At some point in the last eight months, most of us have made playlists of songs we love. To feel soothed, or energised, to tell somebody our feelings, to feel less alone – to answer whatever emotional hunger rises...
Time moved strangely this year, so it’s unnerving to realise it’s already long enough since ‘bad guy’ to see the pop class of Billie Eilish begin to graduate – and with ‘Hey u x’, New Zealand’s Benee will surely...
Bree Runway’s YouTube channel description reads: ‘it’s like Lady Gaga and Lil Kim had a love child”. Writing about Bree already feels like writing about a star like Gaga, and that’s not just because she recently covered ‘Paparazzi’, though...
Ólafur Arnalds and Bob Dylan both profess to ‘contain multitudes’ on their latest records, but for those unfamiliar with the Icelandic instrumentalist, Arnalds is as far from Dylan as you could get. Words are scarce on Arnalds’ records, and...
James Vincent McMorrow – 'Gone'
The pain of hearing a dancey bop when we cannot go out does not get any easier. Irish artist, James Vincent McMorrow's, new Paul Epworth-produced track, 'Gone', is lyrically raw and immensely quotable. "I give...
According to legend, disco was born on Valentine's Day, 1970, when the eccentric New York DJ David Manusco threw a party at his invite-only club The Loft – playing an eclectic and dizzying selection of tunes designed to get...
Tunng certainly aren’t the first musical act to contemplate death. Rock star departures prompt glittery bursts of public grief, folk and blues give shelter to ghosts and spirits, electronica opts for existential stupor, while pop sticks its fingers in...
Tierra Whack - 'Dora'
If ever a year has needed a dose of Tierra Whack it’s this one. Back with her first solo single since March 2019, the Philly-raised MC offers some much needed escapism with ‘Dora’, a sunny slice...
For most people, 2020 has been rough enough, a total ‘thank u, next’ of a year. For Ariana Grande, however, it’s a relatively quiet time compared to her recent turbulences. On ‘Positions’, the star’s sixth record, you sense she...
Jim-E Stack is staging an intervention against winter. At least, it sounds that way on his second album ‘EPHEMERA’, which carries all the honeyed cliché of summer: blue skies, ice-cream, denim shorts, “sweet summer sweat”. Listening to the record...