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Album Review: Django Django — ‘Glowing in the Dark’
Django Django are back with a glittering new record, embracing their nostalgic sound whilst simultaneously leaning towards newer,...
Joe Hughes
Feb 23, 20213 min read


Album Review: Mogwai – ‘As The Love Continues’
Twenty-five years to the day of releasing debut single Tuner/Lower, Scotland’s beloved post-rockers Mogwai return with their 10th studio...
Matt Taylor
Feb 19, 20214 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


FOCUS: Local Healers
Notts hip-hop duo, Local Healers serve up candid and cerebral beats on new EP, Paintings on the Wall. Spurred by the legends of the past...
Matthew Andrews
Feb 17, 20213 min read


EP Review: Lil Peep and Nedarb Nagrom – ‘CALIFORNIA GIRLS’
In efforts to keep the lauded legacy of Lil Peep alive, the late artist’s estate has re-released his collaborative CALIFORNIA GIRLS EP....

Alex Newport
Feb 17, 20214 min read


The Mic Recommends...
As the days slowly grow longer and warmer, spring even seems like it could be around the corner. This week’s collection of tracks balance...
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Feb 15, 20214 min read


Album Review: The Staves – ‘Good Woman’
The Staveley-Taylor sisters create their most personal and intimate album yet with their first in four years, Good Woman. Though known...
Amber Frost
Feb 14, 20213 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


Album Review: slowthai – ‘TYRON’
Slowthai takes a look in a cracked mirror on sophomore album, TYRON. Moving from a jagged-edged electro backed first-half with the CAPS...
Robbie Simms
Feb 12, 20216 min read


Album Review: Claud – ‘Super Monster’
After taking a semester’s leave from uni, indie-pop maven Claud went on to tour with Girlpool, Girl in Red, and The Neighbourhood, and...
Charlie Farrer
Feb 12, 20214 min read


Album Review: Portrayal of Guilt – ‘We Are Always Alone’
Surging with violence and dripping with venom, Portrayal of Guilt’s half-hour of industrial-grade hardcore is enough to purge the...
Matt Taylor
Feb 10, 20213 min read


15 years on: How ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’ defined a generation
Fifteen years after its release, Amrit Virdi reflects on the enduring impact of Arctic Monkeys’ debut record, Whatever People Say I am,...
Amrit Virdi
Feb 10, 20213 min read


Album Review: Madlib – ‘Sound Ancestors’
On his collaborative album with Four Tet’s Kieran Hebden, the producer, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, and visionary turns what he hears into...
Izzy Felton
Feb 10, 20213 min read


Album Review: RY X – ‘Live from the Royal Albert Hall’
In an unlikely but majestic collaboration with the London Contemporary Orchestra at London’s famed Royal Albert Hall, RY X (Ryan Cuming)...
Amrit Virdi
Feb 9, 20213 min read


The Mic Recommends...
With the first month of the new year finally over, February brings us a very satisfyingly uniformed calendar and plenty of new tracks....
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Feb 8, 20213 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: Celeste – ‘Not Your Muse’
Responding to the hype attributed to her from all corners of the music industry, Celeste has delivered a debut album that outperforms all...
Joe Hughes
Feb 6, 20213 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


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
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