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The Breeders, The Goon Sax, Frankie Cosmos… This Week In Gigs

by Steven Johnson

It’s a week the end of which is dominated by festivals. Field Day takes place at Brockwell Park on Friday and Saturday with The Mighty…

ABBA, MØ, Despacio, Ari Roar …Weekend Reads

This week’s round-up of in-depth music features from around the web features ABBA, MØ, Ari Roar, Mélissa Laveaux, Despacio, Lisa Stansfield, Tanya Tagaq, Parquet Courts,...

Preview: Festivals 2018 – London

In this second part of our 2018 festival season preview (read the first part focusing on England and Wales beyond London here), we focus on...

Frightened Rabbit, Laurie Anderson, Arctic Monkeys, Actress… Weekend Reads

Many of this week’s music features were naturally taken up with the desperately sad news of the passing of Frightened Rabbit’s Scott Hutchison. Rather than...

Susanne Sundfør, Phoebe Bridgers, Field Music… This Week In Gigs

There is, quite frankly, a ridiculous amount of gigs happening in London this week. The pick of Monday’s shows sees Norwegian singer Susanne Sundfør play...

Preview: Festivals 2018 – UK

There may be no Glastonbury this year, but there’s still a plethora of other music festivals taking place across the UK which will be creating...

Eurovision, Beach House, Lily Allen, Neko Case… Weekend Reads

In the week of Eurovision, some words were written. Some were about Eurovision. Some were not about Eurovision, because other things and people exist. People...

Japanese Breakfast, Snail Mail, Ólafur Arnalds… This Week In Gigs

Japanese Breakfast is the name of the current project of Oregon-based musician Michelle Zauner. She released her second album, the aptly named Soft Sounds From...

Jon Hopkins, Beach House, Belly, Grouper… Weekend Reads

This week’s trawl round the interwebs in search of in-depth music features brings you a selection resplendent with Jon Hopkins, Belly, Beach House, Eleanor Friedberger,...

Anna Burch, Jon Hopkins, Max Richter… This Week In Gigs

Anna Burch has spent the best part of the last decade as part of Frontier Ruckus and more recently with Failed Flowers, and released her...

Alice Glass, Avicii, Madonna, Ezra Furman… Weekend Reads

This week’s selection of in depth music features from around the internet features words on Alice Glass, Avicii, Madonna, Novelist, Sons Of Kemet, Half Waif,...

Angel Olsen, Kamasi Washington, Yo La Tengo… This Week In Gigs

This week starts with a pair of shows by Angel Olsen at Union Chapel. Her reputation has really soared over recent years on the back...

Anna Meredith, Natalie Prass, A Hawk And A Hacksaw… This Week In Gigs

Since the release of debut album Varmints back in 2016 Anna Meredith has established herself as an in-demand artist who can cross musical genres and...

Lump, Simian Mobile Disco, Manic Street Preachers… Weekend Reads

This week’s in depth music features round-up features Laura Marling‘s new project LUMP, Manic Street Preachers, Stefflon Don, Machine Woman, Jenny Wilson, Simian Mobile Disco...

Interview: Sting & Shaggy – “It was very much an accident”

There can only be one question to begin this interview – and it is just one word. Why? Why would Sting and Shaggy hook up...

Preview: Record Store Day 2018

Start unfurling tote bags, ticking off lists and layering yourself up: Record Store Day, this year taking place on 21 April, is nearly upon us...

Interview: The National’s Bryce Dessner on composing, collaborations and minimali...

Bryce Dessner is in town – the Southbank Centre in London, to be more precise. Seizing the opportunity while his colleagues in The National are...

Goat Girl, Amen Dunes, Jack White, Hinds… Weekend Reads

This week’s selection of in-depth music features from across the internets features Goat Girl, Hinds, Amen Dunes, Jack White, The National’s Bryce Dessner, Diamanda Galás,...

Dua Lipa, Shame, Joan As Police Woman… This Week In Gigs

With two BRIT awards under her arm, a collaboration with Calvin Harris in the bag and on an increasingly steep popularity trajectory, it seems only...