Music

Welcome to The Rotation, a roundup of the week’s key moments in music and why you should listen. Read Volume 4 below, or scroll to the end for playlists on Spotify and Apple Music. Previous instalments available here. As we settle into the…

Swiss born, Portuguese-Angolan singer/songwriter Raíz integrates London’s multicultural music scene into his musical area of edgy bangers and millennial pop. His name, which translates to "root" in Portuguese, reflects the connection…

Welcome to The Rotation, a roundup of the week’s key moments in music and why you should listen. Read Volume 3 below, or scroll to the bottom for playlists on Spotify and Apple Music. Previous instalments available here. The start of a new…

We’ve covered our favourite Irish records of 2020 and now it’s time for the final list of the year—the best albums of 2020. From much-needed pop escapism to doom-laden indie folk, with a few lockdown recordings thrown in for good measure,…

Welcome to The Rotation, a roundup of the week’s key moments in music and why you should listen. Read Volume 2 below, or scroll to the bottom for playlists on Spotify and Apple Music. Despite all that has happened this year, music has…

World Goes Round was the moniker worn by Frank Musker, Elizabeth Lamers, Jeff Hull and Marty Walsh in 1989. The outrageously talented friend group, consisting of songwriters, singers and musicians from the late '80s LA music scene, pooled…

Every end-of-year list is going to open with some variation of “Well, this year was shite, but the tunes were great”, so it already feels trite to deliver that sentiment. However, that sentiment is unavoidably true. This year was shite, but…

Guilford indie-pop duo Son of Cabe consist of songwriter/producer Conor McCabe and co-producer Jack Holland, whom McCabe met at university. The indie-pop dup take their influence and inspiration from '80s pop, electronic, and indie music,…

Welcome to The Rotation, a roundup of the week's key moments in music and why you should listen. Read Volume 1 below, or scroll to the bottom for playlists on Spotify and Apple Music. This time of year tends to instill a sense of self…

In the mid '90s Amey was well on her way to a successful career in music when fate intervened. After giving birth to her daughter, Amey developed crippling postnatal depression. Her band broke up, leading to a period of alcohol and drug…