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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


FOCUS: Jungleland
Atop the backdrop of a glacial January, Matt Andrews caught up with Jungleland, the Nottingham rock upstarts hoping to set the local...
Matthew Andrews
Feb 3, 20213 min read


The Mic Recommends...
With the first month of 2021 out of the way, it seems that not a lot of good has come from the new year so far, save the offerings of the...
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Feb 1, 20215 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


FOCUS: Night Bus Revival
Compact yet expansive and dealing in oxymorons, the debut EP from Nottingham alt-folk mogul, Night Bus Revival, is a delicately balanced...
Matthew Andrews
Jan 25, 20214 min read


The Mic Recommends
New year, same Mic Recommends – back to rounding up the biggest and best tracks of the past week (or in this case two!). Our first...
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Jan 25, 20215 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


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


‘If you steal music, you aren’t a real music fan’: The Rise of Illegal Stream-Ripping
Whilst providing the opportunity to discover, promote and transmit music in a way that was previously impossible, digital music...
Nieve O'Donnell
Jan 6, 20214 min read


FOCUS: Blondes
Amassing a million Spotify streams, international TikTok stardom, and an abundance of newly found sonic surety from the pandemic-induced...
Matthew Andrews
Jan 4, 20214 min read


THE MIC AWARDS 2020: ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
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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Jan 1, 20215 min read


THE MIC AWARDS 2020: SONGS OF THE YEAR
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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Jan 1, 20214 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


FOCUS: Chloe Rodgers
Rife with poetic fervour and delivered with downbeat, saccharine charm, the sweet sounds of Nottingham native, Chloe Rodgers, are a...
Matthew Andrews
Dec 22, 20203 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


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


Hardbacks and Hooks: A Lockdown Music Reading List
From unflinching memoirs and gritty exposes, to introspective compendiums and historical deep dives, the music book genre is any...
Amber Frost
Dec 9, 20206 min read


Seeing What You Hear: The Importance of Album Artwork
From the Beatles flagship stroll across Abbey Road to the quintessential prismatic eclipse of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, album...
Gemma Cockrell
Dec 4, 20206 min read


Classics Revisited: Pearl Jam – ‘Ten’
A sharp, incendiary album in a decade considered to be the pinnacle of the Grunge era, Pearl Jam’s Ten (1991) is no less than a testament...
Grace Dalaigh-Taylor
Dec 2, 20204 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
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