Nessa Barrett Reached for Portishead and Massive Attack on Tough Love
The first thing you hear on Bad Girls Never Die is not a synth. It is a string section and a strummed guitar, recorded with... Read More
Alt-Pop
Allie X Called Off a Tour Months Early to Protect Her Health
Allie X performing at Electric Brixton, London. Most tour cancellations arrive late. A run is already underway, a date is a fortnight out, and the... Read More
Melanie Martinez HADES Is Only Half the Album
Melanie Martinez performing at Mercy Lounge, 2015. Eighteen tracks, just over seventy minutes, and a closing song called “THE LAST TWO PEOPLE ON EARTH.” For... Read More
Troye Sivan Says This Is the First Time He Didn’t Write About Men
Troye Sivan has built a career on writing about men. His new single is the first song he says he has written that is not... Read More
Miss Kittin Turned Deadpan Speech Into a Club Vocal 
Röyksopp Quit Traditional Albums and Made Five More 
Chvrches Say Their Fifth Album Is Ninety Per Cent Done 
Rebecca Black Named Her Third Album Age of the Exhibitionist 