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Postcards from Austin: SXSW 2013
Follow the adventures of PRS Foundation’s Laura Whitticase at SXSW as she catches performances of the British Music Abroad funded acts and samples what other great music is on offer. Thursday 14 March...
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Friday playlist: SXSW 2013
To mark South by South West 2013 we’ve been running a week of interviews, features and reviews highlighting the UK artists who’ve made the 10,000 mile round trip to Texas. But we didn’t stop there!...
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Arctic Monkeys on track for 2013’s fastest seller
Arctic Monkeys’ AM is on track for being the year’s fastest selling album after shifting nearly 100,000 copies since release. The record, which is the band’s fifth and saw release on Monday (9...
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Biffy Clyro to headline Isle of Wight 2014
Biffy Clyro, Calvin Harris and Rudimental are among the first wave of acts to be announced for the Isle of Wight festival 2014. The Scottish rock band will headline the Friday night of the event, which...
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30 seconds interview: Fickle Friends
Brighton five piece Fickle Friends have designs on your affections. Natti, Sam, Harry, Chris and Jack make up the band, a group of tight mates who met at university and have been inseparable ever...
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Kobalt Music Publishing signs new deal with Good Soldier Songs
Kobalt Music Publishing (KMP) has signed a deal with Good Soldier Songs, an indie publisher managing rights for the likes of Biffy Clyro and The 1975. This new agreement will cover worldwide...
View ArticleThe 1975 break US record for longest number one LP title
British indie rockers The 1975 have broken the record for the longest album title to take the number one slot in America’s Billboard 200 charts. The group’s second album – I Like It When You Sleep, For...
View ArticleSkepta and The 1975 lined up for South Bank’s Sky Arts Awards
Skepta, The 1975 and David Bowie are among the artists shortlisted for the South Bank’s Sky Arts Awards. All three were nominated for the 2016 Mercury Prize and will go up against each other in the...
View ArticlePale Waves and Lewis Capaldi added to Radio 1 Brit List
Pale Waves and Lewis Capaldi have been announced as the latest acts to join the BBC Radio 1 Brit List. Launched in 2017, the Brit List is a programme of support that commits to helping British artists...
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Riding high: Pale Waves
Alex Rusted meets Pale Waves, one of the UK’s most hotly tipped new bands, to learn how they went from zero to hero in less than two years. ‘Going from no one caring to a lot of people caring is a big...
View ArticleThe 1975 lead the Brits with two big wins
PRS for Music members The 1975 were the big winners at the 2019 edition of the Brit Awards, taking home the gongs for best British group and album of the year. Elsewhere, Jorja Smith bagged the British...
View ArticleWhat we learned at the AMP conference
‘I wanted to create discussions that I really wanted to hear, involving voices that I really want to hear from,’ says BBC Radio 1 DJ Annie Mac. Under her Annie Mac Presents (AMP) banner the DJ brought...
View ArticlePlaylist: Ivor Novello Awards 2019
As the 64th Ivor Novello Awards ceremony looms, we take a closer look at this year’s nominees and find an exciting crop of songwriting talent in the running. This year’s awards see newer talent like...
View ArticleWinners revealed for the 2019 Ivor Novello Awards
Richard Ashcroft, Mariah Carey, Wiley and The 1975 are among the biggest winners at the 2019 Ivor Novello Awards. Carey received the PRS for Music Special International Award in acknowledgement of a...
View ArticleMercury Prize 2019 nominees revealed
Dave, Black Midi (pictured), Slowthai and Little Simz are among the 12 artists to feature on the Mercury Prize shortlist this year. They are joined by Anna Calvi, Cate Le Bon, Foals, Fontaines DC,...
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