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Hip Hop: The Genre Of The Decade

Music Editor and Hip Hop Soc President Asad Raja consulted with his society and rated the best albums of the decade

A Brief History of Jazz

This week, to celebrate Felix’s anniversary, the music editors take us through the history of popular genres, starting with jazz

Amnioverse: A Perfect Album Listening Experience

4.5 stars I don’t think I’d be offending anyone by saying that most listeners of electronic music focus more on singles than albums. When you listen to Hybrid Minds or Bicep you normally wouldn’t play the whole album start to finish. However, there are electronic albums

FKA Twigs - Live

4.5 stars FKA twigs’ gig didn’t start until 9:30, by which point a large portion of the audience frustrated, having waited for over 2 hours. The curtains raised bit by bit, riling the crowd further. “This show had better be good” muttered someone behind me, thankfully, it

‘Used to Be Lonely’ is keeping me company

This summer Whitney released their second album – Forever Turned Around. A beautifully intimate project focusing on change in personal relationships. It’s definitely an album for the summer, but I believe Forever Turned Around is just as great at warming the spirit in the cold winter months. It’s the

Two New Tunes for You

Last month LA based Funk group The Pendletons released their debut LP: 2 Steps Away. A delightful blend of tight grooves, thick bass and slick 70’s-style horn sections. The record as a whole draws heavily on its funk and disco influences, with a distrincly vintage compositional style, still

Top 10 Rap Albums of 2019

With the end of the year approaching, Hip Hop Soc President Asad Raja takes us through his picks for 2019’s top rap projects. The list highlights the strides made in UK rap this year

1/3 analogue, 1/3 digital, 1/3 nature: Dominik Eulberg

5 stars Dominik Eulberg, the 41-year-old recluse birdwatcher, who happens to also make some of the best German techno, says that he feels drawn to the animalistic aspects of the genre. The sweating, the entranced dancing, the rapture when the crescendo lifts your feet off the ground. He

Starcrawler Comfortably Blows Minds at Camden Show

3 stars Ah, Underworld. So many incomplete memories of too many nights out. So many vivid memories of strange men standing just a bit too close when you’re just trying to have a night out with friends. Despite my current opinion of Underworld, it will always hold a special

The Old Blue Last Hit by Furious Punk Noise

4 stars I hiked up to Shoreditch last week to catch one of my favourite bands at the moment, Girls in Synthesis, as they played one of the ‘Fifty Fest’ shows to promote the new music on the bill for Brighton’s The Great Escape Festival. Before GiS came The

FKA Twigs Makes Album - is Good

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The Lowdown on BBC Introducing LIVE

For twelve years BBC Introducing has been helping upcoming artists break into the industry. Every year the BBC holds an event (BBC Introducing LIVE), a relative candy shop for musicians to get insider information from the insiders themselves. Alumni of the service include Little Simz, Ed Sheeran, and George Ezra,