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In 2015, Philadelphia’s Sheer Mag released their second EP in collaboration with a tiny Brooklyn punk label. Its lead track, Fan the Flames, was one of those songs that just stops you in your tracks. It seemed to be rooted in music that had far less to do with punk than the mainstream hard rock that predominated when punk first reared its head: there was Thin Lizzy and quite possibly some Lynyrd Skynyrd in its unhurried sound, while lead guitarist Kyle Seely was audibly engaged in the kind of playing that would once have…

Shed Seven will celebrate their 30th anniversary in 2024 and today they’ve unveiled their euphoric new single ‘Talk of the Town’. The song is taken from the band’s upcoming album ‘A Matter of Time’, released on 5th January 2024. From its anthemic hook to its call-and-response backing vocals through to its central spiralling guitar riff and propulsive rhythms, it packages everything that fans love about the band into a song that instantly takes its place amongst the band’s classic hits. ‘Talk of the Town’, and…

From Maha’s 80s Egyptian orchestral pop to Fadoul’s 70s Moroccan psych-funk, independent label Habibi Funk has spent the best part of the last decade platforming fascinating, cross-cultural music from the Arab world. Their latest niche is Libyan reggae, a popular genre in the country since Bob Marley’s music arrived in the 70s and local acts honed their own takes on the sound. The label previously released 2021’s dub-laden single Tendme by Tripoli-born Ibrahim Hesnawi; their latest record, singer Ahmed Ben Ali’s Subhana,…

Lizzo treats every song like it’s a grand finale. Opening her first UK tour since 2019, she bursts on stage in a sequinned nude illusion catsuit, poker-straight blond hair cascading down her back. After high-kicking through The Sign, the cheeky opener to 2022’s Grammy-nominated album Special, she storms through 2 Be Loved (Am I Ready), a synth-pop powerhouse packed with hand claps and key changes and a euphoric call-and-response chorus. Four neon-clad dancers arrive (then eight, then 10!) and Lizzo conducts them like a…

If you’re new to the crypto world, you’ve probably followed stories about millionaire-making rises that SHIB, DOGE, and BTC made in their early days. But these days aren’t over. Despite recent market dips, there are still other tokens out there that could make your investment dream a reality. One of those tokens is GLO, which recently astounded early investors by launching the platform’s burn mechanics to a whole new level. GLO already had some of the best burn tokenomics in the business, making…

Introduction A temporary euphoric episode, and here’s the industry back to its dungeon. Is that what you make out of this scene? This definitely is not the case because cryptocurrency is already a trillion-dollar market, and we’d be foolish to ignore it altogether. It does hold the potential to pace up the game and amplify the returns. How, then, should you proceed ahead? Start from the basics – learn and then delve into this finance domain. It’s indeed dull and boring, but here in this guide, we’ve unearthed the…

Oh, to have been a fly on the wall at the production meetings for Coldplay’s Music of the Spheres tour, currently winding up a run of six sold-out nights at London’s Wembley stadium. Umpteen stakeholders would have pondered the tour’s environmental aspects in the wake of Coldplay’s 2019 announcement that they would stop touring while they worked out how to make it less worse for the planet.Sceptics should note that the band’s light-up wristbands, always magical, are now made of compostable plastic. Anyone with any passing…

‘It’s a love letter to the LGBTQ+ community’I think this is my favourite Beyoncé album. It’s a love letter to the LGBTQ+ community, dancefloors and ballroom, and it has surprised me in the best way. You can hear the excitement and euphoria in her voice; it’s the double shot of serotonin we needed right now. References and samples are included throughout – some are quite niche, which only makes it more special. I never thought I’d hear samples of late drag performer Moi Renee in a Beyoncé song, and Pure/Honey is based on…

‘When we do a Beatles song, all your phones light up and it’s like a galaxy of stars,” says Paul McCartney as he seats himself at his piano. “When we do a new song, it’s like a black hole. We don’t mind, we’re going to do them anyway.”There’s certainly a degree of bullishness about McCartney’s second Glastonbury headlining performance, which draws an immense Saturday night crowd – some of whom have, according to one news report, been camped out at the front of the stage since the morning awaiting his arrival, and who…