Tag: British Music
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THE BRIT AWARDS 2023: and what it tells us…
Styles stylin’ with quadruple wins but keeps to his humble self, dedicating his award to female artists. Harry Styles steals the show with four wins at this years’ BRIT AWARDS; while new-indie kids-on-block Wet Leg swooped in with two to go with their GRAMMYs. Fontaines D.C deservingly earned credit as International Group and Best Alternative/Rock…
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Little Simz: The Mercury Magic of “Sometimes I Might Be An Introvert”
This Tuesday, British rapper Little Simz won the 2022 Mercury Prize Award with Sometimes I Might Be An Introvert for ‘Album of the Year.’ There’s always been talk of how emphatic an album release can really be. A debut album expanding a sub-genre, even a conceptual album redefining art as we know it. But there’s…
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Paolo Nutini: “Last Night In The Bittersweet” album review – an emphatic return
There’s not many artists that can rekindle forgotten fires after 8 dormant years in an ever-thriving and an ever-changing music world. I can name all but a few – with Adele being the prominent one. Paolo Nutini is also one within that list. For the past 6 years, Paolo has been seemingly finding himself once…
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Dave: “We’re All Alone In This Together” – Album Review
The truth is madder than fiction: As the film reel lodges into place and the old-fashioned grainy slides with the countdown, Dave’s next film We’re All Alone In This Together rolls on with finesse and creativity that only Hitchcock would be acclimatised to. We’re All Alone In This Together: Stoic in lyricist deliverance but poetically…
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The Wombats: “Fix Yourself, Not The World” – Album Review
After finding renowned TikTok success, The Wombats find new form in their Talking Heads-esque style of modern music – without the album being “too pandemic-y.” Reflecting modestly on the horrors of the past few years in regards to COVID-19, the trio of Matthew Murphy, Tord Øverland Knudsen, and Dan Haggis wanted to keep the bold…
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