Category: OPINION
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WHAT WE LEARNED FROM GRIMES TRAINWRECK DJ SET
For those who have seen Grimes horror show of a DJ set at Coachella and have been hating on her for a while – enjoy…
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AI: TAKING WHATEVER SCRAPS ARE LEFTOVER
AI is a thing and an inescapable one at that. It’s been trickled into our lives and it doesn’t look like there’s a great deal…
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BERLIN STILL TRYING TO ROB DETROIT OF IT’S TECHNO
Reacting to contemporary life in 80s America, referencing Alvin Toffler’s ‘The Third Wave’ book, Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson and Derrick May invented techno. They were…
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I THINK WE’RE ALONE NOW AND TIES TO THE MOB
The music biz and the world of entertainment is a murky place and no mistake, but sometimes, the links are tied mega closely to seemingly…
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DRAGGING LOUIS WALSH
“No-one’s going to read this”. That’s what Louis Walsh said of the hugely popular and brilliant book about pop music, written by pop superfan and…
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GET EXCITED / LOGIC1000
No music genre ever really goes away, but when there’s a blossoming of interest, it’s always worth keeping an eye on those artists within who…
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MORE SXSW MILITARY FALLOUT
In more ‘what did you think was gonna happen?’ news, the fallout over SXSW and their ties to the US Army continues and, of course,…
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SUGABABES SINGLES, RANKED
Oh, the fractured and chequered history of the mighty Sugababes. There’s been six members, and you could only really argue that four of them really…
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IRAQ, NAPSTER, BOOMER KICKBACK, STEELY DAN VS BACKSTREET + WHAT?
It’s 2001 and the USA, UK and pals are carpet bombing the Middle East. January, George Dubya Bush is sworn in thanks to some hanging…
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WRITING ABOUT THE NME WRITING ABOUT WORDLE
It’s tough out here in these music criticism streets. If you have staff that need paying, you need to get the clicks in so the…
