Depending on how ‘online’ you are, the phrase Live, Laugh, Love could either be a sign in your aunt's kitchen or an ironic slogan. For alt-rock Seattle-based four piece, Chastity Belt, the love-of-huns type saying is a mixture of...
CASSYETTE – ‘WHEN SHE TOLD ME’
Grief is rarely re-lived in music through the prism of the all-encompassing shock of finding out. But Cassyette’s new track reflects on the very moment her mum told her she’d lost her dad, when...
In the lead-up to her debut album, Tyla hasn’t been shy about her ambitions. In interviews, she speaks of wanting to be the first global African pop star. That’s not where her sights end, though – she’s also aiming...
Almost all of our favourite artists are releasing albums this spring and while on the one hand, that gives us an awful lot of work to do, we are also counting down the days until all these albums are...
Nuha Ruby Ra – 'Fetish 2 Forget'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOWJ-_cmyKY
East London’s Nuha Ruby Ra’s latest release is the bastard child of Björk and Grace Jones. Soft hypnotic vocals and nonsensical layered sprechgesang dance over an electronic instrumental which could easily be placed...
When fans line up for an Olivia Rodrigo concert, many will be anticipating a life-changing experience. In giving so many young women the opportunity to scream, take up space and be their excitable, exuberant selves, Ol-Rod knows the power...
As you edge closer to 30, people around you who’ve already reached that milestone let you in on a secret: this decade of your life is one where you really learn to stop caring what other people think and...
Ariana Grande – ‘Supernatural’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bwnO0FQp1s&pp=ygUaYXJpYW5hIGdyYW5kZSBzdXBlcm5hdHVyYWw%3D
Ariana Grande’s new album ‘Eternal Sunshine’ details different points of relationships, from break-ups to situationships and everything in between. On ‘Supernatural’ – one highlight from the record – she’s in the throes of a new love. “It’s...
Charli XCX – 'Von Dutch'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwZ1L_0QLjw
“It’s okay to just admit that you’re jealous of me.” A thumping new era of Charli XCX is upon us, and she is throwing her travel insurance to the wind, crafting a high-octane, braggy and...
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...