet treats to karaage (fried chicken) and salted rice balls, Chai have food on the brain – even more so...
Audrey Nuna describes ‘a liquid breakfast’ as her journal from the past eighteen months – but it’s no dull pandemic diary. “There’s a lot of different sounds and sides of myself I’ve captured and collected over the months I...
Billie Marten was just 17 when she released her debut album, ‘Writing Of Blues And Yellows’ in 2016. Growing up in rural Yorkshire, the flora and fauna of the natural world framed much of her early writing. In fact,...
Of all the niche crossover genres, the sweetly savage sound of cowpunk has my heart in the tightest grip. Running parallel to the 1980s’ rockabilly revival, it’s a twanging, banging fusion of country music and punk rock, as sleazy...
1. The 100 gecs' Tree of Clues
Somewhere in Des Plaines, Illinois is the mythical tree that appears on the album cover of the '1000 gecs' album. Fans of Dylan Brady and Laura Les have been known to leave trinkets...
Wolf Alice – ‘No Hard Feelings’
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You’re stumbling home in the early hours, friends dispersing until it’s only you and your ex left, awkwardly shuffling your feet as you wait for the night bus. This is where ‘No Hard Feelings’...
“Who wants to be themselves all the time?” wonders Annie Clark. The artist known as St Vincent remains essentially unknowable, ever since her debut record in 2007. She possesses Bob Dylan’s great meld of fakery and emotional truth. She...
In a recent interview, Lana Del Rey revealed that should there be a movie about her life, she’d like to be played by Holly Macve. Helluva compliment. The Irish singer-songwriter certainly looks the part, with a tough, sultry gaze...
While the pandemic has been a serious obliterator of so much vital and vibrant entertainment culture, it’s also been a bit of a kick up the arse for awards ceremonies. In truth, many awards around the world had rested...
Jorja Smith steers her own ship, and she’s in cool, calm command. Other artists might’ve just released ‘Be Right Back’ – a set of eight polished songs – as their second album, with some padding. But not Smith, who...