KSI’s Dissimulation brings YouTube trap to the mainstream
Being a YouTuber before turning to music used to be a career choice that was ripe for ridicule. Thanks to new wave industry acts such as KSI, Joji, and Quadeca, the rules are finally changing. It wasn’t all that long ago when Olajide Olatunji, better known as KSI, was making...
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Little Simz ‘Drop 6’ – Review
One of London’s best artists is back with a quick EP to keep us going during lockdown, and it’s another solid entry in an already strong discography. Little Simz is up there with the best of them when it comes to UK rap and grime. Her last album ‘GREY Area’...
Machine Gun Kelly drops ‘Bloody Valentine’ – Review
This new single is a departure from his typical hip hop aesthetic, one that brings guttural pop punk production reminiscent of early noughties Blink 182 albums. You’d be forgiven for only knowing who Machine Gun Kelly is due to that Eminem diss track ‘Rap Devil’ he dropped in 2018. He’s...
The Weeknd ‘After Hours’ – Review
The Weeknd brings his usual dark, moody R&B style to his newest record, and it’s more consistent than nearly all of his previous efforts. You could easily argue that The Weeknd is perhaps the biggest pop star of the last ten years. He’s kept up a consistently stellar track record...
Green Day ‘Father Of All…’ – Review
The punk band’s fifteenth record is a hollow, dated affair that says a whole bunch of nothing in its brief run time. You have to feel sorry for Green Day. It’s been sixteen years since they dropped American Idiot, a politically charged rock opera that transformed them from a chill out trio...
Mac Miller ‘Circles’ – Review
The would-be 28-year-old rapper’s posthumous release is a tentative, delicate ensemble of rich storytelling, that’s as much about inner peace as it is turmoil. Mac Miller’s story is one I think about often. It ends in tragedy and an untimely passing, obviously, but it’s also a shining example of how resilient...
Lil Peep: Everybody’s Everything – Review
In conjunction with a docufilm by the same name, Lil Peep’s second posthumous album ‘Everybody’s Everything’ dropped today (Nov 15th) to commemorate the two-year anniversary of the rapper’s tragic death. Tales of musicians crushed by fame and drugs have, regrettably, become common to the point of cliché. Yet something feels especially sad and poignant about the death of Lil Peep. Throughout his short career, Peep took typical drug-fuelled trap tropes...
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – Review
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare cranks up the nostalgia meter and arrives just in the nick of time to breathe new life into a waning franchise in its 16th year. If, like me, you were becoming sick to the back teeth of exosuits, wall running, and implausibly farfetched narratives that have plagued Call Of Duty in recent years, you’ll breathe a sigh of relief upon completing your first few missions of Modern Warfare’s grounded...
Post Malone ‘Hollywood’s Bleeding’ – Review
Some obvious bangers aside, Post Malone’s third album is a repetitive snooze fest that’s dragged down by mopey misogyny. Post Malone wants you to know that he doesn’t trust anyone. He spends his days drinking in his Lamborghini and avoids old friends that ask if their mums can get a ticket to his show. He fights with his girlfriend but buys her necklaces occasionally to appease her. He denounces all those...
Facebook Watch’s Sorry For Your Loss – Review
The user interface of Facebook’s new streaming platform made it fast and easy to become absolutely devastated by their first big budget script. Five stars. Everyone is making TV these days. Disney is making TV. Snapchat is making TV. Instagram is making TV. Amazon have been making TV for a while now. Hell, I’m probably making TV. Look behind you. Did a low-fi, high-concept script and a B list actor...
