The Smile: Wall of Eyes review
Loose-limbed and unpredictable, The Smile’s second album suggests a band eager to outrun its associations
Olof Dreijer is shifting rhythms
As part of sibling duo The Knife, Olof Dreijer made daring, defiantly queer electronic music that broke into the pop mainstream. But as Dreijer’s creative practice has evolved, so has his perspective
Purelink: Together Is the New Alone
New York-based trio Purelink quietly won everyone over with one of the best ambient and dub techno albums of 2023. But, as ‘Signs’ demonstrated, their approach to music is anything but insular
Slowdive’s Neil Halstead on travel epiphanies and musical development
In his own words, the Slowdive singer and guitarist remembers a period of travelling that forced him to rethink his relationship to performance
M1onTheBeat is connecting forces
M1onTheBeat’s steely yet melodic productions have come to define an era of UK drill and seen him crowned a star in his own right. Now, the game-changing producer wants to pay it forward
A$AP Rocky’s stylish debut Long. Live. A$AP backed up the hype
Off the back of rapturous posse cut ‘Fuckin’ Problems’ – a star vehicle of ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ proportions – ‘Long. Live. A$AP’ dropped in early 2013 and shot to the top of the Billboard charts
Rising: SoFTT are serious about having fun
Trevor McFedries and Kablito, a.k.a. Karen Freire, are replicating the vibrancy of Miami’s wildly varied club landscape through their ostentatious blend of Eurodance, trance and pop. Here, the duo discuss emo, influences and having fun
Bar Italia: The Rest Is History
Intentionally or not, Bar Italia have cultivated an air of inscrutability with their approach to being a rock band that, depending on your POV, is standoffish, wry or just the right side of pretentious. As they bid the underground goodbye, the time is apt to find out who they really are