Music Smoke Ring Days Sing the Story of Ruby and the Joy in the Journey by Happy The unique story of a million bands. Dreams Run High is a semi-autobiographical song cycle, following fictional protagonist Ruby, a budding singer-songwriter/guitarist, who knows her heart early on, pursues her…
Music July Morning dives deep on their debut album ‘The Colours of Darkness’ by Alex Cooper The band runs us through their new release. In April, we (Sydney-based art-rock group July Morning) released our debut album: The Colours of Darkness. To celebrate, we’re playing a launch…
Music Stepping into the writing process for Alexander White & Marty Lofberg’s ‘You Got Me’ by Alex Cooper The voices behind the track. Every songwriter knows the feeling of a familiar routine, but sometimes the best songs come from breaking your own rules. Here’s a look inside that…
Books News Dua Lipa takes on the London Literature Festival by Tammy Moir Dua Lipa is gearing up to curate the the UK’s biggest Lit Festival Dua Lipa has been announced as the curator of the 2026 London Literature Festival at the Southbank…
Music The Songs That Broke My Brain (and Built Crashed Out) – A Playlist by Castle Hughes by Alex Cooper Castle Hughes takes us through their playlist. When I started writing my debut album Crashed Out, I didn’t realise I was also building a playlist that would quietly shape the…
Music Laguna takes us into building sound from the ground up by Alex Cooper The ideas behind the art. We’re drowning in perfection. Scroll stopped. Double-tap. Next. But somewhere in between the polished posts and the paid partnerships, real humans are still making real…
Music News Harry Styles set to be next curator of London’s Meltdown festival by Ginja Allen Harry Styles will be curating a festival lineup in London this June. Boy-band member, actor, pop mega-star, and now, festival curator – Harry Styles, it’s quite the CV you’ve got…
Music Pretty Little Saturday unpacks her debut album ‘Long Overdue’ by Alex Cooper Kristi Knupp offers a track-by-track tour of the intimate stories on Long Overdue. For years, Kristi Knupp, the brains behind Pretty Little Saturday, captured other artists’ stories as a photographer. Now,…
Music Sumner’s Summer Tote Bag Essentials by Alex Cooper Sumner runs us through what they got in the bag. Summer for us is simple – outside as much as possible. Sun on your skin, salt in your hair, and…
Music Djanaba’s Big Slays of 2025 by Alex Cooper Djanaba runs us through everything that slayed in 2025. The unstoppable, Queer Bundjalung pop force turned 2025 into a masterclass in fearless creativity. Culminating in her celebrated debut album Did…
Arts Music Pisgah’s ‘Faultlines’: An Album Forged in the Visual Arts by Alex Cooper The London-based, Southern-born musician builds her sonic world from a foundation of photography and surrealist painting. For singer-songwriter Brittney Jenkins, the artistic force behind Pisgah, inspiration is a deeply interdisciplinary…
Music Your Best Nightmare’s Cure for Perfection by Alex Cooper Your Best Playlist. For New Jersey’s genre-bending trio Your Best Nightmare, Jeanne, Erin, and Josh, their single ‘Rosie’ is a defiant anthem that wears its anxiety loudly. Blending folk, punk,…
Music In Her Own Words: SAZ Reveals the Songs Behind Her Debut EP by Alex Cooper “It’s a Bit Messy, Sometimes Sweet, Sometimes Unhinged” On her debut EP In Plain Sight, Auckland-based songwriter SAZ doesn’t just share four new tracks, she unveils a map of her…
