In a period littered with music stories that could easily have been fever dreams, none were met with such a heavy air of scepticism as the announcement that ABBA were reuniting after 40 years for a digital concert. They...
MUNA – 'Home By Now'
https://youtu.be/4JlmFyD7hXo
On 'Home By Now' MUNA are questioning their decisions. The eighties-infused synth-pop banger from the LA trio, sees them having doubts about ending a relationship. It's another heart-breaking party song to add to their already...
Paul McCartney has no business trying this hard. Nearly five decades into the most storied career in pop music, and just four weeks shy of his 80th birthday, McCartney is still packing stadiums around the world with fans who...
“Men Are Trash”, Harry Styles proclaimed on stage at this year’s Coachella before debuting a new song.
“Boyfriends, they think you're so easy/ They take you for granted”, crooned Styles over Laurel Canyon acoustic guitar on ‘Boyfriends’. It was...
“Will I always be the words I wrote when I was 17?” mxmtoon – aka now-21-year-old singer-songwriter Maia – asks on the chiming, ‘90s alt-pop of ‘victim of nostalgia’. It’s a question that’s integral to the journey of her second album...
The story of Warpaint’s return nearly six years on from their third album ‘Heads Up’ (2016) is one of them being torn together. For the first time in the LA band’s history, Emily Kokal (guitar, vocals), Theresa Wayman (guitar,...
Sarah Kinsley – ‘What Was Mine’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou4KbA7Pe5E
“Somehow the sweet ones always hurt me,” Sarah Kinsley sighs on ‘What Was Mine’. The stunning second single from next month’s ‘Cypress’ EP follows its creator’s journey through romantic heartbreak and the liberating sensation...
“Everything in the world was up in the air, our record was up in the air and our lives were up in the air,” Sunflower Bean guitarist and singer Nick Kivlen told The Forty-Five last year. The New York...
Doja Cat – 'Vegas'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKpctBHTOGU
Doja Cat’s contribution to the upcoming Elvis biopic already met the ears of fans at Coachella, but the full studio version packs even more of a characterful punch. Making opulent use of a ‘Hound Dog’ sample,...
Within minutes of ‘How To Let Go’, it’s clear that Sigrid's second album is a different kind of beast. An artist who spent the early days of her career being universally lauded for having a rare kind of authenticity...