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Burnout is not brat: Charli xcx’s struggles with touring are just the tip of the iceberg

Emma Wilkes asks - if one of the biggest popstars in the world is struggling, what must it be like for everyone else?

Burnout is not brat: Charli xcx’s struggles with touring are just the tip of the iceberg

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Hello the CD resurgence, we've been expecting you...
Hello the CD resurgence, we've been expecting you...

A report has confirmed that the growth in CD sales is outpacing that of vinyl - Emma Wilkes unpicks this (with some help from her sister).

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James Blake Smears Music Critics
James Blake Smears Music Critics

An open invitation to James Blake to retract his comments about music journalism.

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Squeaky bum time for Live Nation... again?
Squeaky bum time for Live Nation... again?

MPs in the UK say Live Nation has created a "climate of fear" whilst their data says they have a 58% grip on UK ticketing. Here's what else the Committee found.

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Five new artists, one cool thing in common
Five new artists, one cool thing in common

Emma Wilkes recommends 5 emerging names you need to see live + our weekly music news round up.

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Are phone-free events the way forward for live music?
Are phone-free events the way forward for live music?

Plus a new UK-wide music festival, our emergency podcast, Eurovision, and more.

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Gene Simmons & The Last Gasp of an Old Order
Gene Simmons & The Last Gasp of an Old Order

An old world is dying, a new world is waiting to be born. What we see in politics, we sometimes see in music too…

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Burnout is not brat: Charli xcx’s struggles with touring are just the tip of the iceberg
Burnout is not brat: Charli xcx’s struggles with touring are just the tip of the iceberg

Emma Wilkes asks - if one of the biggest popstars in the world is struggling, what must it be like for everyone else?

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I’d like to thank Chino Moreno…
I’d like to thank Chino Moreno…

Emma Wilkes' DiS essay Deftones is for the girls won at the IMJAs at Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg. She recounts how her prize-winning essay came together...

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Introducing... SHOWNOTES
Introducing... SHOWNOTES

We're thrilled to share details about our new print publication.

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From Ed Sheeran to streaming emissions: All the news you might have missed
From Ed Sheeran to streaming emissions: All the news you might have missed

Summer's over, autumn's here, and the news cycle just keeps running. Emma Wilkes rounds up all you need to know.

We won
We won

More accurately, Emma Wilkes' essay for Drowned in Sound just won a journalism award! Yesterday, at The International Music Journalism Awards, which takes place at Reeperbahn Festival, the winner for the Best Work Of Music Journalism Text was... "Deftones is for the Girls" by Emma Wilkes (Drowned

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The headline act of festival season is the climate crisis
The headline act of festival season is the climate crisis

Emma Wilkes aks: What can festivals teach us about the climate crisis?

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