When 2020’s Black Lives Matter protests raised a dark smoky mirror to society, Seraphina Simone found herself looking into it, and so "Milk Teeth" was born.

Channelling funk frisson and sleazy absurdism, London’s favourite punk wiscracks Warmduscher have dropped the latest single from their fourth record, ‘At The Hotspot’.

Lurking somewhere between late nineties radio-rock and blue album-era Weezer, the new album from Mom Jeans comes packed with enough ear candy to give you a filling.

Primed to go stratospheric with their cerebral bangers, English Teacher are the Leeds throng you can’t help but pay attention to. Olivia Stock caught up with the band on literature, lyricism, and life on the cusp of punk stardom.

Breaking out of the binds of genre and gender, progressive performance pop outfit Walt Disco are fun, flamboyant, and before everything just ‘six best pals having the pretty damn best time’. Olivia Stock caught up with the ever effervescent James Potter on the evolution of the band’s style and sound, their 80s inspo, and the process behind curating queer indie-pop bangers for the ages.

Electro-punx Wargasm celebrate the return of live music with a combustible set on the Reading Lock-Up stage and a natter about all things pop stars, primal fun, and ‘Salma Hayek’.

As the sun sets on the first day at Reading Festival 2021, the sweet scent of dark fruits and stale cigarettes in the air, RIOT reflects on the best it had to offer.

Luckily for teens and once-teens, Britain’s favourite hedonistic summer ritual is back and bulkier than ever, with double the main stages and half the clashes. Here’s RIOT’s ‘Ones To Watch’ across the weekend.

As live music makes a jubilant return, The Mic’s Editor-in-Chief, Olivia Stock reflects on her experiences growing up in the heavy music scene.

Olivia Stock talked regional rumbles, jangle pop, and the Mancunian way with Adam Hopper, the affable frontman of Manchester’s new wave five-piece, Blanketman.

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