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...
“Let it hurt some, let it hurt some,” commands Catherine Anne Davies at the start of ‘The Art Of Losing’, her second album as The Anchoress. Better to suffer it than to live under it, the record seems to...
As one of the pioneers of the 1980s’ lo-fi home recording micro-scene, you can’t help but think that Linda Smith might have secretly enjoyed the global stay-at-home orders that we’ve all been subjected to over the past 12 months....
Internet darlings Boys World have taken over TikTok and now they're here to help tackle your problems! This week, Olivia, Queenie, and Elana from your new favourite pop group, answer your questions about how to pursue a career in...
Every six months or thereabouts, a celebrity will make an absurd sweeping statement about the state of music: “Guitar music is dead!” “Nobody ever listens to albums anymore!” they cry. This time around, the dubious honour falls to Adam...
St Vincent – ‘Pay Your Way In Pain’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUTu65AXrJw
Picture the scene. It's midday, 70s downtown New York, glass of bourbon in hand. You’re hiding out from some unsavoury associates, ready to skip town at any moment. This is the world...