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Album Review: Squid – ‘Bright Green Field’
Wild experimentation meets world-building excellence on the WARP-spun debut from Squid. Leaving behind quirky talk of houseplants,...
Owen White
May 8, 20213 min read


Back to the Future: Are Music Festivals Over-Reliant on Nostalgia Acts?
Littered with washed-up dad rockers and contentious 90s frontmen-gone-rogue, the festival bills of the present seem to reflect little of...
Gemma Cockrell
May 6, 20214 min read


Interview: Squid
Displacing their inspiration from people to place for the first time, Squid conjure up a dark and immersive sonic world on debut...

Louis Griffin
May 6, 20217 min read


Album Review: Royal Blood – ‘Typhoons’
Back from the brink of addiction and the sophomore slump, Royal Blood channel alt-rock and dandy disco-funk on long-awaited third album...
Alex Ollier
Apr 29, 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 27, 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 27, 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


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With the end of another week marking (hopefully) another step closer to normality, it has also seen the return of Redlight, yet again,...
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Apr 19, 20214 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


FOCUS: Cucamaras
From a mutual love for The Bodega to childhood music memories, Olly (vocals) and Joe (drums) of Nottingham mob Cucamaras sat down with...
Amber Frost
Apr 16, 20213 min read


Album Review: Low Island – ‘If You Could Have It All Again’
Oxford-based indie stalwarts Low Island are set to release their long-awaited debut album If You Could Have It All Again on April 16th....
Amrit Virdi
Apr 13, 20213 min read


Album Review: Demi Lovato – ‘Dancing With The Devil… The Art Of Starting Over’
In a monumental return to the music industry, former Disney star Demi Lovato has returned to the music scene with her seventh studio...
Amrit Virdi
Apr 13, 20213 min read


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As if the re-opening of beer gardens across the country wasn't enough good news, The Mic have rounded up the biggest and best singles of...
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Apr 13, 20214 min read


Album Review: Dry Cleaning – ‘New Long Leg’
Sometimes funny, sometimes disgusting, but always unabashed, Dry Cleaning’s music articulates observations of modern life with exacting...
Freya Martin
Apr 9, 20214 min read


Album Review: Citizen – ‘Life In Your Glass World’
Refusing to settle in one soundscape for too long lest anybody ever attempt to put them into a box, Ohio rockers Citizen channel...
Gemma Cockrell
Apr 8, 20213 min read


Album Review: Godspeed You! Black Emperor – ‘G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END!’
The Canadian post-rock collective Godspeed You! Black Emperor, which has earned a fair amount of acclaim despite operating in near-total...
Matt Taylor
Apr 8, 20215 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


FOCUS: Finn B
Since moving to Nottingham for his studies, Finn B and his dark, fractious beats have become a staple of the local experimental scene....
Matthew Andrews
Apr 7, 20213 min read


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As a perfect accompaniment to a sunny and sultry bank holiday Monday, The Mic’s team of writers bring you a bumper edition of recommended...
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Apr 5, 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
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