Dork x Reeperbahn: Coach Party are doing it for love (and friendship, frustration and flying visits to Hamburg)
Isle of Wight’s indie bruisers Coach Party are gearing up for their second album, a sweaty in-store tour and a return to Germany for Reeperbahn Festival.
CMAT: “I was hallucinating insects crawling on my skin in the studio!”
Of all Dork’s litany of icons, legends, champions and heroes, CMAT remains in a league of her own. Smart, sharp, with a fearsome sense of humour and the kind of pop star personality that once made the superstars a little more super, she’s long been a beacon of brilliance.
SG Lewis is dancing with ghosts on his new album ‘Anemoia’
The producer opens up about memory, melancholy and why he built a garden studio instead of moving to Ibiza.
“We blew the budget on a wall of death”: Shame go all-in on their new album
Who needs a major label when your best ideas come dressed in gold hotpants and running on fumes? Shame’s Charlie Steen on 4am breakdowns, budget chaos and making ‘Cutthroat’ look good on zero sleep.
The Orchestra (For Now) are building something big
London’s most enigmatic seven-piece talk big themes and small details.
Slow Crush are ready to change everything
With a new album, a new label, and a saxophone (yes, really), shoegaze’s heaviest dreamers are heading into uncharted territory.
From burnout to blow-up: Nova Twins aren’t holding anything back
After a year of sleepless touring and mental exhaustion, Nova Twins were thrown back into their bedrooms with a looming deadline. The result? Something raw, real and very, very loud.
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After seven years away, blessthefall are reborn on their own terms
‘Gallows’ is a reset for blessthefall: frontman Beau Bokan explains why disappearing might’ve been the best thing they ever did.
Highlight the Feels: Enhancing Faces to Capture Emotion, Not Perfection
This blog is your tutorial to perfecting the emotional intensity of a face, without erasing what makes it real.
How to Generate Voiceovers with Text-to-Speech AI in CapCut PC
Today we are going to show you how to create voiceovers in CapCut by using Text-to-Speech AI.
“Sometimes, it’s ok to be pissed off”: Nieve Ella is done playing it safe
At 2025’s Reading Festival, the indie-pop firestarter reflects on a summer of sweaty gigs and fan epiphanies
Bilmuri just want to have fun
Johnny Franck’s emo party-rock beast is finally stepping into the spotlight.
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All guts, no gloss: Royel Otis get real on ‘hickey’
A little sweat, a lot of soul. What started in Bondi and spiralled through Byron Bay and LA has landed as ‘hickey’, a shimmering second album where Royel Otis stop overthinking and start saying exactly what they mean.
Glixen are building a shoegaze utopia, one festival stage at a time
At 2025’s Reading Festival, Glixen talk musical evolution, trip-hop dreams and unlocking new sounds.
Pale Waves are just seeing what happens, really
Backstage at Reading, the band talk maybe-new-eras, crowd anxiety and refusing to find new bands to like.
Dork x All Points East: Katy J Pearson is in her element
With ‘Someday, Now’ still glowing and a coveted slot at All Points East on the horizon, Katy J Pearson is riding a year of joy, growth and finally owning the pop star within.
Check out Coach Party’s Teenage Kicks playlist, feat. My Chemical Romance, The 1975, Hannah Montana and more
Coach Party take us through some of the music they listened to in their formative years.
From pits to pop stars: who to see at Reading & Leeds 2025
Are we biased? Yes. Are we right? Obviously.
Blud, sweat and tears: Yungblud goes all in
One of the most interesting, vocal and expressive stars of the last decade, Dom Harrison has already done it all. As he headlines the second edition of his very own annual festival, we find out why Yungblud has taken the brakes right off for his most ambitious era yet.
DORK x LIVE AT LEEDS: IN THE CITY: Billianne’s roadmap to herself
The rising Canadian songwriter unpacks her debut album and UK tour plans.
No heartbreak, just heart: Kerosene Heights are doing emo their way
Chance Smith on love songs, rough edges and life after rehab.
Inside the emotionally frazzled, creatively fearless new era of Pool Kids
From duct-taped drum mics to late-night Planet Fitness showers, Pool Kids’ third album ‘Easier Said Than Done’ is a scrappy, emotionally raw triumph.
Sunflower Bean have shared Sonic Youth-influenced track ‘Crashing Highs’ from a new deluxe edition of ‘Mortal Primetime’
Their first self-produced full-length is the follow-up to 2022’s 'Headful of Sugar'.September 5, 2025 | By Sam Taylor
