Features FeaturesHilltop Hoods: Drinking From The Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung ★★★½ Is it possible thatThe Simpsonspermanently ruined the idea of a hip hop act working with an orchestra? Ever since Cypress Hill stole Peter Frampton’s...
Features FeaturesHilltop Hoods: Drinking From The Sun, Walking Under Stars Restrung ★★★½ Is it possible thatThe Simpsonspermanently ruined the idea of a hip hop act working with an orchestra? Ever since Cypress Hill stole Peter Frampton’s...
Features FeaturesDMA’s: Hills End ★★½ Whenever you read about the hugely hyped DMA’s there’s always a mention of Oasis (a fact perpetuated here). That’s hardly a surprise – the...
Features FeaturesGabriella Cohen: Full Closure And No Details ★★★★☆ Taking a step away from her work as frontwoman for The Furrs, Gabriella Cohen has delivered her first solo record,Full Closure And No Details,...
Features FeaturesHenry Wagons: After What I Did Last Night… ★★★½ Henry Wagons has developed a cult of personality. He gets by with the kind of laconic humour and textbook-clever lyrics that have served the...
Features FeaturesUrthboy: The Past Beats Inside Me Like A Second Heartbeat ★★★★★ At a time when Urthboy (AKA Tim Levinson) could understandably have been winding down as far as his own music is concerned – he’s...
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More MoreFive things with Bonnie Kay from Bonnie Kay and The Bonafides 1.Growing Up My childhood was richly musical, with so many influences. Dad played sax and clarinet – he always said he liked everything from ABBA...
More MoreFive things with Dom Turner From Backsliders 1.Growing Up In the early to mid-1960s, an undeniable influence on my overall musical development was inspiration generated from eldest brother Keith and his penchant...
More MoreAndrew O’Hagan Early in Andrew O’Hagan’s 2015 novel,The Illuminations, we are told: “That night … he began to tell a story about himself, a story that never...
More MoreFalling In Love With Frida There is no denying the enduring legacy of Frida Kahlo. Her talent, trauma and charisma made her one of the most compelling artists to rise...
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