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Album Review: Crowded House – ‘Dreamers Are Waiting’
Dreamers Are Waiting, the seventh studio album from Aussie rock beloved’s Crowded House, comes with all the songwriting waxing lyrical...
Nieve O'Donnell
Jul 13, 20213 min read


Interview: Easy Life
Hot on the heels of the release of one of the most anticipated debut albums of the year, Gemma Cockrell delves into the deeper message...
Gemma Cockrell
Jun 14, 20216 min read


Album Review: black midi – ‘Cavalcade’
‘Cavalcade’ (noun): a long line or procession of people, riders or carriages, often as part of a ceremony. In the creation of their aptly...
Freya Martin
Jun 14, 20214 min read


Interview: Babe Rainbow
Byron Bay neo-psychedelia auteurs Babe Rainbow are now as well known for their steady output of soft 60s throwback rock as they are for...
Izzy Felton
Jun 8, 20213 min read


Interview: Jim Glennie from James
All The Colours Of You, the sweet sixteenth studio album from Manchester Legends James is out on June 4th with the award-winning Jacknife...
Alex Duke
Jun 3, 20214 min read


Album Review: Wolf Alice – ‘Blue Weekend’
Wolf Alice could have ended up just like any other great-white-hope of the English press after the release of My Love is Cool in 2015: a...
Elliot Fox
Jun 3, 20214 min read


Album Review: St. Vincent – ‘Daddy’s Home’
Taking us on a tour through the lives of a varied cast of downtrodden characters, St. Vincent’s newest full-length is a beautifully...
Amber Frost
May 20, 20213 min read


Album Review: Squid – ‘Bright Green Field’
Wild experimentation meets world-building excellence on the WARP-spun debut from Squid. Leaving behind quirky talk of houseplants,...
Owen White
May 8, 20213 min read


Interview: Squid
Displacing their inspiration from people to place for the first time, Squid conjure up a dark and immersive sonic world on debut...
Louis Griffin
May 6, 20217 min read


Album Review: Royal Blood – ‘Typhoons’
Back from the brink of addiction and the sophomore slump, Royal Blood channel alt-rock and dandy disco-funk on long-awaited third album...
Alex Ollier
Apr 29, 20213 min read


Album Review: Dry Cleaning – ‘New Long Leg’
Sometimes funny, sometimes disgusting, but always unabashed, Dry Cleaning’s music articulates observations of modern life with exacting...
Freya Martin
Apr 9, 20214 min read


Album Review: Godspeed You! Black Emperor – ‘G_d’s Pee AT STATE’S END!’
The Canadian post-rock collective Godspeed You! Black Emperor, which has earned a fair amount of acclaim despite operating in near-total...
Matt Taylor
Apr 8, 20215 min read


Local Hotshots Blondes on Viral Mania and Maintaining Momentum
Since blowing up on TikTok and their single featuring in videos by US Vice President Kamala Harris and Lizzo, Nottingham lads Blondes...
Gemma Cockrell
Mar 20, 20216 min read


Album Review: Arab Strap – ‘As Days Get Dark’
The divine push and pull between vocalist Aidan Moffat and instrumentalist Malcolm Middleton continue as they return from a fifteen-year...
Matt Taylor
Mar 8, 20215 min read


Album Review: slowthai – ‘TYRON’
Slowthai takes a look in a cracked mirror on sophomore album, TYRON. Moving from a jagged-edged electro backed first-half with the CAPS...
Robbie Simms
Feb 12, 20216 min read


Album Review: Goat Girl – ‘On All Fours’
Percussive, sharp-edged, and soaked in complexity, On All Fours is everything we could’ve hoped for from Goat Girl’s long-sought...
Freya Martin
Jan 31, 20214 min read

THE MIC AWARDS 2020: ALBUMS OF THE YEAR
One of the only vessels of solace in this year of desolation and torrent was music. Artists laid themselves bare despite a pandemic...
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Jan 1, 20215 min read

THE MIC AWARDS 2020: SONGS OF THE YEAR
One of the only vessels of solace in this year of desolation and torrent was music. Artists laid themselves bare despite a pandemic...
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Jan 1, 20214 min read


EP Review: Foster The People – ‘In The Darkest Nights, Let The Birds Sing’
Los Angeles-based indie pop icons Foster The People are back with an easy-listening six-song EP. The only problem? It’s abysmal. The...
Alex Duke
Dec 17, 20202 min read


The Mic Recommends...
As we stagger past lockdown’s halfway point, The Mic’s writers have rounded up an eclectic selection of the weeks hottest new tracks to...
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Nov 23, 20206 min read
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