Music and Culture Journalist

After just having finished supporting Blink-182 on tour in the US, LA-born and bred new-gen rock band Beauty School Dropout (BSD) have finally released their highly anticipated debut album ‘WHERE DID ALL THE BUTTERFLIES GO?’. Yet, this is just the beginning of another buys time for the foursome, consisting of Colie Hutzler (vocals), Brent “Beepus” Burdett (bass), Bardo Novotny (producer/guitar), and Colton Flurry (drums), as they embark on a US headline tour to celebrate their release, and anoth...

Upcoming London-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Stan Pratt officially released his sophomore single, ‘Dopamine Beast’, this week. The young maximalist pop artist, whose debut single ‘Je Ne Sais Qui’ was praised on BBC Introducing London, not only benefits from his online presence, especially on TikTok, but also from his musical upbringing and his science degree. Ahead of his new release, we sat down with Pratt to cover all things childhood, songwriting, Neuroscience, and artistic world-...

Leaving home to realise your dreams is a bittersweet change of lifestyle and routine that doesn’t come easy and needs a lot of adjusting – an experience the upcoming singer-songwriter Katie Phelan used as inspiration for her brand new dreamy EP ‘Blues and Greens’. The Irish native left behind her beloved seaside town to move to England’s busy capital and dive headfirst into her music career. Inspired by the likes of Billie Marten, Adrienne Lenker and Niamh Regan, Phelan reflects on her life-alte...

Dhruv emerged into the international music scene in 2019 after his single ‘double take’ went viral. His music career has been skyrocketing since, having released his debut album ‘Private Blizzard’, toured multiple parts of the world and performed live on US and UK television at Jimmy Kimmel and Jools Holland in a matter of a year. We spoke to the London-born, Singapore-raised creative of Indian descent at the end of 2024 about how his multicultural upbringing impacted his music likings, how writ...