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Featured Writers

Jack Oxford

Freelance music journalist with words in Clash, The Indiependent, Concrete UEA and more. Deputy music editor at The Indiependent. UEA English graduate.

Brenton J. Blanchet

Oliver-James Campbell

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 …

Cailean Coffey

Culture writer and journalist. Previous features include CLASH, District Magazine, Goldenplec, and Soul Doubt Magazine. Radio presenter/host with QFM. Podcast presenter with Soul Doubt Magazine.

Mark Rigby

Menswear Fashion Designer, Garment Technologist, Stylist & Business Consultation.

Latest Articles

In Conversation: Hamish Hawk | Features

Hamish Hawk is living the dream. The last 18 months of his decade-long musical career have been his most fruitful yet. His music is reaching more ears than ever before and he’s also bagged critical acclaim and awards nominations along the way, including last year’s SAY (Scottish Album of the …

By Jamie Wilde
3rd February 2023 • Clash Magazine

Next Wave #1088: No Windows | Next Wave

Age is just a number, so they say. Our wisdom may grow along with our time spent on Earth. But with No Windows, a young Edinburgh duo years ahead of their game made up of vocalist Verity Slangen (aged 18) and multi-instrumentalist Morgan Morris (aged 16), it’s safe to say …

By Jamie Wilde
28th November 2022 • Clash Magazine

Saint Jude - Signal | Reviews

Saint Jude’s journey into the world of music hasn’t been an easy one. DJing was the South Londoner’s first pursuit. But his prospects were hindered significantly due to developing tinnitus at a very early age. However, cutting out music completely wasn’t an option for Jude. He found solace in creating …

By Jamie Wilde
22nd November 2022 • Clash Magazine

Next Wave #1082: beaux | Next Wave

Imagine finishing school early to pursue music, being picked up by a record label from a DM and later finding your music gaining the seal of approval from Matty Healy of The 1975. Sounds pretty dreamy, right? For beaux, this was his pathway into the music industry. He’s now set …

By Jamie Wilde
28th October 2022 • Clash Magazine

Jade Imagine - Cold Memory | Reviews

‘Cold Memory’ is soaked in Australian sunshine, flavoured with relatable songwriting and tastes sonically serene. The new album from Melbourne trio Jade Imagine follows on from their 2019 debut, ‘Basic Love’, and is imbued with notions of connection. Listening to this is like a comfort blanket; soothing at first, then …

By Jamie Wilde
24th October 2022 • Clash Magazine

Next Wave #1081: KEG

As the likes of Black Country, New Road have championed in recent years, it’s becoming fashionable for bands to fit an inconceivable number of band members onto cramped live stages. KEG, a quirky seven-piece outfit of self-confessed “stinky boys”, are no different...

By Jamie Wilde
8th September 2022 • Clash Magazine

SZA Is The Queen Of Features

After five patient years, SZA has finally released the Deluxe version of her second studio album, 'Ctrl'. Now, we all remember when the original 'Ctrl' dropped back in 2017 - after all, it was a pivotal moment for contemporary R&B. And - if you were anything like me - you …

By Milcah Fajardo
20th June 2022 • Clash Magazine

Baby Strange - World Below

A lot has happened in the six years since Glasgow’s godfathers of punk Baby Strange last released a full-length album. Pandemics, politics and pertinent new faces in music have all taken to the fore. Yet, in ‘World Below’, Baby Strange distil the same tenacity and straight-talking viewpoints of the world …

By Jamie Wilde
20th June 2022 • Clash Magazine

"You Have To Dream Big!" The Rise Of JBee

Still only 19 years old, JBee’s music is an incredible reflection of his personality; honest, straight-talking and emotional, whilst at the same time emphatic in the way in which he attempts to motivate and inspire those around him. Through making music that is deliberately more reflective and vulnerable, JBee has …

By Benjamin Broyd
20th April 2022 • Clash Magazine

The Ninth Wave - Heavy Like A Headache

Glasgow has long been a city for producing creative talent in abundance. But one of its latest musical exponents, The Ninth Wave, have been setting themselves apart from the pack...

By Jamie Wilde
18th March 2022 • Clash Magazine

Kojey Radical - Reason To Smile

A raw, poetic scholar in the purest form, Kojey Radical has teased his debut full-length LP like one would a soap opera cliff-hanger. Radical’s latest work reads like an exploration of the Black British experience in musical form. Oscillating somewhere between socially conscious brainstorms and bravado-filled outbursts, Radical feels more …

By Niall Smith
8th March 2022 • Clash Magazine

Raveena - Asha's Awakening

On her sophomore LP, the Queens-based vocalist delivers a sun-soaked wanderlust framed under airy R&B, lush South Asian grooves and futurist pop. When we last heard budding songbird Raveena on her 2019 debut studio record ‘Lucid’, she left quite the impression. The 12-track LP was the culmination of years of …

By Niall Smith
11th February 2022 • Clash Magazine

In Conversation: Abby Roberts

“I feel like with art there's only so much you can say through visuals, which is why I've found music such a great emotional release and almost therapeutic.” With 17M TikTok followers, Abby Roberts is undoubtedly the platform's biggest beauty creator. Now she sets her sights on the music industry. …

By Oliver-James Campbell
3rd February 2022 • Clash Magazine

Silverbacks - Archive Material

The ‘p’ word may be starting to get tiresome with every gruesome mention in our day-to-day lives. But with ‘Archive Material’, Dublin quintet Silverbacks have used the pandemic as a prism to document the monotony and strangeness we’ve all encountered since March 2020 in an amiable fashion.

