Ten seconds in to ‘Nightmare Vacation’, Rico Nasty spits, “I don't write reviews 'cause that's something y'all do,” a blunt reminder – or warning – that she no longer cares what anybody thinks. Her major label debut sees Nasty...
With his Rocky Horror androgyny, expressive face and streaky hair, Yungblud often resembles the love-child of Gerard Way and Caitlin Moran. Live, he leaves it all on stage just like Jagger, Freddie, or Madonna, and when describing his hometown...
Arlo Parks – 'Caroline'
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Like a friend relating an anecdote in the pub, Arlo Parks tells you quietly about the break-up she witnessed one day at a bus-stop. ‘Caroline’, the latest single from her forthcoming album ‘Collapsed In Sunbeams’, is...
“I was born to run / I don’t belong to anyone,” Miley Cyrus sings on ‘Midnight Sky’, the first single from her seventh album ‘Plastic Hearts’, turning an extremely Springsteen phrase into an extremely Miley phrase. She stamps herself...
Marilyn Manson once said that Billy Corgan looks like Charlie Brown. Picture Charlie Brown as a glittery goth lord – if that’s hard to imagine, just watch the video for the Smashing Pumpkins’ single ‘Wyttch’ – and you get...
Good news is in short supply these days – which makes it the perfect title for an album that’s determined to buck the negative mood and confidently own its name. Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Good News’ is technically her debut...
You definitely know Tayla Parx, even if you don’t think you do. Her fingertips are all over the pop world, writing songs for Ariana Grande, BTS, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, and Alicia Keys, to name but a few. She’s...
Miley Cyrus and Dua Lipa – 'Prisoner'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ir1qkPXPVM
Do not let Dua Lipa drive your car. In the video for 'Prisoner' – her new duet with Miley Cyrus she commands a truck with the same grace as a two-year-old trying to...
Phoebe Bridgers teased our tear ducts once already this month, covering Goo Goo Dolls ‘Iris’ with Maggie Rogers, a promised prize if Trump lost the election. So to recruit Rob Moose – arranger of all your favourite heartbreakers, from...
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You’re in the back of a car, you’re tipsy, it’s dark, and city lights flicker past the window, bright and brief and fuzzy at the edges. Babeheaven’s debut album sounds a lot like the way this feels: a steady...