Music
Dazed
English Teacher’s Mercury Prize win is a victory for the North
How ratbag built a nightmarish universe through music
Fontaines D.C.’s new video is a twisted take on teen girlhood
Is social media killing the music icon?
Bbymutha interviewed: “Music is my toxic boyfriend”
What Charli XCX’s ‘Brat’ means for pop
Romy & Charlotte Wells interviewed: The story behind Romy’s ecstatic new video ‘Always Forever’
Inside dance music’s hidden mental health crisis
How the music industry has shifted since Lorde’s Pure Heroine
‘It hurts my head’: the reason some people hate music
Should we use AI to bring musicians back from the dead?
Northern soul scenes are thriving despite the cost-of-living crisis
NME
How the rental crisis is threatening the UK’s music scenes
The Cover: Nieve Ella just wants to Have Fun
The Cover: Tiny Habits find power in their awe-inspiring friendship
Taylor Swift ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ review: A rare misstep
How a surprise Fred Again.. collab helped I Am Roze find their voice
Meet the C24 Artists: Lola Young
Omar Apollo – ‘God Said No’ review: finding peace in fate, family and friendship
Maggie Rogers ‘Don’t Forget Me’ review: wistful road trip record acts as a sonic reboot
Bowling with Alessi Rose, defender of ultra-chaotic and confessional pop
Sekou is heading towards icon status through authentic, pop-driven soul music
Conan Gray ‘Found Heaven’ review: seeking solace from heartbreak in ‘80s pop
Vampire Weekend ‘Only God Was Above Us’ review: back to the big apple
O. ‘Slice’ EP Review: two artists with an undeniable synergy
Declan McKenna ‘What Happened To The Beach?’ review: an exercise in pure, creative optimism
Clash Magazine
Album review: The Orielles - Tableau
Tweetlemania: inside Beatles stan Twitter
In conversation: The Lazy Eyes
Album review: The Lazy Eyes - Songbook
How slowed + reverb became the soundtrack to Gen-Z lockdown
Yorkshire’s music scenes are redefining themselves on their own terms
The Line Of Best Fit
Sunflower Thieves are proudly advocating for Leeds’ community-driven music scenes