The Line of Best Fit
The Line of Best Fit is an independent online magazine based in London, concentrating on new music. It publishes independent music reviews, features, interview, and media. Founded by Richard Thane in February 2007 and currently edited by Paul Bridgewater, the webzine's name derives from a song on Death Cab For Cutie's You Can Play These Songs with Chords.
Reviews by the webzine have appeared in publications such as Clash, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent and NME. The Line of Best Fit also publishes music premieres, exclusive live performances, podcasts, and playlists.
The webzine has its own record label, Best Fit Recordings, and since 2015, has hosted its own annual music festival in London, the Five Day Forecast.
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Review by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 18 August 2015
FOALS AREN’T doing too badly these days. With four studio albums and a mixtape under their belts, they're one of the biggest guitar-bands to come ...
Peter Gabriel: All Apologies: Brian Pern
Interview by uncredited writer, The Line of Best Fit, 11 January 2016
As he returns to television and lines up a stage show in London next month, Brian Pern – Rhys Thomas' musical creation portrayed by Simon ...
Joe Hertz talks about the How It Feels EP
Interview by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 6 October 2016
Joe Hertz talks early mornings and post-Brexit Britain on new EP How It Feels. ...
Vaults on "the Ocado delivery" and upcoming album Caught In Still Life
Interview by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 30 November 2016
Electro-pop three-piece Vaults chat to us after shouldering the weight of soundtracking this year's John Lewis Christmas advert, one of 2016's most hotly anticipated releases. ...
Elder Island: Track By Track: Elder Island on their Seeds In Sand EP
Interview by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 8 December 2016
Elder Island discuss the varied influences on their Seeds In Sand EP, including a much-missed feline friend and acid house vibes in their live show. ...
MUNA's About U—an unflinching and unapologetic record of the lives of queer women the world over
Review by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 6 February 2017
It's hard to review an album when your words just don't feel big enough. ...
Interview by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 20 February 2017
Pop heavyweight JoJo reveals to Pip Williams some of the stories behind her third album Mad Love. Covering everything from Wiz Khalifa to the serenity prayer ...
Linnea Olsson: Track By Track: Pop cellist Linnea Olsson on For Show
Interview by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 23 February 2017
Linnea Olsson shares her own thoughts on every track of her new EP For Show, including the home-made stop-motion videos that accompany them. Overwhelmingly inspired ...
Sailor & I: Track by Track: Sailor & I on The Invention Of Loneliness
Interview by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 24 February 2017
Swedish artist Sailor & I delves into the technicalities behind new record The Invention Of Loneliness. The electronic musician's hypnotic style is lifted by the ...
Jordan Klassen: Track By Track: Jordan Klassen on new EP Curses
Interview by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 1 March 2017
Jordan Klassen writes for us on his forthcoming Curses EP, outlining the stories behind each of the five tracks on the follow-up to 2016's Javelin. ...
Becky Hill: The Real Reality: Becky Hill
Interview by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 17 March 2017
Becky Hill doesn't want a TV talent show to define her. Pip Williams sits down with the chart-topping artist who's taken a backseat from fame ...
Cavegreen's Vita Lucida's only problem is being over too soon
Review by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 24 March 2017
Vita Lucida is the debut album from Washington-based duo Cavegreen, and comes following 2015's Journey of Return EP. The band is composed of Eleanor Murray ...
Starling: Track By Track: Starling on The Body EP
Interview by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 31 March 2017
Breaking pop princess Starling unpicks for us her new EP The Body, out today. Packed with references to vomit, dodgy exes, and horrible nights out, ...
Declan McKenna on debut album What Do You Think About The Car?
Interview by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 13 April 2017
It's no mean feat, being labelled the voice of a generation. ...
Sylvan Esso: “We’re a goddamn electronic band!”: Sylvan Esso on new album What Now
Interview by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 28 April 2017
North Carolina electronic duo Sylvan Esso open up to Pip Williams about their sophomore record What Now, and plenty more besides. Ahead of today’s release, Amelia ...
Review by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 8 October 2017
Wild Ones' Mirror Touch is the perfect pint-sized pick-me-up ...
Sylvan Esso: Gorilla, Manchester
Live Review by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 14 November 2017
Joyful, unaffected abandon ...
