🎧Approved: BIG SPECIAL
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🎧Approved: BIG SPECIAL

Walsall duo Big Special turn post-industrial malaise into something close to gospel, trading in thunderous drums, spoken-word sermons and a humour so black it practically glows. New single, ‘Plaintive Native’, lands somewhere between working-class blues and post-punk sermon…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson
🎧 Approved: My First Time
CMU Approved 1 min read

🎧 Approved: My First Time

Formed at university, Bristol quartet My First Time channel the scrappy energy of early Blur, the wry storytelling of The Streets, and a splash of Charli XCX’s pop sleaze. New single ‘Sippy Cup’ crashes like a hurled pint glass…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson
Legal action in Vietnam takes stream-ripper Y2mate offline
IFPI 2 min read

Legal action in Vietnam takes stream-ripper Y2mate offline

Legal action in Vietnam has resulted in popular stream-ripping site Y2mate going offline, with the operator of the service agreeing to shut down the site permanently. Meanwhile in Brazil the campaign against stream manipulation continues, with a court ordering that TurbineDigital be blocked…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke
Now Neil Young is boycotting Amazon
Neil Young 2 min read

Now Neil Young is boycotting Amazon

Neil Young is boycotting Amazon, announcing in a blog post “soon my music will not be there”. It seems to be the links between Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and US President Donald Trump that has prompted the boycott. The musician also urges fans to “forget Amazon” and instead “buy local”…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke
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