Category: OPINION
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OUTSIDER FOLK, STALKING JODIE FOSTER AND TRYING TO KILL THE PRESIDENT
March 30th, 1981, in the mid afternoon outside the Hilton in Washington DC, six shots ring out and Ronald Reagan is unceremoniously bundled into a…
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LAUGHING GAS IS NO LAUGHING MATTER
Believe it or not, there’s still a war on drugs, despite drugs clearly being the victor. Fact is, music and taking drugs go hand-in-hand, whether…
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WHO ARE EZRA COLLECTIVE?
Ezra Collective are the first jazz act to win the Mercury Prize (although Speech Debelle feels at least jazz adjacent tbh) and you might have…
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GARY WRIGHT, LOVE STILL ALIVE
Gary Wright has sadly left the building. Even if you think you don’t know him, you probably do, and if not, you ought to get…
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SCOOTER BRAUN / WE’RE NOT ONES TO GOSSIP BUT
There’s a breed of powerful, wealthy man that exists now which tries to offset their billions in wealth with scruffy caps, weird hair sculpting and…
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MUSIC EDUCATION IS BROKEN
This academic year, there’s been a bit of troubling news. In terms of taking A-Level music as a subject, we’ve seen a record low, with…
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CLARENCE AVANT LEAVES THE LONGEST SHADOW
Clarence Avant has left us, and leaves a shadow longer than most. You may not have heard of him, but chances are, Clarence has had…
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KNEE-JERK REVIEWS ARE OVER
Some albums get better if you leave them a while. Stop trying to be first. Stop trying to find the hot take. Be cool. Let…
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TAYLOR SWIFT AMBIVALENCE IS OKAY
Ambivalence in pop, rock and everything else, is not often spoken about. And why would it? Barely summoning a feeling about something is not something…
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LIN MANUEL AND THE WARRIORS MUSICAL
You may have read that headline and assumed that we’d taken a massive blow to the back of the head. Alas, no. Y’see, Lin-Manuel Miranda…
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