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Their Library: Kathleen Edwards
There's something about Canadian artistry which allows them to get to the heart of American identity. Perhaps it's being one step removed from the cultural narrative. Perhaps it's the shared roots of...
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Teenage Riot - Raf Simons
Looking back at the Raf Simons collection inspired by the missing Manic Street Preacher. Since the beginning of his career, Raf Simons has been concerned with isolation. From adolescent angst,...
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Teenage Riot - Nicky Wire Q&A
Raf and me - we are the Nicky brotherhood. Other people might look at our two members only-congregation as just another Nicky Wire (of Manic Street Preachers) fan club, but both of us know the word...
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Always: Xiu Xiu
Jamie Stewart doesn't hold back. The main creative force behind Xiu Xiu, the band's output is littered with broken barriers and shattered taboos. Returning with a new collection, 'Always' promises to...
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Singles Round Up - February 27th
Spring has sprung! The ClashMusic team came parading into the office this morning, wearing t-shirts and everything. Pastier than a bowl of porridge watered down with milk from a translucent cow, these...
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Ones To Watch - Theme Park
Theme Park are four whip-smart Londoners intent on making dark, danceable pop music. Fronted by Miles Haughton, and including his twin Marcus, the quartet sent the Internet gaga last year when they...
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Huw Stephens In CTRL
“The reason I wanted to get involved was because it’s what I love doing, really. Discovering and sharing music – new or old, as long as it’s good music”. Huw Stephens is on buoyant form. Fielding...
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Christopher Shannon Interviews Sinead O'Connor
Besotted by Sinéad since the age of nine, acclaimed young designer Christopher was thrilled to be given the opportunity to interview his childhood hero. On the eve of the release of her first album in...
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Wonder Years: Real Estate
If you’re a member of New Jersey five-piece Real Estate at the moment, life straddles the realms of “kinda rad” and “kinda tiring”. These pups are being worked hard on a post-Days international tour,...
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Rapture & Verse #8
Only one place to start this month; it’s a hip-hop sensation that’s been spreading across the ‘net like wildfire. The shock and awe of it all may be the saviour of western civilisation as we know it....
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A Letter From... Northern Ireland #7
This has been yet another exciting month in Northern Ireland... let’s kick things off with some brand spanking new emerging talent. First off the bat is the offering from former Front Woman of No Mean...
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The Monkees: Davy Jones In Conversation
One of the most maligned and mis-understood groups in pop history, The Monkees left an indelible legacy. Producing hit after hit, their eventual descent into the avant garde provided the 60s with one...
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Personality: Scuba
Paul Rose heads the critically acclaimed Hotflush recordings, a watershed for all forms of bass and with a roster few can hold melting wax to. Always someone with plenty on his plate, the Paul Rose...
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Classic Albums: Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
Released two years after their eponymous breakthrough record, Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Rumours’ went on to become not only their most successful album but one of the biggest-selling albums of all time,...
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Xerox Culture
Fanzines, that’s the thing. At one point, the humble ‘zine was the de facto means of communication for anything underground. Some text, a few photos and a photocopier was all that was required to...
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New Multitudes: Jay Farrar
A lot can change in a century. In the one hundred years since the birth of Woody Guthrie our planet has witnessed two world wars, several recessions, the emergence of the Internet and the first...
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Drinking Gasoline - Industrial music's pervading influence
Last month saw the release of acclaimed DJ/producer Trevor Jackson’s ‘Metal Dance’ compilation, a selection of twenty-seven tracks chronicling some the best and grooviest cuts to hit the industrial...
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Born For Love: The Magnetic Fields
For over twenty years Stephin Merritt has led The Magnetic Fields through the often turbulent waters of the music industry to achieve a longevity and cult success many groups can only dream off....
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Singles Round Up - 5th March
Welcome to the first Singles review of March. No, we won't be offering to match you up with your soul mate, we'll instead be throwing out ill informed, half opinions on the music releases of the week...
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Ones To Watch - Lianne La Havas
New artists are programmed to reel off lists of cool artists they grew up listening to. It’s as if telling the world their parents had that Vashti Bunyan record, you know, the really rare one, before...
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