The release of Lana Del Rey’s seventh album ‘Chemtrails Over The Country Club’ came amid relatively little fanfare considering it was a follow-up to the biggest record of 2019: ‘Norman Fucking Rockwell!’ There were reasons for this, outside of...
ARXX – ‘Deep’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB8NKe_PUyQ&ab_channel=VariousArtists-Topic
‘Deep’ is the kind of gritty alt-pop anthem that has you aching to hear it over a massive festival PA system, drenched in beer and sunlight. Buzzing with vivacity and brash confidence, it showcases the absolute best...
Justin Bieber is pop’s Goldilocks. Too ubiquitous, too reluctant; too messed-up, too devout; too mainstream, too R&B – his 2015 album ‘Purpose’ rode the EDM wave to huge success, but Bieber’s voice sounded more at home on 2014's R&B...
Loretta Lynn didn’t even know what the country music chart was until her debut single ‘Honky Tonk Girl’ hit number 14 in the summer of 1960. She and her husband famously drove from radio station to radio station, demanding...
A green velvet suit. A collar that could poke your eye out. A blonde bob blinking under kaleidoscopic disco lights. You’ve not tuned into an old rerun of Top of the Pops on BBC Four; this is St. Vincent’s...
After a year in which our collective musical experiences have largely involved listening to sad songs walking aimlessly around a park, keeping things at a sensible volume so as not to annoy the neighbours and trying to kid ourselves...
Demi Lovato has always been an incredibly honest pop star. She’s shared over and over her struggles with mental health, her addictions, her relationship with her body image. So when she says at the start of her new documentary...
On the night of July 6, 1993, Mia Zapata went to Seattle’s Comet Tavern to spend the night with friends and kick back over a few drinks. She’d been in the city for four years, moving there with her...
Lucy Dacus - 'Thumbs'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S19BYUvnKjk
There are some stories only Lucy Dacus can tell. ‘Thumbs’ is one of them: not simply a murder fantasy but a brutally beautiful depiction of blind rage and the desire to protect someone you love. Her...
We all know how it goes by now. A big report comes out, citing some damning evidence that reveals that there is still a long way to go if we are to achieve racial or gender equality. It gets...