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Featured Writers

Lauren Gordon

Lauren Gordon is a US showbiz and TV reporter and freelance beauty writer, with a Bachelor's degree in Journalism. She currently works at The Mirror. Her work has featured in: …

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 …

Jerry Gadiano

Freelance Writer/Journalist. Former writer for UNILAD, Complex UK, FHM, VICE/Noisey, RWD Mag, Clash, SLAMXHYPE, Straight No Chaser and Bonafide.

Hannah Abraham

Tenacious journalist with a passion for people and bylines in Deadline, The Guardian, Variety, NME, GRAMMY, Clash Magazine and more.

Oliver-James Campbell

Mark Rigby

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

Latest Articles

The Dare - What's Wrong With New York? | Review

A ‘Party Rock Anthem’ record for the Indie Sleaze renaissance, The Dare’s hedonistic and uninhibited debut album, ‘What’s Wrong With New York?’ wears an unapologetic attitude towards desire and penchant for feral behaviour.

By Aimee Phillips
5th September 2024 • Clash Magazine

Mal Not Bad – This Is Your Life | Reviews | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

Mal Not Bad (aka Theodora Mallory Fleming-Hauser) is an endearing artist in all true senses of the word. They may seem relatively low-key, but that makes discovering Mal’s music all the better...

By Jamie Wilde
13th August 2024 • Clash Magazine

Next Wave #1179: NATI. | Next Wave

Scotland may be relatively small, but its five-and-a-half million inhabitants sure know how to use their voice. From the inimitable rasp of Paolo Nutini to the chart-topping melodies of Lewis Capaldi – or even those twin brothers from Leith who havered about walking 500 miles – Scottish artists have some …

By Jamie Wilde
16th July 2024 • Clash Magazine

Camille Jansen – The Loose Screws | Reviews | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

Being a distinct artist is becoming harder than ever among today’s saturated pool of musicians. But French-British artist Camille Jansen knows a thing or two about standing out. With Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen soundtracking the road trips of her youth, her innate blend of folk, country, and experimental rock …

By Jamie Wilde
4th July 2024 • Clash Magazine

Margo Raats | Next Wave

Margo Raats strives for profound connection. For the past two years, the alt-pop singer-songwriter has been working hard on her debut EP, ‘Paper Paradise,’ unwaveringly dedicated to building her own universe, all while studying and working several jobs to make ends meet. Having moved from a ranch in the Belgian …

By Aimee Phillips
25th June 2024 • Clash Magazine

Hermanos Gutiérrez – Sonido Cosmico | Reviews

Instrumental music always invites the listener to engage in acts of imagination. With guitar-slinging duo Hermanos Gutiérrez, the canvas teems with possibilities...

By Jamie Wilde
18th June 2024 • Clash Magazine

Next Wave #1172: Pem | Next Wave

Turning life’s dark moments into cherishable art is one of music’s most powerful qualities. Bristol-based singer-songwriter Pem is acutely aware of this. Her new project ‘Cloud Work’ teems with the pain she experienced after the passing of her father last year. The depth of vulnerability she showcases on the EP …

By Jamie Wilde
5th June 2024 • Clash Magazine

Live Report: Jalen Ngonda - KOKO, London | Live

It’s rare to find a modern artist who embodies all of the talent and soul of the legends who came before them. Jalen Ngonda belongs in this rare breed. From the raspy howls of Marvin Gaye to the tender melodies of Al Green, Ngonda’s voice is extraordinary. His debut album …

By Jamie Wilde
23rd May 2024 • Clash Magazine

Ghostly Kisses – Darkroom | Reviews

Without sounding too esoteric, when you think about it, music is all about bringing people together. It’s easy to forget this sometimes, whilst we’re living amidst the most saturated time in music making history; the points of connection closer than ever, yet somehow feeling ever further apart. But when projects …

By Jamie Wilde
15th May 2024 • Clash Magazine

A Free Spirit: Amen Dunes Interviewed | Features

Amen Dunes is something of an anomaly. The New York based artist, aka Damon McMahon, is a shapeshifter of sound; a forward-thinker who’s never content on churning out the same product album after album. From Brian Jonestown Massacre style psych rock to folk infused gospel, his previous album ‘Freedom’ (2018) …

By Jamie Wilde
14th May 2024 • Clash Magazine

"There's Where I Find Solace" Eric Nam Interviewed | Features

Contrary to most K-pop interviews, there are no PR executives watchfully monitoring this Zoom. There is only Eric Nam, frantically trying to find a bench in the streets of New Zealand. Nam has just landed in the country after a whirlwind outing in Europe as part of his House on …

By Hannah Abraham
14th May 2024 • Clash Magazine

Dua Lipa - Radical Optimism | Reviews

“Highly-anticipated” is a chronically overused phrase in reference to pending music releases, but Dua Lipa’s third album, ‘Radical Optimism’, has had us on the edge of our seats. Does it live up to the hype?

By Aimee Phillips
2nd May 2024 • Clash Magazine

The Most Anticipated Albums To Look Forward To In 2024 | Features

If 2023 was shaped by flux, by a deluge of new music, then the coming 12 months could bear witness to the return of a few icons. Looking at the release schedule, we can already anticipate some massive releases, alongside some much-hyped introductions.

