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Interview: Sophie Jamieson: “I wanted to accentuate the promise of new life, the inevitability of renewal and resilience of nature”

Rob Hakimian·December 7, 2022

London-based songwriter Sophie Jamieson released her debut album Choosing last week, culminating years of hard work in which...

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Bonjour Motherfuckers #29 – BPM edition

Ana Leorne·December 2, 2022

What’s another year?, Johnny Logan famously asked in 1980. Whatever the way you choose to measure it in...

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Cassette Culture: November 2022

Joshua Pickard·November 30, 2022

Cassette Culture is a monthly column dedicated to exploring the various artists that inhabit the expansive cassette market. Drawing...

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Interview: Special Interest and their intense and intentional new album Endure

Rob Hakimian·November 14, 2022

On the release day of their flamboyant new album Endure, New Orleans quartet Special Interest were in London...

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Interview: Low Island guide us through Life In Miniature

Kristy Sawyer·November 11, 2022

Earlier this month, Oxford indie quartet Low Island released their latest album, Life in Miniature on their own label, Emotional Interference. Kristy Sawyer connected over Zoom with lead singer Carlos in his North London studio while the others chipped in over email, telling the story of its creation.

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18 songs that display Mimi Parker as the beating heart of Low

Rob Hakimian, Joshua Pickard, Jeremy J. Fisette, Tim Sentz, John Wohlmacher, Jasper WIllems, Kyle Kohner, John Amen and Todd Dedman·November 8, 2022

The music world was quietly rocked this weekend when news broke that Mimi Parker – drummer, vocalist and founding member of Low – had passed away.

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Festival Preview: 10 artists to watch at Le Guess Who? 2022

Jasper WIllems·November 7, 2022

With the touring industry in complete shambles, many venues and festivals have been working overtime to still make...

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Bonjour Motherfuckers #28 – BPM edition

Ana Leorne·November 4, 2022

The other day I got an email about year-end lists and my reaction was a mix of “already?”...

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Cassette Culture: October 2022

Joshua Pickard·October 31, 2022

Cassette Culture is a monthly column dedicated to exploring the various artists that inhabit the expansive cassette market. Drawing...

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A Trail Of Blood and Amens: Revisiting Tori Amos’ Scarlet’s Walk at 20

Jasper WIllems·October 28, 2022

Two decades after its release, Jasper Willems takes a look back at Tori Amos’ seventh album Scarlet’s Walk, her cross-country navigation of post-911 America. Disguised as a lush, wide-eyed road trip, it is actually one of the acclaimed songwriter’s most affecting and politically-charged chapters

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