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Valerie Magan

Valerie is a music journalist and photographer with 4+ years of writing experience. She is currently a staff writer at Substream Magazine, previously Editorial Intern at Bandsintown, and has contributed …

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Jochan Embley

My name is Jochan Embley and I’m a journalist with more than a decade’s experience of writing, editing and commissioning for international publications including the Independent, the Guardian, the London …

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Gemma Cockrell

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Oliver Kuscher

Copywriter with 10 years of experience in digital and print. Bitesized music reviews - IG @notesonmusicnom

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Lottie Woodrow

Freelance Culture and Lifestyle Journalist | NCTJ Accredited | BA(hons) English Literature and Media

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Carter Smith

I am a recent journalism graduate from De Montfort University. Here is my portfolio of work ranging from sport, news and film and TV. Contact: Cartersmith.leicester@gmail.com

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Latest Articles

Sofia Cordoba marks her English-language debut with bright acoustic ballad “Symptom of Love”

“Symptom of Love” introduces the first taste of Cordoba's forthcoming EP, and showcases the full breadth of her bilingual songwriting. Raised on a rich blend of American and British rock alongside Colombian and Cuban music, Cordoba’s relationship with music was shaped early by the sounds constantly surrounding her. “I remember …
By Gemma Cockrell
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Basht. channel generational unease on brooding new single “Perfume”

Through relentless touring and a growing reputation on the live circuit, Basht. have built a devoted fanbase in the lead-up to announcing Poor Advice. Knockout live shows on tour with the likes of DEADLETTER, Everything Everything and Wunderhorse, as well as appearances at festivals including The Great Escape and Truck. …
By Gemma Cockrell
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samxemma’s “SEE SEE WHERE WE GO” confronts toxic love through hyperpop intensity

Shaped more by the internet than any one city, samxemma’s Sam Cooper and Emma Kirsch describe their sound as distinctly online. “We don’t sound like we’re from Manchester,” Cooper admits. “All the music I find is online.” Yet their meeting was offline; at university. “Freshers week at Spoons,” Kirsch recalls …
By Gemma Cockrell
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My First Time skewer dopamine culture on snarling new single “Picture Of Health”

“Picture Of Health” tells the story of a fictional character who lives vicariously via online fitness and financial gurus, drifting through each day in pursuit of the next short-lived rush. “I’ve parted seas and I’ve smoked cigarettes, I’ve travelled a thousand miles just to make love in your bed. I’m …
By Gemma Cockrell
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Hirons’ “Vertigo” is a dizzying study in control and surrender

“Music has always been there for me,” says the British-American songwriter – real name Jenny Hirons. After learning piano for ten years as a child, she has turned a private habit into something intensely public. “I would play piano whenever I had access to one. I credit LA for bringing …
By Gemma Cockrell
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Fletcher: "There’s so much beauty in being open – but I also felt dissected"

In the quiet before release day, Cari Fletcher sits with the rawest album of her career, and the question that’s followed her through it: Would you still love me if you really knew me? The earthy smell of burning incense curls through the air in a dimly lit room, tucked …
By Lucy Niederman
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green star: “I’m just going to make this happen” | Interview

In the USA in the early 2000s, a dancer spent their childhood enveloped in music. In Spain in the early 2000s, one producer and one videographer watched family members build guitars, and a mother was a part of an underground punk scene that sprouted after a toppled dictatorship circa 1975. …
By Isabella Ambrosio
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UNIVERSITY: “Everyone’s going to the same gigs, no one’s buying t-shirts”

With their glorious, Jackson Pollock-esque record hot off the presses, the members of Crewe quartet UNIVERSITY sit down with Isabella Ambrosio to discuss what happens when a scrappy little band nobody cares about becomes one that shows up the rest of its class again and again.
By Isabella Ambrosio
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Ava Joe: "Music is never going to take anything from me or let me down or leave" | Interview

For years, SXSW has remained a springboard for breakout acts – among them one of Ava’s key inspirations, Amy Winehouse, who began gaining traction in the US after her 2007 debut in Austin, Texas. There is a quiet significance, then, to Joe performing at the festival’s inaugural London event; soul-rooted, …
By Lucy Niederman
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