By Aimee Phillips
5th January 2024 • Clash Magazine

Live Report: SOFY - The Grace, London | Live

It might seem unexpected to come across Timothée Chalamet in an intimate North London venue on a Tuesday night, but not at a SOFY gig. Here, he’s more of a regular than that old bloke down your local pub. Well, the cardboard version of him is, anyway… Such is SOFY’s …

By Aimee Phillips
7th December 2023 • Clash Magazine

Live Report: Lucia & The Best Boys – SWG3, Glasgow

Walking into SWG3 feels like entering the Berghain of Glasgow’s alternative scene. Dim lights, low ceilings, brutalist architecture and more micro-fringes than you can shake a stick at sets the tone for the night ahead. Delivering the music – scratch that – delivering one of the city’s hottest gigs of …

By Jamie Wilde
27th November 2023 • Clash Magazine

Sex And The City: George Riley Interviewed | Print issue #126

George Riley is embracing her “Sexy Era”. Doing away with what she terms her “Sad Gurl” phase, the London artist is moving beyond a period of introspection and embodying the uninhibited spirit of a club siren.

By Aimee Phillips
10th November 2023 • Clash Magazine

“World Domination!” SOFY Is Seizing Her Ambitions

Chaos & Commotion… it’s an accurate description for most of our mad, modern lives where things don’t always make sense. In SOFY’s world however, things are a little bit brighter. Navigating moments of transience over the last 18 months with her indelibly tongue-in-cheek tone, the artist’s new mixtape offers a …

By Jamie Wilde
3rd November 2023 • Clash Magazine

"I Like Pushing The Boundaries" Cobrah Interviewed | Features

Swedish underground artist on her love of alternative culture, signing to a label and her new pop focused music...

By Emma Thimgren
24th October 2023 • Clash Magazine

Say She She - Silver | Reviews

The group’s retro-driven pop truly stands out in the era of Dua Lipa’s more commercialised brand of disco.

By Emma Thimgren
29th September 2023 • Clash Magazine

Next Wave #1134: Georgia Gets By | Next Wave

“Out of all the music I was making, this made me feel the most me.” This is how artist Georgia Notts, one half of New Zealand electronic pop titans BROODS, describes her new solo project Georgia Gets By. Her debut EP ‘Fish Bird Baby Boy’ is due for release on …

By Jamie Wilde
25th September 2023 • Clash Magazine

Next Wave #1132: Frozemode | Next Wave

London-based alternative rap trio, Frozemode, are quickly gaining a cult following. Formed of I.V. GATLIN, Lisong and Cho-Hollo, their hair-raising, moshpit-inducing live shows at underground UK venues have earned them a place as one of the most hyped homegrown acts this year.

By Aimee Phillips
23rd August 2023 • Clash Magazine

A New Chapter: Madison Beer In Conversation

What struck me most when talking to global pop sensation, Madison Beer, was how considered she was with her answers; how diplomatic. Not that Madison’s graciousness should come as any surprise, but cynics might attribute this to effective media training. Personally, I think that does Madison a disservice. After years …

By Aimee Phillips
18th August 2023 • Clash Magazine

Next Wave #1130: Mnelia | Next Wave

“For the average lover, heartbreak isn’t a stranger.” It’s with this sentiment that Mnelia created her latest EP, ‘Closure Tapes’, her “heartbreak bible.”

By Aimee Phillips
15th August 2023 • Clash Magazine

Next Wave #1125: Lucia & The Best Boys | Next Wave

Friends of The Last Dinner Party, Dream Wife and even Wolf Alice who they toured with last year, Glasgow’s Lucia & The Best Boys are cementing their status as one of the UK’s hottest bands. They’ve been in no rush to rise to the top; forming eight years ago, this …

By Jamie Wilde
4th August 2023 • Clash Magazine

SON Estrella Galicia Takes Over East London With Miss Tiny, Jessica Winter | Live

Summer nights, Spanish beers, delicious food and great live music. This could be the ideal set up for an evening on the streets of Barcelona. But with the return of SON Estrella Galicia’s showcase event, it is Paper Dress Vintage on Hackney’s Mare Street where the fiesta of music, beer, …

By Jamie Wilde
19th June 2023 • Clash Magazine

Beach Fossils - Bunny | Reviews

Summer… no other time of year compares to the sun-soaked few months of bliss, where cans in the park with pals and showing off dodgy tan lines become more important than anything else. But nothing beats being able to soundtrack this time with music that blends into the moment so …

By Jamie Wilde
2nd June 2023 • Clash Magazine

Truly Shapeless: daine Interviewed | Print issue #125

“A clump of blonde hair and maybe Gollum’s body,” daine deadpans. That’s what defines ‘dainecore’, according to the artist themselves. Onstage, their long, white-blonde hair hangs down, obscuring their face. It’s become a running joke with their fans, who will tweet “a blonde wig in a stupid place,” in reference …

By Aimee Phillips
25th April 2023 • Clash Magazine

Live Report: NCT Dream – OVO Arena Wembley | Live

Since their debut in 2016 and through member formation changes, the NCT Dream members grew up on the stage. Now they have finally brought their second tour, the ‘THE DREAM SHOW2: In A DREAM’, ever further beyond borders. After sold-out arena shows in South Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand and Hong …

By Maria Letícia Gomes
30th March 2023 • Clash Magazine

"There's A Lot Of Layers" Lola Young Interviewed | Features

Her husky, soulful voice earned her a BRIT Rising Star nomination. John Lewis snapped her up to sing their Christmas advert. She’s only a few years into her musical career, but Lola Young has already had quite the impact. Arriving in 2019, the South Londoner’s debut record ‘Intro’ led her …

By Aimee Phillips
24th February 2023 • Clash Magazine

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