Articles by Anna Alger

Stealing Sheep

Big Wows

PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2019

Liverpool pop trio Stealing Sheep are delivering Big Wows, their third record and first since 2015's Not Real; its lengthy gestation period...

Nilüfer Yanya Wrestles With Agency and Control on New Album 'Miss Universe'

PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2019

"I'm not really interested in making a genre or a style of music," maintains London's Nilüfer Yanya about her new album, Miss Universe in a...

Nilüfer Yanya

Miss Universe

PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2019

Mediocrity isn't a term in Nilüfer Yanya's realm. The 23-year-old Londoner has come a long way since her first stints at open mics as a tee...

Foals

Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost — Part 1

PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2019

The first new album from Foals is the beginning of a new chapter for the band, after founding member and bassist, Walter Gervers, exited th...

Sasami

Sasami

PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2019

Sasami Ashworth is coming into her own as a solo artist following several years spent collaborating with myriad bands, most notably Cherry...

Softness Is Power on Sasami Ashworth's Debut Album 'Sasami'

PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2019

"I wasn't ever really intending on making an album or doing my own thing," admits Sasami Ashworth, better known mononymously, in a phone in...

Foals Take On the World's Ills with New Album 'Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost – Part 1'

PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2019

"This is the first time, really, where from inception to endpoint — all the way through — it's been us without any kind of interference," s...

Robyn

Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver BC, February 28

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2019

Robyn's Honey tour stop filled the Pacific Coliseum with pulsating beats and the incredible stage presence of the iconic Swedish singer. Re...