When The Japanese House’s Amber Bain released her triumph of a debut album last year, she laid her deepest emotions bare for the world to see. Tracking the intoxicating highs and lows of her relationship with fellow musician Marika...
Cardi B & Megan Thee Stallion – 'WAP'
Good grief! Not for the faint hearted this one but God is it catchy. Khia’s 'My Neck My Back' and Lil Kim’s 'How Many Licks?' walked so Cardi B and Megan Thee...
In the past, Glass Animals’ Dave Bayley has expressed himself through a procession of Wes Anderson-like characters. Heavily tanned blokes in tight speedos, a Fleetwood Mac loving waitress, and a preposterously tall basketball player all paced the aisles of...
Fontaines DC’s ‘Dogrel’ was easily one of the best debuts in the last ten years. Whether it was the joyful, crisp tones of ‘Liberty Belle’ or the thoughtful ‘Roy’s Tune’, the record had a track to suit every mood....
Billie Eilish - ‘My Future’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dm9Zf1WYQ_A
To hijack the popular meme-slash-Mark Twain quote, lockdown has shown us there’s two types of people in the world – those perfectly happy on their own and those who’ve been climbing up the walls, begging...
Never let it be said that Alanis Morissette, doesn’t wear her heart very firmly on her sleeve. She did 25 years ago, with the colossal hit that was 'Jagged Little Pill' and she does here, on 'Such Pretty Forks...
Jessy Lanza’s style flits between experimental pop and club-ready anthems. With a BBC Radio 1 residency and two critically acclaimed albums under her belt, we approach her third album, ‘All The Time’. Along with long-time creative partner Jeremy...
The tracks you need to hear this week
The pandemic, in many ways, has stripped life back to its simplest form. The maximalist, luxury trappings of capitalist life are no longer necessary (why buy that designer fit when you can barely go outside?) and instead we’ve been reminded...
As polarising as country music can be, it’s hard to find a better companion to heartbreak when it’s done well. Kacey Musgraves’ ’Space Cowboy’, Lucinda Williams’ ’Steal Your Love’, ‘Rebel Heart’ by First Aid Kit: these are all country...