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There is something almost unbelievable about The Best Summer. What began as footage shot casually by filmmaker Tamra Davis while accompanying the Summersault festival around Australia in 1995 and 1996 has…

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Droppin’ Knowledge: Public Enemy – What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down? – Review

September 23, 2020
MD Semel

Unfortunately, Public Enemy is not in full effect on its latest album, an exercise in righteous nostalgia, not righteous anger. This week, Public Enemy releases its latest long player, What…

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TRACKS: Hear Mattiel take on The Clash and the Beasties

July 8, 2020
Chris Sawle

HEAVENLY Recordings’ retro rock singer Mattiel has released a brace of lockdown covers, with both tracks contributing to the NAACP (The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) defence…

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Film Review: ‘The Best Summer’ is a bittersweet time capsule of alternative music’s golden age

Droppin’ Knowledge: Public Enemy – What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down? – Review

TRACKS: Hear Mattiel take on The Clash and the Beasties