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The 100 Club is an infamous venue, becoming an important landmark for almost every subculture. Hosting music since the early 1940s, the club has seen it all,from the likes of The Sex Pistols to Suede. Decade by decade, its musical history has become part of the foundation of its appeal, particularly to the ‘new wave’ of musicians in the 2020s, with Violet Grohl and her opening act, Bekkah Bossard, being evidence.

I was lucky enough to be on the guest list to see Sports Team’s headline set at the DIY Alive festival this year. The event took place on a warm, clear evening, in early October, at Dalston’s EartH Hall. I arrived at the all-day festival a couple of hours before Sports Team’s set, which began at 21:30, as I was curious to see who else was performing.

As someone who is open to all genres of music, I find that the minutes I spend listening to jazz are relatively low in comparison to RnB, rock, neo-soul and rap. So, when my partner offered me the opportunity to see London’s very own Yussef Dayes live at the newly opened Blue Note Jazz Club, I could not pass on the chance to put something new on my melodic menu.

Despite the six-hour time difference between Nashville and London, I managed to meet with Oscar Lindsey ahead of his upcoming record release. Before Sunshine drops everywhere on the 16th of October, Lindsey reflects on his past albums and how his process and sound have changed from his first uploads.

Writer Ailin Bahramimonazeh explores the 'UK Poo' phenomenon that recently went viral across social media, whilst also recounting her own experience at a concert dedicated to the new niche genre in UK rap.

I was lucky enough to be on the guest-list for she’s green on the 4th of September. Having been to the venue before, I was familiar with its ambient lighting and cozy layout — an atmosphere that only set the mood for the dreamy performances by the opener and the main act.

Photo by Kamal “Eazy” Holder For In Color, colour is more than a name. It represents the full spectrum of emotion they want their music to capture – the sadness, longing, euphoria and everything in between. That ambition has already taken the alt-rock quartet of Holden Clontz, Matt Hastings, Val Hoyt and Miles Laderman a long way. After forming out of an unlikely winter spent snowed in together, In Color have quickly progressed from playing their first shows to selling out t

Hailing from Chicago, Ratboys touch down in Tufnell Park to play Downstairs at the Dome. A couple of hours before their gig with Salarymen, we sat down with Julia Steiner of Ratboys to discuss how the band’s sound has changed, the experimentality of their most recent record and the future of protest music.

Raymond Liu reviews American-Brtish singer Scott Walker's final album from 2012, exploring the ideas of each track whilst linking them to the album's overall theme.

Photo by Eva Lau-Johnston I’m sitting on a ferry from Koh Phangnan to Koh Samui. It’s a blue-sky, 30-something-degree kind of day, and I'm defying the laws of pathetic fallacy by listening to Phoebe Bridgers’ newest record, Lost Weekend. Full of haunting melodies and crescendoing endings, Phoebe Bridgers is at her prime. Six years after Punisher, Bridgers returns with a distinctly space-themed rollout that included secret pop-up shows, planetariums, and a seemingly planned r