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Huw Baines

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Freelance Journalist and Writer at Freelance

I write about music. Guardian, NME, Alt Press, Guitar etc // he/him

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  • 1 week ago | nme.com | Huw Baines

    Jesse Welles looks into his phone, fiddling with it for a moment as blue skies and early spring sunshine fight to be seen over his shoulder. Once he’s settled, a green expanse comes into view behind him, the light clipping the surface of a body of water. Anyone who’s kept track of his rise to viral fame as a folk firebrand for the TikTok crowd might expect his guitar to swoop into the frame next, followed by a short, sharp song that dissects the grim realities of modern America.

  • 2 weeks ago | guitar.com | Huw Baines

    PUP. Image: Vanessa HeinsMay 01, 2025 May 01, 2025 When you purchase through affiliate links on Guitar.com, you may contribute to our site through commissions. Learn morePUP’s music inhabits a weird space. Their songs are fun – as evidenced by shows that are famously fun, all sweat and shouting and chaos – but their songs are not about having fun.

  • 3 weeks ago | stereoboard.com | Huw Baines

    Home > News & Reviews > Five In 2025, few would have said that the original line-up of Five would be one of the biggest arena draws around but that’s just what’s happened with the news that Abz Love, J Brown, Ritchie Neville, Scott Robinson and Sean Conlon have regrouped for their first tour together since 2001. Between October 31 and November 28 their Keep on Movin’ Tour will hit arenas in Brighton, Bournemouth, Cardiff, Nottingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, London,...

  • 4 weeks ago | guitar.com | Huw Baines

    IDLES’ Lee Kiernan with a Fender Player II Modified guitar. Image: PressApril 17, 2025 April 17, 2025 When you purchase through affiliate links on Guitar.com, you may contribute to our site through commissions. Learn moreYou have probably thought about IDLES songs in a few different ways – as shoutalong anthems, certainly, and also of late as furiously loud declarations of love. But have you ever thought of them as detective stories?

  • 1 month ago | msn.com | Huw Baines

    Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.

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