Singer-guitarist Amy Love and bassist Georgia South formed Nova Twins in 2014, after a musical bond dating back to childhood. They quickly made a name for themselves in alternative rock thanks to their surprising yet effective fusions of punk,...
“The album is not for any pearl clutchers,” Sabrina Carpenter said of her latest record, ‘Man’s Best Friend’, ahead of its release. Indeed, even before the pop superstar’s seventh record dropped, its artwork was the source of countless think...
While Water From Your Eyes have always been unapologetically offbeat, the latest addition to their discography, new album 'It's A Beautiful Place', is without a doubt their most avant-garde offering yet. Laden with an abundance of experimental sound, it’s...
Florence + The Machine – ‘Everybody Scream’
Marking the band’s first release in over two years, the title track from Florence + The Machine’s long-awaited sixth album has been unveiled. Complete with Viking-style chanting, primal wails, and choral harmonies, the...
The turquoise castle that towers over Reading’s main stage could have been plucked from a Disney film, but there’s nothing saccharine about the figure who emerges from it. Dressed in black and purple lace, horns crowning her head, Chappell...
Despite going against the pop zeitgeist with her jazz fusions, Laufey has gained rapid mainstream traction. In just five years since the release of her debut single, the Icelandic-born, American-raised musician has embarked on a world tour, scored a...
When Wolf Alice returned with their roaring new single ‘Bloom Baby Bloom’ back in May, it was clear the North London quartet meant business. “Look at me trying to play it hard / I'm so sick and tired of...
Olivia Dean – 'Man I Need'
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Olivia Dean's smooth, soulful vocals are layered over an '80s rhythm in this easy-listening yet danceable track. Dean is rapidly cementing herself among the main pop girls of the moment, with a stronghold of...
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...