As we stagger past lockdown’s halfway point, The Mic’s writers have rounded up an eclectic selection of the weeks hottest new tracks to...

Strange sounds for stranger times; the seventh studio album from Gorillaz is a vivid, eccentric revitalisation of pop music. Bringing...

Divesting the former kids TV star of any lingering vestiges of her old squeaky-clean image, Ariana Grande’s positions is a sizzling...

In the thick of a second, trying lockdown, The Mic shine a light on the tracks offering an antidote to the tedium. This week's dazzling...

In a round up of the best singles of the previous week, writers cover releases from Oliver Heldens, Giggs, System of a Down, and many more

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From artificial cheese-pop to introspective instrumentalism, Beth Walker unpacks The Vamps most mature project to date, ‘Cherry Blossom’.

The Mic’s Joe Hughes talked with Nottingham soul hero Liam Bailey on his blending of reggae, R&B and soul on new album, ‘Ekundayo’.

Following the glittering August release of debut album ‘Lie Out Loud’, Alex Duke chatted to BLOXX’s charismatic mic-wielder Ophelia Booth.

Isabelle Felton weighs in on the latest exposition from the burgeoning post-punk renaissance: the doomy debut from Working Men's Club.

Fleet Foxes' have made a surprise return with a warmer, but no less mercurial, dive into the psyche of front-man Robin Pecknold.

After dominating social media with hit song 'Coffee', Beabadoobee is back with new LP, Fake It Flowers. Grace Dalaigh-Taylor delves into it.

The debut album from the undisputed king of UK drill, Headie One, shows a definite growth in maturity, but falls deftly short of greatness.

Sleepy, escapist dream pop with a gritty post-punk aftertaste, GFE’s newest EP, ‘Persuade U’ is the band's most intricate project to date.

YouTuber-turned-R&B prodigy Joji returns, and triumphantly, with his hotly-anticipated sophomore record, Nectar.

Who knew that the best pop-punk album of the year would come from a rapper?

At the forefront of a pop-punk resurgence, Louise Dugan gives her thoughts on Stand Atlantic's sparkling sophomore record.

Rife with oddball concoctions and propulsive melodia, 'RE-ANIMATOR' is the fifth full-length affair from Everything Everything.

Described by the band’s gallant frontman Joe Talbot as “the most IDLES we can be,” the Bristol punks return with the riotous 'Ultra Mono'.

"Williams allows each track to melt into one another, the listener being given access to his subconscious"