
Rema is referred to as a runaway and the next obvious superstar of African music, and with the latter, that could very well be true if they aren’t already. Inspired by Wizkid, D’Banj and Burna Boy, it isn’t difficult to imagine Rema hitting the same heights with some ease. There’s a couple of new songs

Just because you’ve grown a little weary of one type of thing doesn’t make it automatically bad. However, hip hop has suffered a little from being introspective and melancholy, when given the state of the world, we really could do with a shed-load of in-your-face fun. So with that, thank god for ‘Nasty Dancer’ by
The YouTube ‘My Analog Journal’ is a goldmine for great music tip-offs, with a host of guest DJs simply putting ace records on in a number of lovely looking rooms on some nice kit. It’s a simple premise and all the better for it. There’s no Kids TV presenter gubbins that litters so much of

Back in 1961, a young singer by the name of Kyu Sakamoto had a number one hit on his hands, Stateside. The song – a lilting ballad sung entirely in Japanese (thereby being one of a scant number of non-English sung hits in the US) – was called 上を向いて歩こう, or in English, ‘I Look Up…

So. Sleaford Mods, eh? They have found themselves in a situation. You’ve already read about it elsewhere. You have probably seen their updated stance on The Whole Thing, right? What to think? Well, a lot of the punks are really unhappy with them and expected them to have more spin. The centrists dads totally get…

Kacey Musgraves last LP got a mixed response, even though we really liked huge chunks of it. Fact is, Kacey is a psychedelic breath of fresh air in a country scene that’s really bogged down in rootsiness at the moment. Obviously, rootsy business is stock-in-trade in the world of country – it always has been…

We’re very much about the R&B love of housey bangers thing at the moment, and a new fave is the new track from Shygirl with the wonderfully titled ‘thicc’. A tribute to everyone’s favourite cut – the thigh meat, if you will. Listen, if you’re still moping around to dour music in 2023, then you’re…
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