The word underrated is often used about Róisín Murphy – she’s not keen on it. Though the Irish singer has a better command of pop absurdity than most actual pop stars right now – and has influenced everyone from...
Over the last twenty years, I have seen Foo Fighters many times: at Reading Festival as a teenager. In a Chicago baseball stadium. At a village hall in Frome when they announced their Glastonbury headline set. Never before though,...
Like her or loathe her, Doja Cat is an artist rarely out of the news. Having gone viral in 2018 with the captivatingly-absurdist ‘Mooo!’ and then again on TikTok earlier this year when her disco-pop track ‘Say So’ became...
Nobody expected an extended metaphor more blatant than Ariana Grande’s ‘positions’ this year. Then again, nobody expected Michael Jackson’s daughter to go full alt-folk with her debut solo album. To call a break-up record ‘wilted’ is one thing, but...
At some point in the last eight months, most of us have made playlists of songs we love. To feel soothed, or energised, to tell somebody our feelings, to feel less alone – to answer whatever emotional hunger rises...
The last few weeks have been an emotional rollercoaster and if you were just about holding it together, then apologies, the end is here.
Our lord and saviour Phoebe Bridgers promised that if Donald Trump lost the US election,...
Time moved strangely this year, so it’s unnerving to realise it’s already long enough since ‘bad guy’ to see the pop class of Billie Eilish begin to graduate – and with ‘Hey u x’, New Zealand’s Benee will surely...
Bree Runway’s YouTube channel description reads: ‘it’s like Lady Gaga and Lil Kim had a love child”. Writing about Bree already feels like writing about a star like Gaga, and that’s not just because she recently covered ‘Paparazzi’, though...
Ólafur Arnalds and Bob Dylan both profess to ‘contain multitudes’ on their latest records, but for those unfamiliar with the Icelandic instrumentalist, Arnalds is as far from Dylan as you could get. Words are scarce on Arnalds’ records, and...
Since the coronavirus pandemic began, we’ve all been missing the thrill of live music, be that a big, no-holds-barred stadium extravaganza or being crammed into the sticky surroundings of small venues to discover your new favourite band. The novelty...