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Clash Magazine
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Saint Etienne - The Night | Reviews | Clash Magazine Music News ... | Clash Magazine | Dec. 13, 2024, 2:23 p.m.
‘The Night’ is billed as Saint Etienne’s twelfth studio album, which may seem like a relatively paltry return for a band that will celebrate thirty-five years of activity next year by releasing a thirteenth in close succession. But these bald statistics, like ‘The Night’ itself, only tell part of the story. Saint Etienne, collectively and individually, is a much more expansive ...
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Victoria Monét Shares ‘A Jaguar II Christmas’ Collection | Clash Magazine | Dec. 11, 2024, 9:46 a.m.
The eight-track collection features reimagined orchestral renditions of fan favourites from her Grammy-winning ‘ Jaguar I I ’ album, like ‘On My Mama’ and ‘I’m The One’ combined with pantheon holiday classics. Think ‘Smoke’ and ‘Hollywood’ amalgamated with ‘Let It Snow’ and ‘Carol of the Bells’.
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PlayThatBoiZay Finds Wisdom in The Shadows | Features | Clash Magazine ... | Clash Magazine | Dec. 19, 2024, 12:06 p.m.
On ‘VIP’ (aka Vampires Impersonating People), his latest project and debut album, this duality takes centre stage. At its apex—which is to say the entire thing, really—the album almost seems to defy gravity, it’s music that’s wild, cathartic, disorienting and perversely infectious.
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Piercing The Enigma: Clara La San In Conversation | Clash Magazine
A bedroom producer who’d just released her debut mixtape ‘Good Mourning’ following collaborations with Missingno and Scratcha DVA, she was seen as something of a recluse – a reputation which only increased when she later deleted “Good Mourning” from streaming sites.
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Clara La San’s ‘Strangers’ Is Divine - clashmusic.com | Clash Magazine
Manchester talent Clara La San is virtually impossible to ignore. Debut mixtape 'Good Mourning' arrived in the closing weeks of 2017, a statement of creative independence from a potent new voice.
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Röyksopp Share Surprise Ambient Album | News | Clash Magazine Music ... | Clash Magazine | Dec. 16, 2024, 11:56 a.m.
Röyksopp have shared a new ambient album. ... Out now, ‘Nebulous Nights (An Ambient Excursion into Profound Mysteries)’ pivots into ambient realms, a painterly series of reworkings that untethers itself from the source material. A dose midwinter chill, the bulk of it was recorded live in the studio, a series of after-hours sessions for ...
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ROSÉ – rosie | Reviews | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews | Clash Magazine | Dec. 6, 2024, 11:15 a.m.
ROSÉ signalling her solo era with 2021’s ‘On The Ground’, and work on the album extends beyond that – she’s waited years to unleash this, ... Bubble Love – Bubble Love. Reviews / Robin Murray / 11 · 12 · 2024. Lil Tjay – Farewell. Reviews / ClashMusic / 06 · 12 · 2024. Lauren Mayberry – Vicious Creature.
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Ross From Friends Unveils New Persona Bubble Love | Clash Magazine
Electronic producer Ross From Friends has morphed into a new persona – Bubble Love. The producer – real name Felix Clary Weatherall – won critical acclaim with two superb albums on Brainfeeder, twisting house tropes in an organic direction.
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Bubble Love - Bubble Love | Reviews | Clash Magazine Music News ... | Clash Magazine | Dec. 11, 2024, 2:01 p.m.
Having followed suit with his pattern of releasing an album every three years, Ross From Friends‘ new offering under his Bubble Love alias is a silky, innovative and brain-tickling continuation of his club-steeped creations with one main difference. Unlike Felix Clary Weatherall‘s previous albums ‘ Trea d ‘ and ‘ Family Portrait ‘, ‘Bubble Love’ is buoyed by melodies and sound ...
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Lubalin Walks CLASH Through ‘haha, no worries’ | Clash Magazine | Dec. 6, 2024, 7:57 p.m.
Out today – December 6th – new album ‘haha, no worries’ may have a title blessed with nonchalance, but every aspect is cared for in an exacting manner. Blending soft-pop aspects – so redolent of 00s indie-adjacent output – with cinematic landscapes, Lubalin blurs the lines between songwriting and aural painting.
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SadBoi Unveils New EP ‘Dry Cry’ - clashmusic.com | Clash Magazine | Dec. 6, 2024, 3:39 p.m.
For SadBoi ‘Dry Cry’ is a bridge between her fan favourite, club-honed sound and new sonic terrains. She says: “With this mixtape, I was able to truly explore new sounds while staying true to the familiar ones my audience connects with.I wrote nearly every song as a way to uplift myself, smile through the BS, escape my issues with a good time, and release emotions without tears.
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Wizkid – Morayo | Reviews | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews | Clash Magazine | Nov. 22, 2024, 10:41 a.m.
Working to honour his mother, ‘Morayo’ is packed with life’s truths – ‘Lose’ finds Wizkid at his most honest, while soaring finale ‘Pray’ take his message to the world. A work of maturity and quiet meaning, ‘Morayo’ stands alongside some of the defining moments in Wizkid’s work.