Category: OPINION
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SPOTIFY SUCKS FOR NEW MUSIC / LAYOFFS
There’s a difference between hearing a song that’s new to you and new music. Unless you’re actively seeking out new stuff like a massive nerd…
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WE’RE NOT WRITING ABOUT BEYONCE GOING COUNTRY
Look, it’s fine that Beyonce is going country and anyone can do whatever they want. We don’t have to write about it though, because we’re…
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TORY MP GOES FOR DRILL, MISSING OWN INFLUENCE
A Tory MP has attacked the whole of Drill music, because she thinks it is the reason that young people carry knives. Nickie Aiken says…
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TWO TYPES OF PEOPLE
In the corporate world, there’s this terrible pair of words that people use – “proactive” versus “reactive”. There’s something in it though, because we all…
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LANA DEL REY – USHERING IN A NEW PERIOD OF COUNTRY?
Lana Del Rey has a new LP coming out called ‘Lasso’, which means she’s going country, and honestly, it’s a move that feels right doesn’t…
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STANS NEED TO CHECK THEMSELVES
We’ve all felt that unswerving love for an artist that makes us want to leap to their defence at the mere mention of their name,…
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FORGET INDIE SLEAZE / BRING BACK FRENCH HOUSE
The Gossip are coming back, the Strokes and Yeah Yeah Yeahs rubbed shoulders with LCD Soundsystem on the ‘Meet Me In The Bathroom’ documentary, and…
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POP LEGEND FRANK FARIAN RIP
Frank Farian’s impact on pop music is so enormous, it’s hard to fully comprehend it’s scope. And yet, Farian is not a household name despite…
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LONG LIVE MARY WEISS
When it comes to music from the 1960s, there’s a wealth of artists that are mentioned, but not nearly enough, is praise for perhaps the…
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THE PSYCHEDELIC SOUL OF BRAZIL
Brazil has a rich heritage of musical inventiveness, giving the world the languid sophistication of Bossa Nova and the erupting joy of Samba. Of course,…
