@alex.rigotti
London-based music journalist and editor
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Alex Rigotti is a London-based music + culture journalist.
Interviews
SHERELLE (The Quietus)
SHERELLE (The Quietus)
For SHERELLE, the perfect album is one that can soundtrack all the moments of your life. “I think the sound of a good album is one that, whilst cooking or on a train journey and you’ve accidentally fallen asleep, you don’t turn it off,” she tells tQ. “A certain album can be very aggressive, or […]
Fcukers (DIY)
Fcukers (DIY)
Everybody wants to party with Jackson Walker Lewis and Shanny Wise. The New York duo have entranced everyone from Harry Styles to Tame Impala with their addictive blend of ‘90s house, UK garage and trip hop, and, as they prepare to release their debut album ‘Ö’, they take DIY on their rollercoaster journey to the top.
KÁRYYN (MusicTech Cover)
KÁRYYN (MusicTech Cover)
Ahead of new album PULL, singer/producer KÁRYYN tells us about time as a collaborator and voice as technology. Read the MusicTech cover story
Magdalena Bay (DIY Cover)
Magdalena Bay (DIY Cover)
Having formed in Miami a decade ago, Magdalena Bay prove that slow and steady really does win the race. Now, having built a meticulous, surrealism-doused world with their ambitious concept album ‘Imaginal Disk’, we meet Matthew Lewin and Mica Tenenbaum ahead of their epic world tour’s final leg to reflect on their dizzying rise to art-pop stardom.
Danny Brown (NME)
Danny Brown (NME)
Rap’s resident oddball tells us how creating a “'90s era popstar” character and discovering his love for hyperpop has given him a new lease on life
Porter Robinson (NME)
Porter Robinson (NME)
Porter Robinson speaks to NME about his third album – the indie-pop leaning ‘SMILE! :D’ – and the “double-edged sword” of parasocial relationships
Sophia Stel (NME)
Sophia Stel (NME)
Nate Sib (NME)
Nate Sib (NME)
Sober and spiritual, 2hollis affiliate Nate Sib is determined to “be the next big male pop star” – read the NME interview
Bassvictim (NME)
Bassvictim (NME)
NME meets Bassvictim, the London duo making raw, riveting electroclash – amid a turbulent friendship
Finn Wolfhard (tQ)
Finn Wolfhard (tQ)
As he prepares for the release of his debut solo album, the Stranger Things star speaks to Alex Rigotti about the 13 albums that formed his taste
Black Country, New Road (NME)
Black Country, New Road (NME)
Black Country, New Road on the making of new album 'Forever, Howlong' and the reaction to the single 'Besties' – read the NME interview
Chloe Qisha (NME)
Chloe Qisha (NME)
Jane Remover (NME)
Jane Remover (NME)
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Reviews
Lorde – ‘Virgin’ (NME)
Lorde – ‘Virgin’ (NME)
New Zealand superstar Lorde chips away to reveal her purest self on her exploratory fourth album, 'Virgin'
Addison Rae – 'Addison' (NME)
Addison Rae – 'Addison' (NME)
Louisiana singer and former TikTok star Addison Rae crafts a gorgeous soundtrack to modern womanhood on her highly anticipated debut album
Dove Ellis – ‘Blizzard’ (NME)
Dove Ellis – ‘Blizzard’ (NME)
Elusive Irish singer Dove Ellis makes his mark with debut album 'Blizzard', a set of tender, intimate, abstract ballads.
Joji – ‘Piss In The Wind’ (NME)
Joji – ‘Piss In The Wind’ (NME)
Japanese-Australian alt-R&B crooner Joji gets blown off course on his fourth album, 'Piss In The Wind'. Read the NME review here:
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Features
Katherine Hepburn at home (Arch Digest)
Katherine Hepburn at home (Arch Digest)
The four-time Oscar winner and notorious homebody divided her time between a waterfront Connecticut estate and the cozy New York town house where Stephen Sondheim was her next-door neighbor
Is bodybuilding the new queer feminist act? (Dazed)
Is bodybuilding the new queer feminist act? (Dazed)
Female bodybuilders exist outside of traditional notions of femininity, with some positioning it as a queer and feminist act. But it’s a bit more nuanced than that
Arthur Jafa & Mark Leckey (Billboard)
Arthur Jafa & Mark Leckey (Billboard)
Arthur Jafa and Mark Lecky showed off their history-making videos and DJ skills together for the first time.
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