Nathan Evans is a 23-year-old music journalist based in the UK.
Founder of KEYMAG. Written work can be found in The Guardian, Pitchfork, Resident Advisor, DJ Mag, NME, Bandcamp Daily, The Wire, The Quietus, Clash and New Wave Magazine.
Creator of New Wave Magazine’s NUKG Monthly column covering UK garage and club culture.
Interviewed the likes of Ice Spice, Porter Robinson, Lola Brooke, SG Lewis, Liv.e, Wesley Joseph, Squid, Mogwai, Dawuna and Lemi Ghariokwu.
KEYMAG was created in 2019 as a personal outlet for his creative ideas. Written, designed and managed by him. The magazine spawned two physical editions.
Featured works (Call it a Tight Five)
The Internet’s Hottest New Rapper
Ice Spice for NME (2023)
700 Bliss - Nothing to Declare
Best New Music Review for Pitchfork (2022)
The Nighthawk Behind One of 2021’s Masterpiece Albums
Dawuna for The Guardian (2021)
Password Required: Inside the Secret Underground of Club Music
Scene Report for No Bells (2023)
‘He always had someone for rolling joints. It was a rockstar lifestyle’
Lemi Ghariokwu for The Guardian (2021)
More work can be found on his Contently page.
KEYMAG
The Y2K Afrofuturism Bug (2020)
Daft Punk and the Evolution of Disco, Hip-Hop & Punk (2019)
Modern Mavens: Pharrell Williams (2020)
Ween - The Mollusk: How an Album Inspired the World’s Most Famous Kid’s Cartoon (2020)
Take A Byte Out: DJ Shadow, the Avalanches and the History of Plunderphonics (2019)
keymag physical editions
KEYMAG.01 - Editor and Designer (2019)
KEYMAG.02 - Editor and Designer (2020)
