🎧Approved: BIG SPECIAL
CMU Approved 1 min read

🎧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
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