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Album Review: Far Caspian - 'Ways To Get Out'
Joel Johnston has released a string of EPs in recent years under the name Far Caspian. Now the sophisticated indie rocker returns with a...
Kent Stavenuiter
Oct 10, 20214 min read


Album Review: DARKSIDE - 'Spiral'
The second studio album from Nicolás Jaar and Dave Harrington is upon us. Untamed, biting, intuitive - the DARKSIDE duo show no signs of...

Tristan Phipps
Aug 20, 20214 min read


Album Review: Clairo – 'Sling'
Gemma Cockrell explores what makes 'Sling' Clairo's most ambitious project yet.
Gemma Cockrell
Jul 17, 20213 min read


Interview: Van Houten
Submersive, swirling dream-pop meets anecdotes of loss, destruction and heartbreak under the guise of new Leeds fivesome, Van Houten....
Nieve O'Donnell
Jul 13, 20214 min read


Album Review: Tyler The Creator – ‘CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST’
Two years since his last release, hip-hop giant Tyler, The Creator drops the highly anticipated CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST. Alex Duke gives...
Alex Duke
Jul 8, 20212 min read


Interview: Wings of Desire
Drawing inspiration from psychological revolution, visual arts, and 20th century counterculture, the newest project from INHEAVEN’s Chloe...
Gemma Cockrell
Jun 27, 20216 min read


Interview: Pixey
From her pandemic hide-out out in Crosby, just north of Liverpool, singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and self-producer Pixey...
Nieve O'Donnell
Jun 14, 20215 min read


Album Review: Olivia Rodrigo – ‘SOUR’
Being on Disney used to hold teen stars back. Olivia Rodrigo is changing the narrative. Her chart-topping debut record Sour breaks the...
Gemma Cockrell
Jun 3, 20214 min read


Album Review: Twenty One Pilots – ‘Scaled and Icy’
The latest album from Ohio emo duplet Twenty One Pilots, Scaled and Icy sees them embracing a sunnier sound – Gemma Cockrell asks whether...
Gemma Cockrell
May 30, 20213 min read


A Love Letter to a Genre That Didn’t Always Love Me Back
As live music makes a jubilant return, The Mic’s Editor-in-Chief, Olivia Stock, reflects on her experiences growing up in the heavy music...

Olivia Stock
May 22, 20213 min read


JAWS on bouncy b-sides, creative inspirations, and returning to music
This week, Birmingham four-piece JAWS have declared their brimming post-lockdown agenda. With an upcoming nine-date UK tour on the cards,...
Gemma Cockrell
May 17, 20215 min read


Album Review: girl in red – ‘if i could make it go quiet’
In what seems to be one of the most highly anticipated debuts of the year, girl in red’s if i could make it go quiet grapples...
Amber Frost
May 13, 20213 min read


EP Review: Fickle Friends – ‘Weird Years (Season 2)’
A self-professed and joyously self-aware soundtrack to the quarter-life crisis, the second installment of Fickle Friends’ Weird Years...
Gemma Cockrell
May 9, 20213 min read


Interview: Tuvaband
On the back of bolshy new single Post-Isolation, Amber Frost sat down with Norwegian alt-rocker Tuvaband to dissect her unique sound and...
Amber Frost
Apr 28, 20214 min read


Interview: Holiday Ghosts
Brighton-based indie rockers, Holiday Ghosts, have announced their third studio album North Street Air after signing to FatCat Records....
Amber Frost
Apr 28, 20214 min read


Interview: Scouting For Girls on Embracing Nostalgia and Déjà Vu
Scouting for Girls have spent lockdown falling in love with music all over again. On the cusp of the release of their collection of...
Gemma Cockrell
Apr 27, 20215 min read


Album Review: Skegss – ‘Rehearsal’
Just in time for the Summer we’ve been longing for, Skegss release their second studio album Rehearsal; a record that epitomizes the...
Lucy Gray
Apr 17, 20213 min read


Album Review: Xiu Xiu – ‘Oh No’
Known for making beautiful music for hard times, Californian experimentalists Xiu Xiu have excelled themselves once more on striking new...
Owen White
Apr 8, 20215 min read


Songs TikTok Made Popular Again
From Renegade to Lemonade, over the past twelve months, TikTok has treated us to a delightful helping of moreish soundbites. In a...
Izzy Felton
Apr 1, 20214 min read


Album Review: Lana del Rey – ‘Chemtrails Over The Country’
Dialing back the grandiosity in favor of lighter, more intimate moments, Lana Del Rey returns with a brand new record, her latest release...
Elliot Fox
Mar 20, 20214 min read
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