Music

It's been whirlwind few years for Beatrice Laus. The Filipino-born British songwriter has gone from quietly crafting her very literal brand of bedroom pop/rock—sharing it among friends and social media—to supporting tours with The 1975 and…

Thrash found its inspiration with the likes of Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Motörhead in the 1970s. By the early 80s in what seems like a blink of an eye, its popularity had sky-rocketed. The genre became known all around the world,…

Having established herself as one of Ireland’s finest young songwriters with her debut EP Hollowed Out Sea, Ailbhe Reddy finally makes her highly anticipated return after four years with her debut full-length release Personal History. A…

As I contemplate the recent development of musical technology and its impact on my life as a musician today, I feel a newfound sentiment of freedom and of justice for the greater cause of art. I feel unshackled like never before both to…

The release of the new boxset Venus, Cupid, Folly & Time this week marks 30 years of The Divine Comedy. So what better time to look back over Neil Hannon’s career of literate orchestral pop stylings? And what better way to bring nuance…

Following her promising 2017 debut album Quiet Giant, Emma Langford’s sophomore effort, Sowing Acorns, shows a maturity in songwriting and arrangement, with lavish instrumentals laying a foundation befitting her always enchanting vocal and…

Conrad Ashton was nine years old when he witnessed Pete Townshend's exhilarating stage presence at Live 8, changing his life forever. He knew he wanted to make music and soon after picked up a guitar. By the age of eleven, he was writing…

Ah, Converge. You may or may not have heard of them, but they’re legends—not only because of their creativity and originality but also because of how critical they are to the growth and evolution of metalcore, influencing the likes of Trap…

Charlie Parker would have been a chin-stroking one hundred years of age this month. Kloop. Mop. Rebop. Apocalypse. Happy birthday, with a whirlwinding flurry of breathless demisemiquavers on top. He was Bird. His nickname. And we were bird…

When we think of metal music, many lapse into instinctual cliches and stereotypes of darkness, volume, and anger, and, while much of this holds true, there is so much more to the genre. Dan Franklin’s engaging and expansive book encourages…