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Ethel Cain has always possessed a preternatural gift to make her songs feel deeply lived in. With her debut album ‘Preacher’s Daughter’, the Southern gothic-pop outsider – real name Hayden Silas Anhedönia – crafted an expansive, open road epic...
The opening of Reneé Rapp’s second studio album 'Bite Me' is a middle-finger-raising, rabble-rousing anthem. The aptly titled ‘Leave Me Alone’ sees Rapp assert right out the gate: "I'm a real bad girl but a real good kisser" before...
When Wet Leg first appeared back in 2021, fresh off the Red Funnel, adorned in prairie dresses, giant lobster claws and clutching a bag full of bangers, indie Britain didn't know what hit 'em. Before long, the then-duo were...
It’s been a while since a Sunday night Glastonbury headliner has actually managed to keep the crowds from packing up early to beat the Monday morning rush. But as the sun dips over Worthy Farm, the site feels busier...
Undeniably the most omnipresent, inescapable cultural phenomenon of the decade (and quite possibly, the century), it seems almost unfathomable to think that ‘Brat’ was only released a year and a matter of days before Lido Festival. Countless awards, a...
You’d be forgiven for thinking you’d bought two tickets to the gun show when Wet Leg arrive on stage at Brixton Academy on Friday night. Frontwoman of the now-five-piece band, Rhian Teasdale is on fighting form, fists clenched, ready...
A translucent silver scrim, running from floor to ceiling, undulates like waves to twinkling piano. Behind it, 070 Shake sits on a chair – sultry, styled in a black leather jacket and beret – crooning her opening song, 'Sin',...
For a show that’s faced its fair share of rescheduled dates due to health reasons and increased demand, you might have expected the light to have dwindled a bit in fans’ eyes by the time Lola Young's gig at...
In the modern alternative landscape, there are few artists these days embracing true darkness – not just of the furious, half-spoken-half-ranted political kind, but of the sort that comes from somewhere deeper within, armed with an arsenal of industrial...
“EUSEXUA is a mixture of this psychedelic, childlike playful exploration of what it is to be human but mixed with an undertone of raw, dirty, hard sexual grit.” “EUSEXUA is the moment before an orgasm” “Eusexua is for the girls who...