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Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 is the second instalment of the series Raekwon started in 1995 when he released Only Built… part 1, which is widely regarded now to be a hip-hop classic. So, is the seco... Lees meer

Wow, I always thought Fuck Buttons were American. Probably from Brooklyn I thought maybe even from Toronto, Canada at a push. Nope. Turns out they’re from Bristol. Wow, I’m actually pretty gosh... Lees meer

How then to follow up an album as hugely influential as Diary? Well in short they didn’t really. Sunny Day Real Estate released LP2 a year later in 1995 and then split up. The weight of expectati... Lees meer

Emo, there I’ve said it. It’s an ugly word and an awkward genre which when applied to bands weighs them down like an albatross around their neck. To many people Sunny Day Real Estate are the qu... Lees meer

Brazil’s foremost psychedelic Tropicalia group, Os Mutantes are back and they’ve got a new album, their first featuring new material since 1976. Some of you will perhaps familiar with the bandâ... Lees meer

Several years ago I saw the Victorian English Gentlemens Club (yes, there’s no apostrophe and yes they know there should be one) support another indie band whose name I cannot recall in the wonde... Lees meer

What a year it’s been for fans of the hip-hop comeback; first there was the hotly anticipated new MF Doom record, then part two of Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx series which united elements... Lees meer