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Album Review: Working Men's Club - ‘Working Men's Club’
Isabelle Felton weighs in on the latest exposition from the burgeoning post-punk renaissance: the doomy debut from Working Men's Club.
Izzy Felton
Oct 22, 20203 min read


Classics Revisited: Prefab Sprout - ‘Steve McQueen’
For our Classics Revisited feature, Owen White unpicks the wordless refrains and miserable truisms of Prefab Sprout's ‘Steve McQueen’.
Owen White
Oct 21, 20204 min read


FOCUS: Remy CB
Armed with an acoustic guitar and an arsenal of musing solipsisms, Nottingham’s pop prodigy Remy CB has turned the toil and tumult of...
Matthew Andrews
Oct 20, 20203 min read


Album Review: Fleet Foxes - ‘Shore’
Fleet Foxes' have made a surprise return with a warmer, but no less mercurial, dive into the psyche of front-man Robin Pecknold.
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Oct 19, 20203 min read


Album Review: Beabadoobee - 'Fake It Flowers'
After dominating social media with hit song 'Coffee', Beabadoobee is back with new LP, Fake It Flowers. Grace Dalaigh-Taylor delves into it.
Grace Dalaigh-Taylor
Oct 15, 20204 min read


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

Alex Newport
Oct 15, 20205 min read


The Mic Recommends...
Though live shows may still be a distant daydream, a selection of new single reviews hand-picked by our team are bound to get you moving.
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Oct 11, 20206 min read


EP Review: GFE - ‘Persuade U’
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.

Olivia Stock
Oct 9, 20206 min read


Album Review: Joji – ‘Nectar’
YouTuber-turned-R&B prodigy Joji returns, and triumphantly, with his hotly-anticipated sophomore record, Nectar.
Alex Newport
Oct 5, 20205 min read


Album Review: Machine Gun Kelly – ‘Tickets to My Downfall’
Who knew that the best pop-punk album of the year would come from a rapper?
Maxwell Jeffries
Oct 5, 20203 min read


Album Review: Stand Atlantic - ‘Pink Elephant’
At the forefront of a pop-punk resurgence, Louise Dugan gives her thoughts on Stand Atlantic's sparkling sophomore record.
Louise Dugan
Sep 28, 20203 min read


Album Review: Everything Everything - 'RE-ANIMATOR'
Rife with oddball concoctions and propulsive melodia, 'RE-ANIMATOR' is the fifth full-length affair from Everything Everything.
Robyn Walford
Sep 25, 20202 min read


Album Review: IDLES - 'Ultra Mono'
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'.

Louis Griffin
Sep 25, 20204 min read


Interview: Jack Cochrane of The Snuts on bouncing back and moving forward
The Mic's Benedict Watson talked psychology of a frontman and bouncing back from lockdown with The Snuts' frontman, Jack Cochrane.
Benedict Watson
Sep 19, 20204 min read


Album Review: Kamaal Williams - 'Wu Hen'
"Williams allows each track to melt into one another, the listener being given access to his subconscious"
Dominic Allum
Sep 15, 20202 min read


Live Review: Declan McKenna @ Lafayette
The Mic is in virtual attendence as Declan McKenna wows the digital crowd with a trip through his delightful new album.
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Sep 8, 20203 min read


Album Review: Declan McKenna - 'Zeros'
Delayed a few months by the pandemic, Declan McKenna's Zeros feels a suitable ode to a year of uncertainty, turbulence and folly.
Alex Duke
Sep 4, 20203 min read


Album Review: Dominic Fike - 'What Could Possibly Go Wrong'
Dominic Fike’s debut record What Could Possibly Go Wrong marks the start of his tentative venture from viral star to credible musician.
Louise Dugan
Sep 2, 20203 min read


EP Review: Alfie Templeman - 'Happiness In Liquid Form'
Alfie Templeman’s “Happiness in Liquid Form” – A brilliant effort from the wonderkid of indie pop.
Alex Duke
Aug 30, 20202 min read


FOCUS: Sam Barker
Sam Barker, a 17-year-old Nottingham rockstar on the rise, caught up with The Mic to discuss the composition and release sophomore EP.
Matthew Andrews
Aug 10, 20204 min read
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