Kanye West

On the 13th of August, FKA twigs released her third EP M3LL155X (reviewed here). Possibly more interestingly, a self-directed 16½-minute promo film was released simultaneously. This short is elsewhere rightfully being discussed as a standalone work of art, but it is also interesting for what it is indicative of...

Israel is a hot bed for controversy. We are told what happens between it and Palestine is so deeply cultural that the west could never understand it, let alone help to rectify it. It’s becoming clearer though, thanks in part to a sharper historical perspective and in part to...

In a performance that was divisive to say the least, Kanye West’s Glastonbury headliner featured as many controversial moments as one might expect from the man who twice stormed the Grammy stage and got called a ‘jackass’ by the President of the United States. But we might finally have...

The world’s favourite hip-hop heretic returns with his fourth album, and it’s a bit of a riddle. Odd-future’s obtuse frontman, Tyler, the Creator, dropped his new album, Cherry Bomb, one week after announcing its existence. For those of you who’ve only just caught up; if you’re into gritty synth...

The question of whether Madonna, thirty-two years into her career, can remain relevant to today’s music scene is a question that comes up repeatedly when listening to Rebel Heart, her thirteenth studio album. Following 2012’s MDNA, which was considered a disappointment by both the critics and the general public,...

To say Kanye West is one of the world’s most divisive artists is actually something of an understatement. To most of the public he is nothing more than an asshole – so it might be something of a shock to them to find out just how respected he is...