Halfway Between East Neuk And The Stars: King Creosote
A lengthy back-and-forth with the genial Scottish songwriter...He’s a bit of a hometown hero, that King Creosote.Practically synonymous with the Kingdom of Fife, his instantly timeless songs are often...
View ArticleThe Secret Lives Of A Genius: Remembering David Bowie
One year on from the death of an icon...It’s now one year since David Bowie suddenly departed from this planet and the dust still hasn’t settled. It probably never will, such has been the impact on the...
View ArticleTop Tips For Eurosonic Noorderslag 2017
Some acts to keep an eye on...The year in music tends to find its own rhythm, its own path of progression.There are set times when big albums are unfurled, when huge acts go out on tour, and there are...
View ArticleComplete Guide: Bonobo
From those early trip-hop inspired cuts to breakout success...Bonobo is the chosen alias of British-born, LA-based producer Simon Green. The producer is set to release his new album ‘Migration’...
View ArticleThis Feeling Band Of The Month: The Shimmer Band
A travelling rock 'n' roll circus...This Feeling are one of the country’s top promoters, a small team who continually punch well above their weight.Supporting new talent from the off, This Feeling were...
View ArticleGood Trip, Bad Trip: Night Moves
Naked golf carting and unfavourable coffee...Night Moves don’t tend to lay down any rules.After all, why should they? The Minneapolis band’s material sounds like psych-meets-country-meets-bubblegum...
View ArticleIn Conversation: SOHN
Why the producer crossed the Atlantic to make a challenging, politicised new album...SOHN had travelled almost twice around the world when he realised he wasn’t sure what he had to go back to any...
View ArticleWired For Sound: Clash Meets Merchandise
"There’s a part of me that’s given up explaining thought processes..."When I met up with Merchandise backstage at the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds it was only a few days before Donald Trump was...
View ArticleClash DJ Mix - JeanGa And George
European Repetitive Beats, indeed...Scotland and France have long had a shared alliance, primarily as a means of ganging up on the English.Now, though, it's more about a shared sense of being European,...
View ArticleRemembering William Onyeabor
Sinkane's Ahmed Gallab writes for Clash...In a way William Onyeabor lived several lives.Born into a Nigeria grasping towards, and then wrestling with, it's own independence, his continually probing...
View ArticleReal Veterans Will Do Real Veteran Things: President T
'Walk in the room, spray what I like...'President T is in business mode. The inauguration in Washington D.C. might only be days away, but anyone who’s familiar with this grime legend’s idiosyncratic...
View ArticleFacing The Music With Post Malone
Backstage with the opinion-splitting artist...The street-wear clad kids clinging to the wall of Electric Brixton, are abuzz with excitement. As they trail along the perimeter of Lambeth Town Hall and...
View ArticleSpotlight Special: Daft Punk - 'Homework'
Toasting 20 years of a dance classic...With the duo of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo – best known as the robot mask-wearing duo Daft Punk– just having snuck out their collaboration...
View ArticleThe Artists Who Said No To Trump's Inauguration
And one who said 'Yes'...Thankfully the majority of our pinnacle artists maintain enough common sense to decline Donald J. Trump’s offer to perform at his inauguration - whether that’s down to their...
View Articleoqko's Guide To The Mexican Electronic Music Underground
Exploring some enthralling creative realms...Electronic music is a global culture, an international network of producers, beat makers, DJs, and other scoundrels who only come out at night.Berlin tends...
View ArticlePhoto Gallery: The Flaming Lips - Brixton Academy, London
A phantasmagoric return from Wayne Coyne's psychedelic crew...The Flaming Lips are a wandering crew of psychedelic minstrels, a group whose catalogue veers from euphoric pop to the very depths of the...
View ArticleUnity In The Battle: Girls In Grime
Lady Leshurr shouts out some vital new talent...Women have been dominating a number of musical genres for decades. We’ve seen girl bands succeed, a solid amount of songstresses with amazing vocal...
View ArticleRedemption In Sound: Letta
Channelling fresh ideas with the Coyote producer...Letta's debut album 'Testimony' literally took a lifetime to build.Issues with mental health, poverty, and addictive sent the producer spiralling...
View ArticleDon't Do Subtlety: Japandroids Interviewed
Exploring new avenues of identity for the Canadian duo...Japandroids may have always inspired a special kind of fervour in their fans, but even they didn’t quite expect the rapturous response their...
View ArticleFrom Now On: Clash Meets Dreezy
"Everybody talking, like who is this girl from Chicago that hopped on a Nicki beat?"Outfitted in black and red from head to toe—surrounded by a throng of fans sporting “Team Dreezy” t-shirts and...
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