Indie
Master Peace: “A Black guy making indie still makes people look at you sideways”
What Made Me — In this series, we ask artists and rebels about the forces and experiences that shaped who they are. Today, it’s indie sleaze revivalist Master Peace.
Written by: Master Peace
Analogue Appreciation: Searows
Death in the Business of Whaling — In an ever more digital, online world, we ask our favourite artists about their most cherished pieces of physical culture. Today, Portland hauntologist Searows.
Written by: Searows
Memories of Seattle’s ’90s & ’00s musical underground
MAKiNG iT — In the wake of the grunge explosion, a new scene began to bubble in the Pacific Northwest, as indie, emo and alt-rock blossomed. Bootsy Holler was one of its key documentarians, photographing the likes of Modest Mouse, Death Cab for Cutie and Fleet Foxes on the ascent, and her debut photobook is a nostalgic trip to the past.
Written by: Isaac Muk
Katarina Barruk sings for Sámi culture and the Ume language
Dárbasjub Duv — Ume Sámi, spoken by just a handful of indigenous people in Sweden’s Sábmie region, is one of the world’s most endangered languages. With her songs that blend modern pop and indie aesthetics with folk rhythms and joik, the singer-songwriter and pianist is using music to keep the centuries of tradition and knowledge alive.
Written by: Ben Broyd
Uwade: “I was determined to transcend popular opinion”
What Made Me — In this series, we ask artists and rebels about the forces and experiences that shaped who they are. Today, it’s Nigerian-born, South Carolina-raised indie-soul singer Uwade.
Written by: Uwade
Photos celebrating the unsung women of indie sleaze
Almost 20 years after the indie youthquake first struck, photographer Rebecca Thomas recalls documenting the women at the epicentre.
Written by: Emma Garland
Rostam Batmanglij is facing up to change
New beginnings — Following the release of his latest album, the former Vampire Weekend musician talks bad art, embracing newness and resisting being boxed in.
Written by: Rhys Thomas
Squid are redefining the future of post-punk
Bright Green Field — The five-piece band have made a name for themselves with their highly experimental sound. Now, as they gear up for the release of their debut album, the group discuss the process of piecing together their most ambitious project to date.
Written by: Mix Pilley
‘The music scene felt so laddy and hostile to me’
The return of Harkin — Kate Harkin has spent years in the background of bands like Wild Beasts, Sleater Kinney and Courtney Barnett. Now, she’s stepping out of their shadow to go solo.
Written by: Daniel Dylan Wray
Cherry Glazerr on making music for an isolated generation
Busy being alone — Ahead of the band’s third album Stuffed & Ready, frontwoman Clementine Creevy discusses salvation, solitude and why it’s okay to get angry. ‘Playing guitar and writing songs is a form of release for me,’ she explains.
Written by: Alex Westfall
Spaced-out stargazing: Lost in the cosmos with Polychrome
The Monday Mix — The London electronic duo – made up of Victoria Harrison and Oliver Price – take the decks for the latest Monday Mix, sharing a selection inspired by moonwalks, space travel and the Kuiper belt.
Written by: HUCK HQ
Vintage disco: Franz Ferdinand return to the dancefloor
The Monday Mix — The Glaswegian five-piece celebrate the release of their fifth album, Always Ascending, with an exclusive mix of synth-pop anthems and rare retro floor-fillers.
Written by: HUCK HQ
