Writer. Contributing Editor @bestfitmusic | Publicist @toastpress | Words in The Guardian, Apple Music, DJ Mag + more (she/her)
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Independent Venue Week has found its soul in Hull, a city whose venues teach a masterclass in nurturing talent and sustaining a vibrant cultural scene, writes @herselfportrait. thelineofbestfit.com/feature…
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Kneecap at Wide Awake Festival: Charged with terrorism, targeted by politicians, and nearly banned from performing, the Belfast trio take @wideawakeldn by storm, flooded in Irish flags and Palestinian solidarity, writes @herselfportrait buff.ly/zu2xm5y
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Hey everyone, sadly my contract with NME is expiring at the end of this month, so I'm freelancing from April onwards.
I'm a diligent editor and a sharp writer able to write engaging copy on tight deadlines about music/film/TV/culture - RTs appreciated! alexrigotti.com/
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"The inner clock started to have an effect on me": Channeling a remembrance of summers past into his new record Summer Portraits, @LudovicoEinaudi tells @herselfportrait about music as salvation for this week's cover feature buff.ly/3WtkQem
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Verses From The North: CLASH meets @orakald
Straight outta Hullywood - UK rap's 'Misfit' in conversation...
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"Acting is my day job, but I’m constantly thinking about lyrics"": Rising Icelandic talent Elín Hall tells @herselfportrait how storytelling lies at the art of her craft as both singer and actress – but in very different ways buff.ly/4grX6PO
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With a career dedicated to the written word and visual arts, Jonathan Lethem, one of the most striking American novelists in the contemporary canon, talks Sophie Leigh Walker @herselfportrait through the pivotal songs in his life buff.ly/4fntYIY
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.@orakald spins 'Counselling' in a fresh direction with this lush orchestral arrangement - it appears on an incoming deluxe edition of his mixtape...
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And for my next trick!
After revolutionising art music, composer and pianist Max Richter (@maxrichtermusic) has his sights set on aligning classical and electronic into one universal language with new album In A Landscape, writes @herselfportrait for this week’s cover feature buff.ly/3Tqk9Rd
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me and the local white boys are talking business only on this mj lenderman morning
I see my life in terms of before and after profiling MJ Lenderman
With his star on the ascent, North Carolina songwriter MJ Lenderman (@MarkJLenderman) sits down with @herselfportrait to talk about the weight of expectation for this week’s cover feature buff.ly/4dKVNdj
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.@MarkJLenderman is on the digital cover this week at @bestfitmusic, talking to @herselfportrait all about "Manning Fireworks", his new album out this Friday on @AntiRecords / @AntiRecordsEU.
Take a read here:
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I can’t stop thinking about a lot of things Laurie Anderson told me in this interview. Optimism, terror, comfort and wisdom
Laurie Anderson (@onlyanexpert) turns another trailblazer of the 20th century into her muse for new record Amelia – but the story of pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart resonates now more than ever, she tells @herselfportrait for this week’s digital cover bestf.it/3YWf5Yr
ALT Laurie Anderson shot from outside a cafe, eyes closed
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“NOT EVERY BLACK BOY IS A TOPBOY CHARACTER” ✊🏿
Helly Hansen 6 Official Video is OUT NOW 👇🏿. Go give it a skeg
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A dream to interview a band I’ll never stop talking about. I felt a few years older and a couple inches taller after talking to them about how punk can age into wisdom and a hard-earned sense of peace
Crack Cloud’s new record Red Mile marks a new era of maturity for the Canadian art-punk collective. For this week’s cover feature, @herselfportrait chronicles their decade-long journey to stability and peace buff.ly/3y33Jaf
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Crack Cloud’s new record Red Mile marks a new era of maturity for the Canadian art-punk collective. For this week’s cover feature, @herselfportrait chronicles their decade-long journey to stability and peace buff.ly/3y33Jaf
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Ahead of their new album, Red Mile, landing this Friday on @jagjaguwar, Crack Cloud are the latest @bestfitmusic cover stars. Huge s/o @herselfportrait for this masterpiece 👇
Crack Cloud’s new record Red Mile marks a new era of maturity for the Canadian art-punk collective. For this week’s cover feature, @herselfportrait chronicles their decade-long journey to stability and peace buff.ly/3y33Jaf
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With new record C,XOXO marking a divisive act of reinvention, @herselfportrait meets @Camila_Cabello to find out how the Cuban-born superstar is reclaiming creative control of her career for this week’s digital cover. buff.ly/4ce4nQP
