2025 may already be close to guitar comeback breaking point, but one return that piqued our attention above others was that of The Maccabees. With the band ending just as we were getting started with So Young, The Maccabees live return 10 years after their last album ‘Marks to Prove It’ has caused a mighty stir. With no promise beyond one show on one date in one city, the excitement was still enough for us to have them on the cover.
Issue Fifty-Three is our final magazine of 2024, and naturally we look ahead to next year with it. Well, not before we reflect quickly with London’s Moin and LA’s urika’s bedroom, both of whom have just released new albums. We discuss them inside.
No stranger to our pages, Jojo Orme AKA Heartworms has announced her debut album ‘Glutton For Punishment’, a feat shared by Dublin’s DIY hero, Skinner, and LA’s Faerybabyy, an artist who keeps her faith front and centre, and has no trouble finding commonality between her favoured country music, and her performed post-punk. We chat wi
