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...
Live Reviews
Mika turns HMV Vault into a living room of love, laughter, and lyrical tea spills
★★★★☆
A love-in with laughter, lyrics, and tea? Only Mika could make a chilly January night feel like a glowing hug...
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...
Live Reviews
Love, chaos and cowbells: Marmozets and Goo tear up Nottingham
★★★★☆
Support slots rarely feel like a full body workout, but Goo clearly didn’t get the memo. From the first punch...
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
Holly Humberstone Is Taking Cruel World To The Record Stores
Starting 20 March in Liverpool and finishing 26 March in Kingston, Holly’s teaming up with some of the UK’s most...
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...
Concert
Harry Styles is making U.K. history this summer
Dubbed the Together, Together tour, the shows are set to take over Wembley from 12 June to 4 July 2026, and fans...