Sophie founded Music & Gigs because she saw a gap and decided to fill it. She leads all editorial direction, has interviewed the likes of Lewis Capaldi, Pale Waves, and Tom Grennan, and has a reputation for spotting great artists early. Writer, photographer, designer — Sophie wears a lot of hats, but the thread running through all of it is the same: a lifelong obsession with music and the people who make it.
Single Reviews
BIG SPECIAL Keep It Real, Raw and Unapologetically Human on New Single ‘SLUGLIFE’
★★★☆☆
SLUGLIFE sounds like it was built from exhaustion and defiance in equal measure. Hicklin’s voice hits like poetry shouted down a...
Album Reviews
Only The Poets – And I’d Do It Again Album Review: A Debut Built for Feeling Everything
Only The Poets’ debut album And I’d Do It Again captures the highs, hangovers and hard truths of love gone...
Single Reviews
Florentenes Light Up the North West with Grit, Melody and New Single ‘Madeline’
There must be something in the water up North. From the swagger of Oasis to the raw honesty of The Lathums, the North...
Concert
The Human League Are Coming Back to NZ
They’re hitting three cities: Auckland’s Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre on Saturday 13 Feb, Wellington’s Michael Fowler Centre on Tuesday 16...
Single Reviews
Dermot Kennedy goes deeper than ever with The Weight of the Woods and rousing new single “Funeral”
Dermot Kennedy has never been one for half-measures, but his new chapter feels like a full-bodied leap into the roots...
Concert
Harry Styles returns to the stage with 50 global residency shows
Of course, the tour wouldn’t be a Harry Styles production without a powerful philanthropic pulse. Every show will support global...
Concert
MIKA is back with Hyperlove, and he’s bringing it to UK record shops for a raw, stripped-back tour
To celebrate the release of his first English-language album since 2019, Hyperlove, the pop polymath is heading back to the places...
Album Reviews
UNITYTX just announced their new album, and it’s a middle finger to every box they’ve ever been shoved in
Fresh off the venomous chaos of “HEINOUS”, UNITYTX aren’t just back, they’re levelling the whole playing field. The Dallas genre-blenders...