'I thought I would lose my career': Orville Peck on addiction and making his best album yet
Orville Peck was in the middle of a soundcheck when he learned that his idol, Dolly Parton, had died. It…
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'Cantona's a Kwengletarian!' Inside the maximalist, magical mindset of rising London Irish rapper Kibo.
A few Guinnesses into an interview at his local Irish pub, 26-year-old Harrow rapper Kibo is on a roll. We’re…
Katseye review – moody, hyperpop-infused tracks from a girl group facing turmoil.
Being a Katseye fan takes real resilience. Since the group debuted three years ago through the reality show The Debut:…
Jah Wobble on covering the Beatles, London buses, and why punk went wrong: 'Being kind is seen as uncool.'
Sometimes, on the top deck of a London bus, pension-age punks will politely interrupt a man absorbed in his iPad.…
A moment that changed me: My stammer made life miserable – then a song gave me my voice back.
For most of my life, I had one goal: don’t get found out. I was a covert stammerer (or stutterer).…
Charli XCX: Music, Fashion, Film review – a slippery dive into identity that hits just as hard as Brat.
“If life imitates art, and we both know it,” she chants. Who do you trust with your true, faltering self?…
Pass the pit diapers! Why are fans wetting themselves to stand in the front row at concerts?
The front row at a concert is a sacred space. When you love an artist, you want to be as…
Alongside Harry: the wit, style, and fun of his fans, captured in Polaroids.
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Here are the best albums of 2026 so far.
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Indie music is being taken over by fake fans and cynical viral marketing. Here's how deep it really goes.
Did you feel more FOMO than usual about last year’s Glastonbury? Did a video of Overmono, Lorde, or Self Esteem…