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All Is Love & Pain In The Roundhouse: An Ode To Of Monsters And Men's Latest Tour
Writer Lara Walsh reviews Of Monsters and Men's latest concert from their 2026 tour titled The Mouse Parade
Lara Walsh
Feb 252 min read


Accessibility as Revolution: Only The Poets Take the O2 Academy Brixton
Writer Hannah Breen reviews Only The Poets' £1 sold-out concert at the O2 Academy Brixton while also discussing the importance of keeping music accessible to audiences and musicians.
Hannah Breen
Feb 234 min read


Into Life, Into Love: Champion Trees at The Others
Writer Tamara Wanja shares her narrative review documenting her experience at The Others for the Champion Trees headline performance.
Tamara Wanja
Feb 235 min read


Hilary Woods on Night CRIÚ
Photo Courtesy of Hilary Woods Irish musician, analogue filmmaker and writer Hilary Woods has always treated music as a lived, bodily practice rather than a fixed form. Born in Dublin, Woods first came to prominence as the bassist in JJ72 , before carving out a solo path that blurs the lines between song, sound art, text and image. Across her work, music becomes a sensorial space where memory, feeling and physical presence collide. Released on 31 October 2025 via Sacred Bone
Daria Slikker
Feb 134 min read


These New South Whales on GODSPEED
Photo Courtesy of Imogen Thomas Formed in Melbourne in 2011, These New South Whales have spent the past decade carving out a space where punk urgency, sharp humour, and community-first thinking coexist. From recording their earliest material in a WWII bunker in Western Sydney to touring across Europe and earning an ARIA nomination for their 2022 self-titled album, the band has always followed instinct over expectation. Their latest record, GODSPEED , released at the end of No
Daria Slikker
Feb 125 min read


Introducing Paul’s Daughter
Photo by Sassafras Thomas Paul’s Daughter is the musical world of Izzy Searle, a London-based artist whose songs sit somewhere between gothic introspection, guitar-led melancholy, and pop hooks that feel both bruised and romantic. Formed over the past three years, the project grew out of a winding path through childhood bands, early studio experiments, and a formative stint in Los Angeles that helped sharpen her instincts, even if the music itself stayed unreleased. Since ret
Daria Slikker
Jan 308 min read


Tooth: The Age of Innocence
Tooth, an alt-rock band, discusses their debut single, performing live, and their promising future.
Daria Slikker
Jan 284 min read
Keep it Red in the Metre: A Review of South Arcade’s new EP: PLAY!
Released in late November, South Arcade’s new EP, PLAY! is a high-energy track list with a curious twist at the end. The band, formed in 2021 by four university students – Harmony Cavelle (vocals), Harry Winks (guitar), Ollie Green (bass), and Cody Jones (drums) – has quickly created a niche that feels simultaneously nostalgic and entirely their own. From their early days in Guildford to recent tours across the UK, and a first trip to the U.S., South Arcade has been delibera
Constanza Bayod Carrasco
Jan 214 min read


Where Acoustic Turns Electronic: In Conversation with emory
Photo by Austin Cieszko Emma Wellons makes music the way she’s always lived with it: curiously, instinctively, and without hierarchy. Performing under the name emory, the Los Angeles-based artist and producer has built a world where hyperpop, folk, indie and techno coexist – often within the same song. It’s a sound shaped by early beginnings playing drums in church at age ten, years of experimenting with whatever instruments and software were within reach, and a willingness
Daria Slikker
Jan 167 min read


Biased about Katseye: An Awarded Climb to the Top
All this fame and cultural influence, and Katseye are just one year into their career. All of this begs the question: how?
Malishka Shaikh-Kannamwar
Dec 24, 20257 min read
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