Music

‘I want people to not be so scared’: Addison Grace

Coming out as non-binary, gay, transgender or any gender is never easy, but for Utah’s Addison Grace, the music industry was ready (mostly) to embrace him. The 20-year-old singer, songwriter, and social media star has fast made a name for themselves as a singular new artist, showcasing their one-of-a-kind perspective through mesmerising bedroom pop and a bold, funny, utterly idiosyncratic online persona. Last month, the Salt Lake City artist released his debut EP ‘Immaturing’, the five-track EP is a project that sincerely documents his challenging experiences growing up. Making personal music for a universal audience, these intimate songs somehow manage […]

Banji: rising the ranks through lockdown

Forced to focus on writing and recording, Banji honed in on their identity as a band. Off the back of their Great Escape Festival performance in May, Banji frontman Morris Brandt speaks with abridged. About their forthcoming debut album Freshcakes.  The iconic Brighton festival would be the band’s second-ever festival performance in the UK (following Liverpool Sound City) and they were met with a wonderful, appreciative crowd.  Morris said: “We loved Brighton. We’ve never been there before but was super cool, everyone was really nice. It was a good day, sunny and it was fun on the beach there. “The […]

Listen: Does It Make You Happy? – Rowan

We wanted to create an arc of joy and sadness. Rowan, on the sequencing of Does It Make You Happy? Irish alt-rock band, Rowan, released their debut album, Does It Make You Happy? at the top of the month. The album, with a sound akin to The Strokes, inventories the pain, anger and confusion that […]

Strap in for a huge weekend of music at Bonnaroo Festival

This summer Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival is back in business! Covid-19 and Hurricane Ida may have stopped them in their tracks before, but nothing can now. Returning to Manchester, Tennessee from June 16-19, around 90,000 craving music lovers will be expected to visit the fields for four days with plenty of big names and a wide variety of genres across 10 stages. Headliners include Machine Gun Kelly, J. Cole, 21 Savage, Tool, Stevie Nicks, The Chicks, Flume, Illenium, Roddy Ricch, Billy Strings, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, $uicideboy$ and Porter Robins. For those indie and alternative fans there will […]