FRONT SECTION
06 THE BIG STORY
Record Store Day UK organiser Megan Page tees up this year’s event and talks The 1975, TikTok and the vinyl revival
08 SZA
Executives from RCA and BBC Radio 1 discuss SZA’s 2022 success as SOS and Kill Bill dominate the charts
09 FOR THE RECORD/ TAKE A BOW
10 SPOTLIGHT
Warehouse Project and Parklife co-founder Sacha Lord on tickets, sustainability and backing the North
12 START ME UP/ IN POD WE TRUST
We meet Interstellar Music Services in Start Me Up, while Emily White’s How To Build A Sustainable Music Career And Collect All Revenue Streams is our podcast of the month
13 DIGITAL DISCOURSE
Sammy Andrews argues why social media still matters to artists
14 TWEETS OF THE MONTH
15 RISING STAR
FLO’s co-manager Rob Harrison reflects on the group’s BRIT Rising Star Award and looks ahead to a huge 2023
16 ON THE RADAR
With her breakout track People dominating DSPs, we meet 5K Records’ new star signing Libianca
18 PLAYLIST/ TASTEMAKERS
19 MAKING WAVES/ SYNC STORY
20 KEY RELEASES
A look at all the biggest albums coming your way soon
21 INCOMING
Billie Marten previews her fourth album Drop Cherries and tells us why there’s too much irony in the industry
22 HOTSHOTS
FEATURES
28 ARLO PARKS
We climb aboard the Arlo Parks rollercoaster as the indie star and her team talk mental health and trail her epic new album, My Soft Machine
PHOTOS: Marco Vittur, Laura Kidd, Ben Lister, Koury Angelo, Adam Hillier, Ashely Verse, Lorna Allan