Category: music news
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15 Oct: NATIONAL ALBUM DAY
HAPPY NATIONAL ALBUM DAY! In true kindred spirit here on mvm, we take a plunge into this years’ theme: debut albums! Whether it’s the self-titled etchings of The Clash and Black Sabbath curbing new sounds or the funky Jamiroquai with Emergency on Planet Earth or Alt-J’s stunner An Awesome Wave or maybe even its the […]
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The Power of TikTok: ‘Victoria’s Secret’ goes viral
In true TikTok fashion, another song has risen to critical acclaim showcasing societal issues within our day-ti-day lifestyles. This one, with a 7 million tag and a flash mob on it. Body-positivity Anthem, Victoria’s Secret: “she was made up by a dude.” // Jax, 26, from New York, took to TikTok to show off her […]
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MERCURY PRIZE 2022: First-timers join nominees as diversity is questioned…
The Mercury Prize nominees, which celebrates the best British and Irish albums of the year, have been announced with 12 shortlisted albums making up a list from all walks of life. From dabblings of Scottish heritage jazz, to pioneering rap and of course landing on a British staple, that cannot be ignored from the Summer […]
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Are we losing our love of new music?
It’s not really the occasion to throwing statistics at you at this hour, but statistically, we are more genuinely disinterested in new music releases than we were say, 5 years or go. That’s according to a midyear report from US market monitor Luminate, anyways. As we know with the Kate Bush returning to the charts, […]
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have we lost our punk?
Revisiting the life and times of Pistols and Clash and their whole ‘scene’ got me thinking about where we are now with it all. Being punk now in 2022 is starkly different to what it meant to being punk in the 1970s. Of course, that will come naturally over time as music preferences bend and […]
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