In Review: Madlib – Sound Ancestors

Yes, Kieran Hebden (aka Four Tet) has an important role to play, but Sound Ancestors is not a collaborative project in the traditional sense. It is very much Madlib’s work brought into focus by Hebden’s curation, reflecting Madlib’s talent across various styles, and as the album’s title would suggest, the genres that have shaped him.

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21 New Artists For 2021

We’re a few weeks in now, but these artists still have the remainder of 2021 to make an impression. And we’re predicting they’ll do exactly that.

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In Review: FKA twigs – ‘Don’t Judge Me’

It can be far too easy for any reviewer to trip over themselves in pretense and obsequiousness as they dissect FKA twigs’ artistry, but her new single is an uncharacteristically straightforward affair.

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In Review: Arlo Parks – Collapsed In Sunbeams

If Parks had a tagline it’d be: “making rainbows out of something painful”. On the breakthrough artist’s debut effort less is often more, but her statement is always profound.

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