It’s been a whirlwind couple of years for Sophie Allison, better know by her stage alias Soccer Mommy. After uploading demos to Bandcamp in 2016, she created such an exciting buzz around her that she decided to quit school and pursue music as a genuine career – something she never…
After an exciting 2017 that saw him not only produce Father John Misty’s superb Pure Comedy, but also join Roger Waters’ band for his Is This The Life We Really Want? tour (an album that he also performed on), this year is looking even bigger for Jonathan Wilson. Rare…
Staking their claim as the most exciting, refreshing and unique band in the last few years, Superorganism are so good that when they first turned up with ‘Something For Your M.I.N.D.’ critics and audiences thought it could have been a new project by creative powerhouses such as Damon Albarn or…
Gwenno’s first record, Y Dydd Olaf, was an experiment by the Welsh artist to incorporate her political beliefs with sounds she grew up with, and was moderately motivated by a dystopian sci-fi book of the same name by Owain Owain. The album was principally sung in Welsh, except for one…
Montreal’s Suuns have always been ones to tamper with the darkness and meddle with minimalism. Previous albums, including 2016’s Hold/Still and 2013’s Images du Futur, helped assert an attack upon systematic music and standard concepts; all via the power of razor wire synth lines, throttling drum machines and frontman Ben…
With a shared passion for synths, shoe-gaze, post and indie-rock, Amor Amezcua and Estrella Sanchez met in high school in the Mexican border town of Tijuana, getting to grips with their instruments, and developing a sound built upon organic processes. Their debut release, the EP Primeras Salidas, was a fascinating…
In the worlds of indie and rock, you see the same artists on the same front pages week after week and month after month – the same few headliners at the same festivals. In UK hip-hop, however, it is a different story. A dynamic and fluid scene with a…
Now receiving a physical release a few months after its surprise digital arrival, Plunge is the second solo album from The Knife’s Karin Dreijer, otherwise known as Fever Ray. In the eight years between her self-titled debut and Plunge, Dreijer’s personal life underwent seismic changes as she got divorced…
Anna Burch has finally made her steps into the solo world with the complex pop of Quit the Curse. The Detroit singer/songwriter has been visible for the better part of her years-long career singing in Frontier Ruckus, or more recently co-fronting Failed Flowers. Yet, within all this, a vibrant collection of…
High school friends drop out of school and catch a New York City bound bus with dreams of starting a band. Frenzied press hype soon follows, along with label bidding wars, a debut album, and a global tour. The story of Public Access T.V. is one from the music industry…