Review: Torn Open Brothertiger, Yvette Young

by Nicholas Gaudet
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The 80s happened over forty years ago, but the music and culture that came from it are still strong in our hearts, as made evident by the gorgeous new single by Brothertiger and Yvette Young titled ‘Torn Open’, that pays homage to the sounds and ideas that fuelled the late 80s and early 90s, flavoured with complex jazz harmony.

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Review: Valentine Laufey

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Songs of old are long past, but their spirits are still very alive, even in our youngest generations – Laufey brings the sound of traditional vocal jazz to the modern soundscape in one of the greatest studies of the genre I’ve heard in my lifetime.

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Review: Weezer's SZNZ: Spring

by Harley Houghton
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March 20 this year marks the first official day of Spring. So, how appropriate that Weezer would choose to drop their latest album SZNZ: Spring on the same day. Their seventh studio album is the first in a four-album project and has just landed, with the ever-whimsical quartet informing us the "SZNZ" is pronounced "Seasons." Get it? Good. 

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Cypress Hill's Back in Black Reminds Us All Why We Love Them

by Harley Houghton
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Brace yourselves. After four long years, hip hop legends Cypress Hill are back with a brand new release. Their tenth studio album, Back in Black has just dropped, and feels like a wondrous trip back in time. The band have created a stunning release that clings firmly to their roots, and that peppy, in-your-face, relentless sound that made us all fall in love with them back in 1991.

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TCTS teams up with punctual and Raphaella for ‘Love Me Or Lie’

by Andrew Braithwaite
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The producer, artist and DJ TCTS has been on fire in recent months, picking up repeated Radio 1 plays and spending four weeks trending Top 5 on the Dance Edit for his Nonô collab ‘Off My Mind’, dropping a big remix of Ed Sheeran’s ‘Overpass Graffiti’, and delivering a culture clash collab ‘RICH GIRL’ with CHAMELEON LIME WHOOPIEPIE. There’s no letting up as TCTS now teams up with electro duo Punctual (‘I Don’t Wanna Know’) and versatile vocal star Raphaella (Rudimental, MK, Gorgon City) for the new track ‘Love Me Or Lie’. Listen below.

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Imen Siar shares her debut single ‘Lonely People’

by Andrew Braithwaite
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Newcomer Imen Siar is proof that greatness can be found in the most unlikely of places. The 23-year-old dreamed of a music career while working in Nando’s in South London, her only creative outlet being to post videos of her singing into a mop during breaks from work. Her talent was discovered by the New York label icons + giants, which had just been launched by two influential hitmakers Billy Mann & Benton James, whose previous credits include P!nk, John Legend and Supah Mario.

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