Post-Industrial: How Printworks Is Forging New Paths For London Clubland
Clash goes behind the scenes at the capital's new club space...Last month, Kieran Hebden AKA Four Tet expressed concern that London’s club culture is “miles away” from what it used to be. Bemoaning the...
View ArticleInfluences: Aquilo
The sounds that fuel debut album 'Silhouettes'...Tom Higham and Ben Fletcher grew up across the road from one another, but it took a connection on SoundCloud to really break the ice.Fascinated by...
View ArticleFemale + Non-Binary Label Objects Ltd Drop 'RESISTANCE' Compilation
“We want to make a racket!"Let’s be honest, 2017 hasn’t got off to the best start. Without going into any more detail (because where would we end...) it's something that Lara Rix-Martin, one half of...
View ArticleThrough The Rabbit Hole: Clash Meets Little Simz
Little Simz takes a break from rehearsals to talk parallel dimensions...We navigate multiple worlds on a daily basis. Through the updates beaming at us through our screens, the pages of the novel we’re...
View ArticleThis Feeling Band Of The Month: The Assist
Wolverhampton indie types with plenty of solid groove...The Assist hail from Wolverhampton, a city that has always sat out-with the main hubs of British youth culture.Forever doing its own thing, this...
View ArticleOtherside Of The Game: Erykah Badu And 'Baduizm'
20 years in the life of a classic...'‘I’ve never had another year like 1997. That was the year for me,” says Erykah Badu, leaning back into her seat as she observes the audience at a 2011 RBMA lecture...
View ArticleSpotlight: Aphex Twin - 'Selected Ambient Works 85-92'
As close to perfection as makes no odds...‘Selected Ambient Works 85-92’ wasn’t the first Aphex Twin release by a long margin, but it was certainly the record that put him on the map with a wider group...
View ArticlePlaylist: Hannah Holland x Josh Caffe
Picking out the sleaziest cuts they can get their hands on...Hannah Holland and Josh Caffe have been friends for years, drawn together by London's underground dance culture.Crossing paths at illicit...
View ArticleNotes From The Road: Fenech-Soler
Touring across the United States...For most fans, touring is the ultimate dream: hitting the road with music under your wings, your close friends at your side.Fenech-Soler took off on a short Stateside...
View ArticleThe Naked And Famous' Alisa Xayalith On Growing Up As A Refugee
A powerful and prescient piece from the New Zealand artist...Hello, my name is Alisa Xayalith. I am not an academic, a scholar or a politician. I am an artist. I sing and write songs in a rock band...
View ArticlePremiere: Jarreau Vandal's 'What Is Love' Vol II Mix
Dutch born member of Los Angeles beat-crew Soulection...Jarreau Vandal was introduced to music by his grandfather, a producer in his native Holland.Shown how to use Logic at the age of just 16, Jarreau...
View ArticleDay By Day: The Return Of Tall Ships
A much-loved group return after a five year gap...From time to time it can be good to take time out, to sit back and claim a little perspective.It's important, though, not to let this linger; it's...
View ArticleExposure Is Instrumental: Clash Meets Mick Jenkins
Going a little deeper with the Chicago rapper...We are living in the golden age of communication. Messages are beamed from fingertips to phone screens in nano-seconds, and those with enough influence...
View ArticleVery Nature: Clash Meets Mini Kingz
Ragz Originale and his creative family are ready to seize the year, on their own terms…In amongst the cracks of a tired debate regarding the boundaries between grime and UK rap, there has been an...
View ArticleTheir Library: Tennis
Literary influences unveiled...Tennis is a relatively simple proposition, hinging on the relationship between Alaina and Patrick.Husband and wife, songwriter and songwriter, Tennis match shimmering...
View ArticleJust Wanna Be Me: Devlin Speaks To Clash
The Dagenham MC on grime's imperial phase, studio life, and his unapologetic return...For a while there it seemed like Devlin was out of the game.Resting after 2013's studio album 'A Moving Picture',...
View ArticlePeople Are People: Exploring The Politics Of Depeche Mode
Searching for the roots of their new dimension...“Where's the revolution? People, you're letting me down.” Depeche Mode, ‘Where's The Revolution?’, 2017Within the first bar, you know you're into...
View ArticleClash DJ Mix - The Golden Boy
A fun, frisky mix that is bound to put a smile on your face...The Golden Boy - aka Dominic Hammonds - enjoyed a storming 2016, releasing a flurry of sought-after cuts.Jamie Jones and Lee Foss have been...
View ArticleTrack By Track: Strand Of Oaks - 'Hard Love'
Tim Showalter writes for Clash...Tim Showalter knows when he's gone too far - but it tends to be the morning after.Acting on instinct, his work veers from hallucinatory abandon to poignant regret,...
View ArticleLook At The Street Lights: Clash Catches Up With The View
A wander down memory lane with Kyle Falconer...In almost every sense The View’s debut album ‘Hats Off To The Buskers’ belongs to a different world. Released as the indie boom conducted its peacock...
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