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Versatility has always been the name of the game with DJ/production duo Star.One. Their entire career has been built on their ability to switch genres in a heartbeat, while still maintaining the essence of their sound. Over the years, Star.One have nimbly hopped and skipped from garage to house music to grime and so on, but with […]
Having bubbled up into the R&B scene back in 2019, Hackney-based R&B collective Gramn. have hit a real stride, cranking out a steady stream of singles and even a couple of EPs. The first half of 2021 was relatively quiet by their standards, but they’re now back with new single “Glow Up”, and with it come […]
Just a few weeks after he officially announced his new album (no long, protracted build-ups here), Dave has made good on his promise with the release of his second studio album, We’re All Alone In This Together. The title, as we learned from the widely-discussed GQ interview that landed the same day as the announcement, came from a […]
A little over three months on from his last drop, “All That Matters”, Nottingham’s Snowy is back with another Massappeals team-up, “Reckeh”. It’s a little different from a lot of their previous, grimier outings, opting for a straight-up garage approach this time with plenty of summer-ready bounce. The audio for the track dropped earlier today, […]
It was only a couple of months ago that Afro-jazz duo Blue Lab Beats dropped, We Will Rise, a five-track collection that featured collaborations with Kojey Radical, DTSoul, Alex Blake, Braxton Cook and Ghanaian riser Ghetto Boy. As it turns out, the EP’s opening track wasn’t the only track Blue Lab Beats and Ghetto Boy cooked […]
Although England celebrated its so-called ‘Freedom Day’ yesterday, last night Prime Minister Boris Johnson made the controversial announcement that ‘vaccine passports’ will be required for entry to all nightclubs and in-door gatherings by the end of September. This comes despite the government repeatedly assuring the night time industry that this would never be the case. To […]
Ever since he debuted in 2018, Tommy Newport has been on a steep upward trajectory, but in the last year or so things have really cranked up a gear. His Ultra Mango EP from February won widespread critical acclaim and had no trouble notching up the streaming figures to match. That was quickly followed up by a […]
Leicester-born R&B star Mahalia has just dropped her second single of 2021 with “Whenever You’re Ready”, the follow-up to her Rico Nasty-assisted track, “Jealous”, back in February. Produced by UK beatsmiths Two Inch Punch and Mack Jamieson, Mahalia’s soul-filled vocals shine through on “Whenever You’re Ready”, a song that samples Montell Jordan’s ‘99 smash-hit “Get It On Tonite”—etching a portal […]
C.P Company has continued with its slew of releases to commemorate the sportswear imprint’s 50th anniversary. This time round, the Italian label has teamed up with Sebago to serve up a capsule that looks back at the shared ideologies and aesthetics of the Italian streetwear scene. Stand-out pieces from the collection include the C.P. Company […]
Something monumentally huge is brewing in the UK music industry right now and it has the potential to bring about a shift in the balance of power so seismic it could change the way the whole industry functions. Those changes are twofold and they revolve around 1) the size of three majors, Universal Music, Sony Music, […]
