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If you’ve spent any length of time on Twitter, you’ve probably seen examples of the toxic side of stan culture – the side that is usually highlighted to the world. It’s one where small disagreements can morph into virtual...
At the age of 29, Teyana Taylor has now spent more of her life in the public eye than out of it. A precocious talent, the Harlem-raised artist choreographed for Beyoncé while barely out of eighth grade, and was...
Poetically translated to “golden joinery”, Kintsugi is the Japanese art of fixing broken pottery. The result is a second life, of beautiful seams of gold that seem to take what was broken and elevate it to something even greater...
Sometimes, it's better to just be patient.
The Killers – 'My Own Soul’s Warning' Don’t let the eerie synth opener fool you, as the latest single from soon to be released ‘Imploding the Mirage,’ is as satisfyingly anthemic as they come. After a gentle intro featuring ethereal...
To be human is to be complicated – a fact that, despite all of us being intrinsically aware of it, can get overlooked when we’re thinking about our favourite music. We often expect our songwriters to inhabit one emotion, one...
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Black people are rendered invisible in mainstream political discourse, and historically have been denied an official channel to voice their opinions. Therefore, in times of crisis, music becomes our soapbox. Black protest songs originate from the Black Power Movement,...
The last few months have been slow and lonely in a way I haven’t felt in a long time. While I’m lucky enough to live with someone I actually like, the disconnect from the real world has given me...
For almost 60 years, since his self-titled debut album was released in 1962, Bob Dylan has stridently been marching to the beat of his own drum. He took the protest song into the pop charts, pissed off the folkies...