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...
Horsegirl – ‘Julie’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs9zU1VBebk&pp=ygUPaG9yc2VnaXJsIGp1bGll
Horsegirl’s 2022 album ‘Versions Of Modern Performance’ introduced a very special young band and, on its follow-up ‘Phonetics On And On’, they look set to cement their position under that banner. ‘Julie’ is more lowkey than previous single...
Sky Ferreira – 'Leash'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D0JeugTeNs
Newly independent and heading up the forthcoming Babygirl soundtrack, Sky Ferreira’s first single since 2022 is a doozy, merging 80s synths with something that feels more inherently trapped in 2013; the call-and-response double-layered chorus, the moody...
Forget Spotify Wrapped, you've arrived at the only year in review you need. And what a year it was.
For us, 2024's best albums were united by a sense of authenticity. Perhaps fuelled by the trashfire that was the world...
Prima Queen – 'Ugly'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4xr8b4uY_M
A beautiful cacophony comes from the janky drumbeat which subtly changes time signatures, clashing against a rhythmic bass line, and dream-like vocals; echoing the unexpected twists and turns that a situationship can take. “How can it...
Aziya – ‘Bambi'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-TMyk409G4
“I don’t wanna be Bambi,” Londoner Aziya declares on the title track of her new mixtape, which follows her on a journey to self-assurance and reliance. ‘Bambi’, with its steely beats and rush of metallic synths, is reflective...
Ethel Cain - 'Punish'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIvMmTsZVLo
Teased at live shows throughout 2024, Ethel Cain returns with the recorded version of ‘Punish’, the first single from her forthcoming sophomore record, 'Perverts'. Every inch as haunting as its title suggests, it swells from...