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Olivia Rodrigo: The Rise of Disney’s Gen Z Music Superstar
Due in part to Olivia Rodrigo’s angelic vocal talent, but also her achingly raw lyricism, Driver’s License has taken the internet and...
Hannah Aldred
Mar 20, 20214 min read


Album Review: Pale Waves – ‘Who Am I’
Released on February 12th, Pale Waves’ stellar sophomore album, Who Am I? is a rousingly candid effort to commemorate being unashamedly...
Jodie Averis
Mar 17, 20215 min read


The Tragedy of Viola Beach, 5 Years On
As the burgeoning indie music scene strengthened its grip on the UK, an up-and-coming Viola Beach and their summery blend of Brit-pop...
Gemma Cockrell
Feb 18, 20214 min read


Album Review: Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – ‘SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound’
All high, no comedown, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets are back with a blistering new record with a suitably absurdist name. Where their 2019...
Rebecca Hyde
Feb 13, 20214 min read


The Niche Music Genres You’ve Never Heard Of
With the boundaries of sound constantly being pushed as artists and producers search for new ways to express their creativity, the...
Amber Frost
Feb 6, 20214 min read


Album Review: Black Country, New Road – ‘For the first time’
Teetering on the border between profundity and absurdity, Black Country, New Road’s For the first time is a sprawling feat of a debut....

Louis Griffin
Feb 5, 20214 min read


Album Review: You Me At Six – ‘SUCKAPUNCH’
Known for their melody-dense, radio rock, You Me At Six tread down a darker path on their seventh studio album SUCKAPUNCH. Featuring...
Gemma Cockrell
Feb 3, 20214 min read


Brexit and the Music Industry: A Disaster in Waiting
Examining the Government's hostile abandonment of the arts, Alex Duke assesses the devastating ramifications and restrictions that Brexit...
Alex Duke
Jan 27, 20213 min read


Album Review: Arctic Monkeys – ‘Live at the Royal Albert Hall’
Turner singing these songs seemed effortless, and he appears to attack the vocals with a more mature disposition. There is somethin
Roisin Hickey
Jan 27, 20213 min read


Interview: Django Django
In the build up to the release of their hotly-anticipated fourth LP Glowing In The Dark, Alex Duke caught up with Django Django members...
Alex Duke
Jan 17, 20215 min read


EP Review: Frank Iero and The Future Violents – ‘Heaven is a Place, This is a Place’
Deliberately disordered and yet so evidently crafted with total precision, Frank Iero finds his identity on the achingly beautiful Heaven...
Charlie Farrer
Jan 17, 20214 min read


Album Review: Shame – ‘Drunk Tank Pink’
The weirder, wiser cousin to 2018’s Songs of Praise, Shame’s latest export melds a menacing tone and relatable Gen Z musings into a...
Ben Preston
Jan 16, 20215 min read


Interview: Passenger
A mainstay in the world of soft acoustic-pop, Passenger’s work manages to capture an indescribable world of emotion; each sparkling track...
Lilith Hudson
Jan 8, 20218 min read


THE MIC AWARDS 2020
One of the only vessels of solace in this year of desolation and torrent was music. Artists laid themselves bare despite a pandemic...
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Dec 31, 20206 min read


Jesy Nelson: The Dark Side of Music Fame
Sending shockwaves splintering through the otherwise glisteningly perfect bubble that is the world of pop, Jesy Nelson, previously one...
Gemma Cockrell
Dec 21, 20204 min read


Album Review: Deafheaven – ‘10 Years Gone’
A shimmering, seething product of an unstable year, Deafheaven’s brand new live record, 10 Years Gone, commemorates a decade of the...
Matt Taylor
Dec 17, 20203 min read


FOCUS: Daisy Godfrey
Distinctive and restless without cutting the cord connecting it to its forebears, the slow-burning neo-soul of Daisy Godfrey makes her...
Matthew Andrews
Dec 15, 20203 min read


Album Review: Taylor Swift – ‘evermore’
A surprise sister album to the enchanting folklore, one of music’s most loved starlets Taylor Swift weaves lucid tales of love,...
Amrit Virdi
Dec 15, 20203 min read


Populism and Pop Music: The Sounds of the 2020 Election
Whilst a seventy-four year-old man dancing rhythmlessly to the Village People’s YMCA became a key image of the Republican election...
Ben Buffery
Dec 1, 20204 min read


The Mic Recommends...
On the last weekend before we descend into the festivities of the winter period – though relatively little is likely to change other than...
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Nov 29, 20205 min read
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