Ke$ha: Kesha: Brixton Electric, London
Live Review by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 22 November 2017
There are few secrets in California popstar Kesha's private life. Her battle with anorexia made headlines, whilst her lawsuit against producer and alleged abuser Dr. ...
Review by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 8 December 2017
DO YOU REMEMBER the first time you heard 'Boys'? On first listen it might not have seemed like anything special — perhaps a bit repetitive, ...
Charli XCX: LGBTQ+ production company launches with alternative music video for Charli XCX's 'Boys'
Report and Interview by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 9 December 2017
YOU ALREADY know the song — the ubiquitous 'Boy' (pipped to the top spot in our tracks of the year by SZA's potent 'Drew Barrymore') ...
Pale Waves: Back To The Future
Profile and Interview by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 4 January 2018
Pale Waves have already achieved so much, but world domination awaits as they bring their retro-tinged indie to a hectic 2018. ...
The Aces' When My Heart Felt Volcanic is formulaic but fun
Review by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 6 April 2018
Comparing The Aces to Haim is definitely overdone, but the similarities between the Californian sister act and the Utah quartet are hard to ignore. ...
Review by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 4 May 2018
Aisha Badru's identity is made crystal clear on her debut record ...
Courtney Barnett: Coping Mechanisms
Interview by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 15 May 2018
Ahead of her second album, Tell Me How You Really Feel, Courtney Barnett tells Pip Williams how she's embraced anxiety and used it as a ...
Profile by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 16 May 2018
Christened into the music industry at this year's SXSW, Melbourne's G Flip is getting people seriously excited. ...
Florence and the Machine: Florence + the Machine: High As Hope
Review by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 29 June 2018
Florence + the Machine boast sincerity over spectacle on fourth record High As Hope ...
Interview by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 26 October 2018
Her new album Forever Neverland may court eternal youth, but MØ won't allow herself the luxury of denial. Denmark's hottest export explains the paradoxical nostalgia ...
Blossom Caldarone: On the Rise: Blossom Caldarone
Interview by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 5 December 2018
Blossom Calderone is making waves with her storytelling pop bops. ...
Arlo Parks: On The Rise: Arlo Parks
Interview by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 28 January 2019
18-year-old South Londoner Arlo Parks puts identity and generational anxiety at the heart of her affecting, soulful left-field pop. ...
Review by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 7 May 2019
The newest twisted, candy-coloured cut from Elliot Lee ...
Tessa Violet: On The Rise: Tessa Violet
Profile and Interview by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 3 July 2019
The colourful, quirky Tessa Violet channels her love of music into a unique electro-pop sound and ambitious aesthetic. ...
Review by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 5 July 2019
On her debut LP, BABii presents a DIY electro-pop vision that's distinctively her own ...
Cher Lloyd is bigger than the bullshit
Interview by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 4 May 2020
Cher Lloyd cannot think of anything worse than taking up breadmaking in lockdown. ...
Review by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 21 September 2020
Rife with tenderness and restless energy, Free Love is Sylvan Esso at their most cohesive ...
Lauren Aquilina is learning to live with her growing collection of ghosts
Interview by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 10 November 2020
Two years on from a two-year hiatus, Bristol-born singer/songwriter Lauren Aquilina has announced her first project since 2016 debut album Isn't It Strange?. ...
Interview by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 18 November 2020
Singer Beth Cornell chats to Pip Williams about songs, sex, and famous fans as she reveals the new Litany single 'Uh-Huh'. ...
Pale Waves: A Different Kind of Love
Interview by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 23 February 2021
Heather Baron-Gracie reflects on the creative and personal freedom she found within Pale Waves as the band celebrate the release of new album Who Am ...
Orla Gartland: DIY 'til she dies
Interview by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 19 August 2021
Tomorrow, Orla Gartland releases her debut album, Woman On The Internet. In the decade since the Irish singer/songwriter began uploading tracks to YouTube as a ...
Review by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 2022
GRANT brings the drama to every facet of debut album In Bloom ...
Zola Jesus on spirituality and overcoming the lone genius archetype
Interview by Pip Williams, The Line of Best Fit, 20 June 2022
Against a striking backdrop of towering ancient rock formations in Turkey, Zola Jesus filmed the video for recent single 'Lost'. Blanketed in snow, this landscape ...
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