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To put it plainly, putting musicians in positions of political power does not normally make for a positive effect. The idea of Kanye’s Presidential bid made my eyes roll so hard that I think I might have caused some...
Beabadoobee – 'Worth It' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnNHY8CYZXQ Fans are mega-hyped for Beabadoobee's debut album 'Fake It Flowers' which is out very soon indeed. Given the tracks we've heard so far, it's not going to be a brand new Bea: instead, more of the...
In the midst of 2020, everyone is using the Internet to say everything and nothing. We’re scrolling more than ever, and there’s no shortage of incoming information to have an opinion on – new memes, new coronavirus data, new...
In 2017, the title of Declan McKenna’s debut album asked the listener, “What do you think about the car?” It feels fitting, then, and emblematic of the success the 21-year-old star has seen since, that one of his finest lyrics...
You’d have hoped that the kind of fierce, reactionary backlash against the Dixie Chicks – now known as The Chicks – when they poured scorn on George W Bush in 2003 would now be a thing of the past....
Perto & Banoffee – 'I Miss You ' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4YDHcrmvfI As is only fitting for a song that shares a name with Blink 182’s most wistful banger, this team-up from Aussie wunderkinds Perto and Banoffee is thick with whiny emo energy, brought bang...
For any of it to make any sense at all, we need to rewind to earlier this year, when Nicole Richie launched a show through new streaming service Quibi called Nikki Fre$h. The show, a series of six very...
Remember music videos? More specifically, remember sitting for hours on end, flicking between Kerrang! and MTV2, devouring every pop-punk video your little heart could take? Things were different back then – not only did we have less distractions and more...
During most of lockdown, the lethargy of staying indoors has left me often sleeping in, checking my phone from bed for the day’s Twitter news before I can properly force myself to get going. When I first saw the...
Lynn Gunn douses her anguish and anxieties in layered synths and gothic metaphor to deliver PVRIS’ most coherent body of work.  Forming in 2012, Pvris now have a few years of experience under their belts. But its with third-studio album,...