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Fake Laugh

Ahead of the release of his double A-side single Honesty / Surrounded Fake Laugh, aka Kamran Khan, guides us through the tracks that are exciting him right now…

Circa Waves

‘I think our ambition to be a bigger band has pushed our sound more commercial. We couldn’t keep making garage indie forever,’ says Circa Waves frontman Kieran Shudall.

Teeth Of The Sea

Alexander Wolfe

For this week's playlist singer-songwriter Alexander Wolfe has picked out ten choice cuts, from enduring influences to current favourites...

Markers

‘It was very interesting to do something different, to leave the distortion behind, the heaviness, and try to be more tonally heavy and bring together all those elements of music we’ve liked over the years,’ says Jodie Cox of experimental guitar duo Markers.

Julia And Angela Martin, Founders Of Cro Cro Land

‘We wanted to start a new chapter of music events in the borough, that supports this grassroots music, while also keeping gender equality, which is so important, at the heart of what we do, making this part of Croydon’s new music legacy.’ Says Julia Woollams, co-founder of South London’s newest edition to the music festival calendar, Cro Cro Land.

Top tips from The Midi Music Company founder and alumni

The Midi Music Company is a music education and artist development charity and the founder / executive director Wozzy Brewster, along with some of the artists that have benefitted from their services, give us some insight into a successful career in music.

Du Blonde

Ahead of her new album, Lung Bread For Daddy, Du Blonde has curated a playlist of tracks she currently has on repeat…

Beni Giles And Colin Alexander

‘I think most people these days have grown-up with a pretty broad selection of music, so it seems counterintuitive to suddenly have to pick a side,’ says producer and composer Beni Giles.