“I don’t wanna be the old guy on the block talking about what once was, and that’s why I search for new moments,” Ghetts said in the run-up to his first major label release, ‘Conflict Of Interest’. The 36-year-old...
There are few modern bands for whom we could realistically tell you that their comeback track sounds like A) a thwacking, thundering juggernaut, B) a subtle, slow-building, almost religious experience or C) a cheeky, sling-your-arm-around-your-mates jubilant bop and all...
If news of Daft Punk’s split left a helmet-shaped hole in your heart, the debut album ‘times’ from SG Lewis may offer some consolation. The British producer's first full-length release revels in the legacy of the electronic duo, to...
The 1990s and 2000s were a gold mine for cheating songs (what on earth was in the water?) and two genres reign supreme here: country music and R&B. All the greats should have at least one song about smashing...
You think Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath invented Satan-summoning occult rock? Think again. A year before Black Sabbath’s doomy debut came Coven’s 'Witchcraft Destroys Minds & Reaps Souls', a deeply controversial 1969 release, not least because of its naked...
When Julien Baker was ten years old she asked her father what depression felt like. He replied, “It’s like trying to fill in a giant hole and you’re standing there with your shovel with dirt, and you keep filling...
Mahalia - 'Jealous' ft. Rico Nasty
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyBGzYkHLRk
“From the Southside / Summer's outside, chillin' Westside” sings Mahalia on the first verse of ‘Jealous’ and whether borne out of fantasy or an earnest sketch of her native Leicester, it’s an endearing way...
It’s difficult to put your finger on why, but there’s something about the boom of podcast-listening that has often felt like a very ‘older millennial’ pursuit. Maybe it’s the quietly intellectual nature of the format, the focused concentration it...
Lael Neale’s Twitter bio simply reads “Luddite”, which seems about right given the highly analogue creation of her second record, ‘Acquainted With Night’. Limited to first takes on a 4-track cassette recorder, with little more than a vintage Omnichord...
No one knows character development quite like the witch. From the term being used to accuse women of performing dark magic, burning them at the stake and drowning them in rivers, to global pop stars using witchcraft to hex...