‘Ultra Mono’ is a record with something to say. It encapsulates that signature IDLES anger and energy that was found within every corner of their previous two records, ‘Brutalism’ and ‘Joy As An Act Of Resistance’.
The record is drilled...
Sophie Jamieson – 'Release'
https://youtu.be/ayyrV7a_Z-Q
Moving backwards at speed in her self-filmed music video for ‘Release’, Sophie Jamieson spins round the city, where “oblivion never looked so pretty”. And London does look good. Even amid the social-distancing architecture of barriers and...
There’s something so devastatingly intimate about Sylvan Esso’s 'Free Love', headphones feel like a necessity.
On their third full-length album, vocalist Amelia Meath and producer Nick Sanborn continue on their mission to push the boundaries of pop music, blending edgy electronic...
Beabadoobee – 'Worth It'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnNHY8CYZXQ
Fans are mega-hyped for Beabadoobee's debut album 'Fake It Flowers' which is out very soon indeed. Given the tracks we've heard so far, it's not going to be a brand new Bea: instead, more of the...
In 2017, the title of Declan McKenna’s debut album asked the listener, “What do you think about the car?” It feels fitting, then, and emblematic of the success the 21-year-old star has seen since, that one of his finest lyrics...
Perto & Banoffee – 'I Miss You '
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4YDHcrmvfI
As is only fitting for a song that shares a name with Blink 182’s most wistful banger, this team-up from Aussie wunderkinds Perto and Banoffee is thick with whiny emo energy, brought bang...
Lynn Gunn douses her anguish and anxieties in layered synths and gothic metaphor to deliver PVRIS’ most coherent body of work.
Forming in 2012, Pvris now have a few years of experience under their belts. But its with third-studio album,...
Blackpink & Selena Gomez - ‘Ice Cream’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRXZj0DzXIA
In their second massive collab of the year (following June’s ‘Sour Candy’ with Lady Gaga), K-pop queens BLACKPINK team up with Selena Gomez to serve up a summer treat that slow burns like...
In the last couple years, we have seen Troye Sivan blossom from a break-out artist to a quietly confident queer icon. From the release of his athematic 2018 sophomore album 'Bloom' to unveiling fierce collaborations with Charli XCX and...
It’s been a while since a new Bright Eyes record, and the contemplative weight of ‘Down in the Weeds, Where The World Once Was’ might read as nine years of pent-up emotion. But this is standard operation for the...