Bartees Strange is a genuinely unique artist. This kind of hyperbole is common in music industry promotion but in Strange’s case, it’s actually true. His career to date has been… Weiterlesen
Long before the digital age and social media made everything about the documentation, validation and celebration of the individual ego, art used to be seen as a collective process. Shakespeare,… Weiterlesen
2024 is definitively the year of the Dance Album, its cultural map dominated by Charli xcx’s all-conquering „Brat“, Fred again’s mammoth Reading and Leeds sets and the mass adoration of… Weiterlesen
Unpopular opinion of the week: the Oasis Reunion is the worst thing to happen to the music industry in 2024. Since we can only speak about Oasis in hyperbole just… Weiterlesen
The first time I heard of DEADLETTER was back in 2022, when I reluctantly took a spare ticket to go to their gig in Nottingham. I knew nothing about them,… Weiterlesen
Introducing me to the world of Fred again is probably the best thing my Spotify algorithm has ever done for me. It happened through a random shuffle suggestion, because I… Weiterlesen
I’ve always been a strong advocate for simplicity in music. You don’t need 15 million layers of production, you don’t need the perfect sound, the perfect combination of melody and… Weiterlesen
„Hopefully it won’t be ten years until the next time,“ Fran Healy said to me at the end of our last conversation in 2020. Yes, we made it! Fortunately, fate… Weiterlesen
In early 2022, when I first talked to Alfie Templeman, the world hadn’t fully recovered from the pandemic yet. Alfie was at home in his room, showing me his record… Weiterlesen
Some strange but pervasive beliefs continue to surround dance music in 2024. One: that it’s a lesser genre, requiring fewer musical “chops” to create than rock or pop. Two: dance… Weiterlesen
