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Mary and the Hyenas review – patchy ode to Wollstonecraft and women ‘howling at the world’

Snappy movement and a Billy Nomates score can’t make up for the lack of emotional range in this portrait of the 18th-century writer

The Guardian - UK · Feb 14, 2025

Music: Kitty Empire’s 10 best albums of 2023

It was a year of avant-rap, sex-positive R&B, polyrhythmic jazz and hyper-punk pop – plus Lana Del Rey’s glossy meditations on death and loss

The Guardian - UK · Dec 24, 2023

‘I can’t keep making a loss’: bands shun UK festivals as touring costs rise

Musicians say they can’t afford to go on the road any more, while smaller events are cut back or cancelled

The Guardian - UK · Jul 2, 2023

Glastonbury 2023 performer asks BBC to remove footage after 'insane' abuse

Celebrities and other musicians have shown support after Billy Nomates received online abuse

Liverpool Echo · Jun 24, 2023

Glastonbury performer asks BBC to remove footage after online abuse

But celebrities and other musicians line up to praise Billy Nomates for her 'brilliant' performance

Wales Online · Jun 24, 2023

Glastonbury performer urges BBC to remove footage after being flooded with abuse

Glastonbury performer Billy Nomates has received an outpouring of support on social media from Billy Bragg and others after they were cruelly abused online

Daily Mirror · Jun 24, 2023

Billy Nomates asks BBC to take down Glastonbury footage after wave of ‘personal abuse’

Revelation prompted an outpouring of support on social media

The Independent UK · Jun 24, 2023

Billy Nomates: Cacti review – heroic takedowns and tunes to burn

Spanning post-punk to honky-tonk, this piercingly original singer-songwriter digs ever deeper on her second album

The Guardian - UK · Jan 15, 2023

The best new music to look forward to in 2023

Yo La Tengo, Billy Nomates, Låpsley and Paramore have hotly anticipated albums due out – while the BBCSO puts on an Everest opera and Simon Rattle waves goodbye to the Barbican

The Guardian - UK · Dec 29, 2022

Billy Nomates review – post-punk soloist could do with some company

Bristol’s self-declared ‘no-waver’ delivers an entrancing performance but her electric energy needs a band to achieve its full force

The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2022