Melanie vividly recalls the day she busked in London. It was 1983, and the performance she was supposed to perform had been canceled owing to low ticket sales. So she was dining with friends, sipping Pimm’s, when she got a phone from someone informing her that admirers had gathered outside the Royal Albert Hall. “I […]

Pre-party rituals, trips through the club, and echoes of nightlife that linger until the following day: nights out are a confluence of so many stimuli. Anz, a Manchester-based producer and DJ, incorporates these experiences throughout her work. “I always listen to garage before I go out,” she says at a Manchester pub, observing the amusing […]

As part of the current round of posthumous reissues, David Bowie’s missing 2001 album Toy, which included new songs and updated renditions of lesser-known songs from 1964 to 1971, is getting an official release. Toy was described by Mark Plati, the album’s co-producer, as “a moment in time captured in an amber of joy, fire, […]

Ed Sheeran has called award shows “horrible,” admitting that he often leaves them “feeling sad.” He told Audacy’s The Julia Show after his performance at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York on September 12: “The room is filled with resentment and hatred towards everyone else, and it’s quite an uncomfortable atmosphere.” It’s simply […]

There’s a parallel between music and film editing. Both rely heavily on rhythm, tone, and context to give the audience a specific impression or to provide them with simple and complex feelings.  So when we came across a short film titled ‘Single,’ released earlier this year to very positive critical reviews, we knew that we […]