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Quite often when we write these lists, we’ll half-complain about how much of a struggle it is and woe-is-me-I’ve-been-tearing-my-hair-out, but the truth is this process was actually the most fun it’s ever been this year. A big part of that is how diverse music has been in 2022. Diversity, to some extent, has always been […]

With festival season fast approaching, if they’re smart, your favourite artists will be looking into their repertoires and making sure they’ve got some surefire slammers ready to tear the moshpits up. Although relatively new to the game, it looks like UK rap’s bright new star, ShaSimone, knows exactly what’s expected of her this summer because her new […]

Back in summer, when the whole timeline stopped to take in and dissect Dave’s multi-layered masterpiece, We’re All Alone In This Together, there was one name cutting through the talk of cross-pollination between the diaspora, the intergenerational traumas and the influence of none other than Hans Zimmer: ShaSimone. The young East Londoner made her presence felt in […]

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 […]