By Jamie Wilde
20th January 2022 • Clash Magazine

Nas - Magic

What a year it's been for Nasty Nas. After kicking the year off by winning Best Rap Album at the Grammys for his 2020 album 'King's Disease', the hip-hop titan quickly followed up with the critically adored . 'KD2' further cemented the ironclad bond between the 48-year-old MC and instrumental-crafting …

By Niall Smith
3rd January 2022 • Clash Magazine

Next Wave #1048: Parliamo

Perth and Kinross isn’t exactly known for its musical talent. But with the arrival of Parliamo, that could be about to change. Since evolving from a rapturous five-piece to a silky sextet, the band recently signed a mini-album deal with Modern Sky (The Coral, The Latuhms, Crawlers). The fruit of …

By Jamie Wilde
15th November 2021 • Clash Magazine

Mick Jenkins - Elephant In The Room

The last time we caught up with Mick Jenkins was at the start of 2020 when he took us to 'The Circus'. Although brief, the project was a welcome reminder of the 30-year-old rapper's sprawling capabilities, touching upon US race relations and personal struggle over muted, silky beats. Almost two …

By Niall Smith
2nd November 2021 • Clash Magazine

NCT 127 - STICKER

There’s a term in music known as ‘third album syndrome’, where artists, looking to change up their sound or cause a stir, can end up creating something so divisive people aren’t sure whether to call it groundbreaking or disappointing. In the case of NCT 127, and the release of their …

By lucy ford
26th October 2021 • Clash Magazine

Black Marble - Fast Idol

Black Marble is a class act. Now four albums deep with ‘Fast Idol’, he continues to amalgamate his sound whilst progressing through different bodies of work - a sound that seeks to channel the future while simultaneously imprinting residue of the past.

By Jamie Wilde
25th October 2021 • Clash Magazine

Soul Music For The Future: KIRBY Interviewed

Beyoncé, Kanye West, John Legend… songwriting sensation KIRBY has penned tunes with some of music’s all-time greats. But now she’s paused her songwriting career to focus on her own artistry and things are going from strength to strength.

By Jamie Wilde
19th October 2021 • Clash Magazine

Äkta Norr’s ‘Made in England’ Collection

Introducing Äkta Norr, a contemporary, Manchester-based menswear label rooted in British workwear and fine craftsmanship. Designed by Mark Rigby and Olly Lloyd-Taylor, the team are building their brand on boxy silhouettes, intricately designed, hand sewn details and ethically sourced materials. Released at the end of 2020, the ‘Made in England’ …

By Mark Rigby
28th September 2021 • Clash Magazine

"We're Made Of Light" GRAMN. Interviewed

By Lauren Gordon
24th September 2021 • Clash Magazine

anaiis - this is no longer a dream

Dreams are interesting things. They can fill us with aspiration as quickly as they can haul as back down to earth. For French-Senegalese artist anaiis, divulging the paradoxical dualities of dreams from the viewpoint of her own arduous life experiences is central in the make-up of her vulnerable debut album, …

By Jamie Wilde
13th September 2021 • Clash Magazine

Next Wave #1040: Flossing

“I needed a break from the bass guitar after having my public identity wrapped up in it for the past four years.” These are the words of Flossing, aka Heather Elle, the steely bassist of New York City’s The Wants and previously BODEGA. Like most touring musicians, Heather found herself …

By Jamie Wilde
10th September 2021 • Clash Magazine

In Conversation: Indigo De Souza

Indigo De Souza is creative to the core. The daughter of a bossa nova guitarist and a wildly creative visual artist, music and art have been constants in Indigo’s life from the get go. She grew up in Spruce Pine, North Carolina - a small, creatively uninspiring town. Things changed, …

By Jamie Wilde
6th September 2021 • Clash Magazine

"It's Just A Theory!" The Strange World Of Feng Suave

Daniël Elvis Schoemaker and Daniël de Jong are Feng Suave. One of the smoothest musical duos around right now, the Dutch pair initially sprung from different musical realms before building chemistry together. Millions of streams later and with performances alongside slick contemporaries Khruangbin in the bag, essentially, Feng Suave are …

By Jamie Wilde
31st August 2021 • Clash Magazine

Next Wave #1032: Dylan Fraser

With an urge to play music at three years old and a mum who’d play guitar around him throughout his youth, Dylan Fraser was a misfit compared to his fellow pupils at school in Bathgate; none of his peers shared as strong an artistic impulse as he did. So, like …

By Jamie Wilde
21st August 2021 • Clash Magazine

Pizzagirl - softcore mourn

Our relationships with the online world today are perhaps more volatile than ever. Potential and possibility are at terms with anxiety and acrimony as one day to the next, we encounter stories that signify the successes and pitfalls of our online generation. With his new album ‘softcore mourn’, Pizzagirl – …

By Jamie Wilde
23rd July 2021 • Clash Magazine

"Going With The Flow" Peyton Interviewed

In 1991, Geto Boys released their seminal track ‘Mind Playing Tricks On Me’. This single did more than put the hip-hop group on the map - it also put their home city, Houston, Texas, on the map too. Fast forward thirty years, Houston’s musical community is more culturally diverse than …

By Jamie Wilde
21st July 2021 • Clash Magazine

George Harrison's 'All Things Must Pass' To Be Re-Issued

George Harrison’s solo album ‘All Things Must Pass’ is set to be re-released in a variety of formats for its 50 th anniversary on August 6th. The album has been completely remixed from the original tapes by GRAMMY Award-winning engineer Paul Hicks, reflecting Harrison’s desires from the liner notes of …

By Jack Oxford
26th June 2021 • Clash Magazine