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Introducing: Spoort

Rob HakimianJune 1, 2020

With the release of their debut EP, Spoort have put themselves into the conversation of most exciting new acts of 2020. We spoke to them about their journey fr...

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Interview: Hanni El Khatib

Rob HakimianMay 22, 2020

Hanni El Khatib has just put out FLIGHT, his fifth album, which eschews the guitar-based sound of his previous work in favour of beat and sample-oriented pop. ...

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Album Review: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith – The Mosaic of Transformation

Rob HakimianMay 22, 2020

The soothing, ever-expanding sounds of Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith’s music naturally finds its place alongside the kinds of relaxing music that is often found accomp...

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Q&A: Fears discusses mental health, self-harm, and her new song “two_”

Rob HakimianMay 18, 2020

Today is the opening of the week-long Northern Ireland Mental Health Arts Festival, with new pieces from the nation’s bounteous pool of creators being shared e...

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Interview: Melenas

Rob HakimianMay 12, 2020

The female psych-pop quartet hailing from Pamplona, Spain, just put out their second album Dias Raros. It's a record that was created with grit, determination ...

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Album Review: Car Seat Headrest – Making A Door Less Open

Rob HakimianMay 1, 2020

Even back when he would sit in his car to record vocals for the earliest Car Seat Headrest albums, Will Toledo thought about his music in widescreen. This was ...

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Interview: Harkin

Rob HakimianApril 24, 2020

After years touring with the likes of Sleater-Kinney, Waxahatchee and Wild Beasts, Katie Harkin is finally releasing her own album on her own terms, and giving...

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Introducing: Junk Drawer

Rob HakimianApril 22, 2020

Up against depression, bulimia, and epilepsy, the Northern Irish quartet fearlessly committed it all to tape to make the most cleansing and restorative debut a...

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Album Review: Rina Sawayama – SAWAYAMA

Rob HakimianApril 21, 2020

Rina Sawayama has always presented herself as someone who is confident, outspoken and proud of everything that comprises her history and personality. However, ...

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Cornershop share video for “Highly Amplified” and answer our questions (BPM Premiere)

Rob HakimianApril 15, 2020

British pop institution Cornershop released their new album England is a Garden back in March, and as always it is a delightfully blended mix of musical influe...

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