Maddy Hay

Angel Olsen achieved a rare feat in March when it was announced she’d been upgraded from a gig at Rescue Rooms to a show at Nottingham’s historic Rock City. It signifies a major transition for Olsen, whose latest album MY WOMAN launched her to new levels of indie rock...

Film soundtracks can be hit or miss at times. Not Guardians of the Galaxy’s. James Gunn revives thirteen tracks from the ’70s, all of equal greatness and all originating from the era of sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll. As of this moment, I’ve begun listening to the Guardians...

You hear a lot about artists in varying genres truly taking their sound or their area of music to a whole other level. Be it through lyrical meaning, album structure or perhaps just their exceptional execution, artists like Kendrick Lamar (for hip hop) or Ed Sheeran (for pop) are...

The hip-hop musical about an American politician has gained international recognition and it’s notoriously impossible to get a Broadway seat. Fans across the UK scrambled for tickets when the West End production, opening later this year, was announced – but if you’re left wondering what’s so special about it,...

Following on from the success of their first album So Long Forever, Palace’s hypnotic melodies and mellow guitar riffs continue to transcend the pain of bereavements and broken hearts to evoke the feeling of bittersweet happiness and that, somehow, everything will be alright. The effortlessly laid back, London-based four-piece...

JUST REMEMBER: WHAT HAPPENS ON EARTH STAYS ON EARTH. Now that you’ve had the long weekend to digest Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN. it’s time to be taken through the album, and to see why Kung Fu Kenny is still the best in the game. “The very nature of the album is...

The crowded, sweaty upstairs at The Bodega crackles with energy as Idles compose themselves for the next song. A tall, bald man near the stage shouts something at the band’s frontman, Joe Talbot, and Joe asks: “Is that a rugby shirt you’ve got on?” The tall, bald man cheers...