ARLO PARKS

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

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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

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