Future Islands: “What happens when you’re turning 40 and you’re still in a band? Are you capable of still making interesting music?”By Jemima Skala17 Jan 2024
Sleater-Kinney: “When I think about a figure like Sinead O’Connor, I don’t see a lot of people taking the career and financial risks that she did”By Gemma Samways14 Jan 2024
Rosie Carr: “The first track on the album definitely has some wheelbarrow action on it”By Ian Roebuck10 Jan 2024
Sprints: “We decided not to take the easy route, and to just go into the heavy stuff”By Jessica Wrigglesworth8 Jan 2024
Salamanda: “Cute and silly memes take up most of our communications. Same goes for music”By Skye Butchard2 Jan 2024
Lankum: “That’s the circumstances that brought about us in the band… Grim, but having quite a good time”By Fergal Kinney17 Dec 2023
John Francis Flynn: “I want to challenge people’s perception of what Ireland is and how it’s sold abroad”By Ollie Rankine4 Dec 2023
Mabe Fratti: “Sometimes my dad brought home new age animal music. Like wolf sounds”By Tristan Gatward17 Oct 2023
The Rates: CMAT picks her underrated artists, new and old, from Shirley Bassey to TinasheBy Theo Gorst12 Oct 2023