Danny Wright
music industry
Your Fave Band Is Reuniting – But Not For the Reasons You Think
Blur, The Walkmen and Pulp are some of the bands staging comebacks. Is it a cynical sign of the times or has something changed?
Danny Wright
6.20.23
Music
Pop Songs Really Are Shorter Than Ever Now
From shorter verses to frontloading the chorus, chart toppers sound dramatically different these days.
Danny Wright
4.13.23
Glastonbury
I Went to the First Ever Glastonbury in 1970
Lynne Telfer was only 17 when she attended the first incarnation of the now-legendary music festival.
Danny Wright
6.20.22
Music
Is When We Were Young Festival a Scam? Live Nation Responds to Claims
We reached out to the festival organisers of the 2022 Las Vegas emo festival.
Danny Wright
1.26.22
Music
'The Ascent Was Just Wild' – The Oral History of The Strokes' 'Is This It'
On the 20th anniversary of modern rock's most seminal album, VICE spoke to its producer, publicist, journalists and the guy who shot the "arse cover".
Danny Wright
7.30.21
Technology
Brain Chips and Biometrics: The Future of How We’ll Consume Music
Inside music tech's battle for your brain, your ears, and your emotions.
Danny Wright
4.15.21
Fund Our Fun
Without Live Music, I Wouldn’t Have Been Able to Overcome Grief
As all my memories of my dad started to blur, gigs have had the most incredible ways of transporting me back.
Danny Wright
11.18.20
Music
The Guide to Getting Into Sufjan Stevens, Master of Emotion
As the prolific polymath prepares to release his eighth studio record 'The Ascension', we’re here to plot a path through his wildly diverse discography.
Danny Wright
9.24.20
Important Questions Raised By...
The Hidden Art of Ordering the Names on a Festival Line-up
We speak to festival bookers and managers about why, in lineup release season, font size really does matter.
Danny Wright
2.12.19