Rebel Heart: Dawn Richard's Bid For DIY Domination
"This is my redemption. It's my recovery. It's my acceptance of self..."When we enter Dawn Richard’s recording studio at Red Bull’s Tooley Street HQ, we find her sitting across from Jack Adams AKA...
View ArticleIn Conversation: Dutch Uncles
Behind the scenes on their "splattered break up album"...When Clash phones Dutch Uncles’ singer Duncan Wallis he’s fresh from a round of go-karting. Organised as a means to launch their new album ‘Big...
View ArticleThis Feeling Band Of The Month: Strange Bones
Outspoken Blackpool trio profiled...Strange Bones take no shit from anyone.The Blackpool trio's feral live show feeds distorted blues riffs through a mangler, a distorted mesh of sound that recalls...
View ArticleShake Down: Clash Meets Valerie June
Songwriting, the touring life, and the sound of soul...Valerie June is a striking proposition.Those long dreads are tied up Medusa-style, a humble yet confident persona that builds towards that voice,...
View ArticleJazz Is The Teacher: Clash Meets Moses Boyd
South London talent on his latest projects, and the resurgence within British jazz...There are things happening in UK jazz right now that even 12 months ago would have been thought impossible. New acts...
View ArticleWild Child's Guide To Austin, Texas
So much more than SXSW...SXSW kicks off this week, bringing with it a cavalcade of artists, bookers, A&R people, label reps, and other music industry types.The city of Austin, Texas is bracing...
View ArticleKeep Your Name: The Return Of Dirty Projectors
How David Longstreth found renewal through solitary collaboration...Everywhere on Dirty Projectors’ new album there is this sense of loss, of time passing by and taking with it something substantial –...
View ArticleLost And Found: Annie Mac Interviews Melé
Festival favourites, after-hours sets, and more...Annie Mac knows what goes into a good festival.After all, she's been to her fair share of 'em - continually in demand, the selector have become a...
View ArticleClash DJ Mix - James Hadfield
A typically expert selection of house flavours...When Man Power launched his new Me Me Me imprint the producer signalled his intention to seek out something special, something a little outside the...
View ArticleBrute Force: The Contrary World Of IDLES
Clash tracks down the defiantly independent Bristol group...Brutalism. A term coined by architectural critic Reyner Banham to identify the Brutalist architecture movement that emerged following the...
View ArticleWhere To Start... Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Your handy starting point to this feast of the macabre...Nick Cave’s cool, you know this. You also know he’s been around for donkeys and has one of the most revered back catalogues going. Where to...
View ArticleIn Conversation: Janus Rasmussen
One half of Kiasmos discusses the techno duo’s next steps... Considering that Kiasmos was never originally intended to become a full-time endeavour, the past few years have seen Ólafur Arnalds and...
View Article101 Nights: Sturla Atlas On His New Mixtape
Icelandic rapper talks to Clash...Icelandic hip-hop artist Sturla Atlas released his new mixtape '101 Nights' a matter of hours ago.‘Time’, the first track and video, was shared late February and...
View ArticleInfluences: Ronika
Multi-faceted Nottingham talent names some important touchstones...Ronika is always upfront on every issue.As a songwriter she wears her heart on her sleeve, dealing with personal matters in a fashion...
View ArticleClash DJ Mix: Eagles & Butterflies - Art Imitating Life
A lush, expansive, and at times inspiring mix...Eagles & Butterflies has always sought to broaden minds.Moving from his native England to Los Angeles, the producer - real name Chris Barratt - has...
View ArticleIreland's Electronic Underground Is Booming
Swoose and Cromby pick out some names to watch (and Enya...)Today (March 17th) is St. Patrick's Day, the annual celebration of all things Irish.It's normally a time for novelty wigs, green rugby tops,...
View Article7 Of The Best: The xx Get Remixed
London trio turned inside out...When The xx closed their Night + Day stand at Brixton Academy earlier this week, the band brought down the curtain on one of the most outstanding live events of recent...
View ArticleGood Trip, Bad Trip: Counterfeit.
Jamie Campbell Bower advises Clash to pack some sriracha...Counterfeit. were born on the road.Five musicians with different backgrounds and different personalities, it took an extended tour across...
View ArticleThe Politics Of Dancing: Club Culture As An Agent Of Change
Re-building a sense of underground resistance...Over its brief history, dance music’s various geographical outposts, multitudinous sub genres and formative scenes have swung between being a distinct...
View ArticleEgo Is The Enemy: Clash Meets Donae'O
"The key in life is that nothing stays the same..."“When I was young I had to prove I could stand by myself, that I’m the best at what I do and all that crap,” admits Donae'O, taking a break from a...
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