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I was invited to attend RAW’s 4 year anniversary this was my second time attending RAW. The first time I attended I was performing as a backing vocalist for my friend Manny. I got to experience RAW this time through a different lens. If you haven’t been before I should probably give you some back story beforehand. ‘What Does Not is a culture agency run by three women. They host a monthly experience called RAW: London’s first uncensored storytelling and live music night.’Each RAW has a different theme and the night I attended the theme was called human. The night…
The accompanying visual cleverly mirrors the song’s themes, placing Dani in traditionally shared activities, pool, chess and card games, but entirely on her own, reinforcing its sense of emotional isolation.Originally from Birmingham, Alabama, Dani Offline is a songwriter, producer and multi instrumentalist whose vintage inspired sound has earned praise from artists including SZA, Questlove and Jill Scott. Balancing her music career with a PhD in Comparative Literature, she continues to carve out a distinctive space where thoughtful storytelling, analogue production and soulful songwriting meet. With ‘weary soul’, Dani further cements herself as one of the most compelling new voices in…
Bardi Johannsson and d’Ant from Reykjavík, Iceland, have delivered a striking new single, “Staring at Nothing”…. adark, haunting debut that blends atmosphere and emotion into a genuinely captivating listen.The track is a haunting offering that serves as d’Ant’s debut single. It also features Bardi Johannsson, an artist who has hundreds of thousands of streams on Spotify. This new release has all the hallmarks of being an absolute sizzler.It is a wonderfully strong track, with stunning vocals adorning it, haunting guitar moments, all mixed with industrial percussion that is dotted throughout.It’s very moody, giving me memories of The Neighbourhood’s early work.…
Wendy Bevan opens Alone With The Unknown with Innocence; a cinematic single produced by Nick Rhodes setting the tone through noir atmosphere, brass-led tension, tremolo guitar, and an intimate, hypnotic vocal.Due October 2, 2026, the album pulls from film noir, old Hollywood glamour, Sicilian mystery, Vertigo, and La Dolce Vita. Love, desire, myth, and memory with the lights turned low.Produced with Rhodes following their previous Astronomia collaboration, Alone With The Unknown builds on Bevan’s reputation for theatrical, atmospheric, emotionally charged work while sharpening her identity as a solo artist.Ahead of her BST Hyde Park appearance supporting Duran Duran and Scissor…
The music of Alton and Rabon Delmore continues to influence generations of singers and songwriters across multiple genres. From their first appearance as the Delmore Brothers at the 1926 Athens Fiddlers Convention, their intricate harmonies took them to the Grand Ole Opry in 1933. In 1944, joined by Merle Travis and Grandpa Jones, they formed the Brown’s Ferry Four, one of the first commercially successful gospel quartets, and finally, into the full band and boogie-woogie sound of the late 1940’s, their adaptability and creative drive impacted multiple forms of music. Their number one hit in January 1950, Blues Stay Away…
Empire of the SunThe Piece Hall, HalifaxSunday 28 June 2026Antipodean masters of electropop Empire of the Sun deliver a quirky and fun set they hoped would take us away from the globe’s problems into their unique vision of a utopic future.On record, Empire of the Sun make the sort of nice electropop for people who find Depeche Mode a bit too edgy, or Soft Cell a little sleazy, but live, they delivered a much more muscular sound that filled this historic Georgian venue.In the studio, Empire of the Sun is an Aussie duo, Luke Steele from alt-rock band The Sleepy…
photo Verginia GrandoIn 2023, an AUK writer displayed exquisite taste by naming Jeff Finlin as one of the top ten greatest americana artists of all time. Congrats to Jeff, as well as, after all, he did record the music that so moved all of us. Finlin has been sober for 11 years but remains a music junkie. Once an addict, always an addict? I like Häagen-Dazs vanilla ice cream and buying way too many CDs (including all of Finlin’s).The day Jeff Finlin stops making music is the day hell freezes over. He is a super prolific singer-songwriter and drummer who…
Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), the world’s largest festival and business gathering for electronic music, has just revealed the first wave of artists confirmed for its 30 YEARS ADE anniversary edition. The first names include Avalon Emerson, Benwal, Chlär, DJ Nobu, Eris Drew, Folamour, Freddy K, Fumi, Funk Assault, Jyoty, Kyle Starkey, Lammer, Marsolo, Novah, Octo Octa, Paige Tomlinson, Pegassi, Philippa Pacho, Prospa, Scooter, Skepta, Skin On Skin, Tjade, Yanamaste, and many more. Recent highlights include Skepta returning in 2026 with an even larger Más Tiempo show at Warehouse Elementenstraat, David Guetta bringing his Monolith show to AMF, and iconic venue…
Hollywood superstar Javier Bardem has revealed that listening to Slipknot, Linkin Park and Bad Omens helped inspire his frighteningly intense performance as vengeance-seeking psychopath Max Cady in the new Apple TV+ remake of Cape Fear.First screened in cinemas in 1962 with acting legends Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum cast, respectively, in the roles of attorney Sam Bowden and fresh-out-of-prison convicted rapist Max Cady, Cape Fear was remade in 1991 with Martin Scorsese directing and Robert DeNiro turning in a terrifying and unforgettable performance as Cady.Only a brave or really foolish actor would attempt to out-do De Niro’s acting masterclass in…
There are many new features for summer 2026 at Tinì Soundgarden in Cecina (Livorno, Tuscany), a club that has long been a destination for electronic music enthusiasts, attracting growing numbers of people to this Tuscan venue year after year. A true community has formed around the club, and this summer’s theme isdedicated to that spirit: People from Tinì. This summer, Tinì has undergone a major transformation, featuring an upgraded sound system, immersive lighting design across the entire dancefloor, and a new VIP area behind the decks. Its spaces have been improved and expanded, with greater focus on usability and comfort…
In his post-Motörhead career, Mikkey Dee has been a far from idle man. Not content with having played drums with one great band, since 2016, the man born Micael Kiriakos Delaoglou in Gothenburg, Sweden, has kept the beat for German metal legends the Scorpions. As a man in demand, in order to free up the time in his diary for this commitment, he first had to step back from an arrangement with his friend Scott Gorham to join Thin Lizzy. The band with which he bears closest association also takes up his time. In the interests of tending to the…
Starring: Zuli Rosenow, Ilene Sulivan, and Deborah Tighe.Bonds of Grief is an emotional, open-hearted piece about what loss feels like.As someone who is familiar with grief, I can tell you, dear reader, that this film, from the USA, was incisively truthful (if slightly dramatic).Written by Steve Meredith, this tells the story of Isabela (Zuli Rosenow), who loses her mother to cancer. Soon after the burial, she goes to her mother’s grave to read out something she wrote but never got to read to her. As she begins to read, she becomes inconsolable. A woman who is standing at a nearby…