Huck Newsletter

Culture

Are we steamrolling towards the apocalypse?

One second closer to midnight — While the rolling news cycle, intensifying climate crisis and rapidly advancing technology can make it feel as if the end days are upon us, newsletter columnist Emma Garland remembers that things have always been terrible, and that is a natural part of human life.

Written by: Emma Garland

Music

“The world always shuns”: Moonchild Sanelly on her new album, underground scenes and abortion rights

Huck’s January interview — Ahead of ‘Full Moon’, her most vulnerable project yet, we caught up with the South African pop star to hear about opening up in her music, confronting her past and her fears for women’s rights in 2025.

Written by: Isaac Muk

Culture

Why did 2024 feel so unreal?

Unrest & Stagnation — With unending mind-boggling news stories, the past 12 months have felt like a spiral into insanity. Is AI to blame or a hangover from the pandemic? Newsletter columnist Emma Garland digests the mess.

Written by: Emma Garland

Culture

The White Pube: “Artists are skint, knackered and sharing the same 20 quid”

We caught up with the two art rebels to chat about their journey, playing the game that they hate, and why anarchism might be the solution to all of art’s (and the wider world’s) problems.

Written by: Isaac Muk

Music

Maverick Sabre: “When times get grittier, sounds get grittier”

The Irish singer songwriter sits down to talk about his latest album, Burn The Right Things Down – a yearning, existential journey that is fit for the times.

Written by: Isaac Muk

Culture

“A party is a microcosm of a nation”: Caleb Femi on the decline of the house party

To celebrate the publication of his new collection of poems, ‘The Wickedest’, Isaac Muk caught up with Femi to talk more about the work, the future of the shoobs, and discuss why having it large on a Saturday night should be cherished.

Written by: Isaac Muk

Culture

The Uncanny Valley: Huck’s April Newsletter

Emma Garland reflects on what we can learn from this years’ edition of Coachella festival – the canary in the coal mine of US pop culture.

Written by: Emma Garland

Culture

The same old story? Huck’s March Newsletter

Emma Garland welcomes the long overdue return of original storytelling - and perhaps the death of the endless sequel and reboot era.

Written by: Emma Garland

Culture

With love in your heart and skin in the game: Huck’s February 2024 Newsletter

Emma Garland attempts to navigate the cognitive dissonance of the Super Bowl backgrounded by Israel’s never-ending assault on Gaza.

Written by: Emma Garland

Culture

We end at the start: Huck’s January 2024 Newsletter

Emma Garland’s first monthly dispatch of the year takes in a bonfire of culture: Pitchfork’s demi-demise, the slow death of music writing and death of venues.

Written by: Emma Garland

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