By Joe Manock With Simple Tenderness is an accomplished debut album by loz; packed with boxy, punchy rhythms and beautiful pitch-shifting vocals. The man behind this record, loz, boasts a formidable array of descriptors: ‘Composer, […]
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Candid Orange Mix Series | Garden of Aiden
Just in time for some spooky fun this weekend (with no more than six people of course), Garden of Aiden brings us a Drum n Bass-heavy mix to two-step the night away. Alongside a bar […]
Black Is King | Why we failed Beyoncé
By Isabella Wimmer In a world where social inequalities and asymmetrical power structures come to the forefront of our awareness as a society, Beyoncé chooses the right moment for the release of her new album […]
Classical music has seen a huge revival of late, but not in the way you might expect
I’m a bit of snob when it comes to music, probably to my detriment rather than success. I stick comfortably to my preconceived genres, rarely straying into the world of new releases or pop. One […]
Ultra Mono sees Idles at their most politically provocative, cutting through the chaos to deliver an album that’s strong in both message and sound
Idles’ third album Ultra Mono is knowingly sincere. Its anti-war, sexual harassment, and racist sentiments are, (like the album artwork), aggressively hurtled towards you like a giant pink inflatable ball. Even the album title itself […]
ENERGY: Disclosure’s unlikely affinity for West Africa takes centre stage
The two brothers, known synonymously as Disclosure, have a success story that seems fantastical. Their debut album Settle (2013) almost immediately established their status as a driving force in UK house music. They didn’t need to […]
Candid Orange Mix Series | CONE
In our next instalment of the Candid Orange Mix Series, CONE, a member of Manchester-based electronic music collective Great Danes, brings us a mix of tunes ranging from IDM, UKG, Hard Drum, Bass Music, Breaks, […]
If we’re talking about female rap, we can’t forget about Eve
Before Nicki Minaj sported patent pink Dr Martens and expressed her burning passion for his ‘Super Bass’, and after Lil’ Kim appointed herself the Queen Bee on ‘Crush on You’, there was one woman who […]
Candid Orange Mix Series | Loz Barker
Loz Barker continues our mix series with an eclectic blend of tasters from his upcoming album, With Sweet Tenderness. Manchester artist, Loz Barker, continues our mix series with a compilation of original tracks sampled from […]
folklore | The bizarre rebranding of Taylor Swift that none of us asked for
I love Taylor Swift. I’ll be the first to say it, I am an unlikely believer in the talents and motivations of ‘Miss Americana’, especially since her opportune feature documentary showed us all her SJW side and […]