Emily Mackay
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United Kingdom
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Past articles by Emily:
Pussy Riot: Matriarchy Now review – a gleeful up yours to orthodoxy
Ideology grinds against a kitsch, hypersexual aesthetic in the Russian rebels’ bizarre yet sometimes brilliant debut mixtape → Read More
One to watch: Hinako Omori
The composer fuses Wiltshire field recordings with astral punk, drawing on the therapeutic Japanese practice of ‘forest bathing’ → Read More
Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul: Topical Dancer review – wildly eclectic electropop
The Belgian duo’s debut album is a banging fusion of funk, house and techno that makes up for in mischievous energy what it lacks in subtle wit → Read More
Beach House: Once Twice Melody review – a seductive odyssey in four chapters
Released gradually since November, the Baltimore duo’s rich, roaming eighth album was worth the wait → Read More
One to watch: Los Bitchos
Drawn from across the globe, the London-based quartet are party people who love cumbia as much as garage rock → Read More
Alice Glass: Prey//IV review – songs of trauma and recovery
The ex-Crystal Castles singer’s solo debut is pulsing and personal… → Read More
Ichiko Aoba: Windswept Adan review – hypnotic, ghostly psych-folk
An imaginary island and sparse instrumentation unfold together as the Japanese singer-songwriter conjures her latest alluring soundworld → Read More
One to watch: Margo Cilker
The American singer-songwriter’s expertly honed country-rock is as frank and fresh as it is warm and familiar → Read More
Lana Del Rey: Blue Banisters review – a star looking to her legacy
The singer’s eighth album feels familiar, but also pushes at the edges of her usual themes → Read More
I Want the Door to Open by Lala Lala review – ambition and reinvention
Lillie West’s third album steers away from lo-fi indie to impressive, light-touch dream pop → Read More
Tirzah: Colourgrade review – hypnotic intimacies that draw you in
Working once more with Mica Levi, the Essex songwriter sets a dreamy pace on her unpredictable, eclectic second album → Read More
Orla Gartland: Woman on the Internet review – a headlong dive into twentysomething life
This beautifully crafted debut spans pop-punk to indie rock, with knife-sharp lyrics all the way → Read More
Jade Bird: Different Kinds of Light review – verging on the unstoppable
The singer-songwriter continues to impress on a second album that beguiles equally in its rockier and softer moments → Read More
Half Waif: Mythopoetics review – wears its wounds proudly
Emotional angst stays centre stage on Nandi Rose Plunkett’s turbulent fifth album → Read More
Celeste review – a spellbinding return to the spotlight
While a certain football match unfolded elsewhere, the rising soul star’s second gig in 18 months proved just as gripping → Read More
Ones to watch: Hyyts
The new EP from the Glaswegian electropop duo beguilingly documents a doomed relationship in reverse → Read More
Squid: Bright Green Field review – exhilarating punk-funk-krautrock debut
The Brighton five-piece hurtle along with huge shifts in style and pace → Read More
Lady Dan: I Am the Prophet review – farewell to Christ and creeps
Tyler Dozier’s intense backstory powers a debut rich in moods and modes → Read More
Du Blonde: Homecoming review – DIY at its weird, wilful finest
Beth Jeans Houghton channels 90s Boston indie rock to perfection on this heroic one-woman wigout → Read More
Loretta Lynn: Still Woman Enough review – a spirited victory lap
Fifty albums in, the country star and guests are in the mood to celebrate → Read More