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CHARLOTTE KROL Selected portfolio
REVIEW: Cosey Fanni Tutti – 'TUTTI'
Feb 4

Feb 4 REVIEW: Cosey Fanni Tutti – 'TUTTI'

Charlotte Krol
Album reviews

Like the soundtrack to a lost episode of ‘Black Mirror’, the avant-garde musician’s first album in 37 years is a remarkably intelligent and engrossing record, one whose ebb and flow reflects her entire career.

REVIEW: Sneaks – 'Highway Hypnosis'
Feb 1

Feb 1 REVIEW: Sneaks – 'Highway Hypnosis'

Charlotte Krol
Album reviews

Sneaks switches up her minimalist format for a motley of synthetic textures and syncopated beats that call on bigger hip-hop influences.

INTERVIEW: Little Simz is tackling life’s grey areas
Jan 28

Jan 28 INTERVIEW: Little Simz is tackling life’s grey areas

Charlotte Krol
Interviews

As she drops her third album, GREY Area, Little Simz explains how she tempers the uncertainties of mid-twenties adulthood with bold, honest songwriting.

INTERVIEW: DAWN – a new breed
Jan 27

Jan 27 INTERVIEW: DAWN – a new breed

Charlotte Krol
Interviews

“There is a new movement of people coming. It’s with creatives, it’s with artists, it’s with women. We are no longer silenced by the things we felt we had to be.”

REVIEW: Sharon Van Etten – 'Remind Me Tomorrow'
Dec 3

Dec 3 REVIEW: Sharon Van Etten – 'Remind Me Tomorrow'

Charlotte Krol
Album reviews

A diverse collection of muscular songs that traverse nostalgia, depression, love and motherhood with new-found confidence.

OPINION: Oh, man: why Reading and Leeds needs to overhaul its tradition of all-male headliners
Nov 22

Nov 22 OPINION: Oh, man: why Reading and Leeds needs to overhaul its tradition of all-male headliners

Charlotte Krol
Opinion

A rewrite of gender representation at the top of the Reading and Leeds Festival bill is long overdue.

INTERVIEW: “I regret not doing it a lot sooner”: The Killers’ Dave Keuning discusses his debut solo album ‘Prismism’
Oct 12

Oct 12 INTERVIEW: “I regret not doing it a lot sooner”: The Killers’ Dave Keuning discusses his debut solo album ‘Prismism’

Charlotte Krol
Interviews

The guitarist launches his solo project, Keuning, and says that he hopes to work with The Killers again.

REVIEW: Helena Deland – 'From the Series of Songs “Altogether Unaccompanied” Vol. III & Vol. IV'
Oct 1

Oct 1 REVIEW: Helena Deland – 'From the Series of Songs “Altogether Unaccompanied” Vol. III & Vol. IV'

Charlotte Krol
Album reviews
REVIEW: Marissa Nadler – 'For My Crimes'
Sep 28

Sep 28 REVIEW: Marissa Nadler – 'For My Crimes'

Charlotte Krol
Album reviews

You can’t knock the Massachusetts soloist for hard work, but it’s perhaps time she headed in a bolder direction.

REVIEW: Mitski – ‘Be The Cowboy’
Aug 14

Aug 14 REVIEW: Mitski – ‘Be The Cowboy’

Charlotte Krol

On her fifth record, ‘Be The Cowboy’, the American-Japanese songwriter conducts grander musical theatrics than before.

REVIEW: Jenny Hval - 'The Long Sleep' EP
Jun 28

Jun 28 REVIEW: Jenny Hval - 'The Long Sleep' EP

Charlotte Krol
Album reviews, Reviews

Hval enlists celebrated jazz musicians on her latest work: a sedative musing of life’s big questions.

INTERVIEW: Kiah Victoria – Politics and art in a post-truth world
May 3

May 3 INTERVIEW: Kiah Victoria – Politics and art in a post-truth world

Charlotte Krol
Interviews

LA-based singer-songwriter Kiah Victoria may not regard herself as a political flagbearer, but her offbeat soul-pop tells a different story.

'ONE TO WATCH' INTERVIEW: Snail Mail's precociousness powers an engine of infectious indie rock
Jan 2

Jan 2 'ONE TO WATCH' INTERVIEW: Snail Mail's precociousness powers an engine of infectious indie rock

Charlotte Krol
Interviews

Meet the Maryland 18-year-old who's determining her own path to slowcore stardom.

REVIEW: Fleet Foxes spin a flat start into an elegant end
Nov 28

Nov 28 REVIEW: Fleet Foxes spin a flat start into an elegant end

Charlotte Krol
Live reviews

Six years is a long break between albums, certainly for a band who conquered the pastoral-folk scene of the Noughties and sold millions of records along the way…

Best new music 2017 – INHEAVEN: redefining alt-rock for their generation
Aug 25

Aug 25 Best new music 2017 – INHEAVEN: redefining alt-rock for their generation

Charlotte Krol
Interviews

From folk to hip-hop, we meet the need-to-know emerging artists. This week it's INHEAVEN.

Portuguese talent flourishes alongside world-class acts at NOS Alive
Jul 13

Jul 13 Portuguese talent flourishes alongside world-class acts at NOS Alive

Charlotte Krol
Reviews, Festival reviews, Travel guide

Portugal's NOS Alive gives a platform for rising stars while hosting an enviable array of heavyweight acts to cater all needs.

Best new music 2017 – Lydia Ainsworth: marrying the worlds of classical and pop
Jul 11

Jul 11 Best new music 2017 – Lydia Ainsworth: marrying the worlds of classical and pop

Charlotte Krol
Interviews

From folk to hip-hop, we meet the need-to-know emerging artists. This week it's Lydia Ainsworth.

Best new music 2017 – Sigrid: your new favourite pop star
May 12

May 12 Best new music 2017 – Sigrid: your new favourite pop star

Charlotte Krol
Interviews

From folk to hip-hop, we meet the need-to-know emerging artists. This week it's Sigrid.

One to Watch: Cosima
May 3

May 3 One to Watch: Cosima

Charlotte Krol
Interviews

Meet the South Londoner redrawing the boundaries of British R&B one bold, heart-fluttering track at a time.

Best new music 2017 - Alexandra Savior: the new queen of noir
Apr 6

Apr 6 Best new music 2017 - Alexandra Savior: the new queen of noir

Charlotte Krol
Interviews

From folk to hip-hop, we meet the need-to-know emerging artists. This week it's Alexandra Savior.

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