Get featured in Clash Magazine
Music stories, written to Clash's standard
We write a custom feature about you and manage the placement. You approve every word before it goes live.
- You approve every word
- Unlimited revisions
- Reply within 24 hours
How do I get featured in Clash Magazine?
We develop your story, write the feature to editorial standard, and manage the placement. You approve every word before anything goes live.
About Clash Magazine
Clash is a British music magazine and website founded in Dundee. It covers music across genres, from indie and rock to rap, electronic and pop, alongside fashion and culture, with news, interviews, reviews, features and premieres.
Why a feature here matters
Clash has a reputation for championing new artists alongside established names, so a feature there gives a musician, label or music business credibility with fans, industry contacts and other music media.
Best for: Independent and emerging artists, record labels, music managers, festivals and venues, music technology businesses and fashion brands with a music connection.
How coverage happens at Clash Magazine
There are two ways in. You can approach Clash yourself: send your music and a short pitch to its editors through the contact details the magazine lists on its site, or work through a music publicist who already deals with its writers. That route is free if you do it yourself, but it is slow, many submissions go unanswered, and coverage is the editor's decision. The second way is to work with DNA. We develop the angle with you, write the feature to Clash's standard, and manage the placement. You approve every word before it goes live.
The kind of story that lands
Clash covers music with a point of view, so a feature needs more than a release date. It fits when there is a real story behind the music: how an album was made, the scene or city an artist comes from, a collaboration, a change of direction or a cause the artist cares about. Labels and festivals can fit when they have something distinctive to say about the music they champion. Clash also covers fashion and culture, so artists with a strong visual identity have another angle. Strong pieces have a clear voice, specific detail and something to hear or watch. A press release rewritten as an article does not fit.
How to Get Featured in Clash Magazine
To get featured in Clash Magazine, you need music worth writing about and a story that gives its editors a reason to cover it now. Artists and labels reach Clash by sending music and a short pitch to its editors, often through a publicist, or by having a feature developed and placed with professional help.
Pitching yourself is free, but the editors receive far more music than they can cover, and coverage is their decision. DNA offers another way in: we develop the story with you, write it to Clash's standard, manage the placement, and you approve every word before it goes live.
What Clash is
Clash is a British music magazine and website, founded in Dundee in Scotland and well known across the UK music industry. It writes about established names and new artists with equal seriousness and has a reputation for championing acts early in their careers. Alongside music it covers fashion, film and wider culture, reflecting how closely those worlds overlap for its readers.
What Clash covers
Clash covers a wide range of genres, including indie, rock, rap, R&B, electronic, pop and jazz, rather than tying itself to one scene. The site carries news, interviews, long-form features, album and live reviews, and premieres of new tracks and videos. Its interviews tend to go beyond a release campaign into how an artist works and what shapes their music, and its fashion coverage often features musicians as well as designers.
How to get featured in Clash
Start by reading Clash closely. Look at which writers cover your genre and the kind of artists it has recently interviewed or reviewed. Then decide what you are offering: a record for review, an interview, a premiere or a feature idea. A short, specific pitch with a private streaming link, a line on who you are and a clear reason the story matters now is far more useful than a long biography. Clash lists contact details on its site, and many artists reach its writers through a music publicist who already knows them.
How to submit music to Clash
Searches for Clash magazine submit music come mainly from artists with a new release. In general terms, a strong submission should:
- Use a private streaming link rather than attachments.
- Lead with the story: what is new, why it matters and why now.
- Give release details and any live dates clearly.
- Be short, and arrive well ahead of the release.
Check the contact details on Clash's site for the right route before sending, and do not chase repeatedly. The editors receive far more music than they can cover, so silence usually means a pass rather than an oversight.
Pitching a premiere or an interview
Premieres give Clash first access to a new track or video, so they need to be offered exclusively and agreed before the release. Interviews need an angle beyond the release itself, such as a personal story, a scene, a collaboration or a change of sound. Both are usually arranged by an artist's team rather than sent cold, which is why a publicist or label contact often makes the approach.
What makes a strong piece for Clash
A strong Clash piece has a voice and specific detail. An artist on recording an album somewhere unusual, a label on the scene it grew out of, a festival on how it finds new talent, or a musician whose style shapes their music all fit. A press release lightly rewritten as an article does not. If your story is about music and entertainment for a wider audience, Rolling Stone UK may suit it too.
How the process works
With DNA, the work runs in four steps. We check whether your story has the substance Clash looks for and tell you plainly if it does not. You share the music and the story behind it. We draft the feature to Clash's standard and revise it with you. Once you approve every word, we manage the placement and send you the live link.
How long it takes
Expect weeks rather than days for a feature, allowing time to agree the angle, draft and revise it, complete your review and manage the placement. If the piece is tied to a release, start well before the release date.
How we get you in Clash Magazine
Questions about Clash Magazine
Is the Clash Magazine coverage a real, published feature?
Yes. It is a genuine article published on the outlet, written about you and your work — not an ad you design yourself.
How long does it take?
Most placements take weeks rather than days. We give you a realistic timeline for Clash Magazine before we start, and never promise a date we cannot control.
What if I am not happy with the draft?
You review and revise until it is right. Nothing publishes without your approval.
How do I submit music to Clash Magazine?
Send a short pitch with a private streaming link, release details and a clear story, using the contact route listed on Clash's site. Many artists reach its writers through a publicist or label contact.
Does Clash cover new and unsigned artists?
Clash has a reputation for championing new artists, so being unknown is not a barrier in itself. The music and the story need to stand out, and most submissions go unanswered.
Can Clash premiere my new track?
Premieres are possible, but they need to be offered exclusively and agreed before release. They are usually arranged by an artist's team well in advance rather than requested at the last minute.