“We had the knights of the round table, queens, hags and bards. The three of us were the court jesters who drunkenly played horns, rang bells and read scrolls. The matching polka dot bloomers went down well." But bardcore raves are so much more than a knight to remember(!!) for @mixmag.net

My first byline with @thefortyfive.bsky.social - the glorious music mag championing both female music journalists and female artists. Had a lovely chat with British-Japanese pop icon on the rise Miso Extra about her upcoming album, Earcandy, and much more! 🩷🫧💿

“I’m trying to capture nostalgic feelings related to high fantasy films, books, video games and fantasy art, and incorporate those feelings into the music." Something of an offshoot of 90s Norwegian black metal, welcome to the elusive underground world of dungeon synth 🧙‍♂️

It's Tinnitus Awareness Week - and a new report by Tinnitus UK has revealed that sufferers can wait up to three years for an NHS appointment. 65.8% of patients surveyed said prolonged waits negatively impact their quality of life. Story below 🎧 mixmag.net/read/waiting...

According to entertainment union Bectu (@bectu.bsky.social), 70% of staff reported being forced to work long hours in "unhygienic" environments Story below 📝

A new report has found that around a quarter of headlines related to women and the GRAMMYs in 2024 included the words "dominate" and "rule". But in reality the GRAMMYS were - and continue to be - dominated by men. Read more via Mixmag 💿 mixmag.net/read/women-f...

Music Venue Trust CEO Mark Davyd called on MPs to "act fast" to save independent venues in a speech in Parliament last week

84% of UK independent artists can’t afford to tour in 2025

Courtesy is set to launch a new event series at Berlin’s OHM, Against Interpretation Club

Launching my feed with my greatest, most iconic career achievement to date: I. Am. In Cosmoooo💅🥂👠 Spoke with the brilliant @hentaylor.bsky.social about cosy games, tradwives, and feminine nerdery. It's superbly written, thank you for the opportunity! www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a...

The DJ has since said that people should educate themselves on drug safety after seeing “so many” fans passing out at Aussies festivals

An average of 2 million music items were added to Discogs users' catalogues each week in 2024

The move would group ketamine alongside other Class A drugs such as heroin, ecstasy and cocaine

Very excited to be joining @mixmag.net for the next few weeks 💿💿💿

I was in print in the Observer New Review over the weekend covering the v v cool band Man/Woman/Chainsaw 🖤 www.theguardian.com/music/2024/n...

Okay! All aboard the byline thread. V aware I'm posting? BS-ing? to no one in particular but I may as well get things rolling before I start spamming my page with cats

Me waiting for everyone on X to move here so we can have a good normal time together

Hello brave new world, I'm a London-based music and culture journalist and subeditor who also does a little bit of social. Hoping to follow nice cool people, share my work and yeet myself out of X's trash content spew. Feel free to follow me and I'll share some links to my work as a thread.