🎧 Approved: corto.alto
CMU Approved 1 min read

🎧 Approved: corto.alto

Led by trombonist, producer and sonic experimenter Liam Shortall, corto.alto has been steadily pulling jazz into new territories. New single ‘VANDAL’ opens with punchy live brass and percussion before bleeding into textures that belong more to Berlin’s club culture than a jazz conservatoire…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson
TikTok saved as Trump says deal agreed with China
TikTok 2 min read

TikTok saved as Trump says deal agreed with China

With the latest deadline for ByteDance to sell TikTok’s US operations coming up this week, Donald Trump has indicated that a deal has been agreed. The Chinese government needs to approve any sale of TikTok’s US business, but that has seemingly been achieved at trade talks in Spain…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke
Bob Vylan says they did not “celebrate” Charlie Kirk’s death, as Coldplay’s Chris Martin says fans should “send love” to activist’s family
Bob Vylan 4 min read

Bob Vylan says they did not “celebrate” Charlie Kirk’s death, as Coldplay’s Chris Martin says fans should “send love” to activist’s family

Bob Vylan have caused more controversy with on-stage comments calling Charlie Kirk “a piece of shit” just days after the activist was shot dead at an event in Utah. Meanwhile some Coldplay fans were left bewildered after Chris Martin encouraged his audience to “send love” to Kirk’s family…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke
Cornwall Council will hold meeting about ‘safety risks’ of Bob Vylan’s August Boardmasters performance - even through there weren’t any
Bob Vylan 3 min read

Cornwall Council will hold meeting about ‘safety risks’ of Bob Vylan’s August Boardmasters performance - even through there weren’t any

After Bob Vylan’s controversial Glasto set, political activists in Cornwall said the duo’s booking to play Boardmasters in August raised safety concerns. A Cornwall Council committee will discuss those concerns next week, even though the duo’s Boardmasters performance went ahead without any dramas…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke
Dua Lipa latest artist to go after merch bootleggers
Dua Lipa 2 min read

Dua Lipa latest artist to go after merch bootleggers

Dua Lipa is the latest artist to file a lawsuit seeking to block the sale of unofficial merchandise. Like Benson Boone and Tate McRae, she is trying to block the sale of knock-off merch outside her US shows. Other artists have sued Chinese e-commerce platform Temu over counterfeit merch products…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke
🎧 Approved: Genesis Owusu
CMU Approved 1 min read

🎧 Approved: Genesis Owusu

Genesis Owusu debut album ‘Smiling With No Teeth’ was a transcendent blueprint for modern hip hop; a fearless exploration of identity, experimenting with funk, punk and rap. On new single ‘PIRATE RADIO’ he once again refuses to assimilate and redraws the boundaries of his own sound…
Kaya Robertson
Kaya Robertson
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