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21st December 2016

Who Will Win Christmas Number One 2016?

Don’t slip up or get got, they’re coming for that number one spot Every year the Christmas Number One is seen as the pinnacle of the UK Singles Chart… and every year they play the same songs on the radio. You’d be forgiven for thinking that nobody has made a decent holiday song since the 1980s. For some reason, people...

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8th December 2016

2016 Culture Hash Awards

We’re on award tour with Gigi my man Jack Kavanagh and Gigi Hadid walk across the stage and take their places at the podium to scattered applause from both audience members JACK Hello and welcome to the first annual Culture Hash Awards for outstanding boobery in the world of entertainment in 2016; the show where the awards are made...

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24th November 2016

Bo Selecta: the Craig David Story – Part Two

Damn homie, in High School you was the man, homie Welcome to part 2 of the extremely unauthorised biography of Craig David. In part one we looked at the apex as our hero became the breakout star of Garage era, sold a lot of albums and was effectively ruined by Bo Selecta. Somehow I managed to turn that sentence into...

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10th November 2016

Bo Selecta: the Craig David Story – Part One

Re-Rewinding the glory days of the Garage Godfather Welcome to Culture Hash’s Garage month. We started with a much-belated review of Years and Years’ debut album, Communion, which showed the 2015 interpretation of the UK Garage genre, creatively titled “Future Garage”. Now is the time to look back to the original genre and its most recognisable artist, Craig Ashely David....

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26th October 2016

Years & Years – Communion | Album Review

A brave new Garage Years and Years are a three-piece band from London. Though loosely defined as electronic, their music often strays into garage or dance territory. They wear their influences on their sleeve and are from the emerging wave of artists who take cues from the music of the 1990s. Which is sad, because it means that we are...

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11th October 2016

Nao – For All We Know | Album Review

Wonky Funk with a slice of Aaliyah Nao is on the cusp of becoming one of the biggest artists in the UK and has been attracting a strong following, since the release of her stellar debut album, For All We Know. The album saw moderate success when it was released in July 2016 and peaked at #17 in the UK...

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