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Last summer, nearly six years on from his last project, Save Yourself, enigmatic club king SBTRKT returned with a trio of singles—but then he went quiet again. Then, right at the end of the year, he resurfaced once more with “Forward”, the first in a series of singles, which brings us to his most recent outing, […]

Having teased us for the past few months with a string of pre-release singles stretching back to April, Lil Silva has finally dropped his debut album, Yesterday Is Heavy. The album’s release follows the singles “Backwards” featuring Sampha, “Another Sketch”, “What If?” with Skiifall, “Leave It” with Charlotte Day Wilson, and “To The Floor” with BADBADNOTGOOD.  The new […]

The public ending of the artist formerly known as Kanye West’s feud with Drake gets a reflective mention on Kendrick Lamar’s new album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. In the Sampha-featuring Disc 1 track “Father Time,” Kendrick briefly cites the quashed feud by remarking that its end left him “slightly confused.” In the very […]

Alicia Keys has released her latest, self-titled offering, ALICIA. The project is her seventh studio album and includes features from Khalid, Sampha, Tierra Whack, Miguel, Snoh Aalegra, Jill Scott, and Diamond Platnumz. “So deep, so deep. This is so deep,” she told Zane Lowe, when asked why she named the album after herself. “I feel […]

With the nominations for the 2019 Oscars just around the corner in the new year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed the shortlists for documentaries, foreign language films, music, visual effects, and shorts. While there aren’t too many surprises, the Best Original Song shortlist includes Sampha’s contribution to Beautiful Boy, Kendrick Lamar […]