Sound Conversation: Damien Jurado Interviewed
On ‘…The Eternal Son’ and hardcore stories...It means nothing and everything. Listening to Damien Jurado, you’re immediately struck by how a single note, a muttered word can take on spiritual, near...
View ArticleTim Booth Of James Reviews The Singles
On Howling Bells, Metronomy, more…Short, sharp, to the point. Sometimes that’s what we need in the Clash singles column. And this week’s guest reviewer, Tim Booth of Manchester indie heroes James, has...
View ArticleLife At 140: Flowdan Interview Special
Clash’s grime column focuses on a true original…Flowdan, founder member of iconic grime collective Roll Deep, has long been considered one of the genre's key, most respected originators. An MC of...
View ArticleNext Wave #582: Ella Henderson
A modernised take on funk and soul...Week seven of 2012’s X Factor. With her powerful voice, original songwriting and gifted piano skills, 16-year-old Ella Henderson possessed all the genuine talent...
View ArticleNext Wave #583: Southern
Sibling-tuned blues...“My mum got us out busking every weekend to earn a bit of pocket money,” Thom Southern tells Clash. “You’re not technically begging but you’ve put your case out there for a...
View ArticleThe Best Albums Of May 2014
Our pick of the month that was…A bumper crop of commendable new album releases, these being our top six selections from the month of May 2014…Click the image above to scroll through album covers. Click...
View ArticlePremiere: Will Ward DJ Mix
Get inside the mind of the Audio Doughnuts newcomer…Just ask Sporty Spice; it’s not always easy to leave a well-known group to make it on your own.Will Ward’s name might not yet be as familiar as that...
View ArticleFluid Landscapes: Exclusive Max Cooper Mix
A strictly own-material live set...Despite having been in the midst of the production game for almost 10 years, it’s only recently that Max Cooper, owner of a PHD in Computational Biology, released his...
View ArticleIn Conversation: Bo Ningen
Smashing guitars, killing people, it's all the same…Next month, London-based Japanese four-piece Bo Ningen will bring their face-melting, bonkers blend of punk, psych-rock, violent shoegaze and metal...
View ArticleEssential Mixer: Jackmaster Interviewed
Partying out of Glasgow, guilt free…Home is where the heart is. Despite travelling around the globe with his record bag, Jackmaster – plain ol’ Jack Revill to his mates – still can’t quit Glasgow....
View ArticleFoundations: Fatboy Slim
Selecting five favourite, influential tracks…Now, usually we insist that Foundations focuses on an artist’s five most influential albums. But when you get 15 minutes to talk music with a bona-fide...
View ArticleRapture & Verse #34: The Hip-Hop Latest
From Action Bronson to Aesop Rock, everything that’s good…A bad month if you’re Jigga, who apart from having his arse kicked by his sister-in-law, had a bunch of nicked master recordings put up for...
View ArticleClash DJ Mix - Alex Barck (Jazzanova)
Ego Trippin' mix...It’s an established universal truth of the modern world that selfies are shit. They just are. Except, that is, when it’s an audio selfie taken by Jazzanova’s Alex Barck, unveiling...
View ArticleWrite On: Nick Mulvey
The worldly troubadour on his personalised record art…Write On: the part of Clash where we give free rein to an artist to natter on about whatever they like. Here, Nick Mulvey explains the process...
View ArticlePunk On Punk: Fist City Tackle Mongol Horde
Evan Van Reekum on Frank Turner’s angry mob…Remember when Clash asked Evan from Canadian punks Fist City to review the singles? Course you do. He was really good at it. So when we heard that Frank...
View ArticleOut Now: Lana Del Rey And The American Dream
‘Ultraviolence’ singer is our cover star…Issue 96 of Clash magazine is out now, available priced £3.99 from all good newsagents and directly from Clash via our handy online store – follow this link to...
View ArticleThe Clash Film Column: Coming Out The Goddamn Walls
A new Alien? And other news…But… but… she died! Didn’t she? And the latest reviews...- - -That was the week in which...Sigourney Weaver expressed an interest in revisiting Ripley, the main character...
View ArticleNext Wave #584: Kill J
Alt-pop with an R&B edge…Kill J have remained pretty much a mystery since making huge waves with their first track ‘Phoenix’ in 2013. The falsetto vocals and mix of ethereal beats with pared-down...
View ArticleNext Wave #585: Royce Wood Junior
Late-night, skewed soul music…As far as living arrangements go, a house with its own basement studio and a shared kitchen sink with Jamie Woon probably isn’t too bad.“It was bizarre,” recalls Royce...
View ArticleTeleman Review The Singles
Covering Sky Ferreira, Big Deal and more...Responsible for the really quite excellent album ‘Breakfast’, out last week through Moshi Moshi and reviewed here, London’s Teleman are undoubtedly one of our...
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