whynow is the time to listen to… Gretta Ray
Ahead of the release of her sophomore album Positive Spin, we speak to Australian singer Gretta Ray as part of our series on emerging artists.
Ahead of the release of her sophomore album Positive Spin, we speak to Australian singer Gretta Ray as part of our series on emerging artists.
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Josh Kiszka’s vocals are Greta Van Fleet’s prized possession on the Michigan rocker’s third studio album Starcatcher.
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Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) is interested in rewriting history in the process of reclaiming it. Moving away from the formula set by Fearless (Taylor’s Version) and Red (Taylor’s Version), Speak Now takes more liberties, twists and tweaks rather than being a carbon copy of the original. Changing lyrics and tracklists, the singer remains true to the spirit of the original album – staying interested in herself as the main topic, and reintroducing that 20-year-old self in a bigger and broader way.
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Squid rejuvenate a mishmashed post-punk scene with their sophomore album, O Monolith, writes Lucy Harbron.
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Following the hype and Mercury Prize-winning success of her debut, the latest album from Arlo Parks – My Soft Machine – is more accessible but less compelling than its predecessor.
Over the last few weeks, a new celebrity couple has sent two sets of fandoms into a spiral. From the moment newspapers picked up the story that Taylor Swift and Matty Healy are apparently “madly in love”, there has been no slowing or stopping the world-wind of hot takes and reactions as fans seem to fall into two camps: the shocked and the downright outraged.
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Peach PRC’s debut EP Manic Dream Pixie marks a commendable introduction to the TikTok-star-turned-pop-princess – a blueprint for something no doubt bigger to come.
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