100 Greatest Songs of the 90’s #88 DJ Shadow – Building Steam With A Grain of Salt

Released : 1996 In just a few years many things that were born underground, unlicensed and under the radar ended … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 90’s #93 Ice Cube – It Was A Good Day

Released: 1992 There are no payoffs like dream payoffs; the messy dissolution of NWA – prompted by Ice Cube’s departure … More

50 Best Songs of 2020 #44 Joey Bada$$ – Shine

A mellow past rediscovered.

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #35 Eric B & Rakim – I Know You Got Soul

Released : 1987 In all of the history of sampling, no artist’s catalogue has been pillaged like James Brown’s. The … More

Glass Animals – Dreamland review

They say you should always write about what you know, but on Glass Animals last outing How To Be A … More

July 2020’s Best New Music

10. Kush Jones – Earth Note 9. Sofia Portanet – Free Ghost 8. Bugseed – Caria 7. Disclosure, slowthai – … More

Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels 4 review

Anger is an energy. When Killer Mike – one half of Run The jewels, the rap duo which had hovered … More

Ghostpoet – I Grow Tired But I Dare Not Fall Asleep review

Obaro Ejimiwe has been singing about disconnection from people, places and politics more or less since his debut album Peanut … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s #64 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – The Message

Released : 1982 Anybody who ever tells you crime doesn’t pay should take some time out to speak with Joseph … More

100 Greatest Songs of the 1980’s #66 EPMD – Strictly Business

Released: 1988 EPMD – short for Errick and Parrish Making Dollars  – may have ridden the rap “Craze” as the … More