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News: Conjurer Sign To Nuclear Blast Records

Up and coming UK metal behemoths Conjurer have signed a deal with label Nuclear Blast Worldwide. Commenting on the news vocalist/ guitarist Brady Deeprose said, “In what has been an…

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Track: Young Thug releases ‘That Go!’ feat. Meek Mill and T-Shyne, ahead of forthcoming album Slime Language 2

In keeping with Young Thug’s status as one of the most truly binary artists of the 21st century- it either clicks or it doesn’t- this is an opinion written as quickly…

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ALBUM REVIEW: slowthai – TYRON

The funny thing about TYRON is how clearly slowthai intends towards something, but never quite approaches it. Nothing Great About Britain was excellent – not to mention very clear in…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Psychedelic Porn Crumpets – SHYGA! The Sunlight Mound

The tricky thing about this Psychedelic Porn Crumpets album, particularly when stacked up against the likes of High Visceral {Part 1}, is that it feels like it has to be…

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Album Review: Femi Kuti + Made Kuti – Legacy +

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m no afrobeat scholar, but there’s something undeniably enticing about a double album calling itself Legacy+ that’s attached to the Kuti name. I…

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See: Slowthai wets our appetites for Tyron with surreal ‘Cancelled’ visuals

Slowthai premiered the video for ‘Cancelled’ on Tuesday, a dark reminder to everyone watching about the darker side of cancel culture. It is a bold response to those who tried…

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Track: Natty Wylah offers up spacey ‘BRUCE’ record ahead of March EP

If you’re a fan of those spacey, mellow Chill-Hop vibes, you need to check out North-London MC Natty Wylah’s new record. It’s called ‘BRUCE’ and it precedes the release of…

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Album Reviews

ALBUM REVIEW: Pale Waves – Who Am I?

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a band in possession of good reviews for their first album must find the second difficult. Debuts are, after all, borne out of…

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NEWS: A reissue for chamber-pop masterpiece ‘A Life Full Of Farewells’ by The Apartments

Known as the darker brother of The Go-Betweens, Peter Milton Walsh’s career has recently been revamped, also thanks to the collaboration with a few French labels, Microcultures and Talitres. The…

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ALBUM REVIEW: The Weather Station – Ignorance

Building up on the career of an accomplished artist, Ignorance is no doubt one of the first “headline” albums of 2021. Full of lush and classy orchestrations, the album exudes…

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