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Still only 21, the Algerian Guinean creative has built a reputation that stretches beyond music. Splitting his time between Paris and London, he’s become a familiar name across fashion and culture, working with brands including Jean Paul Gaultier, Axel Arigato, Nike and Adidas while steadily developing his own artistic identity.His growing catalogue already includes collaborations with Sam Wise, BXKS, Odunsi (The Engine) and Len, alongside acclaimed projects including DO YOU GET IT and not disturb. Support from outlets such as CLASH, Wonderland and Crack Magazine has cemented MANSO̶U̶R̶ as one of the most exciting emerging producers in the UK and…
The Lael Project Releases ‘It’s About Soul’ as a Powerful Tribute to Lael Summer’s Legacy.The Lael Project has unveiled It’s About Soul, the seventh posthumous release from late New York singer-songwriter Lael Summer.Originally released in 2013, the track has been reimagined by longtime collaborators Tomás Doncker and James Dellatacoma, blending Lael’s live vocals from a performance at New York’s iconic Blue Note with new instrumentation from The Specials Horns and the late Amp Fiddler. The result is a vibrant, soulful celebration of an artist whose voice continues to resonate nearly a decade after her passing.Lael Summer died by suicide in…
Well that’s it from us for this week. Don’t forget about our 25 year anniversary event in November which takes place across 2 stages in Liverpool at the end of November and features Chuck Prophet and Steve Wynn among others. Tickets are available from this link.We leave you in the meantime dear reader with a new song from Liverpool four-piece Keyside – it’s not for us to compare them with a certain other Liverpool four-piece but boy do they know how to write and play a tune. Cocodamol is the latest, gleaming stepping-stone on the way to their newly announced,…
Juliet Fox’s six-part release series kicked off with ‘Underground Queen’ in April, followed by ‘Desert Fever’. The singles form a body of work under her Technopatra series, creating a wider narrative, blending music, visual identity and storytelling as the project evolves with each single. Out now, Juliet explores themes of self-discovery with ‘Phases Of You’. “Phases of You” is a widely recognized concept exploring the emotional and spiritual transitions we experience as we move through life, exploring self-discovery, healing, and accepting the different, sometimes messy versions of yourself. The journey of personal growth is rarely linear, but it is generally…
Nia Archives links with Jorja Smith on Get Me Down, the fourth single from her forthcoming album Emotional Junglist, out July 17 via Island Records. Built for jungle purists, the track pairs thudding basslines and fast breakbeats with Jorja’s atmospheric vocal. The accompanying video, directed by Nia and Jay Douglas, places the pair inside a futuristic silver club space. Jorja says:I loved working with Nia in the studio; it was so inspiring watching her work. I’m such a fan of hers!Nia adds:Very gassed to have worked with Jorja on this album, my first ever feature. It feels like a full-circle…
Dirty Rat Garage website‘Dirty Rat Garage’ is a new trade marked Biker & Rocker street-wear brand, selling graphics tees, created and owned by Richy Baldwin, a graphic designer, biker and musician.Richy has a long standing relationship with John Robb and Louder Than War, having designed the branding and identity for the first ‘Louder than War Live’ festival this year. He also designed the original cover for John’s best selling Goth book, The Art of Darkness.Having spent a very successful ten years in the fashion industry in the early noughties as graphics director for an incredibly successful high street brand. Here…
Les Thomas sparks memories and hope with this self-produced gem.Les Thomas uses an 1840 painting by J.M.W Turner for the cover of his latest record. The Slave Ship depicts a dramatic seascape as the ship hits turbulent waters. The original title of the painting was Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, a horrific act, as the dead could be claimed on insurance. Thomas remembers everything.This sets the scene for a collection of songs woven and crafted to inform, refresh and educate, not in a preachy way but as a powerful reminder of what has gone before and what the…
Willy Vlautin is well known as the chief songwriter of Richmond Fontaine and The Delines, trading in beautifully written vignettes of the people who have generally fallen between the cracks of the American dream. These dark stories draw you in, and he shares with latter-day Bruce Springsteen the ability to write lyrics which tell the story and detail the characters involved in just a few short lines, with telling detail adding to the picture painted.Vlautin is also a well-respected modern American author, with this his seventh or eighth full-length novel (depending whether you consider The Horse a novella) being recently…
The evening before San Francisco’s 2025 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival the Masonic Auditorium hosted a tribute concert to Emmylou Harris, the only artist to have graced the festival stages for each of its 25 years. During his slot, Steve Earle spoke of seeing Gram Parsons in action in the early 1970s – “There was this girl singing with him, and I’ve been in love ever since like everyone else.” Two of Harris’s songs have previously been chosen as AUK Classic Clips. In December ’23, Tim Martin picked (You Never Can Tell) C’est La Vie. In November ’25 Peter Thompson went…
Photo: Ebru YildizThis week, Keith has a wonderful chat with Liz Thomson, esteemed journalist, author, broadcaster, activist, and founder of The Village Trip. There’s new stuff from Alex Amen, Electric Elm, Hawk & Steel, Rhiannon Giddens, and Jason McNiff, as well as a couple of belters from the past. Find some shade, get a drink, and enjoy!Related View Original Article Here
Nestled in a Croatian river canyon, about two hours outside of Zagreb and where phone signal is a myth, a community gathers for an annual pilgrimage of psych, prog and doom. Entering its fifth year, Bear Stone Festival has welcomed the likes of High On Fire, Graveyard and Orange Goblin to these gorgeous grounds. “I need a couple of days to write everything down, but this was by far our best edition yet, I can safely say that right now,” says a beaming Marin Lalic, the founder and mastermind behind Bear Stone Festival. Along with his wife Ilana, the duo…
For Steve Harris, Iron Maiden’s 2025 gig at the London Stadium, home of his beloved West Ham United, was one of the pinnacles of their 50-year career as a live band.“Some people have joked that it was the best performance ever seen at the stadium,” the bassist says with a grimace, referring to the fact that the Hammers have just been relegated from the Premier League after a disastrous season. “Which is cruel but fair,” he adds wryly.Results aside, how the hell do they top that? With Eddfest, a monster two-day celebration of all things Maiden at Knebworth, site of…