Allie X, the stage name of Canadian goth-pop visionary Alexandra Hughes, is back with her fourth studio album. A decade on from her self-released collection of demos ‘CollXtion I,’ the new 12-track LP ‘Happiness Is Going To Get You’...
Etta Marcus – ‘Teenage Messiah’
Americana meets goth-pop in Etta Marcus’ offbeat brand of indie. Never allowing herself to be boxed in, the South London-based artist has drawn comparisons to a broad palette of legendary musicians from Lana Del Rey...
This Halloween has brought us an undeniable treat in the shape of a sixth album from Florence + The Machine. The trailblazing British art rock band fronted by the ethereal Florence Welch have enjoyed an award-studded career spanning the...
Luvcat may have burst onto the scene in all her harlequin-chequered, stiletto-heeled glory less than two years ago, but Liverpool-born Sophie Morgan Howarth’s musical history runs much deeper. At the age of 16, she caught the attention of The...
MARINA – ‘KEY TO THE CASTLE’
Four months on from the release of her latest album ‘PRINCESS OF POWER,’ art pop stalwart MARINA has unveiled its deluxe version, featuring four additional tracks plus a remix of ‘EVERYBODY KNOWS I’M SAD.’...
Chrissi – ‘ONE IN FIVE !’
R&B-adjacent singer-songwriter Chrissi’s new single cuts deep with a level of lyrical honesty that could silence a room. Chrissi airs her inner grievances with such courage, wisdom and eloquence that it’s almost impossible to...
In 2023, Little Simz headlined London’s Alexandra Palace. In 2024, she made her debut on Glastonbury’s Pyramid stage, and last night (October 17), she played the biggest show of her life so far, in front of 20,000 people at...
When The Last Dinner Party were launched into the public eye with debut single ‘Nothing Matters’ in the spring of 2023, it was as a band that already possessed the whole package: a sound, aesthetic, confidence and ambition so...
When Melina Duterte spoke to The Forty-Five about new album ‘Belong’, she reflected that this record made her feel “back”. Having last released a LP under the Jay Som name six years ago, it’s a poignant realisation. One that...
Blondshell, Gigi Perez – ‘Arms’
Grunge-pop soloist Sabrina Teitelbaum, better known as Blondshell, has launched this unlikely but exciting collaboration with folk singer Gigi Perez of viral ‘Sailor Song’ fame. The duet between the two American artists is a brooding...