Features
Finn Cliff Hodges
Freelance Journalist
United Kingdom
Freelance Journalist based in London. Bylines in The Independent, Mixmag, Men's Health, The Quietus, Juno Daily, and DMY Mag.
City Magazine Journalism MA Graduate 2025.
United Kingdom
Freelance Journalist based in London. Bylines in The Independent, Mixmag, Men's Health, The Quietus, Juno Daily, and DMY Mag.
City Magazine Journalism MA Graduate 2025.
Features
The generation gap has never been more pronounced. The world parents may think they are handing over to their children has changed in fundamental ways, while the childhood their kids are living today is radically different from their own experience growing up.
Our final mix of 2025 is psychedelic, textured trip from Japanese techno master Wata Igarashi
Enigmatic bangers. Here are some of the best nameless tracks
James K charms listeners with angelic soundscapes and dream-pop, embracing the listener in a warm, auditory hug
Profile on DJ Nobu
They’re cultivating a loyal fanbase despite their habit of removing songs within days of release. Finn Cliff Hodges delves into the appeal of the allusive electronic duo
Underscores' third album is an excursion into the intersection of dance and pop music, sure to slingshot the American singer-songwriter into stardom
My review of ROBOT festival in Bologna, Italy.
Live review of Malibu at EartH Theatre
For some fans of Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE, an album of 33 songs entirely produced by SURF GANG, rather than The Alchemist or Wiki, might constitute a potential dud, but POMPEII // UTILITY is anything but
Andrew Tate and his cronies’ influence is growing at an alarming rate. Finn Cliff Hodges talks to the journalists fighting back. (Entire spread designed by me)
As-told-to interview with Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor for The Quietus.
Introduction and Q&A with Berlin-based label Transmigration.
Introduction and Q&A with Seoul-based label Junction Forest.
Thomas Jenkinson's new album is an absolutely flagrant showcase for his ear and skill for composition, jazz and harmony, all while completely subverting any rules of these devices
PC Music wunderkind packs up his donk in order to flame on with the alt-pop Avengers: Caroline Polachek, Clairo, Oklou and PinkPantheress
Daryl Groetsch submerges the listener in warm pads and playful jazz harmonies, music that ebbs and flows and washes over you in appropriately satisfying waves
X & Ivy share a party-perfect mix to soundtrack the closing moments of summer, and speak to Finn Cliff Hodges about their viral origins, getting serious as musicians and building a creative universe.
Mike Bourne of Teeth of the Sea and Hirvikolari takes us on a dystopian synth-wave journey replete with industrial crunches and stabs of sub bass
In the Bible, Psalm 150 is a zealous call to praise God with trumpets, a lute, a harp, strings, some pipes, various cymbals, and of course, dance. In 2025, Floorplan are answering this call, but instead of the lute and pipes, they’re use pulsating kick drums, funky basslines and infectious vocal chops to conduct their audience into dance.
Introduction I wrote for a feature by LA DJ Cherry Lee.
From ‘The Great Gatsby’ to ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’, Finn Cliff Hodges looks at the best covers out there
Minks are often thought of as rodent species, or when they are contextualised into a jacket, can be a show of wealth. But, put ‘fake’ before it and either you are getting ripped off by a coat seller, or you are about to become indoctrinated into the viral UK rapper’s fakemink’s fandom.
From Marvin Gaye to Little Simz, here are 14 songs that illuminate the power of protest music to make change, as ranked by Finn Cliff Hodges
The Portuguese duo deliver unsettling, off-kilter, and percussion heavy tracks on their full-length debut, an album which mesmerises the listener into a trance-like state through primordial drum automation and elementary synths.
From stars of ‘Game of Thrones’ to ‘Lost’ – Finn Cliff Hodges looks back on 12 stars who spoke their minds after they got the axe
Endorsements
Shawn Reynaldo's wrote about his thoughts on my first Mixmag feature, '15 of the best untitled tracks', in his First Floor Newsletter
Shawn Reynaldo's comments on my interview with Wata Igarashi for Mixmag
Video Work
All of my video work for Rinse and Kool FM (filming / audio and video editing)
News Articles
Contributions
Wrote about The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen for The Independent's Christmas book gifting guide
Wrote about The Heist Before Christmas for The Independent's Christmas TV Guide