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Welcome to Clash, a music and fashion magazine based in the United Kingdom. The latest news and tickets in the music industry.

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Darren Loucaides

Writer in Barcelona/London. WIRED, Financial Times, the Guardian, Slate

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Niall Smith

A hand-picked selection of my work.

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James Kilpin

Content Manager, Copywriter, B2C/B2B Marketer and occasional music journalist, mainly exploring the world of live events and festivals.

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Josh Taylor

Content director, creator and editor with 7+ years' experience in creating B2C content. Travel blogged my way around Spain and Central America, then cut my teeth at Booking.com as a …

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Emma Thimgren

Emma Thimgren är frilansande journalist, redaktör och kritiker baserad i Stockholm.

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Gemma Cockrell

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Latest Articles

Divorce - Drive To Goldenhammer | Reviews | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

Divorce are defying the conventions of what a band can be. Their innate balance of humour and heart-on-sleeve sentiment is magnetic. A sense of otherness in their binary-less band environment provides the beat to their diverse heart. Most importantly, their songs are sensational, and their debut album ‘Drive To Goldenhammer’ …
By Jamie Wilde
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Audio Inception: 25 Artists Who Could Define 2025

With big labels, DSPs and an unregulated internet monopolizing audiences and splintering attention spans, it’s harder for emerging musicians to delineate their own space and make an impact. More than ever before, tastemaker lists feel essential; a considered, curated selection of artists, bands and collectives pushing genre conventions into thrilling …
By Gemma Cockrell
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Ela Minus - DÍA | Reviews | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

Opening up is never easy – especially for artists. But more often than not, those who have the capacity to scrutinise and share their most personal facets, are those who resonate with listeners on a level of authenticity that matters most. Colombian singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, Ela Minus, reckons …
By Jamie Wilde
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Halsey - The Great Impersonator

Throughout their career, Halsey has been lots of different things to different people. She was the blue-haired 19-year-old singing about her Brooklyn boyfriend and lilac skies (‘Badlands’); the 23-year-old offering an elaborately stylised ‘Romeo and Juliet’ concept album (‘Hopeless Fountain Kingdom’); the 25-year-old navigating the blurring lines between Halsey, the …
By Caitlin Chatterton
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Charli xcx – brat and it’s completely different but also still brat

Charli xcx’s sixth studio album hit 2024 like a runaway train. It was supposed to remain a cult classic: 2022’s ‘Crash’ was Charli’s extravagant bid for the mainstream; ‘brat’ was a return to the club. The now-iconic chartreuse cover was even a budget-conscious decision, made on the assumption that few …
By Caitlin Chatterton
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Son Estrella Galicia Spotlights New Music At Paper Dress Vintage | Live | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

Son Estrella Galicia’s showcases have been abundant of late – and for good reason. They’re not just about great food, music and (of course) beers, their ethos spreads much wider; focussing on what it is that brings people together through music...
By Jamie Wilde
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Next Wave #1192: Murdo Mitchell | Next Wave | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

Cutting your teeth as a new artist is far from easy. Glaswegian singer songwriter Murdo Mitchell is certainly aware of this. An endearingly honest musician, his home city’s burgeoning troubadour scene has been something of a phenomenon of late, spawning the likes of Scottish superstar Gerry Cinnamon and more recently …
By Jamie Wilde
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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
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Oto Sound Museum Offers Something Unique | Live | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

Always have I lived my life romantically in pursuit of novel, brave and beautiful art. Sound, cinema, etc, etc. It’s why I, and surely everyone else, get outta bed every morning, what makes things worthwhile. This weekend, this pursuit brings me kicking and screaming to Zürich, an utterly charming city …
By Cal Cashin
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Blue Bendy - So Medieval | Reviews | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews

Forming in the hurly-burly, the bustle and the hustle of the late-2010s London music scene that converged around the Windmill and the Five Bells, the debut album of screwball sextet Blue Bendy has been cooking for a little age. ‘So Medieval’ arrives five years after the group’s debut single ‘Suspension’, …
By Cal Cashin
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