Rock Sound editorial director Ryan Bird on Stand Atlantic’s Sidewinder EP
There’s a little bit of an unspoken rule in the Rock Sound office that if I ask to know ...
BBC Radio 1Xtra’s DJ Target on Lotto Boyzz's Afrobean (The Genre Definition)At the moment, there’s this massive wave of music coming through that’s hard to put a name on ...
Complex Magazine’s Joseph ‘JP’ Patterson on Fekky’s El ClasicoMuch like grime, which I’ve documented for the past decade, UK rap (or “road rap”, if we’re keeping it real) is ...
Amit Sharma on Myrkur’s MareridtThere’s a ghostly brilliance to Myrkur’s music – one that ascends from the blackened pits of extreme metal into folky lullabies that make you feel ...
Eve Barlow on Mura Masa’s self-titled outing
Alex Crossan (aka Mura Masa) has a list of collaborators on his just-released, self-titled debut that would be the envy of most well-established ...
Michael Cragg on Billie Elish’s Don’t Smile At Me
As with Swindon’s finest Billie Piper, LA’s Billie Eilish is clicking her career into gear at the tender age of 15.
NME’s Leonie Cooper on Lao Ra’s Body BounceI’m a tiny bit in love with Lao Ra. Raised in Bogotá but now based in London, the Colombian megastar-in-waiting is channeling ...
Kerrang!’s Jennyfer J Walker on Broadside’s ParadiseFinding a new pop-punk band who don’t sound generic, and like every band that’s come before them is quite the feat. But the ...
Mojo’s Jenny Bulley on Karen Gwyer’s Rembo
I first heard about Karen Gwyer in MOJO’s Underground column. Always beautifully written, Underground is nonetheless a place densely populated by solemn-looking avant-garde ...