Category: thoughts
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Kofi Stone: “Nobody Cares Till Everybody Does” – Your Album Review
As we still swim in the streams of jazz rap and lo-fi hip hop with Loyle Carner, we move to a fellow Londoner and a fellow underground hip-hop rapper with Kofi Stone. “Life’s already harder when your skin’s a little darker.” ___ ______// From Stories in Pyjamas to Diamonds in the Water…Kofi’s weaving flows are […]
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Your New Music Friday: 20/05
Harry and more: Today not only marks my mothers’ birthday today (happy birthday Mum)… No, it also marks another New Music Friday! //With eclectic triumphs from both Harry Styles and Everything Everything aswell as Porridge Radio and Flume providing to the mix, it’s been a successful work rate for our favourite alternatives.\\ The Elephant in […]
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Foals live in Olympia London Review: 29/04/2022
The Jam’s 1978 Down In The Tube Station At Midnight. Pink Floyd’s 1977 Animals featuring the Battersea Power Station – minus the inflated pink pig. The Kinks’ 1967 Waterloo Sunset. Infamy abound with The Clash’s 1979 London Calling and Sex Pistols 1997 God Save The Queen. To the more modernised features of Underworld’s 1997 Born […]
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You think Ibiza vibes are bland? Think again… Artist Spotlight: Bonobo
I hadn’t heard an awful lot of Bonobo since I came across him but after coming across the name across countless festival headliner slots and exclusive vinyl slots in our local Rough Trade, I decided to give him a whirl. Now, truth be told, I’m not too familiar with those who work close to ‘dystopian […]
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Let’s Talk: The “Downfall” of Machine Gun Kelly – mainstream sellout
So, it’s taken me a while to get around to this one. After MGK’s genre-defining moment of Tickets to my Downfall went platinum back in 2020, I was marginally excited for its follow-up. Embellished, new and pivotal in the course of pop-punk, Tickets to my Downfall was a solid album upon release. Sparked by the […]
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