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“It’s AV!” Avelino is arguably the most talented wordsmith in the UK right now and this 5 track EP FYO is proof. If you disagree I’ll have to refer you to the name of the EP. Avelino has been around for a while but gained a huge increase in...
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Following her 2014 self-titled visual album, on Sunday night Beyoncé Carter gave us her sixth studio album, Lemonade. The LP arrived with a short film and was framed as, as the TIDAL statement that accompanied the released deemed it, a ‘conceptual project based on every woman’s journey of self-knowledge and healing’. Several...
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Snobbery is a strange thing in music. Many of those guilty of it also tend to be the ones most vehemently speaking against it. ‘Cool’ is another facet of culture for which a project is often debased for being without. Anyone who knows Andy Warhol understands that somebody can openly embrace...
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Five Seconds of Summer are a big, international name in music. They undoubtedly belong to the ‘boyband’ genre – one that relentlessly demands good looks and a pop sound – yet they have managed to carve a reputation that lifts them above this often laughed at label through the novelty...
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PJ Harvey spent a number of years preparing for her latest record. Alongside photographer and filmmaker Seamus Murphy, the English musician travelled to Afghanistan, Kosovo and certain parts of Washington DC in order to learn about the effects of poverty and war. This field-trip led to the release of...
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Yak have an incredible talent, a raw edge which is both intriguing and different. With their debut album due to be released in May, there is no better time to discover the crazy, vigorous sound of the London based band. Fronted by Oli Burslem, the band were formed in a relatively...
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In November of last year, Parquet Courts released Monastic Living, an E.P. which at times felt grating and inaccessible. After the critical success of their first albums, this 2015 release seemed like a deliberate attempt to reject their status as the darlings of NME. The Brooklyn band certainly seem to care...