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11th May 2018

Arctic Monkeys – Tranquillity Base Hotel & Casino | Album Review

Here’s a quick review detailing thoughts on the latest Arctic Monkeys album, Tranquillity Base Hotel & Casino. The band move in a new direction with their divisive sixth studio album we hear the bombastic fast-paced guitars replaced with mostly piano-driven Lounge Pop. Akin to when Bob Dylan went electric and when Miles Davis took his Jazz to new dimensions could...

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4th May 2018

Despite TV Money Season Ticket Holders Are West Ham’s Heart

With the recent news of another multi-billion pound Premier League television deal, we have to wonder how important the fans in the stadium are to owners like David Gold and David Sullivan. In modern football, TV money far outstrips matchday revenue, so how important are the season ticket holders? In mid-February, the Premier League sold its TV packages for 2019...

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22nd April 2018

Novelist Guy is Continuing Evidence for a Golden Age of Grime

Novelist Guy is the debut album by 21-year-old Novelist, a brilliant project from a rising star with huge potential. Continuing what looks like a new golden age of British rap music, we already have a candidate for album of the year. Novelist has steadily built buzz since appearing on 2015’s BBC Sound of List alongside Stormzy and Years and Years....

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21st April 2018

Who are Big Joanie?

Big Joanie are the three piece Feminist Punk band looking to make a statement on what it means to be black women in modern Britain

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6th April 2018

Nas Made These Bold Predictions in 1999. How’d He Do?

Nas is many things, poet, innovator; despite naming his fourth studio album Nastradamus, he can’t see the future. Released on the cusp of the millennium, this messy project shows a fascination with the new century. There’s even a feature from the Millennium Thug aka Nashawn, whose career died on 1st January 2001. Rap in general was in a bleak place...

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4th April 2018

The secret is out: Declan Rice is good at football

19-year-old Declan Rice is increasingly likely to be summer transfer target for bigger clubs than West Ham.

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