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Gig Review: Loyle Carner at Rock City

There really aren’t that many names that come before Loyle Carner’s, not when you’re thinking about the finest talent in UK Hip-Hop. I’m not talking about Grime or Drill, I’m talking about pure Hip-Hop. Influenced by the genre’s Golden Age and staying true to its Jazz-heavy samplings, this man has infused the landscape with an originality and relatability that’s perking up ears and selling-out venues worldwide.

Notts is known for its rowdy crowds but it still takes something special to absolute
General Pop •

The State of the Arts in the UK, post-covid

The UK risks losing its place at the vanguard of cutting-edge music and grassroots nightlife in 2021. Can it ever be saved without changing the way we value and monetize music?

There is no denying that the UK government’s handling of this year’s pandemic has been, as we say in England, ‘a shambles’ (“a state of total disorder”). It’s been embarrassing. From beginning to end, Boris & the Gang have inspired hope in very few and it’s very difficult to find anyone that agrees with anything Johnson
General Pop •

Buzzy Lee’s debut album is pure cinematic escapism

A stunning escape into pre-pandemic innocence and introspective sincerity, Buzzy Lee’s new LP, Spoiled Love, proves that she is an artist you need to know about this year.

Born and raised in and around the bright lights of Hollywood, Buzzy Lee’s debut album is pure cinematic escapism at its most profound and atmospheric. In collaboration with her long-term friend and electronic music virtuoso Nicolas Jaar, Pianist and singer Sasha Spielberg is reassuring us that great music is not going anywher
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Chilly Gonzales released an unusual Christmas album (for an unusual Christmas)

Classical composer, pianist, electro rapper and concept art genius, Chilly Gonzales is subtly reclaiming and reinventing the Christmas music that we know and love. He wants to “rewrite people’s nostalgia” and the “collective unconscious of the Western world” but, for him, this is just another log in the fire.

There are possibly few better ways for musicians to secure themselves long-term public loyalty (and maybe royalties) from their work than to candidate themselves to the sacred and eternal
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Writer, Talker & Music Lover

Outsider looking in and Insider looking out.

Musings at the intersection between all things philosophical, musical and relating to the human condition.