Porridge Radio: Waterslide, Diving Board, Ladder to the Sky review – every chorus is therapy, or war
Frontwoman Dana Margolin deep dives into heartbreak in the Brighton band’s entrancing follow-up to 2020’s Every Bad.
March 2021
Lockdown one year on: Porridge Radio on how Covid stole their breakthrough moment
The Brighton band were about to tour their acclaimed second album when the pandemic hit, but lockdown hasn’t been all bad…
September 2020
Michael Kiwanuka wins 2020 Mercury prize
Folk-soul singer wins £25,000 prize on third attempt for the album Kiwanuka, described by the Guardian as one of the best albums of the past decade
July 2020
Mercury prize 2020: Stormzy, Dua Lipa and Michael Kiwanuka among nominees
More female artists nominated than any other year, including a fourth nomination for Laura Marling
May 2020
The best albums of 2020 so far
There’s shaken-up pop from Rina Sawayama, searching rap by J Hus and Jay Electronica, and invention everywhere from KeiyaA’s soul to Beatrice Dillon’s electronics
March 2020
Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Porridge Radio: Every Bad review – DIY rockers go from guttural to the stars
The Brighton band’s second album is spiky, strange and uncompromisingly brilliant. Can they drag the avant garde into the mainstream?
