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Struggling to find that new artist to fall in love with? Fear not, our contributor Kess Leung is here with the latest and greatest musical recommendations each week. Nigerian R&B starlet Halima, and her groovy antidotes to contemporary disarray, take this edition's spotlight....

Amrit Virdi With its mass appeal, big budgets, and proclivity for commercial success, pop music has starkly had social consciousness on its radar. But amongst the turbulence and turmoil of contemporary societies, many pop starlights have begun to unshackle themselves from the expectations of the genre and press back...

From dodging gravel and ketchup onstage at 2008's Reading Festival as the band catapulted through the nauseating debut Count Your Blessings, to selling out arena's with the doomy electro-rock of amo over a decade later, the career of Sheffield titans Bring Me The Horizon has been far from an...

With the US presidential elections fast approaching, Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks has expressed her strong concerns regarding the condition and future of the nation - even considering reaching out to engineer Elon Musk for a helping hand. Ryan Keane reports....

Gloriously lewd and seeped in feminist sentiment, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s WAP has ridden controversy to the top. Whilst many have lamented its lyrics are too salacious for young ears, Miranda Harrington contends that the track is a vital celebration of female pleasure and sexuality. ...

With the release of electric sophomore full-length The Album, Korean-pop's biggest girl group BLACKPINK have continued their spirited quest for global domination. Beneath the mania and mayhem, Gemma Cockrell reflects on the meteoric rise of the band and K-Pop genre....

As rapper-turned-rocker Machine Gun Kelly's fourth LP, Tickets to My Downfall, tops the Billboard charts, Gemma Cockrell reflects on his plucky evolution from rowdy hiphop terror to reviver of the dated pop-punk canon. ...