Following a series of cryptic teasers across social media (and some er, interesting packages sent to fans), Paramore's lead vocalist Hayley Williams has unveiled 'FLOWERS for VASES / descansos', a "prequel" to her stellar debut solo album, 2020's ‘Petals...
Since their inception, the unholy trinity of punk, metal and hardcore have been wildly male dominated. But it was in the early days of all three that one woman stood out amongst the boys in frayed battle jackets, to...
For somebody who wasn’t much into school, on his second record ‘Tyron’, Slowthai hands in a project spanning subjects from history to psychology and philosophy: the Northampton rapper could earn A-grades for his breadth of references alone. Not just...
Less than a year ago, Hayley Williams lightened the first weeks of lockdown with 'Petals for Armor', two powerful, experimental EPs exploring her vulnerability and loss. She accompanied the release with a series of videos tracing themes of death...
Groundbreaking artist, DJ and producer Sophie Xeon, known as SOPHIE, has tragically died at the age of 34. It would only be an understatement to say that the Grammy-nominated musician changed the world of music forever – SOPHIE's restless, boundary-pushing...
Cardi B – 'Up'
Cardi B is back and the monster success of ‘WAP’ certainly hasn’t changed her. ‘Up’ is exactly the kind of follow-up you’d expect: bold, braggadocious and delightfully provocative. Cardi’s first solo release in some time weaves...
“I’m in my room and that’s all there is.” It’s hard not to give a wry chuckle upon hearing the final line of ‘Trying’, the first single from The Staves’ new record, ‘Good Woman’. Though it was written and...
“I’ll be your mirror,” wrote Lou Reed in 1966, capturing the role of musical artist in four words. On the cover of her fifth record ‘Ignorance’, Tamara Lindeman, the Canadian musician behind The Weather Station, embodies Lou’s line. She...
Trigger warning: domestic & sexual abuse, violence, self-harm
Raised to mainstream prominence in 2017, the #MeToo movement is one that has brought all manner of uncomfortable truths to light, not least for the entertainment industry. For many, that journey to...
‘For the first time’ is not a considered, conceptual album, say Black Country, New Road, but “a true document of what we were doing in our first year” – or as they put it in the final track, “what...