“Imagination has to do the work of the money we don’t have!”: Rising star Bailey Tomkinson on new tunes, nepotism and the near future
Bailey Tomkinson and her band The Locals are on the verge of breaking out of their beloved St Ives, Cornwall...
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“WE’VE PLATEAUED” DICTATOR ON PLAYING TRNSMT FOR THE FIRST TIME
INTERVIEW | DICTATOR @ TRNSMT 2025 by Anne Kelly One of my own personal highlights from TRNSMT weekend 2025 was...
FRENCH-BORN FUTURE-POP FIGURE FLEUR ROUGE SHARES ANTHEMIC NEW TRACK ‘HOMESICK’
★★★★ SINGLE REVIEW | FLEUR ROGUE - HOMESICK By Michaela Roper If explosive, supercharged electronic beats fused with unapologetic, anthemic...
ROT IN HELVETICA: BODEGA BRING NEW ALIAS ‘NODEGA’ TO MANCHESTER
PHOTO GALLERY | BODEGA w/ Radio Free Alice | YES, Manchester 23rd July 2025 by Lucy McLachlan New York art...
“WE’RE SO F**KING LUCKY, WE’RE AT A MUSIC FESTIVAL. NO ONE IS LOOKING AT THE SKY WORRIED” NXDIA SINGS LOUD IN GLASGOW
INTERVIEW | NXDIA @ TRNSMT 2025 by Anne Kelly Releasing their debut album, I Promise No One's Watching just last...
THE BEST ROCK FESTIVAL IN ENGLAND? MUST BE 2000TREES
FESTIVAL REVIEW | 2000TREES 2025 by Jack Flynn A sea of black band t-shirts in a heatwave? That can only...
AN ODE TO THE REALITIES OF HOME: CMAT’S EURO-COUNTRY
★★★★★ SINGLE REVIEW | CMAT - EURO COUNTRY by Isobel O'Mahony Creator of the ‘Woke Macarena’ and incredible singer-songwriter CMAT...
Dropkick Murphys’ Tim Brennan Talks New Album, Touring Buddies And Being The Handsome One!
INTERVIEW| DROPKICK MURPHYS - TIM BRENNAN by Craig Harston Between Dropkick Murphys recently releasing their thirteenth album, the excellent ‘For...
POP ICONS, INDIE NOSTALGIA AND PLENTY LOCAL TALENT SEE TRNSMT 2025 OUT WITH A BANG
TRNSMT FESTIVAL| DAY 3 REVIEW by Anne Kelly After suffering the hottest day of the year so far, there was...
BIIG PIIG BACKSTAGE | “JUST USING YOUR PLATFORM IS SO IMPORTANT”
INTERVIEW | BIIG PIIG @ TRNSMT 2025 by Anne Kelly With the censorship challenges this year's TRNSMT Festival, we were...
