From the very off, the 2024 BRIT Awards was always going to rely on women to do its heavy lifting. Moving away from significant scrutiny of last year's bloke-heavy shortlists, the red carpet (won in, our opinion, by Charli...
This week, K-pop breakout stars Le Sserafim have found themselves in hot water after the release of their music video for comeback single ‘Easy’, filmed in the very same church where My Chemical Romance made the legendary ‘Helena’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNKXxwOQYB8
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SZA – ‘SATURN’
“There’s got to be more / been here before,” sings SZA on her intensely self-aware new single. If 2022 album ‘SOS’ was full of pent up realisations and self-destructive emotions, the tender ‘Saturn’ finds the alt-R&B star...
You might not have PinkPantheress down as the theatrical type but tonight, her headline Ally Pally show is a showstopper of blistering stage lights, theatrical voice-overs, stunning visuals and glamorous backup dancers.
Considering it's her first time playing here –...
Jazmin Bean’s long-awaited debut album ‘Traumatic Livelihood’ might explore some of the dark experiences the musician has been through in their life, but its opening track makes it clear how they’re approaching things. “I can do anything I want,”...
Kim Gordon – ‘I’m A Man’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioKP3ORu0QY
Formless distortion grabs the listener by the collar, holds them in suspension, and demands them to listen to Kim Gordon’s definitive vocals as she sings about the diminishing role of traditional masculinity. “I’m not...
The Grammys outfit should have been our first clue. Sitting under a wide brim, designed by Pharrell Williams for Louis Vuitton, Beyoncé Knowles donned a button up and a leather bolo-tie outfit which, although beautiful, seemed instantly discordant with...
Over the last four years, Lime Garden have been bubbling under as one of the country’s best new indie bands. Each new single released found them moving forward, expanding their sound and honing their sardonic lyricism while they lit...
Little Simz – ‘Mood Swings’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZPI8gve1_U
Little Simz has been sharing her ‘Drop’ EP series since 2014, using the records to try new things and move into pockets you might not typically associate with her. On the surprise ‘Drop 7’ release, she...
“I’m not a God person, but I’m never not searching,” Madi Diaz sings in ‘God Person’, subtly revealing the M.O. of her sixth album, ‘Weird Faith’. It’s a record that finds her exploring themes of love and trust, her...