Music Interviews

How the kids got smooth: the rise of Schmaltzcore

A strange thing is happening: hundreds of teenagers are bouncing up and down to the sounds of their favourite new musician at north London...

Susanne Sundfør takes us inside the world of ‘Music For People In Trouble’

Susanne Sundfør has spoken out about how the state of the planet and our own personal relationship with nature inspired her acclaimed latest album...

Ängie opens up about depression, suicide, sexuality, and what her next album holds

Ängie has spoken out about the cathartic impact of opening up about her mental health, how she relates to her fans about depression, and what...

KYLE talks debut album ‘Light Of Mine’, working with Kehlani and being inspired by Donald Glover

In a time of Childish Gambino visceral 'This Is America' video and Kendrick Lamar winning Pulitzer Prizes, Californian rapper KYLE offers a different kind of hip-hop....

Peggy Gou on her electrifying ‘Once’ EP, playing Printworks and why DJ Harvey is a total inspiration

Over the past few years Peggy Gou has started to become a household name for club-goers and electronic fans. People scream her name (and...

Song Stories: how The Strokes inspired James Bay’s ‘Pink Lemonade’

When writing his latest album, 'Electric Light', James Bay was seeking reinvention. Channelling everyone from Frank Ocean and David Bowie (on the glittering electronic...

Song Stories: James Bay on his bold reinvention with comeback single ‘Wild Love’

We hope you're sitting down for this, readers, but James Bay does not wear a hat any more. And that's not the only bold...

The Big Read – Rae Sremmurd: “There’s gonna be statues of us. We’re going hard while we’re here”

The Mississippi hip-hop duo hit the big time in 2016 with their Mannequin Challenge-soundtrack ‘Black Beatles’, but can they level up even further with album number three to fully realise their dreams of becoming rock stars?

Jonathan Davis talks solo albums, growing up in nu-metal’s heyday, and new Korn material

After twenty-plus years fronting one of metal’s most game-changing groups, you’d forgive Jonathan Davis for tapping on the brakes a little. But at 47...

Tove Styrke: Take a chance on Lorde and Katy Perry’s favourite new pop purveyor

Tove Styrke’s new album ‘Sway’ is the sound of falling in love. It doesn’t possess grand romantic statements about companionship, but the little things...
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