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FKA Twigs

FKA Twigs teases new music coming this week

FKA twigs has teased new music coming this week in a new Instagram post. https://www.instagram.com/p/CKcASjoJ54p/ The 'Sad Day' singer revealed in an interview last year...
Wiley

The best songs about London

Often edgy, sometimes anarchic London has always been a hotbed for musical talent, a cultural and linguistic melting pot where musical influences and voices...
Lizzo

Plant-based pop: the vegan musicians choosing a meat-free way of life

Beware of celebrities waving their vegan credentials like a badge of honour... they come in many guises.  For some, like dedicated animal rights campaigner Paul...
Music League

This shit again – so here’s how to make a music league with your...

Like an unfunny joke that becomes funny again if repeated enough times, maybe Zoom quizzes will have a resurgence or maybe we'll learn to...

The 45 best songs of 2020

What a year. It's been an interesting task ranking the year's best songs in an annum so devoid of normality. So often, a song...
Albums of the Year

The 45 best albums of 2020

How much music have you listened to this year? Without festivals, commuting and clubs, the shift in our daily, monthly or annual routines has...
Rosie Carney

Why Rosie Carney chose lockdown to cover Radiohead’s ‘The Bends’ in full

'The Bends' came out in 1995, two years before I was born. I spent the first decade of my life in England and while...
listening to an album

Best Black Friday deals for music fans

Black Friday – AKA discount day – is upon us and since most of us can't get out to the shops to do our...
Deeptan

Deep tan’s new music video is a powerful comment on consent

Hackney-based post-punk trio deep tan recently unveiled their first new single of 2020, ‘deepfake’, and its powerful and disturbing video. https://vimeo.com/477618218 ‘deepfake’ is a comment on consent, through the dark...
Phoebe Bridgers Maggie Rogers Iris

Phoebe Bridgers finally covered ‘Iris’ – with a little help from Maggie Rogers

The last few weeks have been an emotional rollercoaster and if you were just about holding it together, then apologies, the end is here....