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EP: Montreal’s Busty and the Bass release the groove of ‘The ET Suite’

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Not Forgotten: Supertramp – Crime of the Century

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Album Review: Lizzo – Cuz I Love You

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I can feel for John Newman. I’ve not very much in common with 22-year-old Londoner, chart star, and one of the most sought after singers in the country right now. But we have both been stuck in hospital with brain operations. Mine was because I got hit with a golf club. It meant I spent …

Before this gets dark, I wanted to share a BUG-like moment with you, courtesy of this comment from Nacirema on youtube: “I keep coming back to this song… Her serene voice laid atop Björk-esque production makes my auditory cortex so warm.” On this, her second EP release (“EP2”), FKA Twigs has teamed up with producer …

The most important thing about a DJ is his voice. Her in Britain there’s two distinctive sorts of DJ; those that are interested in he music, and those that are interested in themselves. It’s quite easy to spot them – generally the former are on in the evenings, and the latter inhabit the daytimes. It’s …

I was a very shy youth at school. Just when I changed school to secondary school, someone (accidentally) whacked me around the head with a golf club, and I ended up in hospital for weeks, and then not allowed to go to school in the afternoons for several months. Even worse, I lost large parts …

I spoke about my parents record collection before. What reminded me of it was reading about 21-year-old Nottingham singer Harleighblu. This smokey voiced sultry soulstress (I’ll stop there before I get involved in some ‘s’ rated alliteration record attempt) who was deeply influenced by her mother’s collection of soul gems. Using that as a starting …

Quite what the circumstances were I can’t remember, but when I was a student I read an interview with Barry Cryer, the comedian, raconteur (love that word) and general all around wit. The thing I picked up most from it was  that he earned a decent living writing gags for comedians and radio programmes. Being …