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“When The Fugees would come to London it was lethal, we’d tell the whole place to come together right now like The Beatles. Wake the town and tell the people, we gon’ do it like we used to.” These...
Your thirties are a complicated age - especially on the internet. On one hand, we’re bombarded by images of trad wives who are swapping ‘girlboss’ feminism for softer, more subservient living, whilst at the other end of the spectrum,...
If you haven’t heard of English Teacher yet, there might be a universe in which you could be forgiven. Rather than TikTok virality, beef-seeking interviews or any other kind of discernible drama, the Leeds band have built their name...
When people refer to the “golden age” of hip-hop, they’re often speaking about a period roughly between the mid-80s and the mid-90s, where innovation and experimentation was rife as artists continually made attempts to reinvent the genre. But by...
Granted, living through a global pandemic is scary enough for most, but if you’re looking to try and claw back whatever Halloween fun you can, then you’ll find Halloween-themed albums, alternative spooky bops and just great records to listen...
The age-old concept of Difficult Second Album Syndrome is one that still haunts many artists today: how on earth do you follow up a great first record?  There are a wealth of artists, though, who have managed to return with...
When it comes to hyperpop, the question is: how many crimes against music can you commit? Born of the internet on dark mode, hyperpop is all the sugary sweet appeal of mainstream pop but soaked in steroids – a...
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 love flip-flopping in and out of lockdown. Until then, here's another thing to do with...
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 is loved for the memories it's attached to: the many nights out where you wait...
How much music have you listened to this year? Without festivals, commuting and clubs, the shift in our daily, monthly or annual routines has meant new things – podcasts to help us sleep, more Netflix than we'd care to...