Category: Music
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EP REVIEW: Death Grips – Interview 2016
Reviewing a release from Death Grips is never easy. The biggest challenge with the Sacramento hip hop act isn’t the music itself but how it’s delivered, sometimes in a conventional fashion, other times leaked by the band themselves. So it isn’t surprising that we have Interview 2016 on our hands whilst waiting for the much…
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ALBUM REVIEW: The Last Shadow Puppets – Everything You’ve Came To Expect
The number one rule for races is to never use up all your energy at once. For the Miles Kane and Alex Turner duo The Last Shadow Puppets, their latest album is a marathon they’ve been preparing for the better part of 8 years and they’ve not been sitting on their arses while waiting. Miles…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Weezer – Weezer (White Album)
Weezer really do love naming their albums after themselves, don’t they? From their humble beginnings on their eponymously titled debut, referred to as the blue album, the L.A act have released three other albums with the same title, each as different as the next. However, on their latest use of self titling, this time called…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Kanye West – The Life Of Pablo
Controversial rapper provides a living, breathing messy piece of art A common comment about any artist is that they’re not what they used to be, whether or not it’s a criticism depends on your own interpretation. In the Hip-Hop genre though it’s often a way to slate a rapper who has went against his original sound or…
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GIG REVIEW: CHVRCHES + The Twilight Sad @ SSE Hydro
Things really couldn’t be going any better for synth pop act CHVRCHES. Starting off as a little band from Glasgow producing EPs full of fluttery, vivid beats with equally beautiful vocals, they followed it up with two LPS that were full of charm, great production and, more importantly, the same energy and passion they displayed…
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New Drake Track Leaks Online Ahead Of Album Release
It seems like Drake can’t hold off potential leaks of his anticipated Views From The 6 as another new track has appeared online. Faithful, which will appear on the Toronto rapper’s follow up to 2013 release Nothing Was The Same, features Aubrey and Chad Lamont Butler aka Pimp C, then late hip hop producer. The track is…
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Real Friends Releasing New Album This May
Illinois rock act Real Friends have just announced a release date for their sophomore album The Home Inside My Head. The LP is a follow up to 2014’s Maybe This Place Is the Same and We’re Just Changing and will come out May 27th via the band’s label Fearless Records. The band have teased fans by showing…
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Jay Z Not Happy Over Tidal Purchase Lies
The rapper claims that former owners lied about the amount of users subscribed to the service Hip Hop artist Jay Z is set to sue the former owners for $15 million over claims that they distorted their subscriber count. Tidal, relaunched last year in a very cult like fashion with Kanye West, Arcade Fire and…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Jake Bellissimo – Piece Of Ivy
Artists creating content under monikers isn’t anything new but seeing a musician go by the name of “gay angel” is eye catching to say the least. While most artificial names musicians will use are only skin deep, Jake Bellissimo’s use of the title is a perfect indication of the music he provides: wonderfully blissful and, if…
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Heads Up: The Life Of Pablo Is Coming To A Streaming Service Near You!
Just two days after his first single from his seventh LP became available on Spotify and Apple Music, Kanye West is expected to break his promise by steaming it on platforms other than Tidal. The Life of Pablo, released on Valentine’s Day this year, was stated to be exclusive to TIDAL with Kanye taking to…
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