It’s been a stressful year for all, and we all have our own ways of letting loose. Personally, sometimes I’ll try and eat a whole tub of Pringles in one sitting, getting a hollow thrill from the salt burning...
When it comes to rap and hip-hop, the UK has often somewhat limped behind our American cousins. But luckily, it’s 2021, genre is dead, and we’re all free to draw influence from a number of things.
I personally think that...
There is something about ‘Fool’s Gold’ that makes it sound like it could have been written centuries ago. An eternal tale of hopeless love, whispering through the ages - not bad for a first single. It’s a breathtaking debut...
Marking a year since the first national lockdown, the mesmeric northern four-piece 'Sounds Like A Storm release their newest hard-hitting, fiery single ‘Make It Better’.
Sounds Like A Storm - Make It Better
‘Make It Better’ is a deeply impassioned 3...
There’s an almost nautical quality to Brendan Scott Friel’s ‘Shadows’. Maybe it’s the steadiness of that waltz-time guitar, or the whistling, echoing space in the track.
Maybe I’ve just been in London too long and miss the ocean. But there...
‘Run’ opens with the sound of clinking, almost unsteady percussion. Cowbells? Cutlery against wine glasses? The faint sound of a bar being stocked? It’s an effectively tense opening for a gorgeously dark song about lovers who struggle to connect...
‘I’ll see you on the other side’, sing Mili & Bertie on their latest single, and I picture an old bag waiting in the hallway, the jingle of keys in my pocket, the satisfying click of a door that...
It is 2049. My fully automated smart-house wakes me up in the morning, opens the curtains, and the AI starts playing its favourite song, Sapienn’s ‘Provocateur’. I dance in the shower. It’s a good start to the day.
I jest...
BUEL’s latest release is a cover of Nirvana’s Smells Like Teen Spirit that serves as a demonstration of her unique and innovative style.
BUEL's Smells Like Teen Spirit
Despite Smells Like Teen Spirit being a widely covered track, BUEL’s cover is...
Shayla McDaniel’s newest release Let Me Breathe (How to Break Our Hearts) is an emotive and empowering track, prompting the listener to reflect on whether a relationship is challenging but healthy, or unnecessarily difficult.
McDaniel’s gorgeous vocals will send tingles...
One female voice can carry huge weight if the lyrics and vocal delivery are strong enough. Here comes Rachel Jack to prove it!
Rachel Jack - Magazine Girls
With an EP proudly proclaiming her freedom in a world that still imposes...
‘Give ‘Em Back’ by Charles Pam makes me want to dance. Specifically, it makes me want to be in an r’n’b-soul club in the Bronx, to see my ex who’s just walked in, and then show him everything he’s...
