Morrissey review – classic Smiths songs meet GB News-style talking points
O2 Arena, LondonMorrissey is in impressive voice and the old songs still retain their power, but the conspiracy theorising and nationalist rhetoric are miserable in all the worst ways It could almost be the 90s: at a sold out O2 Arena, a pink-shirted Morrissey and his five-piece band rally the crowd with Suedehead, each oscillating […]
Three new tracks at the intersection of adult contemporary and indie pop — must hear for fans of moody music like Billie Eilish
Sophia Louisa – “Right Behind You”-If you’re a fan of moody, introspective music, definitely check out this new track from Sophia Louisa. It’s a captivating style of songwriting that encourages the listener to lean in and listen close. The overall energy of the track feels a bit mysterious in the best way. The delicate and […]
HUNTR/X went from a complete unknown to winning a Grammy, and now, an Oscar
The band Huntr/x from the hit Netflix film “KPop Demon Hunters” went from a group no one had ever heard of to one of the biggest pop acts of 2025. Now their hit ‘Golden’ has won a Grammy and an Oscar.
Cody Jinks Calls Out Billboard’s List of New “Outlaw” Artists
But what Billboard failed to mention whatsoever is how there’s an actual modern Outlaw country scene, as well as an Outlaw country sound that isn’t really that hard to find. What exactly a country music “Outlaw” is has always been up for some debate, just like who exactly is or isn’t “country.” And often, these […]
‘We kicked Bono’s arse’: Atomic Kitten on how they made Whole Again (with a little help from Kraftwerk)
‘Kerry’s spoken verse needed 39 takes spread over several months because she’d had her tonsils out’ People never believe me that Kraftwerk created Atomic Kitten. In 1996, my band OMD released Walking on the Milky Way, which I thought was one of the best songs I’d ever written. But in the age of Britpop, we […]
The Notwist – News from Planet Zombie
It is more in-your-face than much of their recent work, thematically if not musically. More engaged and more engaging. The sound of a band alive to the changing world with all its problems and all its wonder. News from Planet Zombie is another important dispatch from the Notwist’s entirely unique corner of the musical world, […]
‘We did Disneyland on mind-altering substances’: Primus frontman Les Claypool on being rock’s great joker – and why Metallica rejected him
After going platinum in the 90s and writing the South Park theme, bassist extraordinaire Claypool discusses the AI-themed concept album he’s made with Sean Ono Lennon When Les Claypool wrote his first song for Primus in 1984, he faced a crisis of self-confidence. “I was too embarrassed to sing in my apartment,” he says on […]
‘I had never heard something so angry and feminine’: Jehnny Beth’s honest playlist
The singer and actor, formerly of Savages, was shaken up by Le Tigre and gets emotional when hearing Fontaines DC, but which rapper can she no longer bear to listen to? The first song I fell in love withI had an incredible piano teacher, who would play me a lot of jazz records that I […]
Diagonale des Yeux: Madeleine review | Safi Bugel’s experimental album of the month
(Knekelhuis)Music boxes, miaows and strange melodies pepper the whimsical and charmingly lo-fi post-punk of Laurène Exposito and Théo Delaunay The lyrics for Diagonale des Yeux’s debut album were written in the style of an exquisite corpse game, with members Laurène Exposito and Théo Delaunay taking it in turns to patch together ephemeral thoughts and themes […]
‘You’ve got to be able to laugh at yourself’: Jamie Oliver stars in video for CMAT’s The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station
The TV chef wondered what he’d done to prompt CMAT’s indie epic about losing the plot at the sight of his face – but once he got her ‘tragicomedy of misdirected anger’, he was ‘100% in’ to drum in the video It is 27 years since Jamie Oliver first appeared on TV as The Naked […]